Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1828-05-15

not unfrequen,y made, to de,rae, from the
popularity # Mr.. Adams, BY artfully represen-
ing him, as an advocate Of most Of those ob.
noxous measures which prevailed during his
fathers administration. We hear il maliciousl,
asserted, without the least shadow of evidence.
That he favored the Alien, the Sedition laws
&c. Whether this charge originated in that
'Pee'es OF maIeyolence which deFgh,s in the
propagation of fsisehood, or in an entire igno.
snce OF the history OF Mr.. Adams, il is no,
material to enquire. We perceive il to be false.
we have seen that NJ. Adams was appointed
by Washington in 1874, resident minister 70
he United Netherlsnds-that he left this coun
~ in fuilt'ment of his mission more than two
years before tue commencement of his fathers
administration, and did no, return until same
time ALTER Mr.. Jefferson had been insueurated
President of the United States. These oh
"o&'ous acts were then repealed, aud all the
angry and ylrulent discussion to which they ave
rise almos, forgotten. No evidence exists that
whilst IN Europe, he expressed any onnios
upon the sxpedieney or eonstitutionalisy of,be
measures IN question or manifested any prefe
renee Tor s'lher OF the great political parties.
mf' Adams doubtless felt that solicitude and
nat only which every American a Thousand
leagues d slant from bis native shore mus, fee,
not which ct two ambitious parties should sue.
a
eeed IN the administration of our affairs, bu
That those affairs by whomsoever administered
should be so conducted ss TO ACQUIRE the rev
pee' and coincidence and esteem of the world a.
large at isss unnecessary" observes an eIo
quent esssyest "as II would be uniust,to venture
upon coniectures, in re e ion to the party which
Mr. Adams would, prsbablg, have espou,ed
had he been within the United States, during
the rancorous and bitter contest which ended
IN the establishment of a republican admins
sration II s sufficient that he was nor here 10
espouse either party; and that he had not pre-
viousy committed himself by the avowal of an,
sentiments hostile to the spirit of cur consti,u.
ton or government II
The residence Of Mr.. Adams upon The con.
tinent OF EuFopes from the year l794 to 1901,
was OF the bighes: Importance in ra,urng his
character as statesman, and in enabling him
TO comprehend the secret springs by those re-
evolutionary movements, which every where
pervaded that unhappy country. He saw with
the eve of philosophic ssgacity the perishsble
character Of that freedom, which not being
founded in The virtue and Intelligence of the
People, existed only in name. tie contrasted
with delight the tranquility. peace and pros
perity of his native land with the misery and
wretchedness of these countries in which he
dwelt--,he decrepitude aud imbeciIty Of
their political institutions with the blooming
vigouE and growing energy of his own. and
returned home fully impressed with that beau.
tiful and patriotic exclamation OF Rousseau,
Hensear tOufes les fois que Ie msdite SIR lee
qouver no ms',s dc tfouUet sotJOars dams nes res.
CherChes DIES nOuYeltes raisons. d'aiq.er eeiu, de
mon pays!
To be continued