Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1824-09-07
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could not hope. by his aspersions. to afIlict much
the good old MIR. Adams. He knows with what
contempt he regards him and his calurnnies
He knows, too, that age land an age Of recti-
tude winch every virtuous man respects) has di-
ministed those sensibilities for which he was
ever distinguished. He knows, too, that the
| wound, If he could inflct Que, could endure but
lew years, when this great man, this vrtuous
patriot, now at the age of 80, must be called to
his God. His aim, therefore, was, with true
blue puritan benevolence, to visit what he is
pieased 10 call The sins of the father, upon the
heir Oh all ms talents and virtues, by throwing
out ms malicious accusations at such time and
IN such a way, as TO bear on the Presidential
eiecuon. VIII the people of Massachusetts
view with indifference this base attempt to de.
fame statesman who is an honor to cur State,
| and to the age in which he lives-one who, from
ms stern integrity. solid WORTH and unriyalled
talents, may be styled the Cato of our country
| trust not. The general burst of indignation
,na' see around me, must reach him and sting
him 10 the quick, if he is not lost to all sense of
shame.
Nir. Pickering sticks at nothing In his at
tack on ). z. Adams, he has stated ,chat he
hne,o 10 De false; viz. that when motion was
made IN the Senate, in December, 1907, to
postpone Tor few days, the consideration of the
Message OF President Jefferson, recommending
an embargo, Mr.. Adams made &C this memorable
declaration" &C The President has recommends
ed the measure on his high responsibility, n
tcoud not consider, tco,.td not. deliberate. r
6 you'd act. Doubtless the President possesses
6 such further Information as ,oiH justify the
ncosure." This sentiment was so extraordi-
nary, says Mr.. Pickering, that Iinstantiv ,s,oie
it do,cm. Now state this to be deliberate
misrepresentation. Mr.. J. @. Adams has been
heard to say SO, and who will believe Col p. in
preference to j. q. Adams mo man who
knows them. A gentleman, whose veracitv has
never been called i'll question, stated to me no
longer ago than yesterday, that in supporting
Mr.. Jeferson's embargo, Mr.. Adams went into
view of the necessity of the measure and
concluded his observations against the motion
for postponipg the consideration of il TO the fol-
lowing week, by stating, that as this measure
y Is recommended by the President of the u
states on ms high responsibility, and has, we
ali know, became necessary, in order to put a
=" stop To the lawless depredations on our com
MERGE by the belligerents, would not take
g week to consider it, lest our merchants. al
iurea oy The prospect of gain, might press
Sc their valuable ships and cargoes on the ocean
. and thus Illustrate the object of the Message
- would not take up so much time to deIibe-
| - rate-on the contrary, would act with that
"promptitudc which the exigency of the case
requires; particularly as it is well known to
many of the Senate, and cannot be doubted
6 by any, that the President possesses snch in
|
g measure.n
| rms beng the language of Mr.. Adams, how
could Mr.. L. have the effrontery to dssect and
n's-state his words, and then to assert roupdly
that he noted then, doron at the time. The same
misrepresentation of Mr.. adams on the Embar-
go question, appeared some time ago in the
newspapers. We know now the source thew
came from. They must have originated with
Col. Piekering-if he says they did not oriari-
/ nate with him, then another conclusion ineyita-
ply follows, VIZ: that he took them from the
gazettes, and, to strengthen his assertions that
they were actually uttered in Senate, saws, with
i hardwood peculiar to himself, Mct he fook
mem do'on at the time. He has forgotten, Or
never learnt, that truth is the sister of Justice.
i after spinning out the end section of his
book, which he entities j. @. adams and Mr..
Jeffcrson's Embargo" to % pages, crammed
with the stale arguments used by the ultra fede-
ralists OF the day against that wise measure.
which, If it had been continued, would have
saved US from the expenses of the last war he
closes the chapter by string of quotations from
| scripture, IN the true cant of grace and sim ac.
cuslng j. q. adams Of having manifested in
" ms 4th July grafton, raacour alike ulbecone-
i " mG aSentleman, a statesman, and a christian -
| and this, too, when he is himself emitting ram
cour at every pore. OF what vaIue.n he
asks, "are professions (of which the Col. is fuln
without the spirit of christianity (of which
| ~ mas iiS''e') III WHAT part Oh the gospel
continues, Z" does j. G. adams find himself au
" thorised to interpret the events of providence
as special acts of the Deity, by ascrbng the
SC insanity of George the Third to the Judgment
"of Heaven, as punishment for the evils ex-
perienced by the Colonies in his reign The
g bare view of which," he says, (very feelingly,
having himself at times exhibited a tincture
of msanity,) "would melt any but the most ob.
durate heart" Poor old man! bare whs
per against the good old King of England. the
father of the Duke of York, whom the Essex
Junto fondly hoped TO see placed on the fine
rican throne, touches him sensibly; and vet this
same Col. p, with all his whining about the
professions and spirit of christianity did not he
state to congratulate nation of Indians in his,
speech to them in Council, on concluding a.
| treaty with them years ago, that the
French people had cut off the heaI of Louis The
10th rs this talk to the Indians is on record.
we may well say, IL sent de f1got, or, that he is
taken in fiagrante delicto.
6 Mr.. adams" says Mr.. Pickering, sneering-
ly, " lives in his son; and, if he survives few
Sc more months, he will be pleased or tormented.
" as that son shall succeed or fall in the last OBJ
p" Ject to which american ainbitionjcan aspire
And what father, let me ask him, would not he
proud of such son, Is not old Massachusetts
proud OF him I? That the nation is proud of him.
the people will sbew on the 18th March next by
elevating him to that place which his extraordi-
nary talents, stern integrity, and long course of
public service enttle him to ill.
| But of all the specimens of moral terpitude ex-
bibited throughout this pamphlet, think none
gives better idea of Mr.. P,s character than his
m Iutf Of