Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1801-1806, 1802-10-16
FRoM rHn lBotcn) CHRosicLr'
OLD-SOUrH-No. Xxx.


Text" TIE isv< Of Libs,y LJys SAMUEL
Apams IS iafrus7es ~ fbrjasi If mas." -
So nn. Lfof joan ADAMS aees,dng 70
La fssiaint, ~ ssba Of q wolf: Had d.sji
evbffbsv Be wne6 more Rational, Geacrnas
or Soeisl, 10 ose, shas "a iis Other, snfii IN
Man IL is sshx bssed 6,s p<,eses, r.t'sd.oa,
esacafiss, AsS civil asx p,litica isfnuia,.
qobieb arr N prodaced, ard coaitansly iop
ported ard Improved BY Eew--i5as H, BY
ibe NOBILITY"
rX~HE ep,aoia,ery e5rrfrondcnce between
4 M. John .iisws snd Nj. SarxT ddan
is im2ortans, al il contains political principles
which are highly ,n,sreisiag 20 the happnris
and profpesiy Of This couatfy. ihc isttrn
are ~rit,en with thai cordially. As It rclarrs 10
the opiuon which they en,ersaia cf each
others integrity thai We arc to view ,hem as the
eiahlilhed ;spe;s OF two old civilians, wno ND
made up their jidgrneat from experience and
reAcetion.
The ex'nas which have taken. appear
TO comprize ihc eiI.nce Of the controversy
the one .fiie. Mr. Samuel Adams lays. the
love of Liberty Is interviewer in thc foul OF man.
MIR. John Adams anfsers, 70 II is. accord
inc 20 La F,,'aine, in that OF a walf !" and fur
tnSI NSSt1tCes thht Wu-tiVtf " ~
much more ratiana,, &c. in Que than in the
other, until in man "a ~ enlightened by expert
ence, educa'ion. ard e,1H and poiii;cal isS,;s-
fiou, which are az t,6 p,ssaeed, aud conaan,ly
fuppor'ed sed ,ut,oVed by a yjeSO--Ihat is, by
the NoBfLlTr."
Here, shen, thefe two gentlemen arc al
iGue, and il isn quei!ion II ttic higheit con6de.
ration which Of them is the mott accurate. II
the love OF liberty 10 not more nationally in,er-
woven in the human foul. Than in wolf, and if
il wholly trpcnds for exjeencc on being eheiiih.
ed by body uf inch. which he is pleAied TO aile
a" Nobility" dreadful ,ndeed !, the ftuanon
Of focietY. p,es the hffsoiy oAvhfnKiod ex.
hibi,eyiA'aes 'hats parncolar osder IF men.
dcnomina'ed N9biss, heel thoit imprriiions, or
are endowed with that beneyoience, as to pro-
duce, cher,fh. and conisody 'fuppou rh. iiner-
tics Of the People Are the People as ayage as
wolves !-Are they as ferocious and deRsuttiye
in their habits AMI manners, as this voracioos
animal ur arc they" fbeir erz qvogf easmies,"
unlefs the benign hand Of a Mobility Is ,rctched
our tor their projections In what inilancc does
this doctrine apply to the Ci,izeps of Ame.ica
Were the fra iettlef. OF this country thus delR-
mated We're our venerable fofefaihen "a hottie
as wolves to each ofher, when they landed on the
American fhorcs Was not the love Of liberty
interwoven IN their fouls, when shey forfSok
the luxurious foi. Of Britain, and Quilted the
palaces Of Mobiles, to feek an sfylun in this def
oase terrirpry Did they foppofe IL neccfIary to
bring body OF hsbienes 60 protect them from
devosrine each oher OF did they contemplate
the eaabIihment of political initi,uiion,. w,,h a
branch cmphaticslly denominatcd . hobiiify z
Did thi, srifocfaiical part Of the Bntiih gov
ernmcnt give them any afIiaance, while they
were contending againA the arbitrary msafaes
Of Englaud, before their embaskznon--oi, did
they receive confolzticn from the Houie II
Lords, st,er their arrival ! No--the love Of lib
ery was intervoven in their foul, and they
formsd political inititu,ions, founded on princi-
pies 10 every refped confofmsble 10 fuch feel
logs. Js& emancipated from the ihrsld m Of
Bntifh government, they were I'D to adop,
fyHesn OF political regulation, which gave the
faculties Of the mind their utmoa energies, and
never degraded themfcIvcs 20 contemplate their
little fociety as wolves, Rsnding in need Of TO-
perior order, to check their fove,eienty.
The Sentiment advanced by Mr.. John A.
dams, might have been expected from crown'd
head in Europe il might have made fublime
paragraph IN the writings Of Burke but that
Il ihould srife from penon who had been con.
veriaot in,he hiaory Of this couniry, and hst
been 10 our councils during the American Rcvo-
lotion. 10 rather furpridng and alarming conf
derstion. would TX Mr.. John Adams, in
what particular are the Citizens of America in
any degree analogous 10 wolves Or, in what
innsncc has !, been neccGary. shat our political
ipfitutions fhoub be improved and fupported
by Msbdayf Did the People nov any hvagc
difpofnion in their contef with Britain Wa
il not the love Of Liberty, iuter~oven in the
foul. iha, produced our oppoGrion to Bdtifsy-
ranny Der ''Town Meetines' were the pure
eGuhous Of liberty--ous I" College" lat ibm
tine bresihed the fpiris Of freedom aad the rights
Of man. The youth Of that day. we're eager 10
dilplsy the manly fenfimcn,s of f,esmen the
oraiions and exhibitions ali tended to route the
mind to contemplate political fsbjsets on the
brosdea bsds Of sssai risbf. Our patriots had
the fnpport Of the People F9-eni Hall and
the OLp SouTB often fciounded With the ac-