Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1824-07-13
j. O. ADAMS.

The following Is Il communication from n
gentleman IN the ID. of Columbia, of the most
unique stionabie standing and character. We
believe him incapable oil making the least mis-
representation Oh giving any false coloring w hat
ever. what he states Is entitled 10 the serious
attention OF the people. i, will open their
eyes To some OF the machinery which is EN-.
Pioyed TO delude them. We confess that il
excites our " astonishmenr." Has no, MIR.
Adams identified himself with the selC-conuici-
ed Edlcards! Can the Conduct which is here
depicttd-Can "a public association with a
man Ike N Edwards cOmport with the dig
nifty of the Secretary of State, or with The
pretensons of IA Candidate for The first Office
in the gilt of d free people !?
10 The Editors Of the Enquirer.
oENTLEMEN: la reading your Tuesdays
paper just received, am struck with the o.
pInlon you express of disapprobalion of the
committees excluding Mr.. Edwards from The
anniversary dinner at Washington. think il
is probablcyo you would not have formed this
opinion, had you been well acquainted W it'll
he state OF irriiated feeling in the city. and
with the cast of its local politics.
lou nave remarked il as an extraordinary
circumstance That "men are TO be found vii
ling TO justify his conduct; - but YOU can b. no
entirely prepared, femOte as you are from the
seat oi government, To believe the extent to
which 'he d'snitarles there are willing to go
III tbis respect. You may be assured the sup
port gwen TO Edwards by the Adams and
Calhoun papers in Washington and other pla-
ces, emana,es from high, though Invisible
source, and has been the Introductory part Of
preconcerted plan Of operation: The plot,
however, has been prematureIy exploded Inv
It's authors, whose impatient apprehensions
nave driven Them, unwittiDgly, to the last DIES
perate expedient TO retrieve Edwards, and TO
consummdte the A. b. conspiracy. The ex-
| traordnary letter Of AIessrs. Adams. Calhoun
and Mclean is the Sd act or crisi, or tbe I'M
lltical drama, and their last hopes now rest
upon its "efeci." The experiment is now
making, how far exalted station and tho NAT.
ronage of Office exercise a successful indu.
ence among a free and intelligent people in
upholdIDS corrupt men in order To d.siroy
The Innocent; aud, whether the object be ac.
cOinpllshed or not, the attempt augurs y,ry
i'll for the stability of our republican insti,n.
tons, which can be preserved only bv the vir.
tue OF the people, and Of those who admins.
ter their government.
| The conduct OF the Committee of arrappe
ment has been made the pretext fur the ST.
retaries, and the z. NJ. General. auoesr;oa hs
fore the public, connected with m. charscte,
of Mr. Edwards. Now, setting aside 81
speculation, on general principles, AZ ,o IN,
propriety OF Edwards exclusion. il wound h,
very apparent, If all the circumstances con
necled with u could be made public. to ba,,
been not only highly proper but a matter q
necessity II Is well known here that Edward
will be not only sustained, if possible. but h,
gladly made to Triumph. That, EXPOSED ,il
laipy cannot be made in our country 90 ri
Umph over truth and prosecuted ionocence
may be readily conceded yet You are a,yar,
that when Edwards, forced by The conscious.
ness that he was self-cOnvicted, degraded an,
despised, even by those who declined To- con
demn him unequivocalIy, resigned his com
mission, strong-a formidable resistance wa
made in the cabinet To the Presidents wishe
to accept the resignation, DOR is i, known 4