The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1879-12-24

Among US whose names may happen TO De re- |
membered for awhile, the next generations |
will Judge, favorably or unfavorably, accord |
ing to the complexion of individual minds, |
and the side they shall themselves have taken;
that nothing new can be added by you or
me to what has been said by others, and will |
be said in every age in support of the con-
hicting opinions on government; and that |
wisdom and duty dictate an humble resigna-
ton TO the verdict of our future peers. In
doing this myself shall certainly not suffer
moot questions to affect the sentiments of
sincere friendship and respect consecrated to |
you byso long course of time, and of which
l now repeat sincere assurances
JOHN ADAMS TO THOMAS JEFFERSON.
QUINCY, June 30th, 1913.
| sYou never felt the terrorism of Chase's re-
| bellion in Massachusetts,. ] believe you never
| felt the terrorism of Gallatin's instruction in
Pennsylvania You certainly never realized
| the terrorism of Frier's most outrageous riot
and rescue as | call it; treason, rebellion, as
the world, and great judges, and two juries
| pronounce it.
'.You certainly never felt the terrorism ex-
cited by Genet in 1898, when 10000 people
| in the streets of Philadelphia day after day
threatened to drag Washington out
of his home and effect revolution in the
| government or compel it to declare war in
/
| England. The coolest and the frmest
minds, even among the Quaksrs in Philadel-
! phia, have given their opinions to me that
| nothing but the yellow fever which removed
! DIR. Hutchinson and Jonathan Dickinson
Sargent from this world, could have saved
the United States from total revolution of
government. / have no doubt you were fast
asleep Gin philosophical tranquility when
| 10000 people, and perhaps many more,
the evening Of my Fast Day. When even
Governor Mifflin himself thought it his duty
to order a patrolS of horse and foot to pre-
serve the peace; when Market street was as
full as could stand by one another, and
even before my door; when some of my
domestics in frenzy determined to sacrifice
their lives in my defense; when all were
ready to mako a desperate sally AMONG the
multitude and others were with difficulty
and danger dragged back by the others;
when l myself judged it prudent and neces-
sary to order chests of arms from le war
office to be brought through by lanes and
back doors, determined to defend my house
at the expense of my life and the lives OF
the few, very few, domestics and friends
within it. What think you of terrorism
Mr.. jefferson? Shall investigate the causes
the motives, the incentives to these terror
isrns? Shall Iremind you of Philip Freneau
u,
of Andrew Brown, of Duane of Calender
of Tom Paine, of Greenleaf, of Cheatham
of Tcnnison at New York, of Benjamin
Austin at Boston,?
'"Where is the terrorism now, my friend
There is now more real terrorism in New
4 England than there ever was in Virginia
!. The terror of civil war la Vendee,
7 division of the st etc, etc How shall
D we coniure down - damnable rivalry be
tween Virginiaand Massachusetts, Virgins
had recourse to Pennsylvania and New York
Massachusetts has now recourse to New
, York. They have almost got New Jerse,
, and Maryland, and they are aiming at Penn
e sylvana- And all this in the midst of
war with England, when all Europe is il
J flames.
81 will give you hint or two more ON tn
n subject of terrorism. When John Randolph
a in the House and Stephen Thompson Masol
in the Senate were treating me with the ut
8 most contempt; when Ned Livingston wa
K threatening me with impeachment for tn
d murder of Jonathan Robbins, the native,o
e Danvers in Connecticut; when / had certail
e information that the daily language in an in
: surance Office in Boston, was, even from tn
e mouth of Charles Jarvis, we must GO t
q Philadelphia and drag that John Adams fror
" his chair thank God that terror never We
n seized on my mind. But l have had NOR
excitements to it from 1851 to this day tina
any other man. Name the other if you cal
have been disgraced and degraded, and
V have a right to complain. But as 1 Away
/ expected it, have always submitted to i
.r perhaps often with too much tamenes
e The amount of all the speeches of job
n Randolph in the House for two
A. three years is that himself and myse
If are the only two honest and cor
,e sistent men in the United States. Himse
ID eternally in opposition to government, an
o. myself as constantly in favor of it. He is no
r in correspondence with his friend Quinc,
is What viii come of it let Virginia and Ma
OF sachusetts judge. In my next you may fin
something upon correspondence; Wing an
Tory; Federal and Democratic; Virginia
and Monaghan; English and French: ia
ne obinic and Despotic, ETC.
~ JEFFERSON TO JOHN ADAMS.
'MoNTIcELLo, Jund 30, 1878.
Mt GAS to myself, shall take no part in an
ut discussions / leave others to Judge of VIII
IN / have done, and to give me exactly tn
ID place which they think / have occupie
an Marshal as written libels on one side; othel
RS / suppose will be written on the other sid
,w and the world will sift both and separate Il
h. truth as well as they can. i should see wi
ma reluctance the passions of that day rekindl'
in this, while so many of the actors are Ii
ct ing, and all are too near the scene not
participate in sympathies with them. Abo
:. facts you and | can not differ, because tru
ap is our mutual guide. And if any opinio
Us you may express should be different fro
CT mine shall receive, them with the liberali
and indulgence which l ask for my ow
and still cherish with the warmth, the SEN
ments of affectionate respect, of which / c,
t@ with so much truth tender you the assn
,rs ance."
in IoHN ADAMS TO THOMAS JErrERsos.
~ QUINCY, July 8, 1918.
y Il recollect, near some 80 years ago,
ny have said carlessly to you that 1 wished
as could find time and means to write som
III thing upon aristocracy. You seized up,
~ the idea, and encouraged me to do it with &
We that friendly warmth that is natural al
We habitual to you. l soon began, and ha
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