Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1824-08-03
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DOMESTIC.
THE CASE STATED BY I" BRuTUs

10 asserting to The insertion of the Communication
signed g BiuIus, in the Gazette of day, we con
ce,ve that we arc IN the discharge of solemn public
duy. man who is presented 10 The People of tho
Unled States candidate for ofice should be able
to stand the severest scrutiny The reciiiude of
his prncipes. When the Office aimed is The high
es IN the gift of the nation, every shade of chnras-
ter, every tint of passion, is important Charged
with the execution OF the laws, entrusted with the
high power Of pardon, which involves life and deaih
no circumstance which tends 10 delIneaie the fea
lures oil his intellect, he matter Of indifference
In the language Of the National! journal of this MORN
ing, and perhaps from Mr. Adams's own pen, % the
people ought 10 be accurately informed or the real
state of the body well rs offhe mind of "a ,,ersun
held up before them one fitted to Gil the highest
station IN the government OF this country"
The case stated by Brutus is this Mr. Adams,
voluntarily, and OF his own seeking, endorsed note
drawn by person in this city. When the day Of pay
nienl arrived lie went, in turbueni panner TO the
BANK where was to he paid, and loudly asserted in
the presence oil the officers of the ipstuion that il
had Deen 'iduduieDtly obtained which was utterly
iaise Alter making this allegation, lie sought 10
irighten Tie gentleman TO whom tho money WIS do e
by telling bio aloud that the pei son who drew the
no'e was married woman or femme courerfe, aud
mar the amount OF the could not be recovered
when he thought this iniimsiion had sufficiently
operated on the fears Of that genIenian he offered
nim pari OF lie amount uf the note in discharge of
the whole, and left The Bank affirming that he wopIJ
| never pay il Otherwise. A hint WAS brown out in
ms uaxeito and the next day he solicited an off
o. fne Bank 10 call on him, when he gave check
,u' "e e"'"e amount oil the note, which argued III
nr. Adams consciousness of wrong, and tbsl the
transaction would uot bear the light Of invesgai
hefe, ,hen, was premediiated design TO. wrong a
iehow-ciizen 10 take advantage Of a legal fiction,
~ order to evade the u6Iment Of an obeaiion into
which, OF his own free will and accord, he had en- :
tercd on grounds OF charity, for which he sought 10
make another the loser. Comment on such y case
would De supe'i'nons. The facts speak Tor them
selves, and they are incoptrovertbe n Jrokifv be
qualify valuable in a candidate for The Pies,dency.
then does Mr.. Adams sand cosvicted and condemns,
od. IL was oo' iosbiny or negligence to pay bu, q
clear and unequvocai attempt TO take ADVANTAGE nj
his neighbor. There are many things which, frou,
misfortune or careessness, may lie pall,ateJ or
cused but Ibis, ~ man like Mr.. Adams iu The ful,
POSSESSION OF his faculties, lawyer by and
habiuslIy and mouteIy looking into particulars, adj.
mits OF neither explanation nor apology To cap tie
whole, after insisting that the wonao could not make
himself, took an assignment Of her goods and chat.
'es. Let him be judged, then, according TO his
merits. Wash. Cfty Gas.