New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-09-10

| fcclinr of relief, he was not inc apfc' "'J' Wv
! Historian would have us believe ne P'S'.
| and continued 10 possess to me gay vi ni' VI"
| Greater personal inf hence than any o'""i'
,.f his early ard devoted followers WIN '.''
| ,.l,., away during the Embargo days. SAID WIN
| ,,ch bitterness ,urn@ the closing Gays "i ''ie
administration tina, from letter, received It scemca
So h;., that ,hn,r Republicans whom he hrid
j., ,hc bi.,hes, estimation had forgotten there
,y,s any other God than Thomas Jefferson.
One word more on the Embargo pciic'e
ccyy will inorsc the opinion Of Mr.. Henry ADAMS
TINT the Embargo was an experiment IN poll'ics
we'll worth making
| TIE HISTORIANS MISCONCEPTIONS.
Mr. Adams is not more happy in dealing with
ocpcraties than with the acts OF political leaders
| III. in, roductory chapter, contain evidence OF
misconceptions of forces. and misstatemens OF facts
The character of contentment ascribed TO the
| soc,,tv of Pennsylvania. which was the KEY OF
tbc Repuhlican arch is not warranted.
Too Thoroughly democratic to fear democracy. ana
mnc naolallzcd to dread na'l3nai t ,o.rant
concntcd II its soil bred lttic ech ; xD nri
| still r>> treason. After one Drei eAl''''
| cncc they never rcbccd
Al tine period when Mr. Adams's history opens,
= second instruction involving the counties 81
Bucks. Mont olncrv and Northampton, n territory
4, large rs that embraced III The Whskey lnsnr-
rcction was bcing suppressed by militia. snpp"r'e"
by regular troops. Drmagogucs led the ignorant
| people to believe that the act authorizing oirr'
tax empowered the Government 10 mortgage pri-
| vatc propcrtv and a formidable instruction en-
,ucl The leading conspirators, who had been ar
rested, were rescued by a party of armed men ied
by Captain Fries. and order was restored ohiN
through military power. What snbsr Incnily took
| place through c.al processes and the discretion
| of the t.Xrruivc only confirmed the opinion
formed Of the turbulent spirit and ignorance Of
| The rsylvanians. Wors' thnn this because IN
>prcd hy party leaders, was the attempt to i'm
peach the Judges of the supreme Court on trivial
clarcrs which revealed depth Of political intolcr-
| ancr rccklr>snrss and mali.rity inconsistent with
| the character of n aw-a.'.ing, peaceful and con-
| tented people,
The atmosphere Of the nineteenth century gives
| zone 10 Mr. Adamss opinions lie JUDGES the
| past by tho standards of to-day. Social life In
| New England in ISno is declared TO have been
narrow and rrpcllant. owing to the prrdomnancc
Of rrli. ous influences. The minister with cooked
hat who represented law and order in the com
muniiy. fills him with contempt: Tho horse rae
in- elevator Of Virginia. representing libcrality
and social freedom. is held in greater respect Let
tine reader reflect fc influence Of the two sys-
tens Of civilization, which may now hr fairly
j rstinltrl Let him contemplate the social work
"f Connecticut, VI issarhusriiS. New Hampshire md
| Vermont aS Witnessed in the commit
| mites forming c"YicG"uS States from the
nc>i"rn hor,lrr of Ncw-Nork 10 the Pa
| rl.ir Ocean. and o." communities derived from
Viz MI. 'hr '.r"!irlS AID Georgia. and decide
! wlr'hrr the n.orr ri / stem has been justly
u.d ed. II j. dear that go splir al thc Nrw
Eng aud cyla:I"n is rot nu!cr>'"o'! by H." his
! tnrar. Go,!v.u smith l,ll> thii the Puritan
r,lc "t he = iull Of lruitv. amrnity. A.
,inll s,,r.t urh.'> inc'ud'n oar his'ofan.
r.r. II Lad . nj - ctirn n il nucn'" '!c-trnc-
-. :" til ic.tI', and a., Of life. We prefer
,Ic int rp.r'a,r,n II tic Puritan rvizat;"u Givcn
',y :. ct 'h 'i"iii 4 nj ..>"r a g. - This may
l- - i,r>, q, ~ = >,.ri"',c: S"cr''y Is moral in
.rr..ion. and government. Il, lis organ. should
r>crr an inilc 80 on rio higher interests Of
pc,r'c l.; expressing reverence" for the moral law
n i's Whole p hey aud legislation.
BASE LIBEL on THE rIo~EEH, OF TIE WEST
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