The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1842-11-28
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JOHN QUINCY ADAMS AND THE SUPREME
COURT


ton - and " to be continued In somewhat gro-
tesque contrast with this outpouring of low spite
mpotent maignity, we have paragraph on the Other
side OF the same paper, to this elect: John q
adams Temperance in which this holy apostle NJ
moderation in all things, opens with the following pre-.
else words In the ardor Of your zeal for moral To-
FORM forget not the rights Of personal freedom Ill
ercsSs IS u the nature Of Wtemperanee" Yet II IS tie
author of this sentence uttered in of those luc4
intervals-iew and far between--which the habusl
indulgence of most violent passions working upon us
irrability Of age permits this unhappy old nt..
man still to know,-that is, vomiting forth day after
day, home and abroad, in season and out OF
son. sheer rawlings those IN question he Editor,
Of che National lnteigencer, who could not make
room for MIR. Spencer's exposition, not ASHAMED
TO give circulation 10 such trash this and yet lhry
will read what foreign reviewer has just SAT- Of the
daily press of this country,-Mey being favored with
especial exception from the general censurc,-ard
thank God Enthusiastically that they are not those
pubiicans.
Now we defy the deadliest enemies Of the Amen.
name, Of American Institutions, of the desn.c,
of people, and the hopes of their children Il e.
Their from all the sinks aud of the daily pres,
for ten years past, any thing half so well calculated
TO bring them into hatred and contempt as tai, sin
gle address. of the venerable eX-Presdent OF o
United States" To say nothing Of any poss lille c.
feet OF his testimony-such as it is-the very fact
that one who has been exalted TO such an emineuce
should descend TO such depth Of seli-abasement-
tina our sometime Agamemnon should sink into
ihersltes, by prediction and by profession-thlta
former chief ma gstrate of a great nation should uut
the shades, sought with equal good sense and good
taste by all his predecessors, only TO mingle in
the strife OF faction, but to play there part unheard
Of even IN the history Of faction were enough of H.
self to bring into question the civy Of manners and
disciplined Intelligence Of the whole country
What must foreigners think-what in sober seri-
BUSINESS have they not right to think, of nation
which looks on and listens TO such things, not with
scorn and ndignation-not with loathing and abhor-
l..iNr ito,
cruel i,isw nau9-but wondering with a foolish face
of praise, and gorylng in the foul shame! The ultra
wings have lately by solemn declara ions, well Is
by the posts and tasks they have assigned him. deu-
fed themselves with the reputation, the dongs and
the designs of this venerable termagant They went
into the Ohio election with his upon their ban.
ner. Forgetting by what a coalition they trl-
UNI he'd in 1910, they deluded themselves into the
persuasion that The Clay and Adams party of 1924
had been restored 10 power They had the boldnc,s
to pronounce those united names as If they could
conjure with them, and they scarce uttered be-
fore the whole structure Of their vaunted strength
| and their towering hopes suddenly fell upon them IN
a heap OF runs never to be reared up again Verify
they have had their reward
| But would not speak as par isans We
call the country to witness what one on HON IL hl,
bestow ed most undescryed consideration is seduou
y doing TO destroy it, We appeal to al good citizen,
Of all parties, TO out from this fratricdal cor,
necton. We invoke whatever is left Of American
! feeling in the bosoms of those who have any control
over public opinion, to it against this most re.
morseless and INSCRIPTIONS sophis this systematic e.,
perseverIng libeller Of all that is precious m Tie
name, the Institutions and the peace Of the county,
We have not time to analyse the fcrraao betoreu,,
nor could we expect our readers to be at all grateful
TO US for taking the trouble il would cost US. The
wretched failure of the g venerable author in his
report as Chairman Of the Committee of Thirteen
which universally admitted at the time, and has
been The subject of just ridlcule abroad as il wa,
here had prepared Us for worse things in future He
has evidently had touch of that apopexy with
which, in his bombastlc phrase, he alleges that the
Legislative power has been lately struck, by the We
toes of the President.
But simply emptible as the politician and tie
writer are become, they both derive adveniitious
Importance from the history of the perSonage II is
Mr.. Adams who speaks after more than half cen.
fury Of public service; il is celebrated controyer-
siaiist who attacks an administration he abhors ii Is
the Dean of the corps dipiomatique who denounces as
oil has own ledge, conspracies deliberately form
ed by his own government against the peace and hon
or OF others it is the Ex President of the United
States, who does all he to make his country
Kissing and byward among nations, and to bring
upon her the hostility OF all mankind. For if title
Of what this unhappy railer alleges against the cou
duct and administration Of the country: legislative
executive and Judicial be true, Agiers scarcely de-
served more TO be broken up, nest of robbcrs,
and the pest and opprobrium OF civilization.
The address before US is, ON beginning to end a
fragrant example Of all that charge against if.
author. But we shall select single instance of his
contempt for TRUTH which is alone enough to discredt
hlm forever, even as party writer and speaker.
II is well known how much he has said about the
levyIng of duties under the acts of 1899 and 1893
between the Both June last and the passing of tie
present Tariff and the efforts he has made TO excite
resistance TO the laws Of the land SO long as there
was hope that by mere clamor BY rash dogmatism
IN debate, and iacous votes in Congress- the objects
Of the leaders could be elccu liz accomplished il
was assumed as quite clear, that the Treasury Crcu
lar would turn out TO be sheer nullty in practice
and would be so pronounced by the courts. Wl,r,
however, professional opinion began TO be formed "a
more calm and thorough examination, and mat
distinguished lawyers, OWING lawyers too on their
responsibility rs lawyers, were known TO approve the
course of the Executive, it began to be feared that
these denunciatons would pass in judicial scrutiny,
for the worthless things they are. II only remained
then TO attack the Judges, and to do il IN advance,
with view either to browbeat or to discredt them
This was rather delicate undertaking on the part Of
the Wings, whose boast is, their profound respect for
the law, and whose shbboeth as party it is that
the Supreme Court the final and only afber of the
law aud tie Constitution Witness for example
the lively horror al tie bare idea of nuifcati ~
manifested IN this very paper, by the renerabi"
author
Notwithstanding all this, however the step so little
TO be expected from the ma orIty was taken. They
found it necessary, the editor OF The ntegencer
ingeniousy confessed, at the time, to put forth their
whole strength, in order TO couneract the effect of
the second Veto Message II was no time [, mince
mateIs. lney hau recourse out oil very necessity 10
their $50 caled) greatest man. They sought their
champion in the person Of one rendered cdous IN
deed BY his lncendary cour.e one subject but
still conessedly their most powerful and what some
OF them liked still more their bitter and least
scrupuous advocate. They called on the ''Venerable
ex-President Of the United Statesn TO DESTROY at
once the Executive authority of which he had al
wa's been the defender and the Supreme judiciary
for which he had affected, and even still as against
the Nul!iGers, affects the deepest reverence The
veteran mischief maker leapt with alacry to the per-
Torrance OF such congenlal task. He put forth his