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X' ;v r r-.. j. TTCITHT1""" oVr-tVv -"! concluded!" ... V?$ Tn,ocp?t then. Wa.brief consider -the jled project f.lSU3-4, t the .oruiern ,Cr.r.rsv cy. - : ' ;. 7 (. In the lst.pr.ee, i? s!ernn!y iksavawnUtoow l : ledretfiich a fr 'ret, end ull remembranct of the -'mentis cfiU'c ' -Vfon tinalajmii to it 'at that; crinv8vl,sr?u- Ji f-inod.&SAXy.S yinle it!is oW ! viously impo- ible for us to. controvert evidence tf, of which we are ipnorant,r wercwcira5??ired " it Wtbe equally iirnossible to bvinf anVifaets !vhich can be considered evidence to beaf.upqrt the designs cr measured fcf those; whoanihe time of -Mr. Adams inte,ryiew:with Mr, Jefrerv m; and afterwards durtnff the wavtooklrf ac-v 'five pr-' in the public affairs of Massachusetts. ; ?: Tlie eucrt i'":cernible, throughout this letter,' , tn connect- those, laler event v which werelof a. public r ,ture!&nd of which thenatur&l and ade - quale "caus-s were public, fwith: the mysterious. ' 'runVlfi-r . k nowri onlv tb hirftlf,f an earlier bri- fTtn and distinct: source,-1 w uiKiaaivMg'cc,ivf . V Th e cesio n of Louisiana fa (he United S i ites v. h e n rst pfomulged, was a theme of com plaint , nnd ' di?satisfaction,rii this part of the country-4-This could not berejrarded a4 factious pf bnreV 1. c inahle, when IU admitted oMlvAdamvthat llr. JefTerson and bimself.eftjtertoined;.cnittu-. tional scruples ami r nf the trectvl of cession. ' .Motbinsr, jbowever l'.ke'a popular-excUementtgrew"6dt:of the meif nd it is stated by Mr.iAdaitns ththislmJ caon of the Louisiana Treaty certain leader. OLITIOAL'IIIG - 1ect thimleredUintil the period of the embargo conucscenuru, oy)Uic iiau.w "F" in Dec'lSOr. Suppose; then.-for, the moment,' of that Convention, tp.adoptor.cpuntenance . (vhatwe have hot a single shadow bf reason for those , imptttatlorW onits proceedings, we maybe ' "ui: mn'A A Kr.ov. thaf hnnn'the oc.! excusedfor makincr a'few mbre remarks on the - influenced by constitutional objections, ; (admit ted to. have been common to Mr." Jefrerson,-Mr; A - Adams arid" themse;lres,; hsd-rponceived a pro , . jectof separation;-and f aNortherti Confedera f - cyi' as.the Only probabie counterpoise! ito tlie ma. - 1 'Vnnfscture of new States in the boutn, aoesit 101- FV"- uc,clcs u "; v"yl,vT J';... ' ' low! that,- - icilt-n to w hen the public mind became;. recon- , secondly i ine propriety,, ana, expediency , or the cession, and thc' benehaal.cpnse- l exercising tne ngnt at tnax time r ' , of it were realized.- i a it is conceded ,t i "Thirdh", the objects intended to bettained v . r anences ' ,"7 r- Adams-was the case) these same leaders'; 'J V whoever they 'might be, would till cherish, the empryoiiroject, ana wait iorwucrcuiiuiigcii x -.ciesi' -to enable. tl ienV to efiectit? ? Oh what au- s f thority canHXrAdams assume that the project -t fc merely slumbered fr 5'ar-si ifbis priyate evi-: v ' dence app'ies xinly to:thet timenif iU origin ?r ,The bppositiortJtb the measures of Government jn'louo arpse irom causes, wmiu wcre toy tion be referred to, or connected with a plait - to .the pep ple'pbt only of Kew-England, but tions,' or., remonstrances, redress of the wrongs ; rV jof all the Commercial States'-as was manifested doneihem and of -the grievances they iuffer.'?: ;in New; York, Philadelphia"and elsewhere? fiy'-' -This is enumerated in the Constituiibn pf -Mas- ' " what brbcess of fair reasoning; then, can that op- sacbusetts, among- bur natural; essential, and Urt' - ; w fiich'is;saTd4bave;bri rrn Confederacy:? XThe objection to the Lbuisirtsbribe'to us the manner in-which it' shall be ex- i - 'was belii-vediifNew.Englandtbit'neW: members 1' 't ould not : bet added to.tbe Coifder;'cy:.bryontl - t the territoriajl Jimitsfbf wi ihout the consent of those partiesv; : . This was k - enn'sered as fair subject of remonstrance, and . . as justifying proposals tor an amenlmeut of, the' UOnsutUCIOn villi swiarvwerc uic r currai yn from attemptinpE to, use this as an additional in- 1 centive to the passion Of- the day;- that, inare-'j port to the L.es:islatur ot low, oy a uommiixee ot'Whifih Hrr Atiams's exceueni menu ronton V - imir "been admitted into the Uniohl iit Isexnresls-t eirbphwdty vVapparentl in its causes ana consemiences.' rnft, in uieini i'"pf-thiS::reatrconstituxionarqaeAuqntin h nre coTftnoV thorns? Ives to topics. &rgument3r . dsawn from the Constitution,,. .witti the-hope of: '"Itmitiiig the farther .progress of. the evil,, rather tlian with the expectation of hnmediateTeCef du. r!nf?- thecbntlnuance of.existiner influences in th 'ceoted f"bnd thus the project,? instead of being jiatuel to tne;iiame IS aeiiaerai5iv lajten.i oiit bf it: and Presented tb- the Teoiile by. the t:" . iiTi "s : restiheori , distinct considerations Tn i ha embargo, iranosca ia uec: iou. near ' k Jy all the delegation of Alassachusetts was oppos-'. j u VdJ -ThVnfetexts for imposing it were dcemedll py-perrCiuzensrapjocifcerr-joiicr suiicnugs. . Owning nearly one-thtrd of, the - tonnage in the -iTnita States.-"he felt lthat her voice ousrht to - K- .k-rl nwhat relate d ; to ns security ue Cpendiiigpri TiAwt imVW the- oDerationr Of i this law in its 1 terms perpetual. It, .vaaaf'bitter-agtibnbf ri'est.the appliratibn in' that forth, wotitdend "al V -j, her sutlViTiigs to b;e I tbldl that H object was to sbtp repress ; the pubbc excitement, a V' in an equal space' of Ume, everndnretl severer j ' -Drivations.-She coula not consiaer jne-annun- I ? - i " Iation of her trade armHuded in .the power to ' c t'ifons ia tfeneral. it anneared ,a "direct vioUtion J to have been, the only ? -' . the CiHistttutionrit"-w 41 r ed, fsnnbuhceci iii iii tteri;t theMenibcrs of J T.it. Mr. Artams- tt issaiu. ana not coitirauici i :rrmit'ar' d er circti rnstances which aggravated IheJ public Tu its proeresiv, Massachusetts War de- cou nt ryinvaded,ian taken -possession of J.s ai Cor.gt essr tnat.Myernmcnv mu. rciy upon j rvpicaciiiiivM,vvuiuiiicj -uu unjux itsWnfriViuls.3TThe?iiite ' . wa filled un 6 v a series of restrictive measures, M therbest exertions for the 'public "good., ' r which kepv alive the disc'bnteiit arid irritation of ; ' If each .one of the States had the ri So Trrniiar n; n.-' Then followed the war. un seefc'a redress ot. trnevances. it is clear ' - ri ,vf d of trarrisoa tor iier borts--wit b; a line of rthey'cpuld.consult: each other was by a" mutual ' . J :..V 1 i. .V tnV 'Birid'ti '4rtiin-t f.rrirf rF tiii - rif,' flrnn1ntrtirit if Hlrat.'V.r that '' nnrnncc .-'.''"V ' -'.i ' 1 all ti'btifef "tolrUhin :St tKhe;iiai 'left tUifrng is U' the ' the w hele -war,;'n stTOnestrbn' Vhich tbr uK?ect to InceswntValann i -"a ; portion of the theVprpceedings in questibn.' If the erpverh; v , cor.querea : territory, i .nerpwn iwiiua arrayeo i ' i 'and encamped: at an 'enormou "expense ; 1 pay-1 nrl subsistence snppueairora ner- nearly; ex- i ' hattsted' treasurv,ff andA;ieimbursement ; refused j J e ant 1 v it k till 'mi lit arV forcb of the; State in their iiandx; 1 with thcencouiacement tbb onvittiuii that the Northern States. were nisymT 1 ntht; rtK their feeiincrsr and thai,Oov?rment co u id n ot rely on its b w h friends ? 7- pid they re- f 1st tlie ::J.wsy: :.sPk n.a oiuawy instance.) ;iuia I they uireatcn separation. oi ine.aiares f; ' uiu.f th' y an ay their forces, witli a shoy. t;f such dls-J position DldMheTtJovernmeiu or? ;iie-ot i " f O CUI husett .in'anytone instance, stverve' from VCn tO tulS Cy, . yw wiii Miwicr mcprcisjire vunsuiv-curei auvi, i jJi-i;.iiviuiC.i.o luriiisu I., excitement Oi iucbc ihci c., ,w: hc wu- t uicciium Mien u i cauurtcs. a uis weuiu pe ct ot the rederai pariy,ine t uevoieimaiomy.' i mftiq oine venerai oyernmentr f wow severe- thC:r aiiP!pauujc; i,u!Vr yi''v,.t ahuhhic V, uvt ic nti. uieirrespecuvegisia all 1 his is the truth..Abandoned by tlie atjopaj ttires,i measures by which tneir own -resources "Gdvernmentrebause'5-& beVmployed' ym .a manner' not- repug- which her-hihest tribunal adjuJed to be jept nant to their obligations' as members of the U ttitutibnal.tq surrender 4eriniUtia J'ntp :tte haivls nion.- Apart of .New England had been irrvad- cfa military. preiecii-Hupugpaney.w equipped, ana ,f?v7.,lu 'rMHui uoaer, tneir ovvii ofTicerf, . she nTnn m tb the ark v;e U t!i mrd mlitta into the held, stationed them I r v. - - . - , ' ' , it to points of danger, i:errAicirayea jne.ir. .expenses neverUielesa-cluhg " to the O- lit ; and" it another-invasion whirh thin of her Safi tiv She ordered her-J theatenrd ant? rnpfnllw . L j 1 fr. fT tlieirPvvntisuryVra iheir own resources it is obvious that the ' I ,x them- the national fortVAHiuer..U.aa:e'hd' e.tbesfmode cf proviciln' for their common de cseswfrt '.padvithpunctuainyandp(romprnes; fei.ee ould l ave been by Vai'multaneous and . - an. example nn'"-. follo'wfedt.bV; sorriept feombined cpc--tion cf all their forces- The ; SUtegin which;the ori-inatly, poessfcd 'this right, and we . ' loudet:TLe; factsljtrc; recited, fsriio other- hold that it has never been surrtiAid, cr ia purpose atvha pf preparbj for?the inquiry,"! ken irom tue'ra'by (he People. - '".'. ins i:ro- tt dl ir. ' cor.: . hid be: to t.-: tr.d rum to u: : h ? v.r.ated. :!-- " V- ' - , , ;nccastitu" r.l in tho 7"V.l3 r-jnion, n enacted A., grc :.t mjority cf an exas perated People were in a s.ute a the highest c3t The judical courts, were, on their ildejaml'tue juries were,; as he ; prtendr, ' cbnUminateq .:A Was the winter ofour discontent made rlqrious pummer.f All the combustibles for revolution were r avh m cils assembled: atr Hart f.,rd. There, tcalm, and collected like the Filzrims from whom they.Be- scendedi' and not ii n rni ndi ul ; of those who had ichievedvtlie' Indebendencf of., their Country they dVlhbeHted on the ,m preservih'for their scehdat-i the, civil and political jlioerywmcn had been won nd beieajtied lQ!tm:'?e'-0.'' f Tlie criaract'erf-this" much injured assembly has been subjected to heanrieVimputationVtindet. ah entire defici ency, t not' ohly- of proof, , but of probability; than e ver bete! any,plher set t men, discharging meily;the." duties of a committee. 'of. a legislative. body,and making a public report of their doincs to their constitOents - These im- Eutatibn'sVhavhevT.kssum'eA'.a precise,form ut-iaffu5"bpinions !Have jpreyailed of acombtrta- ton to serthenUon:r As Afr.;Adams-4ia$ , subject. althouErhi this is pot a suitable occasion to. ep into a full explanation ana vindication 01 hat measure --4 1 tf 5 a be subject naturally resolves itscit irttp tour, points or.-queslidhs'.:."; 'fe'V::' ; r irst, the constitutional right or a State t o ap by- it,' and the poVera iriveb for that purpose by the State to",the Pelegatbk rand Vi-x I :Pourthly; the manner in which the delegates I exercised their; power. .- J ; : I ; At to,the first point, . it. wiuynot' be doubted that the People. have: a ghl,; in' anV orderly and peaceablemanner, to- assemble to consult upop-thp common $ good apd to request ot uiti uicx.p- ujr, .ryic 'wajr., vi, nuuttss, 'i.K'U' I alienabletights 'V andjt Is recognised! h the CoV pf the Unitedv:States 4 and who shall nca r. v. e. nave aireauy spoicen oi.ine swe 01 lie affairs and the measuresTof- the General Government; in th'e'.-jre'ar.l814Tapd of the der ( gree of excitement., amounting nearly tn despe- they had brought; the minds of the People . in this ' and the ad foitti ng Stal es.- TheirEofferings ". and apprehensions could no l0nge?ybe silently endured, and numerous meet- ;-i wi ,unj nuiciis iiu ireci uctu uu uiq j siQn in various parts of the' cou ntry. -. It was then thought that the measures called for in such an i emerge ncy.wouiu pe more pnuienny ana saieiy i mamreu ana promwea uy ine taovemmeni, 01 I uaTvstrontrly excited bv what they considered iu uc ine uuiusl auu uppresaiye measures vi 111c General Government. If all thepitizens had the ight, i jointly ' and severallyi to consult for the good; and tb'seek for a redress of their rievance,,ooirCasonxan oe . given wny ineir represenn inem-yii, j may not exercise the, same, right in i their behalf. we nowhere hml any constitutional prohibition tor restraint pi tne exercise, ot this power by the Jstate and i if (not prohibited, it is reserved to the State , Ave maintain, then, that the People f m other modes, to express their opinions of the uicuic v uic! ucucnuwrcciimenu snu tu J eek, by addresses, betitions.i pr remonstran Ices," to obtain a redress of their grievances, and lei irom tneir sunerings.; -. - tnercwas na consuiutionai opjecuon xo inis e of p'roceedinErl;it"will be readily admitted n wasin an respccisine most ene-ipie. m the state of distress and danger -which then op pressed all hearts, it was tb be apprebetided. aj i vimouggtaitu, ; mi wic imu ucuciu semblies of the People" might lead.to measures ( inconsistent with, tlie : peace and .order of the cpmmunny.-11 an appeal was made to tne uovern- cdllectivelyi than from insulated assemblies ofciti- People, by holding out to them the; prospect of reuer inxougu uie inuuence pi.aneir oiaie.tioy- ernmenu 'I his . tatter consideration had great mofive that could have delegates to .that converi ision" tb which- the v had vo-J mmanii; reireu. to ciuosei incmseivcs anew to all the fatigue and . anxiety the odium, the misr .rcjjrugcu nid follow! ght thus to that two or?mofe St ates jmight consult . together for the same J? purpose i- and-the onIr mode ; rmVWhicU raent of the United States in a nie of auch:iis iress.auu uaiiger, - suuuia pe unanie, or,snouia neglect, to' aftbrd 'protection" and relief: to " tlie r-eopie,;ine. tesiaiure.w .tnerraie wouia not onlyjiave a righVbut.irrwpuIdbe their duty ta ly the PeopTelof Massachusetts experienced at in.;the GeneralTGpyerfunebv weneed not 7 tteat. it tae Legislature ot a single State niie-ht: undet'such circumstances, endeavor to provide jorjts fieiencejwunput wringing the: national compact, no reason is perceived why they might pota ten witn aeieeates -ot neirhbounn3- Staies vhn were expbijed to like dancers and suffertnl :fo held, by the enemywithout places and- theTe England States had hWn st.u deserted by the Government, and Ieff to re- ea,dy. etkbeholdflnstead bfa'cbimembereu Unions ilitaWmovementvHorthc'Cin a net .it p t is: i an ihucc , acc i 1 1 1 1 1 i c u - u y hie rnornenVoC almost total, prostration of thetrei-: clit and power of the. national ruier$ a smau -n pcr.ceful .deputation of . pravo citizens, selected t'rrTi the iTxicAci: of civil Jife. anJleffislative coun- i an enprt (y tneueneral Government-to retrain '-ht bfe tly re', c:i tl. rr.itho ri'l.t cHhe Etr.t3 in r..tir-5 ci war ana ct jmrcaienea inva sion to make ll.enecessary provisions jfbrrtheij: ownJ defence. To": these cbj ect vas Vohrined the whole aut h ority conferred by our legislature on ihedelr5te3 vliom.theyapppinteo were dire c 1 to meet and confer with ptber del-, elates," and jto devise and su.- t measures of relief for the adoption of the rLiective States 4 but pot to represent or act for constituents by a, jjreeinto, or atlopiing'aiiy such measures them i ftitj whiktwe .strenumwlyfmarntain- this! right rp-thei pebple4 -;to cororj.un,' to) petWonanpVto r.rTtnnsti-ate irt.the stron?est terms affamsi niea- urehch- thefethlhlc tb-be uriEbnstitulIonal u n 1 u'sti. bf "b p p ressi ve.it a hd ' .to 'daY thisv, n.tth e manner ivhicft .tneY'Bha!lefirnolJfco1iwnie'nt 'of erreCTMairprbvided Itfbe'Un"an orderlyand rieacblc manner i?; we readily admiUhata wise nebftlewou 1 driot "hastilte-vesbrttb-it; especially i this imposing" form7oner ; therefnre!broce:ed 'to cortsuleilytl i SecbudWthe propriety and eVpediehcy;pf.a- tloptinir that measure in the .autumn of jUii ins point .11 is enougn 10 say, "aV luc5ri?Tr ancei.that were; sufFered ilaml - thei: dangers thai were pprebe hd ed - at that t une.and ; th e strong1 excitement which they prpdueed aihoni; all the peopled whicht vis stated imorepartCil where , in this address,: rendered some, measures for their, relief nidisbensabli' necessarv. ? If the Xegislalufe; had noi,undert akeb their, cause,, it jested; that the;rpeople wbuld takejt irtto thei own hands 1 and: theres'ireiisohtb'fearthat. the prbceedinff in that xase might, be less order- ly ana, peaceful, ana, iuc siiue lime, less cm cacibti8.r. "'.: ' tVitur;- : Thirdly.i We Jhave already stated the! objects whicbour State' Gbyernment . had in "view; in propositi the Cbn?entiort at , Hartford, and the powers.cpnierjrefi on jneir qeiegmes.;. insieau of these avowedlpbjects, ;tpere hadbeen; any se cret plot for a dismemberment of the Union, in whichJiKad been desired t bouring States, the; measilres for that purpose, .we may suppose, would - Ijave been conducted in - thAimnct1: rIaro f . monn rtAcciMa L1m "contrary, the resolution of pur-- Legislature for appointing their delegates,; and prescribing thenr powers ana auncs, wM opcniyt aiscussea ana passed; Tit the usual manner. ami . a" copy of it was lmmeaiaxeiy sent, oy aircction 01 tne Legis I at u re, nionJ'i to the Governor of every State in the U- s Fourthly; Tlie fo whether the delegates exceeded or abused their, powers. ) as , to vthis, .we nave only to refer to .the report' of 'their .' proceedingsvand to . their journaVuwbtch U' deposited in i the archives ot t That .report, ' which was published immediate ly aftei the adjournment ot the Convention, and was- soon . after.j accepted by.. the. Legislature,, holds forth the- importance of the. Union as "par amount' to all other considerations i enforces it by elaborate reasoninjTSjand .refers, in express terms, ! tps ff ashiriJgion.'a farewell Jtddrees, as -its text bbokl If, then no power tb do wrong -was given by t he Legislature, to the Convention,' and if nothing unconstitutional, disloyal, "or tending -to disunion was in fact dW, (all which is mani fest of Record,) there remains no pretext , for im peabinjg thej members of the Convention, by. imputing to theip, covert and nefarious designs, except the uncharitable one,' that the'eharacters of the men justify. the belief that they cherished in their hearts wishes; andjntentions, to do what they.had no authority to execute, and what in fact they did not attempt . On this head, 1k the People of. New England -who were aequainted with these characters,' no explanation is neces sary! , For the information of others, it behooves thoseof us who were members' to speak-with out, reference! tb ourselves; K ,yith this reserve we may all be permitted tb say," without fear of contradiction, that : they fairly represent!, what ever of moral, intellectual,' or patriotic worth, is to be found in the character of the New England community,, that they retained all the personal consideration and confide nee which are enjoyed by the, best citizens, ; those who have deceased, s to the hour of : their death, and those who sur-! vive tb ithe presenttime. For the satisfaction of those who-look to self love, and to private-interest, as springs of,human action, it may be ad ded, that ampng the- mass of ; citizens, . friends, and connexions, whom they represented,' were t w uwac wi luiictb were pnucipjunr ycmcu in the public fundsOL whom the disunion of the States would haye been ruin That Convention may be said to have originated with the People. Measures for relief had been demanded from im mense mirnhfrs-t in 1 rnnnlioo artA tnnrnt I in " all parts oil the State, long before it was organized: Its main and avowed - object.: was the defence of jm' vj ttte eouuiru against me common enc- my. i ne war tnen jwore its most threatening aspect. t wew England, Was destitute of national troops $ her: treasuries.; exhausted: her; taxes drawn into the national coffers.' - Anvanrihh1 were in conformity with this object. - The bur den t that report consisted in recommending an application tb Cojieress'to permit the States to proyioe tor thetrj Own defence, and to.be Indem nified for the exoensel bv reimbursement. in some shape, . from the'Natiorjal , Government," of at least a pprtioif px thetr vmt. monei;KThis Con vention aajourned earlv in January. t On the 27th of the same month, an act of Congress was passed. Which crave to the Stat iRovrnrnint.: the very. power which, was sought' by Massachu ttr t viz -that bf .Raising'.' prganizingandoni- penng,;, oiaie xroop?, to De employed in the cuai. i aisiiikr uic same, or in an aaioinin? srate.-' and pviding fofcthihpa Thisf - werepeatL waathemostimpbranrbbject aimed atr.by the , institution'of the Convention: iand by: the report bf that! bodyv!? Had thisct f congress passea oefore the act of Massachusetts, for organizing, the Convention, that Convention never wohtd have epctiteiL Had such an act been anticipated by the Conventioh," r passed before its adjournment,that assembly would have cori si dered its com mission as in .a great: meksore, iupeisedeii 1 although: ifeprenared aiuliW 1-t!lre sun'Xhiendmems ';;jtbV;COPAtitutipr' t ot tlie United States' to be siibmittrl tn th ( Statesa id might eye ; y "I s f ? -T persisieu hh aomg tne;; same '& cJf1-: amis proposal i ior. amenaments icotild hae;heen accomplished., in others modes, they culd.iiaye!habrno special !n3otiveffbr5sp JnS Jbulwhat arose frn;their being together f-fuul from thexbnsideratton which .mitrhf be hoped? forasb th circumstance, it is inus matter ot absolute de rnoustratipn,; to alf who: do not usurp the privi l:dge of the "sB vncsaa if hearts, tkt the ? desig n of the .Hartford. Convention apd "its doings,i were pot Pnly constitutlonnl and laudabTe,-but, sancti oned by an 'act of .Congress, passed after the re port was published, not indeed with express re fcrence. to it, but will its principal featuresand thus admitting .the reasonableness of its general . -I i . nathi nectingbis imaginary plot,', then at least in. the thirteenth year pf its age.? with'.the,. "-catastrophe'? which awaited the ultimate proceedir of the C - Mvenf Jon. That- a-e-mhlv. crfinnn ' without l : cfttr vuiking iii ' retmrt. It was ipso t-icto L. srolvtsd; hke!other committt e'?. One cf Us re so unions did indeed ; purport that; . " Th e cr .: ir. cr.t c n tl 13 , crtcr.-'rd ; V;t e rr. y cf f.ic I -: thrcu .1 tl. cr ct! r.-l r,- t:i ; '.;n ous ip perceiye Mr.. Adams condescending to mi tv5;ite jhsit the j convention was r djourned to li Stop, and in a strain of theAorical natho.4 ron.' -iis.fb ths Gov- 'J L2 succssffult'cr.i TcJ end the defence" of Iscied cs 1 t'r Aa been, thtis L .fwi should ten ( Delegates to another, Cohveniton-to meet &t Uo&r torin;thettlnr4lTuesdaJpn aueh'liowerVahd instructions ai,the.exiirency;of ' if the spplicatrn o7. tLcs er.nrr.:r.: cf the U..'dc J r lit. since th2 commencement ot.thewar,,it.witl;Defv tn3 enarges ; nor y. . - ; steuid neglect to Vi in:the'oplnion'bf.this,Conyentipn;exped.ient for dicate the reputation ci uurselves, our associat ' thpl-egislittjte of the' several tates to appoints andbur fithepsv:;-' - a cnsisaomouicutuus M "" ? yVf I v V - " ITTIf PTIP VMvhr' 1$ to. OMeryeg, -4. y,.J. -, 'tVv.tir&W.A -rsA rm y.r a- vXirstthat ttheConvcation xontemp t he tpregmng reso i iii um never was a anrf ;nev1lcbu terms bfnifesolnftbrivbecase? above ?the obiect-bf the intended application tb ConsrreSs had beeh attained And! sechdly if tW cpntmgenciesi mentioned iii thai 'resolution hadocurrer-thequestion oftrningchra n e w '.conventip n r . auu mcipp o 1 1 i ui wi.vi delegates .must have gone aAsbra'dies : -because all tfi JSe FJ fTgland -S rates would I and th eWd&7u!bV!- hay e been ventton 'Artel lastlvVt .r ifc m t matter. t ? punne, pbtpriety,tliat:therpbr pVcce the enet bfKuagin sioniryr ana op'.-ratea 10 repress ii.rc vague aim ardent expectations entertained! bya pf citiiensofiinined the evils of their l-.condijonix; ave bebn!dissolyed:f: -We naLi over the elaborate expbsitibn of cbnL'oiution ot ine-umoir, ana ine : iapiishmei,t law in th&;Prddenl1 viituiiunsi no call! nor anv ihcHnation at this timefo trovert sits;leading-principles-Neither pomment.nponnougnj we perceive anq iepi, the anjustr and werniist he excused fbrlsaylng insidious tnode inwich he; has rbujped tbe ither distant & disconnected pecurrenceai; which happened in his absencefipm!the courafyAfor the nnrboscLr of producintri? by their collocation, a glaring.and ainister effect upon ; the Federal pa rty ! , 'They, were all of !a publicaturerfie arguments - concerning their - merit f or 'demerit hivh(pn Thaiitd i "ttniX "time.'' and flie' "food sense of an inteingnt ipeople,!w111l ultimately in heir? ttue:iigh tv to many in our . community, . to observe the immense difference', in the standards j by t which public opinion has been led to measure the same kind of proceedings, when adoptedtininerent States. No pretence is prged that any. actual resistance to: the laws, or Ibrcible violation ;Of tbeconstUutionaKcOmpact ceive' nothing to authorize any disparagement ofbther-membersof the confedeiracyf? 1 On this subject weisclaim the! p instituting invidious ebmpari knows tliat. Massachusetts has complaints and remonstrances theptionaI Government. pn the-records pf ctiKnAKinir thA 'tnna nt ri-oftlntirtnc . nrtnntefl other States in reprobation of the dition laws! In one State,: bppbsitibn tothei execution of a treaty in bthera, to the la ws in paratfonre strains than were ever;adopted here And at this moment, claims of State rights; and protests agaipstVthe measuresof the National Goyem! ?-''.' j -1 1 :ii , -.4,1. 'J,.'!!! - jr '-''V' in Aiassacuusetis, are, usnerea into ine halls of Congress, under the most solexnii, and mposing forms of State authority. It is not our part to censure or to approye these proceedings. Massachusetts has done 'nothing;? aVntime; ipl opposition to the National Government,' and she Adams should continue to tnrow ODStacies m ine i way to this harmonious reaction pf public opi- X coensrv w;tiittne aweithat reasp,, pre, nion &''&?k'-fs K&ztyifp?$ tented--metrom joiiuiig.jn. it; Ul take this oppor Tt ' fifel ? -iSioiUmdnie&i- tunityhowever, to say for rriyself, that I fiad iu in Massachusetts.- Constitutional questions have'. -&?!l,:g!7'rZ. arisen'here- as well as in other States.; It is sur- vCf'-.. - --j, ;-'- - - -"- -. " v: prising andbotisolatory that.thenuinberj :$l&'Afr?fflrPfyghG been greater; and that theteTminationb inwmtO:fearly ?pf r-readers, a3 ."one of nas npr oeen jess amicanie. biy jncldebtt hut in comparing ses and effects! the impartial observer wiU pert fliai says,i jjjl mayvoe uopoiffu; u any has said nothing in derogation of its fHwthatiY7, " is not fully justihed by the Constitution ; ;and not so much so as other Spates haVesai, with mpre decided emphasis ; and aV it is believed U Dart of the Union; since thev can now be traced! not only to calumnies openly pfonagatedV in the f 1. ' I dfTorcfin : tkun ot tha Vi o o rt vt nnanman( declares that the effett of Mr. Adams s cbromttnl- cation to him, at their interview in March 1808, was such ob. his mind! as to induce a change in the system of his administration. .-Lifce impres- sions were doubtless made -on Mr. GiLs and others, whb then gave direction to the public sentiment. Notwithstanding these ent States would be abolished ; and that all .would come to feel a common interest in refer-- ring symptoms of excitement against the proce dure ot tne National Government, which, have been manifested successively on somanyocca sionvftnddn so maby States, -to ,tie feeliiigs, wii'viu, ui ire vuvernmeiusj are always roused bv like CflUSeS. SnH T rkupartohicti nkr rvf i. by like causes, and are characteristic' not of a factious, but a generous: sensibility o'l real or supposed usurpation- But, Mr. Adams jreturns to the charge with; new animation j and f by his political legacy to the people of Massachusetts undertakes to entail upon Uiem lasting dishonor. H ft reaffirms his convictions of the reality of the ld project,1 persists ip connecting' itwith later events,; and dooms himself to the -voctiori of Proyihg that the Federal party were either traV tors or dupes. ! Th us he has aerain. t b u t nVt li ke a hearing angel) troubled the ppol, and we know not wnenthe turbid waters will sub de . rt rHIt must be apparent that we have not -'.soil erf itl but have been driven Into this unexpected' &run welcomex cbhtroversy . On ..'the resforationot peace in 1815 :?the Federal party: felt like men who, - as hv'a miracle, "find themselves wiefrom the1 ma appal UngjeiiU ' Tieir joy was tbb-iv grossing to permit a vindictive repurrencei to 5he causes ti that peril. livery emotion of nimnsi; ty was permitted to " subside, rVom .that ' t i me until the appearance of Mr!, Adams's publation. they had cordially joined inhe? general grain Ia tion op therprosperity 6f nueic country, 'andahe secuniy oi-lis insinuiions.- J hey- were;Conc bus of no VieviatioR - from patriotic dutypf any measure wherein they had, aed, tbr which -hall passetl with their approbationl'They vere, hot br. ly cbntenied, but gmtefubin lheProsDfcct bTtht duration pf iciyiMibef ty, 4apcorfling tb,the forms which the people had. deliberately 'sanctioned! These; objects -beinjr" secured, thev cheerfullv acquiesced iu the administration of Gverprheht, by whomsoever thef Pople might call tdplaces pf trust apd of honor. 'A'J'tL - : i-iT", . . VTith such sentiments and fedinUhe 'nubile' cannot participate!in thb astonishment : of the undersigiiedat -the, time; ihe-maiiner. airdthe pature, - of Mr,' Adam'a publication VWei make ho attempt ta assign" motives to him,.nor tbcom mentppon siich as inay be imagined; . rt The causes of past controversies, msslnev as they; were,-; to oblivion-anion g existing genera- u'mis, anu "rranging tnemseives, as -they) must clv, for the impartial scrutiny, of . future hKtou- ans, the revival ot them can1 be no lsz j disU&te- idl to.the public,, thin 'painftl to Us.; Yet, it season oi outer conienuon, oy imtaieu oppo, tneir namis, jias, in a lew ypar," 'given L? ZIT1 !litberto greater purity & health,' and will' present aspersions of Mr Adams, .j x . , A . , . ii r, j t. iAFr.ri tr.ao otff.-Kowt-r'Amnnf' : W w creation in; the . intellectual and ges,. it Mr. Adams had not seenhi tb proclaim y chanic; and merchant ; that every man, to the : world Wformer secret denunciation, vbman "and cntld Avill sayv in the lancuase therehailsti.il been room to hope that those im- -r XfL Tf l!Ko -!,,i Yi. v bu: pressibns wou!dr be! speedily Obliterated ; that . J1 wpuaania.iind in. a vn.ee which odious distinctions between ihe people ofidiner"! wilf be heart! from Canada to Hexico, and t ..vhire ?Tr- A. I. J' from hi3hjb '"or sagrcsticr.3 cf 1.:- i. sn, cr l.h s.3 materah for pre U3 tor pre. cut epirjon; and future k 1 tcry,- we rhoulJ, 'Ly e. ce, give countenan . u ti r: ' ?v ''- -.-.Cr.-: UJ JjS,, I zS zfri-ti-D h t'it? A it !.s'.;) !ii'.'ii'inny' Ww . ' V ; y t , r hqi Ueply.ior the fpllo wjngreasons Mf-Adams, rn i T; - - -ori0 . ' . " J't era! ' Govern inent; having for its obiect th- ijjn lar allusion is made to the: opposition to the em bargo in the Courts of Justlqe irt ' Massachusetts. This poiptejd thej chat :ibrfictiy-;at my1 late fai ther, whbsbefforti in tliat cause are'probably re .memberedi!and ws the reason cf my joining fn the appHcatibn to Mr. Adams to know on what such a charge was founded. " If this construe! ion of the statement needs conflrmitjon, it is to be found in one of 'the Jetters lately published -in '.SaleiWilrAdmsvr cMr.'Adams, in his answer, has cxlentled hi. W 8m iiueresi (as , muse prv.cMMjg ;v uic tjr was uccessa- justification ot his char- ges :ndy in reply to that portion of bis letter particulurly addressed to me, that j pave seen no V- I - a. - ! ' IV - av " t T i 1 - lf uiaiany.porf - TZZZ Z ' ANKUNnRYTFR man of at present u DOtl th e earth, :is doin!? sa " ' ' i a - ' a" . . ment of nhntilar orl. !,'UA'i';-Y n'tlrUmo !.f't.t i fvtA1 of .knowledge, at once, : coulJ rotbacxnrcl.il, tli .f?-- Qrin' ATtlm lntr if f- . . ievLg4satti.res;:ptiheJr ;J not!been1ftlbne in andiasserts Dbldlv' and fearlessly,; that ev s against thifect of erri kinjr- rs v,wr". fvt .w"aurrHv-'--.vy avt '""it selves Upon Itlie heels of assertion, tread riK H tto hgile gives; the . ord, and tains that no ; one in the ; kingdom is so much occupiedlasi riot to find time! and 1 none so poor: thatithey cannot spare mo- i - r -Jli-i- 'X: i A -1 ' t - uiii1 nu gives ei- 1 Jecvwieir a- 1 bove pleasures Avhich arc extensive as well aa brutish!The motto .which he hnlda un rn! rnniiinu' lpttir: hFnr. 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