Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1801-1806, 1802-12-11

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Tsxr.-" Some nesiures tof the civn admins
ii&rstion during the period when | was Pse6-
dent Of the United Ssatcs) were the effects OF
imSey sas .see9Gy. MUCH AcA.ssr NY IN.
cLInAriox. Oshn were 'he meclsrss Of
the LssJqafs,<. ~hich. alsho' approved when
psfTsd, ~ctc never previo fly propelled, or
recommended bymr. Some OF rhem lett 70
my difcresioo, ~cse never executed, becauie
no neceiiity for them, 10 my Judgment ever
occurred. Let me afd one ob(crvssion more.
Under the continual proyocaticns breaking
and pouring IN upon me from unexpected as
we'll as exp:etcd quarters. during the two
laa years Of my Administration, he mnR have
been more of modern cpicusean philoiophcr
than ever wa or ever will be TO have bofne
them an wi,hou, /anir iveaKiiam sxp,1Dien'.
AZ times Of usaftsra5ls Indignation. i have
10 att, apOsgy TO make, 90 ind'yidoaI' OF
the public" J"HS ADAMS
TTAVING sGomed the confederation Of cer-
III tsin fentinneas of Mr.. Adams. which We
took pains to Introduce at length, at the begin
ming of our lar numbcr II vas thought expo
dienr TO make . preparatory aaterpcnr, before
we entered on the taik, in order that the ifinc
might be fairly taken. aud that no qnibb!c
fhould frufratc the obj.tt pTopofed. IL was
certainly an objctt OF primary magnitude, that
OF eyincina by the clesrea evidence. that even
Mr.. Adsms with all his fervor OF '' Nobility"
about him. has publicly. aud folcmnly fpoken
Ia terms of haIlh cenforc, and cfimina,ion,
sgaiot The adminiaraion which re himirlf con-
dosed. Is it NOT 70 Lst any one read the
paragraph above alluded 20, and fay. lie un-
cauiyocaly aa,cs, that .joue ef fbefs mee)aye,
aosyt fbr. .6sl7s Of inpenas, are.Hy, and mse6
agaixa bD iueinafion !; that oibss' zosre i5e ms0-
/sy,s of The ,eygauy. spbeb be nrvsr ,eeom-
mesd,d: And he had like 10 have faid that
Es< of,b>m art,s roo bad 10 be erstz'ed. Ii was
/ i.opoiIibIe for him, circumtmcci as he then
was, 10 have given more decided opinion. He
was thea fuisounded by a throng OF executive
fedcralas, who had been CORNING him with
their aS,tery. They had j1t hni,hcd their fat
urs,ing eologinm upon his pAa condad. and
public I,is, particularly that pait cf " which
related to bis Proficiency. He was imprcfcd
with the fulfome sofprdity with which Il was
pregnant. and in return fpoke tke language OF
his heart, AZ iuliy as he could. IL has been re-
marked that he never appeared 70 fgeak With
more h,neR Gncer,ty and II is believed the
propIicty of that remark will be obvious 10
every one.
Soppote the tables were turned. and the
fcderaliits had finilar opportunity OF anirnsd-
vcrting upon iuca = conccGi,n. When would
there be an end TO their c!amofs! Loud, thun-
dcsing exalfations would have broke through
the hcm;iphere; and all the elements OF nature
have nook, and irembled, as by the dire crop.
tioa Of iome burning mountain. But II be-
cones q republican TO trcarehis advcfiary with
candor; and though he may have bundered
asd fallen, to make no other ole of it than
what na;urc, and rcalon, and truth and juaice
would foggca.
Ii is NOT necclafy 10 fayr any thing more
20 enforce ,he opinion which M.. Adams has
given relative to the deficiencies, and detoImi-
ties of the old adminltranon. Ia certainly car
REQUIRE no comtnent 10 iho~ thar he has On
eq'ivocaliy pronounced it both proaisa'e, and
corrupt.
Bu, il 10 remarkable with what fab.le a
droitncfs he ice0s 10 plead for himielk As
much as to fay that il is in vain TO attempt tc
fa.vc over and difguiie thoie meainfcs by q ipe.
cious phtafeolory, & an obRioa,e pcrGaancc il
our own wrungs: They we've indilpu,ably bad
BIt tnc OuIun ut tuctu uuBnt uVs w dttsSh ~
him, becaoie he VAS but one ut the many wbc
were concerned in them, and thcs we're mstl
asa,,R bs ,xeiinof;ov. " Some Of them (h'
Eys) - were the mcafarcs Of the Ltgy7ats,e -
A very plauGblc, and becoming " apology" in.
deed, for PfeGdent Of the United States
The rcalafes were bad, he copieiIcs; But h,
did not ..propofe :. pr recommend" them; h'
only ratified, confirmed, and approved the,n
when they were psAed. juA 10 it would b
with by who va, charged viii mitchell IN
which he had hceo concerned with another
He would be ready by 40 involuntary impoii
10 pals the charge on TO the ihouldcn OF th
Other: X was not me; twas Harper, one
r,milsoc. and Tracy. and O,is. and Dana, ao'
,)ayto and Griiwod, and Ru,ledge. and Bay
a,d--a fct OF mercena,y. and political sroaos
But after all, Asam, had hand in it. and ga
principal abettor. Ala! thoic ierpents tempt
ed him, and he did car of the fruit that tn
Cooaitution, and his duty forbade HIN q
touch: That frt.s
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