Wilmington daily commercial., 1874-10-01

sense of the people, for they despised all things
popular as "Jacobinical' and "French.r To
them, all measures conceived outside OF their
own councils were but the devices of fanatics,
the schemes by which demogogues managed.
But Mr. Adams was not one of their selectnum-
bor. He voted on all the war measures in dofi-
ance of their dictum. He saw that Independent
of patriotic considerations any party which ran
counter to the belligerency of the people, and
if only seemingly lovod foreign enemy botter
than it's own cause, would bo ultimately sponged
of tho political slate. That was just the result
that happened. Tho Federal leaders, their fol-
lowing grown smaller and smaller, wero at last
hived in the Hartford Convention, and there
''bottled up" forever, as political curiosties.
MIR. Bayard did not take the same course AZ
| Mr.. Adams and yet he seems to have been not
unwilling to do 30. He cautiously stood of,
whom Adams was boldly sailing in. In january,
1903, when the proposition to expel Senator
John Smith, (the Senate was full of Smiths
Samuel, Of Maryland John, of New York
John, Of Ohio Daniel, Of Tennessee and
Israel, OF Vermont woro all members, nearly at
tho Same time,) for his alleged completely in tho
Burr expedition, was up, and Adams had made
report expelling him, Mr.. Bayard, says the
Diary
"Attackod both tho report and tho reporter
with unusual violence. At this l was not sur
| prised but Bayard carried it further than l OK
pocted. Though much provoked, l forebore
answering. In the evening, l wont with
| the ladies to toa-party at Georgetown, at
| Govoror Loes. l could not well spare the time,
but felt that wanted some dissipation. The
insidious and false imputations which Bayard
I had oft tod 10 unf -. t.tA lone
speeches delivered in his highest tono of elo-
| quence, had affected me moro than they
| ought to do. For, after ALL know it il not in
| his powor now essentially to injure my credit,
either with tho Senate or the public, and that
| his most violent attacks upon me can give him
nothing but hard bought triumph on the nero
| forms of debate. .......I believe my talents and
| aquircmenta greater than his, excepting that Of
unpromoditated eloquenco. OF that hayo very
littlo, and ho moro than than any other man ever
hoard in Congroas but as this is tile only point
in which an appearance of contest between us,
| is exhibited, to tho world he never loses an op-
portunity of holding himself out against mo-"
All this rather bittor soliloquy and tho speeches
which caused it were tho outgrowth of the anger
folt at Adams for the support he had been giving
to Mr. JeiIorson's Administration. He was ac-
cused of trimming it was the beginning of
tho charge which followed him through life that
such innuondo, no doubt, was contained in Mr.
Bayard's attacks. That the latter, however, was
himself moro kindly disposed to Mr.. Madison,
and moro wiling as we have already intimated-
to sock refuge in the comfortable haven occupied
by tho party in power, than his Senatorial COURSE
and his attack on Adams Indicated, now appeared
A few days lator, Senator Giles, OF Virginia, the
| vigorous and able drill-sorgoant Of tho Jefferson
| party in the Senate, unfoldcd to Mr.. Adams, ac-
cordng to tho Diary, some political socrots. In
briof, they amounted to this That MIR. Dayard
had continually made "ovortures" to tho Admin
istration, indicating that his support could bc
had for it, upon certain conditions These wore,
first hia personal advancement and second,
''somo inducoment for the State of Delaware to
detach herself from tho Eastern and Join to the
Southern interest," Delaware, up to this time
was earnestly Il FederAlist community. JefIorson
had bitterly declared it only "a county of Eng
land, so little did its elections comfort him.
Again, little lator, Gilos talked freely Of Mr..
Bayard's movements, to tho effect that tho latter
had said to him, "there wore no prospects, for
him [Bayardl under this admin 'stration that
Mr.. Jefferson hd'Cd Fedoralists but he hoped
a new state OF things would come with
which he could DO rcconciled-a war, for in
stance ) and within few days he had suggest
cd the same thing with regard to Mr.. Madison Il
| election. I did toll him., said Mr.. Giles,
that if he could find tho views of public tTairs
of tho Administration such us he could cordially
support, lie might remove his residence to Phil
| adephia, and worry soon be at the hoad of tho
Pennsylvania delegation, which might place hin
in that rank and consideration to which ho IL nks
himself entitlod.'"
Such conversations wore further held between
dilos and Adams, until, as tho latter records,
he plainly d'ecerno9 scheme to secure either
himself Or lIr. Bayard for the pu poses of the
| expected administration of Mr. Madison, and he
| thought he saw that Goa was not only angling
with both but playing ON tho jealousies of zach
against tho other. lie gave the virginir1 plain
ly to understand that what ho had done and
what he world do in tho direction desired was
and would bo founded entirely upon His own
convictions Of public policy and thus tho matter
seems to have rested when he won't homo al
the end of the session of Congress-, carly in the
summer of 1908. Tho Federal majority in the
Legislature of Massachusetts then passed. the
""NAVo'i iosOiuViols, lcheoUiil6 OIL nlhcourse.aH
senator, in the war measures, and i'pmodiately
elected Lloyd of Boston as tho successor to him,
(when tho regular term should end, some nine
months ater) and he thercupon promptly re-
signed hla scat for tho remainder of tho tol n
thus ending His service, forever, in the United
States Senate. Mr.. Bayafd remained until 1873
and the two Senators then mot once moro, as.
sociated with Gallatin and Clay AZ Commission
ers to negotiate, at Ghont, that Treaty OF
Peace with Great Britain, which siuco has moi
boon broken, but which, by tho increasing
Christianity of the age, has boon maintained,
cherished, and fortified.
XOuriPnstOr's Wife.
Tho ntIf.Ijuf