Correspondence of the Late President Adams, Vol. 1
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Excerpt from Correspondence of the Late President Adams, Vol. 1: Originally Published in the Boston Patriot, in a Series of Letters Previous to the establishment of the Boston Patriot, its Editor has been apprised, that the late President Adams had preserved and arranged the documents relative to those negociations, conducted principally by himself, which terminated in the acknowledgment of our Independence by Great Britain and the other leading powers of Europe - that he had also prepared his defence against the high and malignant charges of General Hamilton, in a summary history of those parts of his administration which affected so tenderly the sensibility of that statesman and his adherents. Amid our late concussions of party with party - of faction with government, the Editor of the Patriot indulged a sanguine, and as it has proved, prophetic hope, that this ripened fruit, so salutary for the nation, would fall from its venerable height. - That it should first pass through his hands to the public, was an honor equally flattering to his patriotism and his pride. In the first part of this correspondence, in order of time, the illustrious writer may be considered as the Æneas, who bore with him the fortunes of a rising empire, and who, (primus inter pares, in all its councils,) could say without ostentation, "magna pars fui" - In the latter, he appears like Achilles, brooding over insufferable personal wrongs, till roused to combat and to victory, by the call of his country in the extremity of her cause. On such an occasion, to have fought to the liking of the foe, would have been disgrace. The part of the correspondence, which may be termed controversial, has three honorable testimonials of intrinsic merit - the applause and gratitude of the once deceived enemies of the President, the rancorous ravings of those whose devotion to another country he has so effectually disturbed - and the respectful silence of a large portion of the community, who have run the endless round of political inconsistences, till they can approve nothing without condemning themselves. In his farewell address, the acknowledged father of his country apprised us of its threatening malady. The parental hand that pointed out the disease, revolted from the cure and administered only a lenitive. It was reserved for the bolder guardian genius of an Adams, with decisive hand, to probe the growing tumor to its rankling core, and restore his darling country to sanity. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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