Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1801-1806, 1802-11-27
Fos the RHoDE.ISLAND REPUBLICAN,.
sEvENrY-FIva-No. TX.

SkVEN NIY-flNE-NOs lAs
Tpxr.--" Some meafurcs tof the civil admin
iitra,ion doriog the period when was Pref
dent of the United Sta,es) were the effects Of
mbe,isx' nrceDfy. MUCH AGAINST MY IN
cLIsArIoN. Others were the mea)u,1 Of
the LegJ2si1y<, which, altho' approved when
paIed, were never prcviouay propofed. or
recommended by NE. Some of them left to
my difcrc,ion, we're never executed, becsufc
no neccfiiy for them, in my judgment ever
occurred. Let me add one obfcrvalion more.
Under the continual provocaticns breaking
and pouring in upon me from unexpected as
well as expected quarters, daring the two
laR years of my Administration. he muft have
been more OF modern epicurean phiiofopher
than ever wN or ever will be to have b unc
them all without /sme ineani,m exb,clFos,,
At times of us2tseyabl indignation. l have
no ofby aboiegy to make, to individuals or
the public" JOHN ADAMS.
THE preceding quotation is taken from the
i an(wer which Ohm Adams, late Prehdent
of thel United States, gavesto an Addrcis preent.
ed to him by an aacmblage Of his particular
friends, at 2ainey, on the goth of October Taft.
This it feems ~as no lefs than the birth day Of
Mr.. Adams. which had awakened in the minds
of thofe friends g,af.fsf remembrance efi6e
important )t,viees, rendered 10 bD esxsfy, is ibs
vayioas /fenss ix qubt6 be bad been eaiFd 10 a7 !;
and they were diipofed TO pour out before him
on that occadon. the effufons Of that remem-
brance. az hbations Of homage. It's certainly
an unpleafant tax to fcan and fcruiiniz- ,he
fcnriments which we're drawn from thu pretend
ed idol of fcderafm on that in,ereaing occahon.
But they involve 10 much ,rcac hcrous dupicty;
70 much Of the pick-,hank policy, which has
always, in our opinion, attuatcd Mr.. Adams,
that they ought not to efcape obfervasion.
Coupled with the add.efs, great pains has been
taken to circulate, and diffofc them, a. isthey
~ere calculated to afjrd prominent ipccimen
Of federal perfection. Thus have we another
inaapcc Of the frailty of homan Judgment. and
Of the pofitivc infatuation into which fome pco.
pie are plunged. Did they fnppole--coud they
fuppoie theie ientiment,, as uttered by the late
Prcfdcnr, would CO. operate with their " fond
de6res" Of clamourng down the prefent admin
ittration } Gould it be imagined thar they
would contribute 10 renew and inviSora,e the
efforts OF their jaded partizans Do they ex-
p.ct that every thing which iiiucs, and ], pther-
ed out from under federal aufpices is igio Eaao
entitled to prefogative, & to be worfhiped with
ont confederation ! The gathering together Of
I" large number OF genfismes at gkixey." on
fnch an occalion was no doubt fplendid fcene.
add the probability 10 that the vine was made
u fparklc in bumpers, and circulate freely :
But theic circumhances will not afford finc-
tion TO fentimens, and invea il with qualities
which in itfelf il is NOT found TO pofefs. True
fcntiment is the ame,independcnt Of all circOm-
Ranccs, and wherever il may exia. II is the
rciult OF feeling, purified Of patton, fh,rpened to
perception, and expouuded into wifdom, upon
which as permanent aud satisfactory BATS, il
fuitaias the flight Of time, and endurcs without
tancntation the ero6ons Of accident, & chance.
Satisfied OF Its Object. and confident in the
means TO attain L., il will never recoil upon it.
,elf in confulion, and complain of fate as an OBJ
tacle to ITS prcgreh. It's peculiar faculty is to
facs the difficulties Of fi,us,on, and eoforccd by
the infupsrable ilnpu!f: of day. 10 to condutt
as TO preclnde occafion Of compliint. Thus
we behold the vidor of adverfty with admira-
tion. and with all the energies Of the foul. pro-
claim him great.
Mr.. Adams has been called an exquiGte
and hnihed writer. and has been con(dered a.
cspab'e, beyond alnoa any other man. Of max
ing the hneit. and noa favorable scprsienta-
tiona On thin account principally il is that he
bscsne what he has been. II 10 ,roe it was a
talent, but Il was fuch an on. as involved mif-
fortune. By m.'ns of his Imagination he ira.
velled in region not human, nor divine. ,Hehsd
IL ieems formed his judgement Of maokiad from
certaic clafs OF men. probably that which he
Sas mot in the habi, Of attending 60. sodref
petting. His temper is doubtlcs Of the chur-
lin car, prone TO disappointment becaufe vio.
lent 10 expectation, and difpa[ed 70 fte,folnefs
becauie fraught with smbi,ion. His dcpors-
ment was lofty. and iaperfcilious, becaule h.
had been honored his habits tyrauuical be-