Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1826-07-12
From The LBnchduyg Irsinian, Aiy 6.
Mr.. ADAMS.

OF all the charges which the enemies Of John
Quincy Adams have brought up in judgment
against him, none has been welded with more
eff;ct than the circumstance that his political
opinions underwent change about the year
1907. At the time when the alleged change is
said to have taken place, il is true, the Repub-
lican party did not use il as an argument to
prove his unworibincss. That argument was
reserved for the wiser reflections of after-times.
Then, feeling the value Of his services, and &C
knowledging The weight of his talents, his con-
duct was applauded TO the very skies. Its effects
were then seen, and appreciated by an unpre.
udced and disinterested community But now,
when the storm which threatened US has pas
sed BY without leaving trace Of its fury be-
hind, we have lost sight Of the great obligations
we owe him, and begin TO scan his mo.ipes.-
1t is not now to be told the rejecting and can
did mind, that any action, however disinterest-
ed, may be suspected to haye originated in base
motives, and that those who choose to enter
tain and give currency to the suspicion, can al
ways supply by conjecture and inuendo what
they lack in truth.--This has been the case
with Mr.. Adams. From 1907 ill 1920, he ell
oyed, unnterruptedly, the confidence and az
fections Of the Republican party Jefferson,
Madison and Monroe, had each appointed him
to Offices ofthe highest trust and responsibility
and no murmur Of disapprobation was ever
heard. Bot, as soon as he bid fair to reach the
Presidential chair, the "dogs Of war" were I'M
dashed, and his motives scrutinizcd by his en-
emes, not with the candor Of men in search OF
truth, bur with the rancor OF demons, dctermin-
ed to immediate him. Was this the result Of a
conviction that he was unfit for the Presideu-
cy, either in his temper, his talents, or his poll
cy? II could not have been, for his temper is
certainly as unobicctionable as en.Jackson's or
Mr.. Crawford's; his talents infinitely superior;
his policy precisely similar. What, then, is
tho cause Of the opposition which has brought
to combine for the eifrctuation ofa common OBJ
iect, the most discordant and conflicting mate
rails? How is it that Randolph and Calhoun.
Pickering and Giles-the ultra federaists and
the ultra Gemocrats--the extremes of both the
inveteratcly hostile parties which so long threa-
tened the integrity OF the Union by their dis
sensions,--we ask, how is it that they have
thrown aside their former hostility TO unite in
this "labor of lover" Ii is because they no lon
ger contend for principle. 1t is personal hatred
rank and undisguised personal hatred TO Mr.
Adams; for what reason we know not and
which themselves would be sorely puzzled 10
| tell, which urgss them onward in their yBialr
and inudicious course. We could honor the
zeal, which, laboring TO establish some prncl-
| pie deemed essential to the permanency Of our
government or the purity of its administration,
would use every honorable excrtion 10 accom-
| plish It's laudable purpose. But, we cannot but
despse the maligpity which stops at no means
10 effect the overthrow Of an individual that an
other, who, it is known, would be guided by The
same political principles, should be elevated
| over its head.