Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1801-1806, 1802-12-04

Idefpotic one.-Othen objected that the powers
given to Pseiident we're too grsr, and that in
the hands of an ambitious and 'deGgnine man. il
might grow into tyranny, as il did in Enslani
under Oliver CromseIl. and az IL has liacc done
lin France. A republic mutt not only be % in
lis principles, bn, in It's forms. The executive
!past Of the federal government was made for
man, and thois who conientej againa their
Ejudsnert, 20 place executive poses in the hsnd,
o. iingle individual, yepofed more on the inp.
pofed moderation of the perfon they haSf'in vies,
l than on the wifiom OF the mraiufe itleIf.
Two conGdcrations. hoscycr, avercame
| all objections. The one was, the abiolu,c ne.
ceiity of federal government. The other, the
| rational reflection thar as government in Ame-
| rica is founded on the representative fyfem,
any error 10 the fra elisY could be reformed by
the iame quiet and rational prccets by which
the contribution vas formed and that, either
by the geaera,ion then liviag, or by thofe who
wer. TO tacceed. II ever America iole fight of
this principle, ihe will no longer be the lard Of
h5ery. The father will become the siTalin OF
the rights OF The ion, and his defendants be
race Of llavss.
A. many thoufands who were minors are
grown up to manhood fince the name OF ftds-
rai0 began, il became neceiisry, tor their in
formation, TO go back and ihew the origin OF
the name, which is now no longer what il ORR
ginally was bat il is the mere nsceHary 20 do
this, in order TO briog forward, in the open face
of day, the apofacy OF ihofe who fra called
thcmfelves icicralias.
To them il ieGvcd as cloak for treafon,
a mafk for tyranny. Scarcely we're they placed
in the feat OF power aud Office, than federalim
was 70 be defroyed, and The representative iyf-
ten of government, the pride & glory of Ame-
rica, and the palladium of her lbefties, was TO
be overthrown and abolifhed. The next gene.
ration was NOT to be free. The fon was to bend
his neck beneath the fathers foot and live de-
prived of his rights. under hereditary controul.
Among the men Of this apoasrc defcription 10 TO
be ranked the ex. prefdent, Jobs ASazs. IL
has been the political career OF this man TO be-
Gin with hypocriiy, proceed with arrogance,
and hnilh in contempt. May fuch be the fate
of all foch characters.
have had doubts Of John Adam, ever
fnce the year 1916. In a conversation With
me, at that time. concerning the pamphle, Com
mon Senjt, he cenfured il becaufe il attacked
the Engiilh form of government. John was for
independence, bccauie he expected to be made
great by il; but il was not difficult TO perceive,
for the iurines of his temper makes him an
awkward hypoci,e, that his head Was as foil Of
king, queens and knaves, as a pack Of cards.
But John has lot deal.
When man has concealed project in his
brain that he wants to bring forward, and fears
will not fuccesd, he often begins with il ss
phyhcisns do by fufpeeted potion. try il hrf on
an animal if il agrees with the aomsch of the
animal, he makes further experiments. and this
was the way Jchn took. His brain was teem-
ing with projeels to ovetlurn the liberties OF A.
merica, and the representative iyflem OF gov
ernmsnt, and he began by limiting it in compa-
nies. The fecIetsry Of John Jay, an excellent
painter and poor politician, told me IN pre-
feSc: of another American, DanieI Parker, that
in company where h;ntclf was preieut, John
A iams talked Of making ihe government here
ditary, and chat az MIR. Warrington had no chill
dren, it ihould be made hereditary in the family
of Lund Warrington. John had no, impu-
dencc enough 10 propofe himlelf in the srft in
fance, as the old French Normandy Baron did,
who Offered 20 come over to be king OF Ameri.
ca. and If Congre!s did not accept his offer, tha,
they would give thirty thoufaud pounds for the
generoGty OF il bas John. like a mole, was
grubbing his way to il under ground. He
knew that Lund Warrington was unknown, for
nobody had heard of h:m, and that as the Pref
dent had no children to fuccccd him. the Vice
Prchdent had, and If the treafon had fucceeded,
and the hint withis, the goldfmith might be
fcnt for to take meafure Of the head Of John or
bis ION Q. for golden wig. In this cafe the
good people of Bottom might have had for a king
the man they have rejected as delegate. The
representative !yltem is fatal to ambition.
Knowing, ss do, the confamma,c vanity
of John Adams, and the ihsllowncis Of hi, judge.
ment, can eaily picture TO myfelf. that when
he arrived at the Federal City. he was frutting
in the pomp Of his Imagination before the Pre-
fidenrial floue. OF in the audience hall, and
exulting in the language of Nebuchadnezzer.
+" II not fbn gysaf Ba5yi,n fbat 4 bsps brill far
fbr bars, Of ny maisay :" But in that onfortu.
nate hour, or foon after. John like Nebuchad-
nezzar, was driven from among men, and aed |
with the fpeed Of poa-horie.
Some OF Jonn Adams loyal fubjeds. | fee,
have been to prsfens him with an sddreh on
hi, brth-da but the language they ufc is too |
tame for the occaGon. Birth. day addreHes,
like birth-day odes, lhould not creep along like
dew-drops down cabbage leaf, bat roll in |
torrent Of poctical metaphor. Sill give them
4 fpecimen tor the next year. Here it is--
When an Ant, in travelling over