The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1913-08-01

NAouBut TIC HluSl MdNe ulo didI iu5, LIS
insurrections and plots against the
constitution" snetred Jefferson. at
aroused the favbrite purposes OF
strengthening government and increas-
ing the public debt; and therefore an
instruction was announced and pro-
claimed and arR bed against and
marched against, ut could never be
found. And all thu under the sane
ton OF a name vi kch has done too
much good not to sufficient to COW
er harm also"
"The powers of &he executive of
this country are mon definite and bet
ter understood, perhaps, than those
OF any other country" Washington
had said, "and my am has been, and
will continue to be, Neither. to stretch
nor TO relax from hem IN any In
stance whatever, unlkss compelled to
II by imperious circumstances" and
that was what he M ant the country
20 know, whether tte laws purpose
was good or bad.
Wrath Over EnaIish Treaty.
The next year the people knew what
Mr.. Jay had done. Re reached New
York May 2S, 1896; Rnd the treaty
ne brought with him Fas laid before
the senate on the ST. Of June. On
the I'd OF July the couttry knew what
he had agreed to and the senate had
ratified. There was IA instant out
burst of wrath. 1t swept from one
end of the country to the other.
The treaty yielded = much, gained
90 little, that to ACCEPT 1t seemed q
veritable humiliation. The northwest
ern posts were, indeed to be given up
at last; the boundaries between Eng
fish and American territory were to
be determined by commissioners; un
restricted commerce with England
herself. and free direct trade with
her East Indian possessions. we're con-
ceded; but not a word was said about
the impressment Of American seamen;
American claims for damages for un-
coveted trade with the West Indian
referred to a commission, along with
American debts to Ehglishmen; the
coveted trade with the West Indies
islands was secured only to vessels
of seventy tons and under. and at the
cost Of renouncing the. right to ex-
port sugar. molasses, coffee, cocoa, or
cotton to Europe.
Washington agreed with the senate
that ratifications of the treaty ought
not to be exchanged without a modifi-
cation of the clauses respecting the
West Indian trade, and October had
come before new and better terms
could be agreed upon; but he had no
doubt that the treaty as ! whole ought
90 be accepted. The OPPOSITION party
en- congress had refused 10 vote money
Tor an efficient navy, and so had made
n impossible TO check British aggres-
sions; they must now accept this un-
paiatable treaty as better at any rate
than war.
Storm RACES FierceIy.
IL was hard TO stand steady in the
storm. The country took fire as il
had done at the passage OF the Stamp
Act Harder things had never been
said OF king and parliament than were
now said of Washington and his ad
visers. Many stout champions stood
90 his defence-none stouter or more
formidable than Hamilton, no longer a
member OF the cabinet, for imperative
private interests had withdrawn him
these six months and more. but none
the less redoubtable in the field of
controversy.
For long, nevertheless, the battle
went heavily against the treaty. Even
Washington. for once, stood little
while perplexed. not doubling his own
purpose, indeed, but very fanxious
what the outcome should be. Pro-
tests against his signing he treaty
poured In upon him from efery quar-
ter of the country; many of them
earnest almost to the point of en-
treaty. some hot with angry comment.
His reply. when he voucksafed any,
was always that his vefE gratitude
for the appreciation of the country in
the past fixed him but the more firm
~ In his resolution to deterve it now
BY obeying his own conS cience.
1T Is very desirable" NE wrote to
Hamilton. ITO ascertainlif possible,
after the paroxysm of De fever is a
little abated. what the r4al temper of
the people is concerning it; for at
present the cry against the treaty is
like that against a mad dog; but he
showed himself very calm to the gen.
eral eye, making h 5 uneasiness
known only to his ihtimates. The
cruel abuse heaped upfh him cut him
60 the quick. Such Exaggerated and
Indecent terms" he cried. could
scarcely be applied I'd Nero, a no
torlous defaulter, or ven to a COM
mon pickpocket"
But the men who sneered and
stormed. talked of us,fpation and inn
peachment, called hint base, incompe-
tent. traitorous even. were permitted
10 see not so much a the culver of
an eyelid as they WI tched him go
steadily from step step in the
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