6/34 He is welcome to my house, and welcome to my heart; but with all his good qualities he is not a man of business. His opponent, with all his politics so hostile to me, is a man of business. My private feelings have nothing to do in the case. I am not George Washington, but President of the United States. As George Washington, I would do this man any kindness in my power--as President of the United States, I can do nothing." The period of Mr.Adams's administration, was not one which admitted of acts calculated to rivet the attention, or excite the admiration and applause of the multitude. |