Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1824-08-20
J. q. ADAMS APPENDIX,
OF 9th July, 1824.)
.4'nered TO the re-pubi cation ofhis letter 10 H. C

4Hnered TO The re-Pmbf cation ofhis letter 10 H. G..
Otts, Ga 1908.
In presenting to our readers in town and country,
the conclusion of Mr.. adams luminous and ma ser
letter 10 Mr. Ofts, together with its calm nd dig
niied .4ppendir, cannot do better than accom-
pany 1t with the following just and appropriate re-
marks from he Baltimore Pafrioi, to whom we are
indebted for the pamphlet itself:
eve have before given our reason for reprint.
ing the letter of JOHN Quincy ADAMS TO H O.
OTIS on the embargo of 500, viz: The course
Mr.. Adams pursued in relation TO that measure.
having been made the subject of discussion. and
the pamphlet, containing an exposition of his
views, being out of print. We have also an
nounced the receipt of an APPENDIX to the LET
ter from Mr.. Adams. This will add TO the in
terest oil The letter very considerably, inasmuch
as the only charge made against the author nv
Col. Pickering, In his late review of the Cum
ningham Correspondence, deemed worthy of
nouce, Is here met by the weapons that never
TAIL, CALM REASON AND TRUTH, and refuted
we know not which to admire most in this
letter, and especially in the Appendix, the true
republican principles incuIcated, the auicknes-
Oh intellect IN discovering the motives of action
III others, and the facility of his pen IN exposing
their errors, or the calm, vet firm and eauable
temper with which the most odious charges are
met, eXpatiated on and given to the winds. We
transfer the Appendix to our columns and res
PeS'iu'iS d9N io' ~ teTuSai rom all who love
TO see caiumny refuted, error corrected, and
truth triumphant"
Who shall decide, when Doctors disarree," For
our part, we cordially unite with the Patriot in the
sentiments above expressed relative to this produce
ton OF Mr.. .4danis; and yet, (sum fe,eatis ami
cs) the last enquirer, ventures to denomnute this
SAID 7Ppe'adtr, the most indifferent piece of COM
position we have ever seen from MIR. AS penr-
was the gentle Enquirer conscious, that this wa
in fact paying Mr.. AS pen, a most charming com
Phmeht w 18th all our charity, we cannot help
saying, we fear he was not.
But what does what can the ENQUIRER mean.
wheh lie says, The beauty of the natter is, that
the very sentiment which his Jealous partizans II, 70
so hcedlessy sought justify and even to commend
Mr.. A. himself now contends that he ,erer err
pressed or fet." VhO are 'sthe Jealous partizans'
That ever commended or justified i'll MIR. a. sub$er-
rtence TO tie ,cM Of tie Erecufirea For This is rho
sentiment WHICH Mr.. A. not nolo only, contends IS
las the f. seems to insinuate.) but which he ALWAYS
mas declared that she neUer expressed or feH.n-
rms is the sentiment that forms the head and
'front.' of Mr.. Pickering,s charge which il is tb,.
object of the re-pubshed letter, and Of the .4D.en-
dLr particularly, to rsfuke; and which il has refu
ted so clearly, forcibly, and completely, that if any
man ever did doubt the purity of Mr.. AS patriot
Ism, he can doubt no more. And because this re-
fa"ft0n has been expressed in the document be
US, without heat, or acrmony, studied ornament
and In the can, simple, unadorncd language of Gu n
dour aud truth, the E. ueRtures call it, an indf-
ferent piece of composition" Really, though it is
with great dfidence we Venture to make such an
animation, 10e think IL almost equal to good dea
oil what we ind in the editorial columns OF the En-
q"trer. AS he is TO give the APPENDIX, in erienSo,
To-day, let ms readers and ours, compare it with
what else they find it in the Enq,tirer of edi
torial matter.