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From the AURORA.
LETTER TO THE EDITOR.
h T ew-Tork % Sept. it.
“ The old torics and F nglifh
agents are running up and down
the flrcets foliating fignafura> to
a petition addreflcd to the Terre
tarv of the treifury, pr ying for
the relief of the Biilifb Packet,
detefted and in the very a£l of
Imuggling mek stockings, Sec.
praving The may be ideated, as
it will tend to diflutb the harmo
ny fo fjjcntial to be th countries!
Some of the old torus venture to
predift the vengeance of his ma
je/ly, Thould The be condemned !
it was two days before a precept
could be procured to ftizc he
being referred to the higher pow
ers, in oHer to give her time to
efcapc You m 7 iudge by thefe
fa£b, in addition to many others,
how much thefe people regard
the laws or the oaths they take
She was valued only at 6000
dollars, though a new vefiVl.
250 'ons burthen, completely
copp.- red, and fit for fra! Is our
government that of an independ
ent nation : or are we ftill the
il.ives of Britain ? J *
The Aurora contains the following.
A LETTER OP JOHN ADAM!.
(COPY)
Quincy , Mav 1792.
Dear Sir,
The full thing I have fo com
tnunicate to you muff be an ex
planation of the dale of my let
ter. The 'egiflitureof Mafla
chufetts la ft winter, upon a pe
tition of the North Panlh, in
Braintree, feparated it from the
refl of the town, erefted it into
a new one, and give it the name
of Gurney. By this mcafure
you fee they have deprived me
of mv litle of “ Duke of Brain
tree,” and made it ntreflary
that my friends fhnuld write me
in future, as an inhabitant of
Quincy. So much for this
Bnmborian.
Something that interefls me
much more is yom obliging let
ter of Ihe 12th of this month.
1 fhould have been happv to
bane ben Mi. Pmckner, before
bis departure; but more from
individual cutiofily than forn
any opinion, that I could have
giv/n him, any information of
importance. If he has the ta
lent of (earthing hearts, he will
m 1 be long at a lols. if he has
not, no information of mine can
give it him.
The duke of I eeds, once en
quired of me veiy Kindly, after
his dais mates at Wrftminfter
frhool, the two VI r. Pinckneys,
winch induces me to conclude,
that our new am’hallador has
many powerful old filends in
England. Whether this is a re
commendation of him, for the
office or not, I have other tea-
Tons to believe that his family
have had their eyes fixed upon
the emhaffy to St. James's, for
many years, even before I was
lent ihere, and that they contri
bute to limit the duration of my
commifTion to three yeais in or
der to make away for themfeKes
to (uccecd me. I with they ma>
fir cl as much honor and plcafure
in it, as they expetled, and that
tbe public may derive front it,
dignity and utility. Hut know
ing as I do the long Intrigueand
futpefting as I do much Britifh
influence in the appoimment,
were I in any executive depart
ment, I fhould take the liberty
to keep a vigilant eye uoon
them.
Accept of my thanks, for your
reflections on the Hate of the
union which 1 have read with
all the pleafure which the intel
ligence, information, accuracy
and elegance of the remarks on
lord w heflicld infpited.
'i here is one fecret which you
mull be careful to keep tnanu
fafturcs mull have good govern
ment. They cannot cxifl with
out it, much lefs can they be
innoduced where they at not.
But a great part of the people
of America, appear to be fo de
termined to have no government
at all, that if you let them know
the whole tuth, you will excite
an unmar ageable paity againfl
manufactures. Manufactures
cannot much lefs thrive, without
honoi,fidelity, punauality,pub
lic and pnv te fa'th, a faded
rc'pe£f to pioperty, and the mo
ral obligation of promiles and
contia£ls ; virtues and habits
which never did, and never will
generally pi evail in any populous
, nation without a decifivc, as
well as an intelligent and honeft
government The fcience of
political economy is but a late
fludy, and is not yet generally
1 undeiflood amongus Though
I I have read mod of thcauihors
of reputation on the fubjedl,
both among the French anH the
hnglifh, 1 pretend not to have
j digt-iled any thing relative to it,
with the prccifion of a mailer.
But to me it appears, that the
general interefl of agiicultuie in
particular as well as of the na
tion m general, will he promoted
by a difcrcet and judicious en
j couiagrment of in nufafclurcs
and that it is not the land jobbei,
who ran be benrfitted in the
rapid nfe of his monopoly, by
drawing every laboring hand
into the wildemefs to fell trees.
I he continual acceffion of
foreigners will endanger and de
fltoy our peace, if we know not
how to govern them They will
moreover corrupt our elections,
and teat us to pieces v ufficient
to the day, however, is its evil,
and in that day and hour, it al
ways has been, and I doubt not,
always will be giver us to pro
vide againfl its dangers.
{Signed)
JOHN ADAMS.
Remarks on Adams’s Letter, from
the Aurora.
The letter of Mr. Adans
was wntten while the vcneratid
general Wafliinglon was pres
cient, and Mr. Adams vice-pip -
bdent. But even intcrcfling f»s
it is on that account, it acquids
a double portion ofintercfl frotn
occurrences which have fnje
anfen, and ciicumftanccs which
at this moment exifl. It is a
document in which our inter
efls as to foreign policy aie
deeply illuffratcd, and even af
ter all the abufes confidere|,
the dangers which the country
r ' -as efcaped from Mr. Adamfs
principles very clearly manifet*
cd. This letter may he confi
j cercd in the following points of
i view :
11 As it proves Britifh influ
ence.
2. As it implicates the former
and piefent rivals of M>
Adams, Thomas and C
Cotefworth Pinckney.
3. As it relates to the fatal re
judices which Mr. Adams x
prefles againfl the manufa
tuiing inteicfl, and again!’
the “ honor, fidelity, publi
and private faith/’ of tl •
country, and bis difapproba
tion of the government ol
which he was an officer and
(worn to Support.
In the fourrh paragraph of
this interefling letter wc )e-'rn
that Mr. Adams confidered the
I appointment of Thomas Pmck
ney as ambafTador to the Britifh
court, to have been procmert
through the influence of the
Duke of Leeds, This duke
was during our revolution,
known as the marquis of ( ar
rnarthen, and at or about the
period of Mr, Pinckney's err*
hairy to Fngland was
of flate, or a member of the
Britifh privy council.
Mr, Adams further fays, that
he had other reasons to believe
that the Pinckney family had
their eyes upon that embaffy,
and that they contributed to li
mit the duration of his residence
to three years in England, in
order to make way for them
i felves.
But the moft important a>
tide in this branch of the letter is
the concluding fentence, which
cannot be too often reflected
upon, nor too attentively look
edintn—Mr. Adams fay—“ Bvt
| knotting os I do , the long intrigue
j and fulpf fling os 1 do much u ntijh
1 ivjluevce in the appcintvunt Were
J in any executive department , 1
Jhould take the liberty to keep a
vigilant eye upon them "
, 1 ve»y man in America, eve
ry paper in America that is no*
fold or under Britifh influcnc-.
ought to give this letter public
ty, and to point out the
taut confirmation which it gives
of Biildh influence Let it be
remembered that Mr. * datm
now prefident of the United
States is the authority, and tha
it is aflerted to have been
ticed with efleft even in Ipit
of the virtue and watchfulnefs
of general Wafhmgton
Along with this document of
Mr. Adams we rccommeno as n
d uflrationof the “ long intrigue"
to which he alludes, a reference
to the plan of the tederal govern
ment, propofed b\ fir John D-d
rymple for nglandj Ireland
Holland, and America, and th
principles of which are revived
under another form in a pam
phlet puhlifhed by young F enno
at New-York,
In the lecond view as it relates
to the Pinckney family this let
ter is of very corfiderable inter
eft. It will be remembered that
Mr, Thomas Pinckney was the
candidate upon whom Alexander
Hamilton, the arch intriguer,
adherent of Biitain, and the evil
genius of America had fixed ia
1796, for the prcfidencial chan ;
the fame Mr. Pinckney who was
appointed to fucceed Mr. Adams
ui the court of St, fames'?.
The other and theonly Pi
ney implicated along with T[ „
mas* is the candidate at this tin t
fet up by Hamilton, for the /
(idencial chair, and ,
r Adams by the fame p ar .,. J
gm, Chaiies Cotefworth p ;r y
ney.
A gentleman who has furnish,
cd ihc editor with a ropy of J
letter, relates that during the U*
(rffion of Congrefs in this city
Mr. Thomas Pinckney bavin?
*een a copy ot this letter, mer T,
nor.ed it to Mr. Adams who t
,s faid. alfured Mr T Pinckney
har he did not allude to him
■>ur to C. Pinckney the fenator •*
a Carolina member of t ongrefs
—and a very furious federalifi
* ho was prelent on this occafion*
(aid it was as rafcally an apology
as he had ever heard r n f a ft
except the coarlcnefs of the epi
thet. it was true for C harUs
Pinckney of the fenate, who is
a derided republican has never
been out of America, never had
any corrcfpondence with the
duke of I eeds, or any other
duke; and the other two who
u* not republicans, were edu*
caiedin Fngland, and clafs mates
ol the duke of Leads.
, General Pinckney being new
he Hamiltonian and Pitkerc
f ian candidate, oppotecl to Mr;
Adams for the piefidencial chair,
it may not be amifs to give a
trait of his obfequioufnefs to the
grand lcad< r.
in military affairs there is a
certain point of honor which is
undoubtedly neceflaty to the
luppon of military diftin&ion.
Jn the ftruggles for promotion
on the eftablifbment of the late
ftarding army general Knox
would not fubmit to ferve under
Hamilton, who had been only
a deutenant when he was a ma
joi general. General Pinckney
however, wh© was fo faftid'.ous
at Pans, and whole ariftocraticaJ
hautm«fs gave fo much difguft
was not fo auftre as Knox: he
was by many yeais the fenior of
Hamilton, but he rondefcenCed
to accept a fubordinate rank;
and actually ferved as junior to
Hamilton.
From this view of general
mckney we mod inevifably
draw thefe conclufions. Hamil
ton «as to the pacific
u ifhonpiopofed by Mr. Adams;
he was the pi incipal author and
iupporter of all the mmous
,m alure> which have encrcafed
our public debt, and our taxes;
eneial Pinckney is fet up for
prelidentby Hamilton, and it is
no more than fair to infer that
the late, but few meafurcs for
which thepublic have applauded
Mr, Adams, would be oppoled
by general Pinckney, and that
in fadl Hamilton would rule as
ffedlually and fatally as if he
was Prefident,
The third point of Mr. A
dams's letter wc mufl peftpone
till next publication.
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