Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1827-06-05

his own words 10 swallow. Those VINO feaG
the Enquirer now,-who devour so greeaiiy i,'
abuse, Of Mr.. Adams and the administrator,
quote its opinions as the DelphiS oracle o' w.
ginia,-contrive to forget the opinions OF .ne
same editor few years since. IT now APPEAR
to be the height Of Mr.. Riches ambition 10
excel his contemporaries IN holding up 10 ,ne
nation the utter unfitness Of MIR Adams TO DIS
charge the duties ofthe presidency, and TO por-
tray the superior merits Of Gen Jackson MS
opjnions of the latter, expressed shortly after
the late war, have been recently quoted; & the
Wing now gives his opinions oil MIR. ADAMS
as expressed by him about the same time Con-
tras,ed with his present sentiments, the reader
will see difference in the matter certainly: we
see also no uiAing difference in the manner
Mr.. RS mind was then in its prime; he wrote
with force, and often with eloquence. He was
the popular chief Of the party, wearing his hon
ors with dignity, and convincing his opponents
by fair and mastery argument. what chanse
has ten years produced-whata revolution mas
disappointment effected-what prostration OF
intellecl-wha, a surrender ofdignity and mag
nanimity. The mind which once, like noble
river. was distinguished for its cearness, which
deepened and gathered strength as it advanced,
then burst upon the ocean with submity and
prandeur,-is now mudded at its fountain, just
clear enough TO show its shallowness, and pur-
sues its devious way until il is lost in boys and
marshes.
The paneeyric which follows is from the En-
ouircr of 1918. The editor is speaking oil Mr.
Adams's reply to Don Onis, the Spanish minis
ter. written in defence Of Gen. Jackson.:s con-
duct in Florida:
81 cannot sufficiently express the profound
sentiments Of admiration and delight with
which have perused this state paper. ~ Is
written with an astonishing force OF ingenuity;
!: and adorned with the most captivating eio
quence of all descriptions 1t has the air oil
man who feels most acutely for the wrongs Of
his country; who is indignant a. the insults OF
fered her by the aggressor, pretending 10 oe
, mand redress, and who pours out those Feelings
S in the most forcible strains tits monumen
, Of dinlomatic genius. 1t is an ornament TO my
, country 1 feel proud of belonging 10 natlor
which has produced such blaze of talents. i
!: shiyers the manifesto Of the Spanish cabinet In
S to dust s ashes Into what utter insignlhcanc'
t does the redoubtable Chevalier Onis sink! III
, seems like pigmy in the hands OF giant
In publishing the article from which the
. bove is extracted, the Wing asks,
Has the reader ever seen so iulsomc and ex
travagant strain OF compliment? Can he pc
ruse these high flown and sounding praisesup
on men in power, without feeling that "the!
e become not plain republicans, however the!
:. might suit the atmosphere Of kings courts?
r But above all, that they should have been al
f dressed to John Quincy Adams! lsitpossble
b that he whose late messages are said 10 abount
!. with false rhetoric and mere;ricious ornament
whose bad taste led him to use 50 wretched
me;anhor as eight houses of the skies, "coul'
4 have written in 1918 with such an astonishin!
force ofingenui,y, and the most captivating ell
I Again, the writer Of he article above, call
D this state paper of Mr.. Adams, "a monumen
of diplomatic genius" What! Mr. .adnms
y nonumen, Of diplomatic genius! He who's
e "bungling diplomacy" in the opinion of th
Enquirer, ha. lost the British colonial trade tc
the United Stales-Mr. Adams who is called
ironically by The same paper, "diploma,ic
president" and ga mere professor of rhetoric,
is it possible that any body should have the i'm
pudence to call Mr.. Adams "monument off
, plomatic genius?"