The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1823-09-05

80 -'"aias ihsl ol lae hlr promised
essays against John Quincy Adams. has
nade It's appearance IN tie Advocate al
the 18th inst Mr. n. begins BY stating the
rise aud policy of the two political mar.
lies, democratic and federal. lie thc1
says:
Under such standards, the tNo parties
took the field, and tue "ci,il revolution
OF 1890 gave the victory to the democrats
lie most active and able leader of the
federal party in that contest, and for si1
gears after their defeat, was john Quincy
Adams.n
Now mark the fact. Mr.. Adams, who
IS here charged by this man of expcdlents.
as having been he most actiue and uble lea.
der q The FEDERAL party, IN the contest for
Tie Presidency between Jefferson aud A :
dams, was in Europe, from 1894 to the
Fal. of 1901, six years prior to, aud about
one year after, said election. Mr.. Noah
further asserts
" In '9S, the federalists adopted the alien
aud sedlliOn laws, and borrowed money
ut per cent. to provide for the army
peace establishment. Mr.. Adams was
with them III these measures. In 1900,
Ir. jefferson was elected President. Did
Mr. Adams then become a convert To de-
moerate principles No, he was then
elected hy the federal party of Massachu.
sets, a seliator IN Congress" sc.
We have shewn above that Mr.. Adams
did not return TO this country until the Au-
tnmn ofl80I, consequently the unqualified
of Mr.. Noah that lac was Access
sorry to, or approved Of, the alien and sedi-
ton laws, &c. is wholly gratatous. Fur
Their, Mr.. Adams was not elected to the
United States until the year 1903, and IN
that election Timothy Pickering was one
OF the opposite candidates.
We do not even hesitate to say that
Mr.. Adams was not the federal Candidate
for u. States Senator in 1903, and in proof
of our assertion submit the following cx
tracts:
From the Independent Chronicle Of 1903.
Ii is clear by The votes that Pickering
was the candidate contemplated for }.
Z. Adams had but ten on the first trial
aud six the second. After two unsnccess-
ful attempts TO carry their lavorite, they
gave Mr.. Adams a slight sup
port for they could not consolidate this
interest farther than to Obtain bare ma
jority.
Where then is Mr. Adams interest in
the Legislature Is it not clear that
large proportion were friends TO Pickering
IN pre- lcrence to Mr. Adams? That they
persisted as long as the nature of the con
would permit-that Adams was
iar IN
they failed of their candidate 2"
Mr.. Noah concludes his essays by an
nouncing publication which is soon to APP
pear in the New England States, which a.
mong other things is 10 show thai Mr.. A
dams la, received 100000 of the public
money for services rendered, aud there
fore should not be President the force of
winch argument is no other than this, that
4 man having servant who has been in
all situations faithful, capable and honest,
should be advised to dismiss that servant,
because his wages for successive years
have amounted 10 some hundreds Of dol.
lars We have before stated, and We now
repeat the remark, that from the supper
ters of Mr.. Crawford, we neither look for
fair drallng, or for truth, where the poiti-
Cal character of Mr.. Adams is concerned
and we shall not therefore be surprised al
any assertion, however unfounded, that
may make its appearance in the Craw-
ford Advocate" or the promised pamph-
Iet. Bost Pdt.
The Albany Democratic Republican
mentions as "A rumour, that an attempt has
been made to get something like public
in favour of Mr.. Crawford, "a
mong the numerous visitors atAthe Sarato-
ga Springs but as yet the intriguers have
not been successful ID.
-02S-
Its said Mr. Clay has only been waiting
for the return of Mr.. GaIlatin, in order to
obtain certain information, which was ne
cessary to enable him to reply to Mr.. A.
dams. Mr.. G. has returned, and we hope
the gentleman or his friends will offer 40
more apologies, for the delay of the expo
stian he has promised of the Transactions
at Client. Louisville .4dU.
..e@e""
TAKING SIDES.
The Raleigh IN. c. Register, a week
or two since, announced IFS preference for
Mr.. Crarford, as our next President: since
then, the Star, has come out in favor of