The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1824-07-20

Z snecc0e5 III us idfOis an RSh 90
j against it. Friendship for the sdmln'saga
/ ti1n would have pteferled summary III
yorable to the CONF ebtlon. WIN lhey nav
the goodness To name the senator, iroii'
wiom they received the sd'nmafs IL
! they will, il will illustrate their friendship
! for Mr. Monroe's administration, ana men
course relative Ia the Slave Trade 1oa1
reniion, more than fifty columns oi aston.
j ishmeni, or Of protesiation5.
! H. answer tn the charge that they nave
not to this dsy published all the documents
fsn the subject, they "assert that they haFe
published I'll that they hare seen Of them"
| As printers IL me Senate. they had printed,
while the Injunction of secrecy exislea, me
| Message of The President 81 the 3Oth Apri',
with all the documents accompanying u.
As printers TO the House, they had printed
the Message of the President OF The l9tn
March, in which full half of the docu
ments relating to the Convention, and all
the most essential documents, showing The
course Of the administration IN the nego
tiation, were contained. Had they never
seen these or, was their reason tor omit
ting them, that they hal been PHtssSted De
fore? II seems, too, that they had 'crer
seen these omissions represented IT'S !" IN
territorial suppressions by THE Sfchtary "t
State" Perhaps they have neUer seen the
unceasing streams of Infamous calnlhny
upon the President, which have flowed
fom the same sources for some months
cor they certainly would have contradlcted
them"
Whatever their motives, or whatever
their defect Of vision, may have been, the
grossly defective manner of their partial
publication of the documents, and the total
failure of their promise on the 9th May,
To publish them oil, compel, the Secre
terry Of State TO seek another vehicle for
the publication Of them. They were ac
cordinsly published in the National Gov
ernmrnt 5oarnal.a paper exclusively devo
ted 10 the compilation Of public documents
ln the same paper MAS also Published the
report of the commissioners under me
Florida Treaty, and the schedule of their
awards. And This is the "head aud 'front.'
of the Secretly OF States offence against
The editors of the ln,eliigenctr--That lie
should have presumed 10 publish in a pa
per other than theirs, one, or at most, two
public documents. For this they sally
forth in complete armor, and denounce him
10 the nation, not by way OF cnr,plaist, or
comments, but by 2 statement ofthe !" ma
ked .tact." And as the req, naked fact
would have made them rather too much
the laughing stock Of those u whom they
appeal, they assume usked fact different
from the truth, 10 expatlate upon The un
"averng confidence, for four aud twenty
years, OF d JclIrson, Madison, and Mon
rt;e, and to contrast il with the hasfy and
vindiciiYc peluicncc Of the Secretary OF
State.
Thc editors OF the In,cl'igenccr well
Know, whether In their relations, pnhlc or
Prttte, with the Secretary Of State, he has
deserved nri.her charges ofunkiniress or of
dlsfespcct III them. Nhen il suited the pre-
senr purposes of their politics To assaii linn,
II they had confined themselves 10 the
truth, he would probably have considered
item as lahorng in thcirvocatior, ard have
left their naked Jdtts as naked as he found
Them. But when they made an act, Per
formed by him in the discharge of bis pub
lie duty, with the appreciation Of the Ere
sideut of the United States, the subject of
AN emphatic appeal against him, Il became
necessary that the public should bc inform
I'd, first, that in their zeal to inculpate the
Secretary of State, they had said the thing
that was not and secondly, that the only
grievance of which they couldcompain had
been induced ty their own disregard OF
their promise, and derelictior ofthelr deity,
IN publishing ii series of documents Of the
highest Interest To the nation and the world,
aud lnvol' ing the character and conduct OF
the administration, with such fe'icitous
indebtedness and oyersights, AS il they
had been dictated by the opponents of the
Convention and Of the Administration.
The Secretary Of State asks neither ia
Eor nor friendship Of the editors of the In
teIliSrncrr. Aware of theconiidrnce which
they haGe enjoyed ~ those iliustrious pat
riots, to whose names tliey have resnrted
TO shelter ilir present under the CLOAK oc
the past, he has felt it his duty.to extend To
them tue mantle Of iprbearance, and giving
them significant warning 10 return 10 that
course ut fair and hnaesi attachment 10 the
administration, which had inspired the
confidence Of which they boast, 10 give
them the opportunity of rcdecmins that
confidence, by thr candor aud attention to
their duty wtch had deserved it. lie Ks
no apology from them for what they ha,e
done, or emitted to do e; and IN the o.,srr-
Walton that none had been offered, the re-
ference WAS 10 what was due, not 70 h;n!,
but from Ram. They baye not thought it
beneath them to say, that part Of the
space in their paper, which on4n. to have
been filled With the promised public docu-
mrnts, was occupied by =, article of news,
IN Which his name ds associated with
testimonial OF co,.ndencc from a portion of
ms c'untrymen, They ought to have
known the Ssecretary State, and they did
Know h!.n, we'll enough to know that this
woud be no excuse 10 hun for the subst-
tuition. Their offer to publish no,o the
pretcrmitted documents of the Slave Trade
Convention, comes too late for the purpo
SEES of the Administration.
The lahors of the affiliated presses, in
various parts of the Union, to make the
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