Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1823-10-07
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES

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CORRESPONDENCE
Seiweer tue Hon. JOHN ADAMS late Presiden, Of rho
unhed States ani the late WILLIAM CuNNfNGuatMas
h.sl-DegihiinS III 1903 aud ending in 1872
lh.i someiine threatened .ramphie, has ;,,
made rs appsarauce IN Boston from the nress IL.
e W 10 be favorable to MIR. CRAwFoRps pre,eusions
propose 10 a,diyzc ITS conen,s, and then To dis
Vies me osteIabie motive aud the prour;ey or s,.h
sprnl'cauon, at th's especial time.
~" ioHo,ins Is u suc'iuct history of this cores
ponueuce. la me year 1903, "A Mr. Cuuu;noi,,o, .,
near as,l conideaiil res,,ive of VI, AJnms CT
ses ~ hni an Grafton which the latter notices with
inepily prii,e. Nj. c. "a, that time engaged i, no
uc, discussions, uid proposed writing Memoirs
OF Mr. jefferson" with this view l.. a,,,.S
M Adams, and soliciis of bin The valuable infnr
"Wo", which he might 80 well he sttunosed a., ms
e' ~ rei'on 10 has great competitor Mr.. C. asks
-, nc "nSi respectful and afcciionae mauuer and
ft'dseS ne most sacred secrecy as 10 an maj lonLJ
~ inFarted 10 him. Mr. Aiams is maniCesIl, ~ Avn,
WIZ" ~.e"' reluctance into disclosures of his opinions
v" "i9ects 100 ptini0, 10 his reCO,ieciion and nt
urelN Tree from his prejudres but with desire of
g'aihytrs what he deems the honest curiosity ,f his
J"'u" '"it't, expresses himself with great open-
"SS id 'ndor, on The subjects hch the e,pcr NJ,
Nu"1hsnim SUE cessively proposed To n,--but IL IL
o"s"f"a.ei and IS the feature la tbis rorr.s
ponirnc7, hit M .7Lns an srery iefer insists upon
t9'Toisbt5 secrecy and kis corrssp,,js,, j., So,
fsts'i Piedges tie most i2c0rr.pfibLe jsnh
ibe leiers comprise an interval uf n;n, ys,,s
,'"s when "n'e nir. A'iaui> wines about Nv NV
IT, when, together with hose OF hi. eorrespon-
oe"i, compr'Se the present volume they emI'ac.
TWO petods, aud are chas icerzed hy The ii. lpo I'M;
cide"' to each. The topics of e frs, mari ,ele IN
'he opposition winch he encountered While in The
idmii'sraon-Ihe disscnsions Of his own c,l,;,e,
anu 'hn bad ambition, as he conceived of ,bosn 81
drove him iIou' power. The topics of III. secomJ
PERIOD grow out OF the denuncia,iun of his so,, T.,
Tue ie"erai party, and his adoption INTO line ,e,b
can ranks. You have here :, clue I'm an y.,r;, va
'Sring which the same mind, governed by suons
teeii"gs 'mparis N different times TO Nh. s,ne OH
Al Gunei .Ir sense oil his o'" ero"gs, therefore
M Adams speaks with uareseryad freedom, md no
ht'ir as'er,iy, OF the Ess.S JUNO of Gen H,mon
''"" WI. PICKERING rs well as the leaders OF the
parry opposed !" h'm Whether or not he has done
ihem justice, is one question Whether euher has
'af excuse 80 complains IS another Where me, arc
SHOWN TO have been hostile and where enmiiy is ex
S''e' oy So great pt'ze rs EMPIRE II is obvious thar
AMY anu c0nlemptUous Sentiments uIust
M i'ie bosom oil each adversary and aI, lou,L :,
he courteous, 1t Is not natural, entirely TO suuoress
mem. f"i II cannot be alleged in this instance of
III. fuims, 'nn! 40 uttered what has been sur
fep'ii'onsy puhlisted If the precincts of mn
cOfdeace iohch uittRs hace deemed sacred If is Inn,
IN l" resume, therefore, thar honorable minds will
S'su"" nc "e'che'ons communication, which has
heen made N his lime, with no oiber earthly lem
hency, II would seen, han TO omen anew ,yonnJs
winch ma long heen heated and TO mar :he epyied
nah'le""y 81 venerable, illusrious, and truly
hmeTican patrot.-Thr Subsequent leuers IN ,hose
llrsi alluded 10, relate 10 Mr.. john Quincy Adams
anu hfs loss Ut his election Senator, together with
ms subsequent views and prospects. And here i,
VIII not excite surprise, to iDd strong ,poe oC mr.
fmonY, PerVa'Ing The writer's sentiments in reIation
10 TIE lederasis, and corresponding MITIGATION and
liberation Oi Feeling, towards Their onrnn.n,. W
nave mere, uien, nohIng more than The Complaints
somewhat queiuous II IS true, Of und disanpoin,.
ed IN MS own, aud ~ The prosperity Of snDIher mfr,
hey dear TO II, uttered M lime ol life when ouerv-
ioGsness possesses iuimuoiIy.-And even then, with
hl those precautions which bonot,rable me-, haze
hitherto found sufficient IN thus world
~ may then excite wonder, how these letters
"ecame onlrudeu on ibe public eye.--t will be re-
,neiJe'eu ''"' Mr. Adams, many years since, pub
l'shed series @! letters IN Boston print (; since
which, he has been in favor with the par,y which
formerly denounced him. His correspondent, Dir
wa lhShhm discovering, as lie said, certain yariau-
Ses o opinioD between these snd tue confe0,faI cou
"H"ledf10nS disclosed 10 himself, imporniued Mr.
To allow him 90 publish the Latter, 10 show bis incou
tisie"fy a"d; ~ other words, to make him refute
hs letter OF 1910 Tie cOrres,,oyIsycs anil conner
setsos o'c haze passed beiicesi u.s. haue been unie
me cothdeHth seal If secrecy and fiendshio Ann
'e,t"n o. a, 0H &c treach II lunar and pligdied
Jun staH esrsr reisase yos FROM IT, II IL ,ce,s in
a'g poiosr mutt is net .Jfer all the 1gr,jssi,, mar
IcOm" gre, your conscience ought 10 restrq1 yoa
tgsaa rs ~' refe's yo FROM yoar obligations Of obe-
tbs appeal TO the honor of hts relative was so far
successful, III" no publication Of these letters took
pl'ce wide he lived. Ills death occurred a few
m0nth5 since, b bis own ncf. Fbets il , r.n,,,,r
that previously, oer to dispose Of Them, va. made
10 distinguished GU zen Wdsbinqton IN neoe,,
6eiiei, lie most for Od,h!e rival % Mr. ! o. Adams
I9r 10, Presidency Il IS also rumoufed tiiat ie de-
clin"d them,
Ibey are, however, now in print and The public
enger Of scandal, viii gtesdiy perasc tbeo, thai
Ihey mag have some os,ensihly hetler motive han
n's!o csfosty; % eiace Is published to tie work
winch "o shall e%anine 10 our nest
Charleston Courier
~ WI ne taken into view, iha drrns f,e whole
OF Wy CuFNisGHAM's correspondence with Nj,
adams, We PROCESSES ior hifu tho utmost affection
a'u 'rneFhiohf nor does 10 appear ha, these were
diminished W 10 his de,fi IFS SON h0,veyet ,gbo i.
lhr editor " ihe work before u.s. il the er, re r;,
ten Ivy Coz tor) htm, characief.cs his yepetite rel
awe ny nc most 1Pprobtipu5 epidetB. The poblic,-
uon, ne alleges. " Is eacipsiney iof gie t,(eru,a-
ron anl htnsii' 81 iie conairy he ,Ioe,..d ~,
iuper~uge dny 10 confibute 10 He cioryn Of tie ma
hops IL abuses Mr. Adams when ian no,ycr. Inc
"U"'cs 'nm when on Of ppwer. Ito Is angry t,s, he
w's ever ie'efalsf, aud IS angry that lie IL now
uermrJ . republican 10 qpH,cis with bin that be
one opposed frencb p0lfits, aud now deprecalcs
bI"i'h uoriH".. ~ ss,ti, I've object Of The editor
IS post apparent IN III his shiings aud IL is nothing
h'ff o." less i''an h~f1 make the name or Adams
uu"yprrH dHd 10 aiecttbc cl4ins of john y Adams
loi h Posi- lepry hy the aost sbotdve and scaodn-
,ou ms@u' wh'ch tie malice Of hrs enewies has yet
been a'f- .n d lv,.e 80
~ sef 81 seers~g." says this virfaons editor
@hHF Wgs imposed by he sarrir1r, IS brofsp BIZ ne
tri'Htob r deIh ogs MS corrsss ,aa,r" Aud tht..
ne ,eufs Of go lof bcusyiag is fathers hono,
wien his bones are 10 the grave Ard Ibis is The re-