The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1809-08-09

/ our plhtlpI. of is.p.rtailitg !, ard Lcps th4t
| France will soon adopt it too. The. two pow
crs ought to see, that il is the only priaciplc
we can adopt With safety to ourselves, or JUS
ticc to them Ifthis is an errour, il is an cr-
rour in which have been invariably and un-
changeabIy Excd for five and thirty years, in
the whole course of which Ihaye never seen
reason to suspect it to be an crrour,and now
despair of ever discovering any such reasons.
Nevertheless, Mr.. Hamilton calls the de-
claration that accomplished all this, per-
nicious declaration -
Pcrnicious il was to his views Of ambition
and domination. It cxtinguishcd his hopes
of being at the head Of a victorious army OF
fifty thousand men; without which, heEsed
to say, he had no idea of having head upon
his shoulders for four years longer.
Thus it is, when sclf-sufiicient ignorance
impcrtinently obtrudes itself into Offices and
departments, in which it has no right nor
colour, nor prctcnce TO interfere.
Thus it is, when ambition undertakes to
sacrifice all characters, aAd the peace of ma
tons, to its own private interest
have now finished all had to say on the
negotiations and peace with France, in 1900
find l must say something OF the peace
with England, IN 1883. .e--f-.
In the meantime, when look back on the
opposition and embarrassments had to over
come. from the faction of British subjects,
from that large body of Americans who're
we're the English and abhor the French,from
some Of the Heads of Departments, from SO
many gentlemen in Senate, and SO many more
in the House of Representatives, and from the
insdious and dark intrigues as well as open
reno nstrances of Mr. Hamilton, am aston
ished at the event.
In some of my jocular moments / have
compared myself to an animal ! have seen,
take hold the end of cord with his teeth and
be drawn slowly up by pullics through storm
Of squibs, crackers, and rockets, hashing and
blazing round him every moment and though
the scorching flames made him groan, and
mourn, and roar, he would not let 90 his hold
till he had reached the ceiling of lofty thea
tire, where he hung sometime, still suffering
flight of rockets, and at last descended
through another storm OF lburning powder and
never let go, till his four feet were safely Ian
ded on the floor.
In some of my social hours have quoted
Virgil
Fatd obstcnt, blacidasque viri Deus obsttGt asres
.Hpiai Boree nupc hinc nunc .fatibas HEac
Eruere inter sc cerfant &, strido' et ate
Consternunt terrain coacusso stibite f'onGss
IDsa haret scobaEs et quapf1m IN Uiriios al duras
.f;therias, tGntlnn radice ia IarsGra fenGt.
Eaud secns asSiduis hiac G.qse hilc vecltss hcrOs
1tsadi,ur, ct magno Persen.a Psc!Ore curas
Mems nnota nanef; iacrine ralvmntis' i7nss.
Lib. 4. 440.
Ills hardened heart prayers nor threataing move
Fate and the Gods had stoppd his ears,
AS when the winds their airy euarrelstr try,
Justling from every quartercf the sky;
This way and that the mountain oak they bend,
His boughs they shatter, and his branches d.
With leaves and telling mast, they spread the gro;nd,
The hollow vallios TO tho echo sound
Unmov'd the sturdy plant, their fury mocks, ~
Or shaking, elings more closely to The rocks:
Far as he shoots his towering head on high,
SO deep in earth his deep foundations lie
No less storm the Trojan hero bears
Thick messages and loud complaints lac hears,
And banded words still beating on his ears.
Signs, groans and tears, proclaim his inward pains,
But the firm purpose ofhis heart remains.
Dryden, q. 4. 1856
But this is all levity. There have been
sober hours, not few and know not that
there has been one, in which have not ador-
ed that Providence OF Almighty God, which
alone could have carried me safely through,
to successful issue, this transaction and SO
many others, equally difficult, and infinitely
more dangerous to my life, if not to my rep
utation. JOHN ADAMS.
Quincy, June 10, 1902.