Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1823-12-30

resist ior"igu as9re-sion."
Th"cTsnrsn. was lusi twenty -four DAYS did.
When Mr.. Adams submitted ihiS resolution To
"il'ciiis removal; Just did enough te he known
at Boston, and ihrn of how they liked
~" Ia he returned To Washington CITY. As
temporary measure, il has been seen that
they liked il very vii" MI. Adams
then, on the 18th Dee. had pleased Mr.. J.tl;.r-
son 10y v"ting TO bay II +; and on the In. Jan.
he pleased the Boston federalists by voting
tn raise il
D. limited .! The policy Of his selection, by
the irdrralisis, as their candidate" ssc.-
-tAganst Mr. Madis"n.)
=, -, hr. A. to Or. C.-Lester 10, Srt 2Tth, 1900.
The pap",s ." NJ 6. which, ,oV mention "a yoor
6'Hd letter OF the 10 "a, have never seen nor heard
IN what paper, ar pamphlri, ihev published -
Hnm'ltoms an'h'i'on. intrIgnes and caucuses hay.
ruined The caus" of federalism, by enrumhering and
en'sngling ia with me, and ~, assures ,hat ouphi
never 10 Ave heen Trough forward As Won have
n,en3ned my san, shall take tho liberty Ia saw that
has conduct, ~ f,r a. know IT, has heen ubi. nm.
right, .-"'d, Impartial, and independent. His let
Ter To Nj o ~, ,ppaud aud ,duhe His res,pni-
urn, approve. He would have hren more ,oLifir
u he had declnrd hIs invitation the Caucus toue
IN" question was only between NJ. Madison and Nj.
Monroe, and knowing both, I should, certainly as
he did, prefer the former 80 the laiierr
(REMARKs: |. Kind letter." that is the
letter which informed Mr.. A. that he recon-
mended his son for federal candidate for the
Presidency
Q. Hamilton ruined the cause of federal
ism;' II rs therefore time, for those who want
offices To make their peace with republicanism
Nothing more To he got from federalism.
s NJ re polite if he had decIiord the in
vitaiion 10 the caucus" PoLIrIc This is the
word upon which the republicans should
pause. PoLJTIC That signifies, according Ia
johnson. ]. cunning .. skiIful 5. artful d.
g 81. r
fairs.
alr. Adams does not object To his sons go
ing to the cauc;ts upon any principle Of con-
sututionaIity or expedirncy, upon amy Of the
grounds nc'' urged ny the parlzans of his son
against cnucuS he puts il purely and sim
ply upon the foot of personal policy, AS, whe-
Their he could gain enough from the republi-
cans to make up for what would be lost with
The fedrralsts by attending republican eau
Gus, aud Thus committing himself, on the -
phhic"n side, or an open. direct. uneuuivnral
party measure. The old gentleman douht .
the policy nj this adventure, hut does not d.
eide the question. presume the doubt w,
s,l'ed aft" the - day of June thc next en-
suing, when Mr.. Madison app"n,ed thus snr
Minister PiPnipotrniiarv and Enyay Extra
ordinary 10 the Court of st. Petersburg u
IS worthy nf being remarked. that the fact of
Mr.J q A. having ever committed himsrlf,
On party question, in favor of the republicans:
and thar has party now loudly cnndemp;a cr,,-
Gus as an'i-rrpublican, Unconstitutional, mex
pedI"nf, corrupt, and usurpat n upon III"
rights of the people. And, lei i: never he
forgotten. that within few short months be-
fore Mr.. j. @ A. attended this rpmbiicnn cnu-
cds to wit, on the first day of April in iho en-
barge year Of 1907. he had presided as Mode
rntor in q grand ffdero' caucus in Boston, ard
signed resolutions fnr organizing me federal
party, and supporting Gov Strong in rebelipg
against the administration Of Mr. .Ieff.rsonO
Lfft'r IL, Oct. ctr, 1sO3-rfr. G. Ia mr.. T.
:" MY design, as con,mnnica I'd ~ ~ the enveionc
OF NV hrsi No. was 10 show that neither M Jsfer-
SIN, nor convrrr IN his crude opinions. would he
proper IN preside over this rommPrrial nation on.
jectIons 10 Mr.. !. hroruht after thpn, an opatior
10 spetItV The qua fcaiions which > frec opnl.nt
and independent peone should regard ~ The choirc
at Their chief magistrate. These Qu,iific ,one rre
conceive, er'ne"tly combined in MIR. J @ Adams
-poke OF him on a thorough rcunai-tane, with his
political course ; and il did not esrapr me- ,hal h.
was The first writer ~ this country wLo puhicl, ar
ra,gn"h he preiensions of Genpt, ard 'haf his az
poin'mnpr tn the Hague was the veil e.rnr,l hu,
nnsnlIrird reward Of his exricaiion Of the Exec,
nv" from ia" emharrasmenfs aud pprplexiiies ~
which he WAS involved Nv that hairhrained and con
tagIrns Tevolriiorist -
tREMARKs L." Convert to his crude opin-
ions " Mr.. Madison and Mr. Monroe are both
converts of this description and wAa' is hand
some. Mr.. Adams himself is now held for, h
as aneophyte Of the SAM nnconcncted school
9. Thorough acquaintance with his polit
cal course" Thorough, that is 10 say. thru
ana through. Notwithstanding the embargo
vote, and the caucus concave Mr. j. .. A. To
those who know him thoroughly, was siill
known To be the opposite of Jefferson and his
Grade converts he was still r-deralisf of
Cf lam f.. IL
the federal candidate for the Presidential chair.
8. Extrication or Washington from his
embarrass rnts, &c."-But this remark will
come in better hereaftT.)
Latter -. OFT 18th isos.-1fr A. IN ~, e
our friendship for John Quincy Adams, rncour-
ages NE To 'ay, that Washington was ndc under
obligations him for turning the t;de oC sentime,,
against Genet, AL he was sensible or il, and cata.
fail Tor II j. @. Adams Writings first turned tins
i'd", and The Yellow fever completed rho Salvation
OF washington. Not all W7shingon's ministers
Hamilton aud Pickering included, could have writ
ten hose gamers which were f''aI 10 Genet"
tREMARKs 10. Adams writings FIRST
turned he tide nos all Westinghouse minis
ters could have written those papers. - Chief
Justice Marshall thought otherwise. In his
Life OF Washington, vol 5, chapter T. he as-
crIbrs the merit to NJ Jefferson Wick is here
attributed to Mr.. 10. Adams. Mr.. JefFer-
son was then Secretary of state. and upon the
PnpncatI"n ot ms correspondence with Genet
ms reputation, great as it was before, inmedi-
attIy rose to great additional height FSde
ralisfs and republicans. united in appauding it.
tenet was Frustrated by it and if Mr.. Jrfftr-
son had LEFT M other monument of his ability.
this correspondence aloae would place him in
the first class of able statesmen and accom-
pIshed writer's.
Lst'r 10, D,c. 9rd, 1909. Ffr c. 10 Mr. A.
" concluded ~ write - few more papers and D,
inrorora'e, into ono of them, some poticps NJ Mr.
John Quincy Adams To tbis was in,Iuce Fl bv Sec