Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1829-02-17

lion to the execution Of a treaty :,
the laws insti,uting The bank. has s, U'wh
mole of preparation for iesistanc, in "ued H.
FASHIONED strains than were ever adoa "',ei@
And at this moment, claims Of State r iaIu nee
protests against the measures of ,bs bu",%
government, in terms for which no n,,, %a',0's
be found in Massachusetts, are u,bprsa ' wv 'a
halls OF Congress, under the mos, soIs, H0e.
imposing forms Of State au,horiy, I %G '%
our parl 10 censure or 10 approve hn"@
ceedings Massachusetts has don. n m,M p'H
any time in opposition to the national , aa
ment, and she has said nothing in ternoss o'tn'
its powers, that is not fully justified oy sI lion
s,iution; and not so much a, other 'n
said, with more decided emphasis: and , a' aa'
believed, without The stimulus Of The s,n. "a
tual grievances. We are no longer a, Vs."
accoun, for the prevalence Of these Drrr %na
against this part Of the Union, since thew s''
now be traced, not only to calumnies 49,. W
propaga,ed in the season Of bitter coO,sr';
by ir-ilated opponents, but to the secre, and
therto unknown aspersions Of Mr.. Adam,
Mr.. Jefferson, then al the head Of govern.
declares that the effect Of Mr.. Adams c,n"
nication to him at their interview in M'..
1908, was such on his mind, as 20 ind.,.
change in The system Of his adminisr,,ior
Like impressions were doubtless made on ",
Giles and others, who then gave dlrecio,
the public sentiment. Notwiths,andn, H..
disadvantages, if Mr.. Adams had no, SEEN
to proclaim 10 the world his former sec,e, =.
nuncialion, there had still been room IL Eo.
that those impressions " ould be SPEEDILY oiE
,erateG; that odious distinction between II.
people Of different States would be ABOLISH
and that all would come to feel Common !,
terest in referring symptoms Of excltmeu,,
gaiust the procedure Of the national govern.
ment, which have been manifested sucee,si,,,
on SO many occasions, and in So many Ss,
to the feelings, which, in free governments a..
always reused by like causes, ard are charm.
leristic, not Of facious but grntrou. su,.
biIity toreaI or supposed usurpa ion But NJ.
Adams returns TO the charge with new aim,.
non; and by his political legacy TO the psoDt
Of Massachusetts,, undertakes 10 enl. uun
them lasting dishonor. He reafiI ms his eot
,Ictions of the reality of the old project, ,a,
slsts in connecting it with later events, AID
dooms himself TO the vocation Of proving tha
he federal party were either traitors or dupa
Thus he has again (but not like healing an,
geD troubled the pool, and we know not when
The turbid waters will subslde.
II must be apparent, that We have not sought
but have been driven into Tins unexpected and
unweIcom controversy. On The restoration Of
peace in 1915, the federal parry fell ik.
men, who, as by miracle, find themselves nE
from the most appalling peril: Their joy was
100 engrossing 10 permit 'indicve rscur
renee to the causes of that peril. Every emo
ton Of animosily was permitled to subslde.-
From'hat time until the appearance Of Mr. A.
dams publication, they had cordially joiOedl
the general graduation on the prosperity Of
their ountty, and the security OF Tvs institutions
They were conscious Of no deviaIi from pa.
triotic duty, in any measure wherein they lad
acted, or which had passed with their sppro'
baton. They were not only contened, 1u'
grateful, in the prospect Of The Duration ofcrH
liberty, &C according to the forms Which tht Pc"
pie had deliberately sanctioned. THESE o.
jec,s being secured, they cheeriully acqulesc,t
10 the administration Of government, by wo'n
soe,er the people might call to places oil trust
and Of honor.
With such sentiments and feelings, the pub
lie cannot but participate in the aslonlshmen'
Of The undersigned, at the time, the mannrT,
and the nature, Of Mr.. Adams's publcaor.-
We make no attempt to a,sIgn motives 10 him,
nor 10 comment Oh such as may be Imagined
The causes Of past controversies, passing"
they were, 10 oblivion among existing genrr''
tons, and arranging themselves, as they "uH
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