Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Mass.) 1828-1830, 1828-11-25
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as TO hsm, anu as nlo Pioc'o'loii
AVE = followed rapidly after his
l lor no opportunity was CIV
s n0r,ies accused to be heard in
! so.-as the whole transaction
~. and burst upon the publick, at
# twenty years, at a moment
~ important to Mr.. Adams's
Wv !, would seem to be impossible
i %,racter should not deeply suf-
: he can convince the publick,
=. : i pyivate evidence, unknown to
y and the publick, sufficient to
= a court Of justice, but a court
! high minded, impartial judges.
Us. The characters of some of
~ eminent men which Massachu-
ever produced are implicated in
MS communications. We shall
If the living. We shall refer
bose, who being no longer able
! themselves, have left it as a
| rs. the survivors, legacy,
value abooe all honours Uhich
'rament could bestOa0, to vindicate
\, There is no possible con-
which could be given to Mr..
language, which would not in-
names Of Strong, Gore, Brooks,
|Sedgwick, Sewall, Cabot, and
|rtal Ames. If any men could
|tyulu in our republick to be
b these men were so. IF any
We'd deserved influence, they did.
Eere any measures reasonable in
|ct Of Old Massachusetts, they
Id Supported them. Now it is
\ and trivial matter to accuse
Youngest Of whom enjoyed the
|pted confidence of a whole State
years, and the greater part of
half a century, of reasonable
OF these men, one mounted the
Bemis's heights, and was pres
her danger aoas to be met during
b part Of the revolutionary war.
|ssisted in framing the Constitu-
! United States. Nearly all the
Ire members of the Massachu-
bention to consider the Constitu-
10 their efforts principally was
|ance owing. An old man may
Information to the present gem
when the convention for con-
be Annapolis National Constitu-
in Boston, there was found a
fforty against its adoption, and
weeks exertion it was carried
'rty of nine only out of more
To Strong, Parsons, Cabot,
Z, and Ames, to their eloquence
fsof reasoning, may the final
e considered as almost entirely
WORK held out, and if Mas
had rejected the constitution,
sAi in ,1mrv been in the condition
bia or Mexico. Some of these
lemen were members either of
or House of Congress during
Presidency of Washington, and
bnd deep the foundations of the
Government; SO wide and so
succeeding Legislatures have
ured to touch the foundation.
'ause to ask, what would be the
pr rspublick, if men, thus pledg-
within twenty short years, have
10 overthrow the work of their
SAINT labours, and their most
sls ! What can our republick
b their successors, who, instead
their time to the publick veal,
to factions, and seem to consid-
first duty to interfere with that
b Which, by the constitution,
forbidden to interfere, the
President, except in one case,
Of the People to elect-what
a Patriot have, what reply can
the sheer Of the advocates of
when he is told by Mr.. Adams,
n'ers of our Constitution, men
nlnent talents, enjoying all the
and honour, which a sceU reg
lbitlon could desire, basely
PVerthrow the Constitution, in
FOfOund peace and prosperity {?
P, however, imagine, by this
rect portrait of these deceased
an whom better or ADLER men
Oand since Winthrop landed
at | seek TO evade the inquiry,
to the services, and moral
Ftual character of these men,
merits have sickened, and dis
Jealous mind of their accuser
Il, | only urged it as a reason,
rely a powerful one, for an in
llance, for most sober examin.
rigorous inquiry into their
Character is the dearest pos
~ honorable, elevated mind.
value it, are the most gener-
Is in the estima ton of the
others Mon uho oro ;nc,no