The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1809-07-25

on very efiseaciously assisted him III ryopagating
know it made impre ssiou on some, from whose
lips too often heard it, and from whom I ex
lpected more sense and firmaess. 1t appeared Il
ftme, so mean, servilc and timorous, that I own
ibid net always hear it with patience
Which were those other countries! The,
Icoild not be Spain, Holland or any countries ir
the north or south of Europe, which were in al
Iliance with France or under her ebedience.--
They could be only England, Russia and Swe.
den [; for we had nothing to do with any but ma.
rhine powers. And what interest of curs could
be injured with any of these powers Would
any of these powers make war upon US, aGd 50.
crifce the benefits they received from our Gem.
merce, because we made peace with France, as
serted and maintained our impartial neutrality,
and stipulated nothing inconsistent with their
j rights, honor or dignity. If such chimerical
fears as these were to govern bur conduct, it was
idle TO talk Of our independence. We might as
| well petition tire king and parliament of Great
Britain. to.take US again under their gracious
protection. = ~
In page SIS, he says, "might secretly and
coniidentialy have nominated one or more of our
ministers actually abroad for the purpose of
! treating with France, with eventual instructions
Predicated upon appearances OF an approaching
peace"
Mr.. Hamilton had entirely forgot the censtit0.
tior of the United States. All nominations must
quests and the Senate enjoins secrecy, secrecy
viii not be kept. Stephen Thompson Mason,
was then member of the senate-and if he had
not been, there were twenty other, means of
communicating the thing to the public----Had
secrecy been requested and enjsined, when MIR.
Murray was nominated, every man whose emu.
laton was mortified, would have had the secret
i, three hours. But had the secret been kept,
Mr.. Murray must have. gone to Paris with his
fuu powers, or must have communicated them
to Mr.. Pichon--the French government must
nave appointed minister to treat with Kim
their full powers must have been exchanged
neither the French government nor their minister
would have kept it secret. And why all this
cunning That we might not give umbrage
to England. This very motive, If there had been
any thing init, would have induced the French
to proclaim it to all Europe. In truth, such
sneakisg idea never entered my brain, and if il
had, would have spurncd it as unworthy mo.
ment's consideration. Besides, this would have
been the very indirect, circuitous mode that Mr..
Hamilton so deeply dePlores
In this page, 81, another instance is given of
my Jealousy, and suspicious disposition. The
most open, unsuspcious man alive, is accused of
excessive suspicion.
j transiently asked one ofthe heads of depart
ments, whether Ellsworth and Hamilton had
come all the way from Windsor and New-York,
to persuade me to counterrnand the mission -
How came Mr.. Hamilton to be informed Of this
u know of no motive of Mr.. Elisworth's Jour-
ney. However, J. have already acknowledged
that MIR. Ellsworth's conduct was perfectly pro-
per- He urged no influence, or argument, for
counteracting OF postponing the mission.
Unsusp!cious was, could not resist the
evidence of my senses. Hamilton, masked, had
volunteered his influence with all the arguments
his genius couldfurnsh, all the eloquence he pos.
sessed, and all the vchemence Of action, his fee
bic frame could exert He had only Betrayed his
want OF information, and his ardent zeal to in
duce me to break my word and violate the faith
OF the government. know of no business lie had
at Trenton. Indeed knew, that in strict pronri-
ETY., he had no right to come to Trenton at all
without my leave. q. He was stationed at Newark,
IN the command of his division of the army,
where he ought to have been employed in accom-
modating, disciPGning and teaching tactics to his
troops, if ne had been capable of it. He wisely
left these things to another officer, who under
stood them better, but whom he. hated for that
l have no more to say upon this great subject
Indeed ann weary OF exposing pnerilities that
would disgrace the awlwardest boy at college.
JOHN ADAMS.
Quincy, June Z, 1909.
Il Petersburg criticize, eohicd into the
" Journakdu Soir, "narratec an eOent which
strikes tie souk 7yith horror and bids hu-
n,anify zveet: Three tersons zuho had been
e1iled into Siberia, for suhhosed or actual
crimes. SventA ons one day hunting 'Qhd
lost their zcay. insomnch that they could not
diseoDer nny.fraces Of a human Dwelling.
Famine, -thatuhretcniing and cruel Scourge
Of animated nature, inheiYed fHe three, q
father, his son, and a father of q family, to
cast fots. schose frame should furnish SUD-
siSteHce TO the SURVIVORS, which 7oas done.
-affer the first vietim syas consumed, they
cast lois a second time, and the son 1pas the
only survivor. He svas found by some hun
tiers to syhom hes;aceidcntaiiy related the
horrid detail. The goversme,rt Of Siberia
sent him TO Petersburg, TO give al, account
81 ibis sinsulariy distressing narratiUc.
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