The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1809-06-28

cd IN the cabinet the q1cstions--HHefktr0 a
mipisfer aAouid be reeeived .frop, the French
re7'a6Eck 2 and sshesber fhe ehansf Ss:fAe 70
pernment-sf france annullsd me treaties BE-
frtieer' hrr 'asd me Unifed sStafes. Mutual
iriitations produced q state of things between
the two counties bordering upon hostility,
where tlicy remained at the time Mr.. Adams
was elected President.
Hamilton, IN his. celebrated pamphlet, de-
ciares that Adams was net his man for the
Prcsidenc, and assigns as the clhscs of his
aversion TO him certain defects Of character
which he supposed he had detected in him
but il IS now evident what the real nature CT
his Objections wcrc--it is. now evident that
he dreaded his elevation. because he knew
him to be a steady yshig, and that lie was
made Of too inilexibIc materials to.bc mould-
cd TO his views. He however reluctantly
acquicsccd in what he could not prevent ard
consolcd himself with the hope of still
being able to rule behind the curtain by
means OF his creatures III the cabinet "A
fnong these, one of the most dcyotcd TO his
fortunes and his person was ,7fwothy Picker
ing--So sooiras Mr.. Adams was inaugrtratcc,
he proceeded to consult upon the best means
Of restoring the relations OF arity md com-
mcrce between this country and sErance---
When be mentioned the subject to Picker.
ing, he appeared 70 be greatly disconcerted,
and when Mr.. Madison was named, as the
minister, the demon Of party. descended and
took ftII possession OF his bresst--Had virtue
bcrselG arrayed in all her majesty crossed his
path, and shot Though his dark and sullcn
sosl the radiant beams Of fhercountenance, he
could not have been more coniounded and
abashcd, then at the name of MADISON He
has ever since retained his hate, and let slip
no occasion of assaiIing with his feeble arms,
the adamantinc reputation of this illustrious,
great and good citizcn---Ea acto host amos
rcttuht an amino reqolvcuc iras, ctiam 50 inn
tctus o6cssSionis lcnSnerat, memorid uaiebaf.
4" Mr. President, we are willing to resign"
was all the answer that could be drawn from
him. Pity that he had not then resigned,
instead of obliging Mr., Adams to turn him
out three years afterwards! This incident,
with the subsequent ycxations and embarias-
ments which Mr.. Adams SO fecnngy de-
scribes, shews how difficultit it is for a states
'man in free government to be g no harty
man" let his intentions and views be ever SO
honest. n. 4.
Soon after this occurrence Mr.. Adams first
saw Hamilten's manuscript letter, in which
he undertook to dictate to the three branches
of the government the course to be pursued
in the management Of the national afrairs.
The arrogance Of thus intruding his advice
upon those who did not ask it, will be the
more evident, when we consider that I've was,
at that time, in no publick Office, civil or mil
litary, and was, as his friends called him only
"a an Attorney at Newly ork." That he was
t~ ~.wcary of llis practise," and was . willing
Ito enter into some other. enploynent''-is
Icvident enough, from his recommending the
raising standing army of fifty thonsena men
,-v-at a Gmc when France from whom only,
The could sahticipatc any danger ofan invasion,
was as entirely occupied in rspe!ling her foes
as she had been at any time since the begin
ming Of The, Revolution, and from whom none
but the most drivelling Cuixote ever imagiI-
ed the possibility OF a descent upon this coun-
try and which he himself in three years af-
sterwards, predicted to be liable to immediate
conquest by. the coalesccd powers, and to a,
countcr-reyolution-.- which would restore the
Bour5ons, and their mild, uncm6itious, halcyon
rule THAT he should have advised the GO
vcrnment TO seizs on all the taxable articles,
which had escaped his keen research, is not
surprixing, since it would be necessary to
have all the money that could be got, to pre-
vent such, an army from mrtinying after they
were raised, which might be dangerous 10
their commander. 1t is true he had left few
things of ours untaxcd--except our lands,
our houses, and our notes, bonds, and o6Hga-,
i0ns, which were soon siezed on by his sue
ccSsour. S.s,s- " $500 "A
Such measures as these would Of course
requirc aseFiior iav, to stop the mouths of
the people until they were carried into effect,
and a national FAST, to reconcile them to their
operation, until this usurpcr had passed the
Rubiesll, and might sieze the treasure even
in our temples. This Recommendation Of a
FAST illustrates the real character ofthe man
who tells his associates that they sOonld Be vc-
~ vnskiifai, :j they neglected 70 apail them
seives Of che reGsioas feelings ofthe heeiiie an
a erssis SO di6fcah and dangerous." Such