Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Wayne County, Ind.) 1831-1837, 1837-01-28

Fcom the United States cassete.
Mr.. ADAMS EULOGY On MR.. MADISON
II may be regarded - Quo Of tho mighty opera
tons Of time, that the city Of Boston should have
felt called on, 60 make public demonstration OF
respect for the services and character Of James
ladison-not that hs character and public services
we're not worthy Of sulogv-but when men have
cherished luminosity towards another, they think
they have done enough, when they tacitly admit
that be had utilities worthy Of cOmmendation.-
fnat Mr.. Adams should have been selected to de-
liver this eulogy, is perhaps not - astonishing.
when his talents are considered, aud when It 70 con-
sidcred how much these talents have been allowed
to weigh against other circumstances.
The euloxy occupies eighty seven octave pages:
and those who will, we have done, read Il caro-
fully, will it could net have occupied less-nay,
that it wonderful how % much information could
be compressed in such limits.
There is an interesting period Of American h:sto-
~, which We felt anxious u see how Mr.. Adams
would treat-that on the division in the council OF
Washington and Adams, and the causes Of that dit
ference. He meets the difficulty, (for difficulty
it must have been) with caDdos. He says that
Washington inclined to the councils Of Hamilton
and Adams, rather than to those Of Jefferson, and
thus gave occasion to m opposition, which vas Tar
from being moderate. Il 10 remarkable that the
theory SO much approved and little psact'sed BY
General Jackson, Of not appointing 10 Office mem-
hers Of Congress, was favored in the 6rst year BY
the Massachusetts delegation. Mr.. Adams han
dies IL with severity.
MI. Adams remarks that the policy Of Washing.
ton pursued by his successor. and this brought
Mr.. Jefferson in open hostility to the elder Adams.
The Alien and S.d,tion Laws were The snstru-
ments with which Mr.. Jefferson operated against
the administration of Mr.. Adams, and Mr.. Madison
sided with him from personal attachment, by bring
ing into the Legislature Of Virginia, the famous
resolutions.
Mr.. Adams condemns the course BY which Mr..
Jefferson gained the Presidency, but thinks that Mr.
Aadison, though his constant friend, - not charge
able with any of the errors imputed 10 Mr. Jeerso"
Mr.. Madison was no nulli6er.
Patrick Henry aid Washington approved and re-
commended the Alien aud Sedition Laws, and Mr..
Adams observes:
s.If jefferson and Madison deemed the Alien and
Sedi,on acts plain and palpablc infractcns OF the
constitution, Washington and Patrick Henry held
them to be good and wholesome laws. These opin-
ions were perhaps al formed under excitement
and prepossessions which detract from the weight
Of TIE highest authority. The alien act was pas
sed under feelings OF honest indignation At the au-
daciy With which foreign emissaries were practising
within the boeom Of the country upon the PASSIONS
Of the people against their own Government. The
sedition act intended q curb upon the pub
licaiion Of malicious and incendiary SANDER, upon
the President and the two Houses Of Congress, or
either Of them. But they were restrictive upon the
personal liberty Of foreign emmissaries, and upon
the political centiousness Of the press. The Alien
act produced its effect by its mere enactment, 10
the departure from the country Of the most o60ox-
ious foreigners, and the power conferred BY It upon
the President, was never exercised The Prosecu-
tons under the sedito0 act did but aggvasate the
evils they were intended TO repress. without be-
lievnQ that either Of the laws an iDfssct0n of
the constitution, il may Be admitted. without dis
paragement TO the authority Of Washington and
Henry, or Of the Congress which passed the acts,
PIE"
Nj. Adams sneers Al ths su.-boss sseosw Of Mr.
Jeffersoo. OF the scquisition Of Leusiana, MI
Adams says.
Ths operation. BY Tar the greatest that bss BEEN
accomplished by any administration under the Coz
stitut,on, was consummated Al the price Of 4l5,
OOO, 900 10 money, by an unqualified, admitted v'o-
I.,oc az the cons,;.ntioo Of the United Seates.-l
According TO the theory Of Nj. Jeeessoo, = aPP!i-
ed bv him 20 The alsea ard esditioa acas, Il - %
solutely null and vosd. It might have bsee n.!laesd
r. IN fnno