Massachusetts spy and Worcester advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1823-1825, 1824-08-04

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sources than Mr. Calhoun, and manages
his cards more adroitly; but then his en-
enies,and those who are opposed to him
are men Of Il more serious temper, and
a more steady determination, than those
OF Mr.. Calhoun. Their opposition TO
Mr.. Crawford is chiefly that ofpiinciple !;
and not political, so much as moral prin-
ciple; while their objection to Mr.. Cal
houn grows chiefly ouI ofhis youth, ITEM
per and indiscretion. The influence Of
Mr.. Crawford's character, should he be
elected, vii! be chiefly felt in the do
nestle administration ofthe government
that of Mr.: Calhoun, on the contrary,
would be most operative upon the for
eign relation ofthe American people.
Mr.. JOHN @. ADAMS, the present Sec.
rotary of State (prenier,) son Of che
former president Adams, and the third
candidate, is one of the ablest statesmen
and most profound scholars of the age
The chief objections to him are, that be
is the son of a distinguished federalist,-
that ne is an apostate from the federal
party,-that his father was a president
before him, which, in country so very
republican as that of the United States,
in its horror Of any thing hereditary, is,
or ought TO be, an insurmountable OBJ
lection TO the son, although three other
presidents, and awhole generation, have
already interviewed between the reign
OF the father, and the pretension If the
son; and that he is the present Secreta-
ry OF State, occupying an Office from
which the president has been taken so
frequently, that til come to be consid-
cred as a certain stepping-stone, land the
very next one to the presidential chair.
These ale formidable objections to a
Jealous people, whose theory ofgovern-
ment is about the finest that The world
ever saw ; and it is quite possible that
they will outweigh all other circumstan-
ces-practical vlrtue-and great talent
in the day of trial.
Mr.. Adams has represented his coun-
try at several European courts and it
is known that his influence has been
felt and acknowledged in the most une-
quivocal manner by that of Russia.
He is fine beIles-lettres scholar
was lecturer Oh judicial and popular
eloquence in Harvard University, New
England; y and has published very val
uable work, on the subject Of Rhetoric
and 1lQcution. The most unlucky and
aost -0ait orlhy thing that he has ever
done, to my knowledge, is one that he
can never be justified for having done.
He consented, some years ago, to deliy-
er the fourth of July GRAFTON at the Cap
ltol In Washington; and in delivering it,
forgot that he was no longer John @.
Adams, an American citizen, justly exas-
perated at the indignity with which the
genius, and literature, and hospitality of
his countrymen had been treated here,
and fully justified in expressing his indig-
natlon-he forgot that he was no longer
private citizen, in whom such a thing
would be justifable-and did not recol-
lect that he was the Secretary of State
tor the United States--the chief organ
of the government, in whose language
on such an occasion, all philippe, re-
proach and recrimination, would be IN
dignitied and mischievous perpetual
precedent for other and humber men.
| could applaud the spirit of the man
but cannot help plying that of the poll.
ticlan and Statesman,while so employed.
as the Grafton of Mr.. John @. Adams,
the polite scholar and accomplished
gentleman, it was pleasant TO read; but
as the work OF statesman,-thc dcliber.
ate manifestation Of sentiment, by the
Secretary ofState for the United States
it was undigniied and indiscreet
In time ofpeace, Mr.. Adams would
be better calculated 10 advance the re-
putation Of his country abroad, than any
other Of the i've candidates. Literature
and literary men, would be more re-
spectacle under his administration than
they'eyer have been and the political
negotiation Of the country would conlil-
Tie to be what it has been, during his oc-
cupation Of the Office which he now
holds in the cabinet, proiound, clear and
comprehensive.
Let any one imagine the effect of his
presence and manner upon some foreign
ambassador (no matter from what conn-
try of Europe he may come who should
see him for the first time as | have often
seen him.--The gentleman from abroad
familiar with the pomp and circum-
stance of royalty at home, and through
all the courts of Europe, it may be, and
full cfstrange misapprehension oircpub-
Iican simplicity imagining ito be what
it generally is, either rude and affected,
worn for the qualification Of the mob
o: the natural Glanner Of uneducated
people, who are not SO much superior
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