Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1831-09-15
The Newly ork Daily Advertiser has


The Newly ork Daily Advertiser has
the following pithy observations on the
ease with which the devoted affection of
the Administration press to particular in
dividuals has been turned to furious
hate:
"Such is the state OF things in this mu-
table world, that two short years had
scarcely passed over the heads Of this
conclave Of wise men, (the late Cabinct)
when it was ascertained by some means
that discord was ranking among them,
and it was found impossible to reconcile
the jarring elements OF which the cabi-
net counsel was composed. The fires
Of discomfort and disorder, which had
been smouldering for considerable Pc
riod ,at length burst out, grand volcanic
explosion followed and swept the board
Of all its members. In the course of
succeeding events, explanations, more or
less satisfactory, took place, ordinations
and recriminations followed, until open
war was the consequence. Three out
Of FIVE of the great national council VEN
tured to give the reasons Of their con-
duct, when 10! those three, who had
been so long, and SO often extolled for
their talents, their patriotism, their re-
publican purity, and their devotion to the
sacred cause of their country, are de-
nounced as anti-republicans, traitors, i'll
CRATES, apostates--and what is worse
than all, as tederalists! %! This is Ger
tainly turning a short corner, consider
ing the high elevation on which they
were 50 recently placed by the very men
who now SO literally and magnanimously
revile them; and it naturally leads to the
inquiry, what is the cause Of this singu-
lar revolution Of feeling and of treatment
which they receive? There is but one
answer to be given to it. When the cab
met was first made up, it was supposed
they were fast frienGs OF General jack
son, and therefore they were considered
as entitled to ali praise for their talents,
integrity, and public spirit. BY the
course Of events, there seems to be some
reason at least to doubt whether they
are as great admirers Of his person and
character as they were once supposed to
be, or even whether they would wish
him to do 80 much violence to his own
feelings, as to consent to stand candi-
date for second election; and this state
Of dubiosity has had the astonishing ef-
feet Of changing their whole character,
they have now neither talents, integrity,
nor public spirit-they are not rcpubli-
cans, nor democrats, but downright a.
postates, traitors and (ederalists.
During all this time Of concealed
unc asiness, or it may be, Of hostility; the
public business was performed in a man
ner satisfactory to the chief ofthc party,
and even after the explosion occurred,
and the fragments Of the cabinet were
scattered to the four winds, still that same
chief declared himself entirely satisfied
with the manner in which the members
lad performed their duty.
"T'he inquiry then forces itself on the
mind-by what standard are the merits
Of these gentlemen estimated by the de-
voted partisans Of General Jackson?-I
And the answer must be, by the degree Of
their subserriency and derotion to his per-
sonal interests. The good Of the nation,
the character and prosperity Of the re-
public, are not the objects Of their af-
fection or solicitude. Ii is THE MAN
who gives them Offices. This is the
nature of their republic anism, the extent
Of their regard for the public welfare. "
Every person who has enjoyed oppor-
tunities Of forming correct estimate Of
Mr. ADAMS character, will concur in the
business Of the following opinion Of the
New-York Commercial Adverti,er:--
"If there is any one in this nation,
whose views, thoughts, feelings, and de-