The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-04-16


prevail of the attitude Of fhs VA.
tion carried the federal party 4 n \
est pitch Of popularity. Tia s..s
the republican party babe fa,r 4
terly overwhelmed. All classs. y
for wiping out in blood the indis,,sa
had been put upon the Nation 'A "!
for defense; not one cent n. Il
rung through the length ana ~
the land. For nearly year go
seas actually existed. but no io,e.,
laration Of war was made by slsaa'
to the quarrel. There can b. l my \
that but for the cooiness and ,ss,
ment of the president the ~
would have speedily become ,n,.lF
serious and bloody strife, Bit NV n,
met with ready cordiality N. e.1
of the rise Of conciliatory tenn.
part Of the offending power. ~
ter and commissioners were IN, 4
adjust matters. They found Nss,'|
first consul at the head Of NJ ~
msnt, the directory superseded ~
In power ready for an amIcahSs i
ment. President Adams assurnss 4,
sponsibility Of concluding ~
peace. But to the excited, WARM, y
! of his countrymen this wisdom ~ !.
Grafton seemed weakness and puuiis.a
and were made the ground Of r.r,v,,
position to the federal party, n.
eralists who favored the wsr ~
offended. The president steadily ny
ularity. and his recollection bsc,r.
T possible.
Causes of the Decline of IL, n
ernIist Party.
The fall OF the federal party frs J
er now became inevitable. varjcm !,
contributed, along with the diver. !,
as to foreign affairs, to acccls..
downfall. There were disssns!ou
| jealousles within the party, and N
counsels We're divided. Some Of In u
dents personal qualities Offended 4.
PEELED those who might have b.a
friends. His temper was cold and y
what suspicious, and he was thoutl
have an overweening sense OF his M
fetal dignity and importance. gsus
were the principal acts OF the adutd
ton calculated to discrsdit the oar,t|
stamp act imposing duty upon ~,
paper and vellum; a naturalizs,ir
requiring fourteen years residtuc, NJ
of five; an act increasing army Ara I
certain direct taxes and public luarsI
these were odious to the people Hu. n
all did the alien and sedltion aets Il {
arouse an indignant and powerful IA
opposition.
The alien act authorized the pf.!
20 remove from the country "sucA n
born, not entitled by the constitute
laws to the rights of citizenship, " !
| be dangerous to its peace and lid
In spite of the resistance Of insa$
statesmen. headed by Albert Gallant
this drastic and uncalled-for msisusI
bill was passsd, limited in Its optisi5
two years, Though it was never snzl
1t still worked it's disintegrauny q
upon the party originating It
The sedltion act was even more
ious. 1t made it a crime punishaA}
fine and Imprisonment for persons y i
bine to oppose measures Of the ~
ment, to intimidate any oiflcehoiSI
publish libels upon the governments
president or the houses Of ccnUAI
to excite against them any unlasis
position, etc. The main objection i
act was understood to be to supNn
republican journals and silence thst
Ing writer's. BY 1t the federal EoEd'
instead of the individual sa!s,
within it's OWE boundaries-'was N.Y.
regulator of the press. The bill ~
ried against the opposition Of ~
of the federal leaders OF the day,
der Hamilton and John Marsnal
force of the sedition act was 70 e7s
1901, and it was at once put INTO opss
That it should actually be eniorc1
the press should be muzzled AZ
speech denied, aroused such Dig
mostly toward the party pronlg
such tyrannical, such iniquitous III
as alone insured its speedy remo'h
power, Even more serious resus
ed to threaten. Many of the rfps
believed the federallsts to De W.
power of the National governmsr.
stroy the sacred rights OF the ys,ls
the question of the Withdrawn
States from the Union was ac!uty
cussed. Jefferson, however, pele,'
remedy lay rather in an appsn
people through the State leglsia'us
such assemblies--the legislatules
lucky and observation-disclosures VI.
setting forth the view that tne Sos
was compact to which the esw
parties and that leach party n~
right to judge for itself a. wen =
lions as of the mode and measu'"
dress" The dangerous statues "
the federalists were declared y
lucky esolutions-which were
: Jefferson himself-"void ana o. ~
while the other States were uIsm
in presenting a protest 70 con asssa
ond series OF resolutions pas
Kentucky legislature in lIss wss
and declared Qualification
rightful remedy" I, so,.drI
An important constitutions W IN
set forth in these Virgins aa .ssats
resolutions, but they were paisss IA
signed to direct attention 70 tns
nature of federalist Legislature s,Il
fluence the approaching prss S~
ton. That election now ORE ,nlsl
coolness between Adams ana hs NJ
become hatred, and, involving ~sdI
porters led to an open breach ~
ylded tbs federal party into W.
cilable factions. The repaspss n.f
united in their hostility 10 'a s., ~
of the party in power, and .ns, ,;3
in Aaron Burr one of the mv my. 4 Il
, well as the most unscrupulyS' hirx
schemers. Burr had maus :. 81
New York Calready "plyo'ss as,sl
leader of the popular forces , e.
aristocratic and family lnstip
had hitherto dominated .ns snr,!
! skillful manipulation Of tne sn
lions resulted in the choice lstsI
, can majority for the sta'. M n
which would choose presiu''
in the autumn. JESSE