The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1876-10-13
NO.23

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Ukase of Russian deepotism In the
dreariest days of Romanof tyranny
ever 50 bound its own hands and plac
ed it beyond its own power to do
mercy and work righteousness in the
future, as Mr.. Adams proposed to bind
the hands of the United st tes, and
deprive our own Government for all
time of the power to emancipate sin
gle slave so long as one slave State
objects.
| And Mr.. Adams has never forgiven
Abraham Lincoln for defeating his at
rocious measure. Fortunately by Mr..
Lincoln's silent influence exerted from
his Illinois home, through Owen Love
Joy, Elibu Washburn, and other Rep
resentative friends in Congress, the
odious proposition was strangled with
out even coming to a direct vote, but
not until Mr. Adams had made an ele
borate plea for it. And years after
MIR. Lincoln had gone to a martyrs
grave-a grave bedewed with the tears
of millions, including those emancipat-
ed negroes whom Mr.. Adams had
Sought to keep in eternal bondage, Mr.
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Mr.. Seward, to depreciate, and BELT
tie, aud dishonor the grandest man
that has sat in the Presidential Chair
Isince George Washington Mr.. Adams.
in this petty aud paltry course, was
seeking an ignoble revenge over the
dead patriot, who, when living, could
never refer to the Constitutional
Amendment, which Mr.. Adams adyo
Gated, without chill of horror. Mr..
Lincoln, indeed, often declared thai
no crisis of the war was so terrible
aud 20 possible issues of IL so destrue-
i've, as thu proposition Of Mr.. Adams
to found the continuance OF the Union
on the renorseless, and hopeless, and
endless servitude of an entire race OF
men. MrIincoln did not believe thai
God would permit the perpetuity of
Union founded on such atrocities,
wrong, and crime In view of Mr..
Adams course toward Mr. Lincoln, in
his grave, the friends of Governor
Hayes will estimate Lis criticism of
that honored leader and true man at
precisely its just value.
But for the honor of New England,
desire to say that of all her Repre-
senfatives, MIR. Adams stood alone, j
think, in supporting this infamous
proposition. Every other Massachu
sets Representative was opposed to it,
including Hon. Alexander 81. Rice, the
present R publican Governor of that
State, and candidate for re election
against Mr.. Adams. Indeed from ali
New England, as / Lave already said,
in that hour of supreme trial no other
Republican proved false to her princi
Piles and her teachings save only he
whose Inheritance should have made
him the foremost defender of the
right.
And after Mr.. Adams had made this
fearful offer of the eternal permanence
of slavery to the rapting Democratic
Disunionists of the South, he superad
ded to it, in formal speech, the init
ma ion that if it ,.as not acceptable to
the South, lie might himself favor
some scheme of disunion, If it could be
of q peaceful character.
And now with this record, Mr..
Adams naturally and properly sup
Corts Tilden. And the lengths he
would go to conciliate the rebel Dem
mocratic element may be inferred from
the extent to which he was willing to
20 in 1861, when he was ready and
eager, on the heals of National Re
publican victory, to concede more to
the slave interest than its EXTREMIST
fire eating advocate had ever demand
ed in Congress. Imagine, if you can
tell me, if you will-one possible con
dition the South would impose on the
legislation of Congress that Mr. Adam
would lot gladly support-one posi-
BILE exc ction the rebel Democrats could
make that Mr.. Adams would not glad
ly concede. Would he hesitate at sny
thing a "Solid South" would demand ?
Would he interpose his influence
against the payment of any amount OF
rebel claims2 Would he, 1 ask in all
sincerity, ever enter a word against
taking the right of suffrage from the
colored men, whose hopeless and end
less enslavement he so lately advoca
tedl When Massachusetts, forgets the
Republican teachings of John Quincy
Adams, she will elect his sor Governor
of the proud old Commonwealth. /
nave said that / have no time and no
desire for personalities. Ii / had j
might r, adily indulge myself at M.
Adams expense. The personal end
political gossip a5 Washington. in 1851
was busy with Adams name, and it
was currently said that ne obtained
the mission to England in a manner
and by means which he would now
gladly consign to oblivion, and which
bis children would blush to have re
peated. have no disposition to in
dulge In that line of gossip, and prefer
to confine my criticisms to Mr.. Adams
record on public questions. Nor have
1 any wish to comment on bis utter
disregard of the difference of principles
between the two great political parties
standing, as he has, for years ready to
accept a nomination from either. Still
less do desire to rehearse the assum
ed belief In certain quarters, that Mr.. |
Adams candidacy of the Democratic |
party was the result of regular bar
rain between him and Mr.. TildeD, in
which Mr.. Adams agreed to give the
responsibility of his name to the Dem
ocratic party, and 3fr Tilden agreed,
If elected, to make Mr.. Adams his Sec
retary of State. have no taste for
such gossip, and only refer to its cur
rency, that Mr. Adams may be remind
ed that he lives in a political house
containing a great deal Of glass, ana
that he may not with impunity throw
stones at his neighbors, nor loosely in
dulge in railing accusations against
those who conscienticusly maintain as
high STANDARD Of honor as he preach