Litchfield enquirer., 1835-11-05
10nN QUINCY ADAMS.

This distinguished and incompTehenslo'e
.,,.n alternately receives the anathen1as oil ali
the political parties of the day, not saving OF
excepting that which rallies AROUND the s"ost
of anti-masonry. At one time, the nerc VI
the onnosition to the national administrator
vo,, sthe next dav end him among the most
forward in abusing and denouncing the very
power that he yesterday applauded and be-
praised. To-day he is the eulog'st o! zen
jackson to. morrow he discharges the who'e
contents of his cabinet of vituperation to bring
the President into c0ntenpt Gay ue au
vocates an immediate war with France ana !
tenounces Louis PHILIPPE as the imbecIIe ana !
iuegitimdte King Of the French; tomorrow
he avOws that France is our ancient any,
and that when he spoke OF the 'm"ec"!.y VI
the Gaul, he only intended TO speak VI wa
in its abstract relation, and ola not "'e"" ~
infame the public mind to an extent tna'
would lead to "tax on rlooons' s"NS' ""'
petticoats and laces."
At one time. he was the most noisy among
those who deprecated the alleged aoanct'on
of Morgan: but when the party Which hao
been formed on. the basis of that transact'"n'
took their case TO the polls, ne adv'seo c''e"'
to vote for John Davis, and not think Of ma
king nti-masonry political. .,
He has billed and cooed at times with Hen
nv Clay and Richard Rush-professcd Inc ut
most friendship for both, and then eXertea
himself to destroy their united hopes ana
prospects. ,ca 80
shc .toctriees OF Voitaire and Rossea"-a'
another time he is stickler for the dogmas
of John Calvin, and is an advocate OF the
trinity. To-day he eulogises the taitn ana
heroism of the puritans-tO- morrow ne de-
nounces them as the last of an ignoble race OF
fugitive bigots. You might as well attempt
IN sathom the sinnosities of the currents OF
C;harvbdis as TO follow and detect the polt',
cal meanderings Of this incomprehens'o'e anu
unequalcd mortal.
During period Of twenty years. ne naa no'
a warmer, or a more devoted friend IMAM
Tristan Burgess Of Rhode Island. 10 the
wear 1928, when Rhode Island was, SO Tar as
nolitics were concerned, lost to the friends OF
Mr.. Adams, Mr.. Burgess stepped forward and
nv the achievement Of downright miracle
in notifies. redeemed the State, and gave ITS
vote to the then Secretary of State. But for
this one deed of Mr.. Burgess. Rhode Island
would have gone for Mr.. Crawford. Ana
when Mr.. Adams was elected to the Pres-
dency, Mr.. Burgess gave to his administrator
his undivided and most efficient suppor.-nss
stood by him through evil and through GOOD
report, and in all things was his friend. AND
what was Mr.. Adams return for al! these ac's
of Kindness? Why, as soon as Mr.. burges
was defeated by the united forces OF anti ma
sonny and the administration, he wrote iet-
ter ia the Hon. Dutee ]. Pearce, expressing
his inv at Mr.. Burgess pr0stratlon'
The fact is, Mr.. Adams is a man oil passion
violent 10 his temperament. ardent and san
guine in his expectations. But ne mas pee.
ratio and capricous, that no party can trus
him, for it he embrace you to-day. he maj
desert you and your principles to morrow.
He said to Us one day last winter in the Hall
of Congress, | am no mans mani am no
the partizan Of any party .... ....
"- stand alone in all my glory,
Whilst tories call me wing, and wings Tory"
Mr.. Adams never uttered truer sentiment
he in fact stands alone like the rock of the
ocean, and receives alike the shock of every
tempest that assails him. During the brie
period of seven days of the last session oil
Congress, he received alternately the admir-
alton and condemnation of the administration
and opposition. On the 18th Of February he
eulogised Gen. Jackson and his administra-
ton, and was hot Cor war with France; on
the Goth Of the same month, he uttered the
most unsparing sarcasm at the expense of
the President, and denounced a rupture with
LOUIS Phlhpe as an unnecessary and unnatu-
ra! contest. The different speeches that con.
tanned these conflicting sentiments, were ut.
tered amid the outpouring of a volume Of
wrath; and it is the indulgence Of an irritable
temperament, rendered still more sensitive
by disappointment, that causes these conflic-
ting and ex:ravagant sallies of the "genlle- |
man from Quincy :"
That Mr.. Adams is pure patriot, and |
loves bis country, is postuate that we shall |
not gainsay or deny. He is man Of talents, |
and as writer, he commands our respect;
as one of the patriarchs Of the day we revere |
him, whilst we regret the frequent ebuion |
OF his incomprehensible eccentricities. With
IN the last two years, he has become satur-
nine and repulsiye in his habhs-appears to |
be broodng over some undesirable melan-
choly, and BY the responsiveness of his man.
ners, would lead one to believe that he is vii. |
ling to live retired from the world. In his |
domestic ties and affections, he has been pain
folly unfortunate, and the loss Of two sons
under circumstances peculiarly affecting, has
undoubtedly had no small effect in producing
the eccentricity Of his conduct. Besides ali I
this. he is in his dotage, and like too manv
Inen of his age, has acquired an aspcrity that
must render him as uncomfortable to himself
as he is vexatous to his political and personal
friends.-Bangor Whig.
The Charleston Courier thus speaks of
John @. Adams :-This old gentleman hav-
ing gone through every variety Of the ridicu-
slous attainable by man OF his learning and (