| Show OF cp OLD OID OLDA OIDA A writer In the tho Philadelphia Times has hunted up some Items about one ono of the ancestors of ot Edgar S Maclay the gentleman who has made himself fa CIt famous a amoos moos as a writer of naval history and anda a critic of ot Admiral Schley Behle Tho The an ancestor ancestor ancestor In question seems to have been chosen choson in 1785 as one olle of oC the t of Pennsylvania to 10 the U S Sen Senate Senate ate alo In this position he according to the time Times lils or oran lan ion an as a n most moat vigorous kicker Ho lie was dissatisfied dl l with everything and every cery everybody bOdY jody Including tho the American Constitution Constitution and George Washington With Without Without lith out any compunction ho he hurled vita Vila epithets ls at his colleagues and ridiculed honest and patriotic folks He lie kept l Pta a Journal antI and l this furnishes the tho Times with evidence of ot his hl disposition The Pus following Is quoted from rom the Phil Philadelphia adelphia Times Another time he accused Washing Washington ton Ion on of or wishing to tread on the necks of the Senate Sonn Ie over some Indian 1 an treaty treat but bUI his bitterest words word canto out omit In December 1780 1790 while the Sen Son Senate ate ute was still sitting In New York City The Time President at nt that time as well ns as later ater when the capital was wn removed remand to o Philadelphia held ceremonial le Ie levees ees These Maclay denounced as trappings s of ot royalty anti and In an angry fit nt said laid Republicans are borne down by 11 fashion and n a tear fear of being charged with a n want of redact to General Washington It If there Is treason In Inthe Inthe the time wish wl h I 1 would retract It but 1 I would to God this same General Wa h Ington were In heaven henen We then would auld not lIot haw havo him brought forward forwar ns as the tho constant cover coer to every unconstitutional unconstitutional and act For I or the time Vice President John Adams Adami Maclay has no kindlier observations On one OM occasion ho io Ie says nays 0 I j have really often otten looked nt at him with surprise mingled with contempt when he ho Is In the chair and no busi business ness fleas before the tho Senate Instead ot d that sedate easy en II air all which I 1 would have him possess 8 he will look on ono one side lillIe then on tilL other othor then down on the Ito knees of ot his breeches then dimple his with the tho most silly Rilly kind of half which I cannot well iveli ex tx iress pross in English l God Cod forgive me lot for forthe the iho vIle 10 I 1 cannot help thinking of a n monkey Just put vol Into breeches Again AKa In while Maclay was addressing the house the Pennsylvania lenn senator caught Mr Atlanta Adams the presiding lIng otTi mulling up his hIli nose kicking hIt his heels heel and talking and sniggering with will Otis The Constitution Con of tho time United States he I would turn out the tM Vilest Of nil traps that ever eer wore were sot set to ensnare tIme the freedom of an unsuspecting un uIl ing people JI A st friendly with his colleague Mr Morris he soon lIoon came cameto to distrust t abused him ly iy ns as n he did nearly every one elso When the time came to ta move to Phil Philadelphia l ll adelphia he spoke of or the strange nation italian of oC among the people of ot the tho city To tell the truth he said I know no such lIuch unsocial city ell ns as Philadel Philadelphia phia The gloomy gloom severity of the Qua Quakers kers kerl has proscribed all nil fashionable ta dross dress and ani amusement Denying ln them themselves solves selves those these enjoyments they us IU much muchas ns as In tn them lies III endeavor to deprive others of them item also aso a i so while at same ilIUM time there art are not In the world more mure scornful or Insolent characters than tho thu wealthy among them item This Thin may partly explain the virulence of tho the attack of the tho present Maclay up upon upon upon on the time Admiral but does It excuse It ItAn ItAn ItAn An apple may not be responsible for tor not falling failing till fat from the tree that bore bote It but in human affairs there thero Is no law of gravitation that compels a n child to repeat the mistakes of parents If It there wore were there could be bo no progress In what Is good The perfectibility pett of or ortho tho the human race would then n be bo merely a 11 dream e |
