Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1811-03-21

IIhZEN kIMBALL.
{" City of Washington,
29th Dec, 1903"
Having learnt that Thomas {. Bowie, Esq
Of Prince Georges county, MARYLAND, whom
l did not personally know, but VINO was nam
ed to me as 9" a gentleman OF high respectable
lity, who had retired from, TIE bar" had avery
particular conversation with Robert Smith,
secretary of the navy in 1903 aid now Gcre-
tary of state) on the subject stated III the a
bove certificate | took the liberty in April
1910, of addressing a letter to him with CO.
py of the certificate. His answer is long,
containing many observations not necessary to
be introduced here. will extract what has
specia! bearing on the case.
Extracts Of letter dated .4trH 18th, 1910,
from 7Homa, c. Boarie, Esq. to Timothy
Pickering.
l assure you, Sir, it will be a source OF
much qualification, if any thing in my power
can contribute, in the smallest degree, to the
exposure of those gross ard palpable deluslons
which have been 50 long imposed upon the
American people, by the abettors of dcmocra-
cy, in regard to your public character" Then
noticing my official publications relative to our
rulers and their management of the affairs OF
the T. S. MIR. Bowie Says In order to I'M
pair the effect and universal conviction which
they had begun to operate in almost every Sec
ton of the country, it was soon found necessa-
~ to make you the incessslit theme of the
most bitter invective and vulgar abuse" cit
is impossible for you, sir, to have any ade-
qlate idea, Of the very unyenerous, and may
say, wicked expcdients rcsorted to by the de-
Inocrlts in relation to this subject"
81 certainly did hear MIR. Secretary Smith
make the declaration contained IN the certii-
cate of Mr.. kimball. A few days before the
account of Your dismissal arrived ut Annapolis,
repaired thithcr, attending the General
Court. having Just commenced the practice
of the law and having studied in Baltimore
with Judge Chase and Mr.. Martin. was well
acquainted with Mr.. Robert Smith and the
Baltimore Bar generally, with whom messed
in No 2, at Wharfc's Tavern, although then a
resident of Prince Georges County. One
morning, while in bed, MIR. Smith remarked,
that in q few days, the fcdcralists would re-
ceivc from the seat Of government, piece Of
intelligence which would both surprizc ard a.
larm them. &c would not impart what it was
but requested me to notice his prediction
When the mail brought the news of your dis
missal, Mr.. Smith told me it was that 70 which
he alluded; and he supposed would admit
he had some knowledge of cabinet Secrets
l had understood, Short time previous, that
MIR. Adams WAS negotiating with the leading
republican members Of the House of Repre-
sentatives, a coalition which went to secure
his $4,000 a year at the expense Of what
he himself had deemed. the public good, but
little time before: That General Smith and
other leading democratic members, were, on
the eve of Mr.. Adams. expected reelection,
frequently dining and visiting at his house,
and who, before thar time, had never beer seen
in the habit of either"
have now, fellow citizens, unveiled mys.
terry Of iniqu;ty, of which, for near eleven
years, very few have had any suspicion, and
fewer still knowledge Of the facts. Wien
man has, at one period OF his life, distinguish
ed himself by his public services, it is dis
tressing to find and exhibit him as capable Of
strayins from the straight path Of integrity
and truth for it tends to excite suspicious
and iealousies towards the most upright and
inliexibly just. This consideration, and others
before suggested, were sufficient to restrain
my pen; and no reasons, merely personal,
would i'll this public manner, have drawn the
secret from me. But the apostacy of Mr..
Adams, and his open support of men and
measures that were directly opposed to the
system of administration which was formed
during the Presidency of Washington, which
for some time Mr.. Adams continued to MAIN
tain, but which, in the end, he fatally contribut-
ed to subvert. This new course of conduct,
in support of a new system of administration,
which has overwhelmed our country with ca
lanites before unknown, has demanded the
present * still further unfolding of bis charac-
ter. Revenge has no share in it. Ifthat pas
sion had gained an entrance into my breast, it
might long since have been gratihed. In
truth, my resentments were done away. His
depravity excited adherence, mingled with
regret, and his baseness my contempt
TIMOTHY PICKERING.
City Of Harrington, March 9, 1911.
: P. S. My journey homeward, and some un-
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