Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1801-1806, 1802-10-23
From rHs tB ,itnn) CHRosicLs.
OLD SOUTH-No. Ink.

rFxr--" TIE OsJ apay, c knows. IS 10 bSf
fss,e FaaAy iato HOLE By ib wjeivss,
cna Ef frlo rVsiSb,s Spsn tbrm: d Superior 10
fbsm OH, on o~e PIE g ibe Pssplc on ibs o,btr."
,,hn Adams' Letter TO 5. Adams, p. 10.
XXJmLEwe reso .he political fentimeuu
Wv 81 Mr. John Adams, IL is manual 10
couiidrr them as the deiibers'e reflections Of .
tiv,iisu, Who has long been IN ihe huty of gov.
crnueDs, and who has totm,d y Item, u not
reriets, YET 10 great degne eonhitent. Butit
is difficult 10 brng HIS doctrines To any pint,
by which We eau dias any sanonsl conc!uhon.
The aseasih OF his government confas in
political initi,ution,, Sh,h he fys, F" a'e fra
p,odaos. and eOseartJ ysSfor'ra and Improved
by a MOBILITY. ."--- hele are the men 10
whom rhe People are to lock fr projection and
happin,f. Bot alter Mr.. Adams had thus
ceasd his grand bulsa.k, and clD.hed hp PIE.
em,neot Characters with the moa exten6yc pow
ers, he icems a. he attained o, the work o his
osn hsuds--fcr. Rrspge TO relate, this conief-
valve body ere to BE- put in HOLE )" nay,
he expTe!ies is more fully, by Calling - COP"
to wirpets, that the - only way is, 20 POT ,nsm
into hale 81 tb'wtipes."
Fellow Cuiz .ns-- Fancy to yourfclves that
the United States Ghouid be under government
hn:liar 10 what is recommended by Mr.. John
Ajzhn. In the hI.t place, you mut depfecia,e
yons own characters. by admitting yous!eives as
incapable III governing without this NebI'ty,
as "woLvts"--you mua view youiielves IN
p,H:iiioa OF all the feracious, vo,acious and ex-
terminating pssiioos Of thn ia,ase ct the ~lldet-
neis; you mult view each other as bsnd ot roh-
hers, irecboo,ers and rufans: you mut totally
frnounee lytry human isculfy of the foul our
nails you nuf conGder as claws, jour hands az
fangs,y yorrtreih as daggers, & he fo'mc' hsimo-
ny OF your vpice, when a0emblfd 10 cchDcia'c, ~
the ssrf6c mot ca guinssy b. snc
forea. After you have thus brought youtirlses
TO this depth Of deg' adstion, you are TO ieek a.
mong particular number OF families, q body of
men, on Shote protection you are 60 'eiy, aud
and who are TO take you under their " ksly
ksebirg." But the farce is not yet compiea,---
Tor after you have in,ruaed them with this ex-
tcnGye power. and a,rsyed them in their gorge.
Gus robes, you are TO dspoii, ,beie highly 'ef.
pet,cd digniIarics in a"HoLg,' thee to re-
main hidden from the pubic eye; aud thus in
fecret to work out ihe falssuon OF ibe People.
Surely there moa be tome magical operation TO
COMMUNICATE tHcic DiA lunHt, otISiNiC iHciC
fub,crrsneous confefvstors sua be puzzled 10
diar;bu,e thoic benefits, az they mature them
within their ccils.
] arm not difposcd 10 treat the ientmenn
CT Mr.. John Adams with an Indecent twenty,
b =. aor,ing his psopoGiious; bai am perfusd-
ed il ioch plan had been pub.shed 10 pesi-
paper, as fetioos 4, fem OF goseSmcnt. ,apd the
name Of the author was unknosn, !, would have
excited unvsrfal deri6oo.--For admitting Mr..
Adams pfemifes TO be rehs. that Mobility is
ncceGty, and tha, they are to % prodcce, iop-
port and improve The political inai,u,icns," Tor
The good Of The People, yet nothing can be more
unfecr,ly than porting fuch respectable body
in 6sk. II they are iervieeAble, why ihorid
they he hid Why fhould they no, be ia Gem
mandipg fituation to view the "u hole ground n
Why fhould they be sithdrawn from the view
and INFECTION Of The people, while they wcie 10
afTdsoBs TO promote their welfare q
Il may be conldcred puerilc play on
words, in commenting 70 minpteIy on this ex-
pielIion bst to uie Mr.. Adams own words.
{" God kaows" Shst lsc means by HOLE, on-
Icfs il Is TO place body Of meo entirely on, Of
the reach and fovefeienty VI thc people. itn
troc, he 10 for placing "fwo watches upon them;
Superior 10 them all on one iite. ard the Pco-
pie on the other 5" bat here the !yaem cisihcs,
iot il the people are ss ungovernsbie ss wolves,
without this Nobility. there appears an sbfo'di-
ty that they houid have any voice in checking
them. II this Mobility arc 70 enlightened - 90
" produce, fuppon aod impsove cur polisicsl
iaaiIutiops," and the people arc 70 deai,u'e Of
fslf. prciersafion % to be incapable OF govern
ing themielyes without theo. il muR certainly
introduce jsgon 10 the y yaem, it they fh0uid
ultimately have sutbofity 60 coun,erses fbolc
easb,ihmcnu which this ~sa informed body
had Gntlione6. The pscnifes laid d5wn ny
Mr.. John Adams deAroys bis cooclsGons. ff
he places the people ss detifsie Of sssurai pro.
peo6ties 10 efsbliih political infiisnfions, while
o. the fame time he mskes shcn tin conneeaIsn
with another unnamed powcs) tho final COM
peess in the bp6nis. If Trey sse not adequate
10 shcfe purpoics in the 6ra intaoce, how do
they become equal to the hnai deciiion They
IA s,ai.,sf fhsauuh the hole usocr(s A. VIZ