The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1823-02-05

| cp'o'on ci Palnc snd his wriing>, WAS no
then very exalted: They hsve MOI. since ,ha
ine risen N my esteem. As occasionsl I'd.
dresses 10 popolse passions, ! sec, IN sli his
wo'ks, The adshe, OF a powerful genus nc.
kncwled2ipg the service oi hi. Gem mon Sense
and soae rther OF his ws,iugs du,iny or
Bsvolu,ions', vsf. all his sub,eeuept puhli.
cstons, political, fei,g ious, Spd per.onsi, s,e,
in my opinion, ro's. ihsn worthless. The
two pas OF hi. RIshs ot Man are eharscters
OF the same mind, rnu indicative oi the same
soul. as the 'wo parts al his age OF reason,aud
| oil proceeded from the same heart o, his lei.
ser 10 Washington. The isuer three OF the Sc
| pamphlets, / am sure iew OF you would oow
read, w,lh soy other sentiments then those al
| a6horre encs and dlsgust They ate rtpidiy
| psssng io,o oblivion end the sooner they e,e
iorgalen he more p,opi,ions will il Ae TO the
oauss Of virtue, The world viii lose nothing,
| shord the ,Wo others be iorgouen with them.
! IN entertaining those sentiments. II is cer,sin.
~ with all The regstd and venera,ion due from
! me 10 Mr.. Jefferson, az one ot he men 10
whom The ns,ioo owes IT'S deepest debt oi
grau,pde. an charged hy Gehcrs, Smyth
With an a~ernpt 10 ,idiouie Mr.. Jefferson.
An expression distorted, end mi,,epfesented
in the kennel newspapers OF the present day.
j. the support which the. General hiss tor tins
sceu-a,ion. OF ,hs, expression, snd Of the
cause from which il proceeded, will hot
now speak II the snimos,,ies OF political
eoUeniun rfe no, 20 be eiernsl, u Is time 10
consien hat .ubjec, 10 silence l,u, address
YOU ~ the lace Of our commop counSty and
| hopc and tyust this poper will pass undcr
,he eye Of Mr. Jefferson himself, I ssy wilb.
Al. A. ,lAa. IT,.
viii not approve OF The use oi his name by
eoy ohe, Tor the purpose OF ces'ing .odium op- 4
on tre and ! take his opportunity 10 sod,
thsti dcprecs,e, Win equal came s,ncsS, the
ucaoho',sed use by any one, o, his neme, 10
obtain i,vor OF any kind io' NE.
i}n,, edveDcing from these skitm'shes oil
he Gspe'sl's wit, To meet him IN mis- main
arr.y. lie ohjrc's'o me, .hci | am "no
s,atcsmtn." y This you vii, no, expect ne
TO iepy. Blu, he sdds, ",hs, the perneious
passion, wa,p my Judgment, and do not
lesve my miud IN q 'oper s,S,e TO decide on
The interests OF a nation, aud TO adopt sp en-
la'ged and liberal sSycm oi pclcy." This
i. a serious charge, bu, the cote. npon which
General Smyih has passed SO seSs'c = sen.
tsnes Upon my cbsfsc'~s. wee sli given in
nc interval between Oc'obe., l3o3. when ]
6'st took uy scat IN the Senate, sud DecsH-
bcr, 1908 a, o distance of seveotesD or
eighteen ycss., il can scarcely be expected
iba, should DO able 10 recoiect and suii tees
20 prove, the mO,iYcs os the res,cDs upcD
which eye,y one of those eotes wsio given:
but viii sbew, TO yOnr satisfaction, thai oil
Of them were founded upan reasons ycIy dii-
fercn, frotn any winch could originals IA the
motives charged upon me. And alice assign
inr those reasons, VIII leave II 10 your csn-
dor TO determine, whether they ws'e OF SO
week a texture, that they cen be attributed 10
no Other than fac,ious motives.
The G,s, was on me 10th ol Oc'ob.r, 1903
upon bin enabling The ptcsidsD, 10 take pos
session Of Louisiana; ugsps' which, rs Gen
eral. Sny.h says, ! voted IN . minority oi six.
Upon requiring TO a private minute of my
own, made OF the time, i hod the following
lcmssks;
The ob;-t,isn -as 10 Me seeond Seciion as
sffiniionoL"
10 enable you TO Judge OF 'ic sincerity
win which | voted Upon tbat principle ..
gsnst the bill, beg leave 20 scbmn TO you, !
mc dtstions The section sssinst wniea ,his Ub-
i jec,ion was taken:
a. snd be i, further en>ctcd, Tbs, until the I
expiration Of the present session oi Congress.
unless p,osi.ion Tor the temporary govern
mcn, of the SAID territories be sosner made
hy congress, 6H fhr military, civil and jgd,c.
ioi fo7eers, exercised by the officers VI he
e.r.sing go1ernmcnf oi the ssms, shsil be
,eHed IN such Te'son and fe,sons, aud shsii
be ere, eised IN sueh manner, as ihe Prtaident
o(Me tinted STATES sAoA direet, iof msIntsin.
ing ard protecting the inbsb',sols oi Lou,sl.
sua IN The free enJoymeo, Of Their iibc'y,p.o-
pe''y snd religion" /
lie, me ssk you, before We p'o-red furhcr,
20 stop here; 70 reflect ~eil upon ,bs ex'en, I
sDd oon.efu epces OF the powe' conferred 10
th's section, by the Congress, upon the Prtn.
d.bt of the United SNles, end then 10 open
the Constitution oi tho Uou.d States, aud
point CT; 10 me the s',icls, sectIon, and para
grsph Of the INSTRUMENT, which au,hofisss the
Congress 10 confer on she President OF the |
Uoi,ed Sis,es this Tremendous power. II !
YOU can produce IN now, 1 will pe ad guilty 70 |