The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1823-09-26

critical stuatlpu Oh MI bdiiNeh' u VIII
take place at the Baptist meeting house,
this evening, at candl,.ght, If fair.
-aSe-
"THE BOOK"
We offer our readers 10 day, two Nos.
1.-THE commencement Of a SERIES entitled,
Remarks on the correspondence between
"fhe Hon. John Adams, late President of
the United States, and the late William
:. Cunningham, Esq.'-to which we beg
lraye to solicit their particular attention.
ii they he disappointed in the iotrin-
sic importance Of the matter, winch we
think they cannot be-, this disappointm
will be amply compensated for by the
ability with which the essays are written.
The Enquirer more than insnuates that
they are from the pen of John Quincy
Adans-and submits n few garbIed ex.
tracts, which do not exhibit the gist of the
matter, but which afford the editors of that
paper an opportunity of INDUCING, as is
their wont, IN inuendoes against the inqul-
nerable reputation of Mr.. Adams--a re.
putaton which they have never yet had
courage openly to attack violently as they
IRE Opposed to the man. The Editors of
tic Enquirer riNuiu nv sb HtfIltSsN SAC
rifce thrr V.rginiun edndor Ia iankee
shreirdness, as to lead them into The ",idi
edious" practice Of Trying To ferret out
the author ofcertdin essays by the yankee
art Of guessing" They appear 10 en-.
tcrtain such an inseterate dislike To every
thing, animate and inanimatr, which is PEI
cnar TO the states north Of the Potomac,
that we protest against their use Of the
privilege OF guessing particularly rs IL
may make them AZ ridiculous" as they
Say il has already made " certaia Nlrgi.
MIA editor"
Not satisfied, however, with guessing
That Mr. Adams is the author Of these Nos.
of which il has no other evidence than
their ability, the Enquirer argues upon this
suppOstIon with its accusteued shrewd-
psss and liberaity, aud dubs the act d" dis
honorable" one, with its usual efrrontery.
Ii, hewever, the Secretary of State BE-
the author OF them, what is there dishon-
orablr 10 the fact? Who 81 fiji To protect
the reputation Of his aged father from this
unmanlv aud unwarrantable attack Who
- well qualified as himself TO innct me-
rlted chasiisement on the wrctches, who
have sacrificed every principle of honor
and morality IT, their piifu attempt to
sully lac hard earned fame of patriarch
OF the revolution, almost in the last hour
fof his life I .WhcFe slept the Indignation
oil the Enquirer, when il learned that the
seal Of secrecy and confidence had been
broken by some of rs,co- laborrrs, 10 gra-
tify deiestsbe maiier? Does it think
that the end sanriifes the mems? Ornas
~ necessary Ia reserve the full vial of its
wrath for the defender Of decrcpid old
man Pa man who sustained his youth
his FOIL portion of danger IN the service of
HI country, aud who will SHORTLY Gnd
refuge in the tomb from his ren,irs.less
Prosecutors, who merge his g6pt deeds in
hls faults! No. No. 1t is not that Mr..
J. q. Adams has stepped forward TO pro.
tect hisf,;beTs fame, and Ia "Niarn the
poson'd ehulce" to the hps of Ephralm
May Cunningham, and his kndirr elders
and dbalors, thai has excited the,tcnder
senebllties Of the Enquirer. II ie the
broad insluonion made IN the first No. of
the Remarks" that Mr.. Crawford and
his indlscreet friend, Mr.. jonathan Russell,
are at the bottom of this transaction, tina,
has called forth this champion Of the trea-
sury officer. Mr.. Cunningham might have.
been annhilated and driven by the Just
sentence of an outraged community, TO
hide himself forever from the public gaze
--contempt and deteslation might have
pursued all the ostensble actors in this dis
graceful business, and the voice Of th,. En-
quirer would aever haze heen beard, ar II
would only have been 1.-The still, small
voice" whtrh Smothers--bu,, So snen AS the
slightest allegation is made against Mr..
Crawford, true or untrue, The lion oftbe
Enquirer IS unmuzzled. and like his name
sake OF the forest, he sezes on his prey
WIN relentless grasp, and an unyieldng
determination to protect and defrNi the
last hope and sole prop of democracy -
But IS the lnsinuation made in the lst No.
OF Marathon to be repealed by the snsers
AT the Enquirer Its made in broad terms,
and If incorrect should b. as broadly de-.
MED. II Mr.. Crawford had any agency
: III the publication of 3" The Book, il ought
30 be known-.if he had not, let him deny
It. We are aware that he and his friends
think 1t derngation from the dignity of a
nigh pubic officer TO ceRdescend to vlrdi.
cate I" the peoldr, his conduct; bpi these
high minded, arstacratc notions will moi
suit the plain rcpubcansIh of this coun.
try.
Tue Boston Patriot thus introduces the
Remarks" -" They are from an abb,
hand, and well fitted to ronse public indig.
notion against an incendiary attempt 10 in.
jdre the political character Of distin.
guished candidate for the presidency, by
publishing private correspondence, in ,io
1ation of every suggestion of honor and
rlile of common honesty. II is suificien
for as 10 remark that this vile proceeding
like others Of a similar character, aud pro
ceeding on the same hands will terni
hate in exciting the character of the Sec
rotary of State, and exposing the turpi