Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1824-07-17

tbs circumstances should. not fse IN judgment
"a bar his suit for renOwn: they would for
five and forget the injury. only rccoliectns
,b. magnannnus atonement as an argument
for his promotion. hf
a. The circumstance considered -
Whatever then had said
aud in ssch a place.
Al such time with al the rriold,
NAY reasonably die, and RISE
To do him wrong or any way in,peaeh
Controversy Jet,neen the Secretary Of State and
the Editors Of The Nat. Inteltigencer.
We publish two further articles on this sub.
iect-W We have yetthe last reply of Mr.. A
dams. which we shall bring out in our next
We shall present such further articles as may
occur In the course Of this most curious
controversy. The feverish petuance, which
that distinguished statesman has mani
tested on the occasion, as lily COMFORTS
with his high character and standing, as
with the proper pretensions Of a candidate for
the Presidency. A man less dictatOrial in his
conduct ard with milder aud more amiable
f rlngs, when he found the omissions existed
IA the publication of The documents before
the Senate, would have gone to the Editors
of the lnt-igencer, and frankly and calmly
pointed them nut. Or, when requesting the
publication If the resolutions Of Congress. he
would have at the same time pointed out the
other omitted documents, Chose sent al a dif-
ferent time and with distinct message tn the
II. Of RI aud he would have also desired their
publicati0n,- as necessary to explain the
grounds on which the government had entered
into the British convention. Ii this course
had been pursued, does any man believe, for
one moment that the Editors of the Intelli-
hnx.a chpd tt,s, nrIo
promptly and as willingly as they published
the resolutions. of Congress? Or does any
cool and impartial man seriously believe, that
the omission of any of these papers during
the hurry of 4 closing s.ssien) WAS intended by
those Editors To iniure the administration, or
the Secretary Of the. Staie--more especially
when they had openly avowed their attach
hlent to this Convention and their wishes for
its success? ~
The FIRST thing which irresistihly strikes oir
atte0ti0n in this matter is, that the question of
fact is essentially with the Editors of the In
tellgencer. They were not required to pub
lish these documents. They were prompted
to publish them by their own free i'll and dis
cretiOn. They selected such parts az they
deemed mafertdi-Nlr. Adams did not apply
to them TO do it. If, after making the publ
cation, he was Dissatisfied with any omission,
why did he not at once go TO them and civilly
request them to supply that omission? Was
il indicative Of noble spirit in him, instead nf
pursuing this candid course, To conceive re-
sentiment at all about the matter not only 10
conceive, bu: to preserve his resentment locked
up in his own bosom, and vent his spleen upon
them on the first occasion which presented it.
self Would Washington, or Jefferson, or
Madison or Monroe, have done as he has
done? M
But the immateriaity of the publication of
these resolutions, (which induced Messrs.
Gales & Seaiou to omit them) will he mani
fest on referring to the Presidents cOnfi,en-
tia Message to the Senate o( the 2Ist Nav,
which tcds published entire We have refer
red TO thsesll essage, republishrd in the En-
quirer on thu IEfh June, and we find, that in
stead of the substance of the resolutions being
given, the substantive parts Of them, are cop-
ed verbatim, well as The 4th aud 9TH sections
of the act OF Congress, of the 18th May, 1890
We art.Q.,t disposed 10 enter fully into this
subject aepfssent. We wait to see whether
She ESe'iors of the Intclligencer will make
reply to the last cutting and doginaical ar,i-
Gle of Mr.. j. q. Adams. He has, however, suiTi-
GENTLY shewn the cloven footin this contfo, err
sy, and acted on principles which he will find il
impossible to reconcile to the long established
opinions Of free people. He is prominent
candidate for the Presidency, and his preien-
slnns have been most Zealousy supported by
the Nat. Journal, which was established under
his immediate auspices for that avowed pur-
pose Messrs. Gales and Seaton, although
the printers to Congress-, and the editors of the
print to which the government has heretofore
Tesortcd for making IFS publications, have dis
tinctly, hat with the utmost dccorum and mo-
deiaion, supported the claims Of another can
diiatc for the Presidency. Under these cir
{. cumstanccs Mr.. Adams has pet,i!anly refused
To permit them to publish a public document
connected with his department, and entered
into harsh, protracted, and elaborate vindi-
cation of his cnnduc, in SO doing. We call the
attention of our readers particularly to the
tone, theepirit, aud the doctrines of this WIN.
dication.
We ask of Mr.. Adams and of his friends,
whether it be compatible with the dig
nifty of the Secretary Of State, to descend
.iom his high elevation and TO protracf con-
trOversy of this description And why does
ne write under the editorial head of the N.
journal ?
Has that Journal ever made its appearance
without containing the lEost folsome and sick
enng penrgyrics On Mr.. AdamsT Aud does
not this incessant adulaiion deserve some gen :
erous requital at the hands of its patron
What sort of Thing would be government
paper, as describnd by Mr.. Adams? How
much freedom, how much Independence
would ii possess What reliance could free
men place in its statements, il il dared not pub
lish syllable, but such as was acceptable ia
g the powers that he ~ And il il must vindi-
cate all its measures against every one who
thinks them wrong? Let us see Mr.. Adams
Presidcnt-and we shall see his National Go
vernmenf Journal as serviIe, and obsequous as