Beacon Lights of History: American Founders. American Leaders
Beacon Lights of History: American Founders. American Leaders
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From the day that the obnoxious and pi'obablyj unnecessary ^ laws were passed^ the Federal i party was; doomed. It' lost 1 its hold on the /people. .Ths di^sjansoons an4/ rivfdrieb of the Federal leaders^ added uto theiJC'discmafiture.
What they bat jfehpyjiiiever could .regain. 1 Only war would hsive put themionith^ir feet agidn ; and Adams, with true patriotismji labile i ready for mecessary* com- bat, was opposed io i a foreign war for purposes of domestio policy. * . ' Yet the ambitiouis st...iU^esman did not wish to be dethroned* He loved ofi&ce dearly; and henoe he did not yield gracefully to the triumph of the ascendent party, which grew stronger every day. And when their victory was assured and his term of office was about to expire, he sat up till twelve o'clock the last night of hik term, signing appointments that ought to have been left t6 his successors. Among these i^jpointments was that ol John Marshall, his Secre- Digitized by Google ^58 JOHN ADAMS.
tary of State, to be Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, — one that reflected great credit upon his dis- cernment, in spite of its impropriety, for Marshall's name is one of the greatest in the annals of our judiciary.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
From the day that the obnoxious and pi'obablyj unnecessary ^ laws were passed^ the Federal i party was; doomed. It' lost 1 its hold on the /people. .Ths di^sjansoons an4/ rivfdrieb of the Federal leaders^ added uto theiJC'discmafiture.
What they bat jfehpyjiiiever could .regain. 1 Only war would hsive put themionith^ir feet agidn ; and Adams, with true patriotismji labile i ready for mecessary* com- bat, was opposed io i a foreign war for purposes of domestio policy. * . ' Yet the ambitiouis st...iU^esman did not wish to be dethroned* He loved ofi&ce dearly; and henoe he did not yield gracefully to the triumph of the ascendent party, which grew stronger every day. And when their victory was assured and his term of office was about to expire, he sat up till twelve o'clock the last night of hik term, signing appointments that ought to have been left t6 his successors. Among these i^jpointments was that ol John Marshall, his Secre- Digitized by Google ^58 JOHN ADAMS.
tary of State, to be Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, — one that reflected great credit upon his dis- cernment, in spite of its impropriety, for Marshall's name is one of the greatest in the annals of our judiciary.
What to read after Beacon Lights of History: American Founders. American Leaders?
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