The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1883-05-27

Tho Secretary was Going on must speak or
nobody would. Mr.. President said i.
wo have lately had q hard struggle for our
liberty against kngIy authority; tho minds OF
men are still heated. Evcrything rotated to
that species OF government is odious to tho
people. Tho words prehxcd to the Presidents
speech arc the same that are usually placed
| before tho speech OF his Britannia Majesty;
know they will give offence; I consider them
as improper" Mr.. Maclay moved. therefore.
that most gracious" be struck out. and that
tho minutes stand simply address" or
speech" Thereupon Mr.. Adams rose In his
chair and Expressed the greatest surprise that
| ANYTHING should be objected to on account OK
| It's being taken from the practice OF that Gov
eminent under which we had lived so long and
so happily. formerly. That he was for digni-
fed and respectable Government. and. "a lar
as he knew the continents Of tho people. they
| thought as no did" To this naive disclosure
| Of Mr.. Adams's predictions. Mr.. Macay CO.
| gently rejoined that while 1t was true enough
tho people OF the colonies had once enjoyed
| great happiness under that species OF gov
| orn ment, yet the abuses under which they
| had smarted had taught them what they had to
| fear from that kind OF polity. "Thoro had
| been" no said. "A revolution In the senti-
l ments Of people respecting political systems
| equally "a great as that which had happened
| In tho Government ITSELF" Even the modes
/ md formallties OF q monarchical r6.imo were
| now abhorred: bo went'on to remind his col
| leagues that " the enemies OF the Constitution
had objected to 1t the facility there would DO OF
] transition from 1t 10 kingly government. and
l all the trappings and sDlendor OF royalty. III
| such thing AZ this appeared on our minutes.
/ they would not fail u represent 1t as the first
l step Of tho ladder In the ascen: to royalty"
| After some debate Mr.. Adams was tacitly re-
! buked for hi, unwarranted Interpolation In the
/ min utes OF the Senate BY the passage OF reso-
| luton directing tho words mOst gracious to DO
erased.
About this time Mr.. Adams. Mr.. Hamilton.
and other prominent Federalists were much
/ exercised touching the restrictions which 1t
would DO safe to impose on access TO the Chief
ter. ndvised that the President should DO iso.
| lated ~ much ~ possible from his fellow eti-
sens. aad vailed IN Gy rules II etian -! boz
| in. mon ia both Houses Of Congress- were pri-
| vItsly sounded on tho subject, and Il seens
Mr. Hscay. The Pennsyivanis senator did
not hesitate to speRk his mind l told the
General that Con. Washn!ton stood on as ~.
| That to suffer himself to b. run down on the
one hand by u crowd OF vsitants so IS to On
f fas on the other hand. Tor m 70 - seen
I I.s,era E p' would Do equal offensive II
| he was not to be seen but in public where moth,
ing confidential could pass between n MN n. anu
aneo be done without him. and he could not
escape the charge OF fayoritisn: all court would
insigniGcance would bo considered ~ charae
| tcr,stics Of the President and no would not es.
the General lad gained tho universal plaudits.
| OF his admiring fellow citizens. l reiterated
liarlt Il N
lour that we wa ked in frontofS Papl,s Church.
Gen. st. Clair said that he wished to collect
muncate them 70 Gen. Washington; | told
| him my late conduct in the Senate had been
very very ungrscioas at court and perhaps he had
better never make mention OF my nhme; S,,..
sni,nLls titles for the Chief Magistrate and
| other Federal officers. had been strenuously
as Mr.. Mac t was informed. the title selected
| from all the potentntes OF the earth for our
viz. Elective Majesty. What a royal escape
After celebrating. however for more than two
weeks. tho Senate committee reported on May
United States Of america and Protector of their
occupied the greater part OF five days. the title
| OF Eyccllency was at one time suggested BY MIR.
sr icl,s but II AZ was s.ssssssntly M!!Saf1#s
ts arrsii ana IT. Few SPOKE on the oiisr side.
but the friends OF republican simplicity were
| greatly outnumiered, and but for the vehement
uras TO enlist the House OF Representatives on
his behalf. the President of the. United States
the Mnesy notes n
his %orH II feS1 a wh ans s Ny
follows i VS. Lee, and the &sw EnsIand men. Who
always herd together, follow Mr.. Adams, Mr..
THOMPSON says this used TO be the case in the
share in this debate, and must now have COM
Ileteiy sold mo. sold is n bad word, for have
for n coNUI tho Senate seems determined on,
and to run into ali III" fooleries. fopper.es and
1t seems that when Mr.. Adams learned that
the House Si Hspre- snn va iseiy to
House. as he was fond OF calling it,
had no competence il the matter; -, Gentle.
that it is you md TIN, President that have the
making Of titles. Suppose. he went on: the
JEFFERSON at the cour, OF France Mr.. Jefferson
j.. in virtue Of tnnt appointment, the mos,
iiinstrions; the most powerful. and whp: not
that includes all the dlgnities Of the diplomatic
corps corp and something grsater still. What
what will. ts sailors and soldiers say
---Georgc Washington President OF the, United
the ex 1ss Gain OF cseasvu I powsrs
for the President and senate Mr.. Mac!ay rose
and made the following NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.: The
mated our Chief Magistrate BY the appellation
OF the President OF the United States of Ameri-
| ca. This Is his title of Office. nor can we alter
| add to. or diminish it without infringing the
| Constitution. In like manner persons au-
thorizcd to transact business with foreign
| powers are styled Ambassadors. public Min
listers, and SO forth. To give them any other
appellation would DO an equal infrinsement
Can then. the President and Senate do that
which is prohibited to the United States at
| large? Certainly not. Lat us read the Con-
stitution: No title of nobility shall he granted
by tho United States The Constitution goes
further. The servants Of the public are pro-
hbitel from accepting them from any foreign
| State. king. or prince. So that the appentions
and terms given to nobi lily in the Old World
are contrabRnd language In the United States
| nor can We apply them to our citizens consist
| ent with tho Constitution. As to what the
| common people, soldiers. and aors OF foreign
| countries may think OF us. do not think 1t
| imports us much. Perhaps the less they think
| or have occasion to think OF us, the better" At
| n later stage Of the debate Mr. MacLay tfus
referred TO the term Protector. which had been
| inserted in tho proposed official appellatop.
! As to the latter part Of the lutte would only
observe that the power OF war Is the organ Of
protection. This is placed in Congress by the
| Constitution. Any attempt to divest them OF
| 1t. and place it elsewhere even with Gen. WASH
| ington, is treason against tho United States
or. AT least o violation OF the Constitutions"
Although Mr.. Macays arguments were OBJ
| yipusly unanswefable Mr. Adams was able