Freedom of opinion he considered the birthright of every American citizen, and he would in no instance be the instrument of inflicting punishment upon the head of any man on account of its exercise.

High and pure in all his aims, he sought to reach them by means of a corresponding character.

If he could not succeed in the use of such instruments, he was content to meet defeat.

The rule by which he was governed in the discharge of his official duties, is beautifully expressed by the dramatic bard:-- "Be just and fear not.
Let all the ends thou aim'st at, be thy COUNTRY'S, Thy GOD'S, and TRUTH'S.

Then if thou fall'st, O Cromwell, Thou fall'st a blessed martyr!" In the truly republican position which Mr.Adams took in regard to appointments to office, and which, it is humiliating to believe, was one means of his subsequent defeat, he but faithfully imitated the example of "the Father of his country." When Gen.