Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1827-08-18
From, he Democratic Press.

In our last we stated IN ."e WIZ -.
Adams ,uasrs and to ,rhom the charge oil 9ese1'
lion, from the genuine principles OIL ieaer'nS .
would apply. We will now qro'e Iro" ""a.
will he considered on this examination "o,e
;,,,.,,;al source; source which on 'his SUI
iect we trust. viii be considered cone'u''
mean The American Annual Register.
'''s " =" had been summoned, by procia-
,,on =, NEE, on the 9th Of October, peri
IN &c more than four months after the m'scou-
Snc, os ,hr Leopard. This session OF the Lee
a;.I,,nre was the most important, and It's pro
ss.d;nys excited more lively attention IN the
,nnh,;c man any which had for long ume oc'
p,.rrsd The necessity Of deciding between
-e,,. and war, and the probability that the oe-
r;s;on would be a warlike one, was never more
~,.,;,.., since the formation oil these States
All ,bose s,assss IN respect to foreign s,ales'
III ,hosa canses Of ancient luminosity whlch as
,;nruished thu parties tn America, n'u c"s'
i'm his interval 20 recover IN some 0sSIse u'"
the shock oecasionec ny the attack 0" '"e
evoke Those suspicious which the party oe'
nominated federalisls mad been accusto''s' W
entertain of the government, began 20 S"Sp,""
tbst,mnororv fit Of confidence tch'eh they aaa 'dfe
fa hB (not only feli out expressed 10 'ne wa
g and most unanimous manner Wa
,hpn,b, Inv them, that the present opportunity
oo,l6 hardly fail Of drawing for'h all The anu
..,hv ,r,,ns, Great Britain which they inpur
a. ~ ,he Government, glad ofany Prettnee 10
fo,s,,.re, with that nation, of any ocea aston W
J,sr,,v their good will to France ny ih-omces
IN her formidable rival, would tneV ho' :, ns
strongly tempted, by Insisting on inuisesn"''
terms by urging injurious and proSoSi"s p'e",
br Rising needless obstacles, 10 pre'e"'
-. aceable agreement, and TO involve me s'a'e
7, The douhle evil Of war with England anu q
alliance with France! BY progress nature
10 the human mind, these suspicious an. ~
sabissys ,.sa;5,
- ny or the violence ITSELF they began to re-
fret on the incide.ts that led to it, Doubts
began to be entertained as to the. Justice of
detaining notorious deserters from Byisish
. ships. IL began to be questioned achethe,.
the men taken from TIE Chesapeake ,cere
not really subjects of Great Britain; and
the riotence committed on the american
ship began 10 lose an their minds much of
its atrocity, By reason Of the preceding
prorocation."
Compare this and the writings Of Mr.. Lo-
well in the Boston papers with the unanimous
proceedings Of the Boston town meetings, and
we have change Of sentiment indeed.
In his letter to General Smith, Mr.. Adams
holds totally different language from what
would be held by an individual who had chang.
ed his opinions, he says in so many words. 81
have not seen the pamphlet for more than thir-
ty years. In that time claim no more in
eulgence for changes ofopiaion with regard to
the principles Of government and of the French |
revolution, than may fairly be claimed by any
man.
We have shown that Mr.. Adams did not |
consider himself deserter from the federal
party in the course he took in relation to the
Chesapeake and Embargo. We shall now show
that he did not consider himself as then belong
ing tn that party. From his Appendix July
~, 1924, "The bill was opposed in the Senate,
very feebly on its merits, and exclusively by
the federal members, then only four in number"
These four were Mr.. Pickering Of Massachu.
sets, Mr.. hillhouse of Connecticut, and Mess.
Whitesand Bayard Of Delaware.
Mr.. Adams has not only been charged with
apostacy, but with slavish subserviency to
the Executive at the same period. This I
charge was originally made by Mr.. Pickering {
and is now in the round of circulation in the s
Jackson presses as evidence of Mr.. Adams a. I
principles. We ask our readers to b
read his fnll answer to that charge in the ap>
pendix to his Embargo letter,a we cannot in II
these papers give but limited portion of it. f
In letter dated May 1924, Mr.. Adams says, I
am charged with having uttered sentiment "
Of blind and unlimited confidence in the Exec Il
a,ive, incompatible with the independence of v
member of the Legislature. Ineucr uttered sush a
! sentiment. The whole term ofmy canduct p
IS member Of the Senate for YEARS is appeal d
ID to for proof that acted upon the principles
# entire Independence. and at the same time of Il
,asi and eansiitiiondi fdenes in the Execu. Fl
i've" u
Mr.. Pickering processes to have taken down c;
ny words, at the time when they were spoken al
sut he did not then reply to them. Had he in fe
mated at tina, time, that he understood me as a
vowing general sentiment Of undue confidence So
, the Executive, should instantly have dis lis
lainisd it. That l said the time was, time eli
OF fol elaboration but for action. That the til