The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1824-07-13
TRAyENTIoH OF THE TREATY
OF LOUISIANA. Rich. Hhiq
TIE ENQUIRER.

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/ it would have been more n,Hgnanimou. l..
/ have openly declared, il they lad leaIl he.
! lr,ed lt-or suppressed altogether, II lb..
did not, thai Edwards had been nriyat.I,.
backed in his attack on Nj; Cran ford. bx
| Mr.. Adams, IN conf Junction with the Pres;
dent ofihe Unlted States, AID Messfs. W.,
and Calhoun.-As far as the President aud
two latter gentlemen are Concerned, ~.
have 10 authority or information -tl,oopb
we hope and believe for their own s,l a.
and for the honor of the natien, thai th.ir
efforts IL sustain and IN cotnienanc. E.z
wards, have been exaggerated and n,slr
presented. We can speak more expliriiIy
IN relation To the Secretary of STATE. B.
fore Edwards charges were exhibited, NJ
Adams was apprsed by Mr.. CT.
that charges would be exhibited, informed
of their nature, and requested 10 express
his orinoin of their character and the pro
pretty Of preieriing them. In reply, Mr..
Adams pronounced them To BIZ futile ap1
absurd, and did ample justice.Io the cha
facter aud merits ot the Secretary of III.
Treasury. We are sorry that Mr.. ALBANIA
was subjected To the modification of b.ing
So approached, aud we do not know ~ birb
most Ia admire, the audaeity or the mean.
ness of the individual, who dared 10 do II
On his part, the transaction WAS inyohn
tary, and after lie occurrence, honor and
Justice left him but one course 10 pursue.
which, whilst IT displayed masnani,niy
towards arrival, did equal justice to the in.
tegrity flls own character
1t is equally creditahle TO Mr. Adams and
Mr.. Crawford, and corroborativc of fb.a
statement. that the best understanding ex
lists betwetntlien, IAN understanding which
neil ihsA %. AT tIaI, .l..tiK
alton the efforts of their mutual enemies
or the still more dangerous indiscreiions Of
their foolish and red hot partizans, have
interrupted. 1t is this good understanding,
on which depend the hopes of the nation
Tor aserting the pelils aud distractions of
the approaching Presidential election. -
There Is an affinity between their cause.
from which, judicious and prudent men
| hope a coalition in G. Sc of ncccssity-as
there Is between their causes and those of
Jackson and Clay, repulsion which no.
! thing can convert INTO union. With the
great majority of Mr.. Crap ford's friends,
| .1ddmS Is the second chuice--as with those
! of Mr.. Adams, CrdWtord is the second
| choice. Prudence, then, would seem 10
dictate To the friends of each moderation,
torbearance and fair play towards the other.
when so many circumstances may yet &C.
eur, to consolidateth two parties into one
Even should none of these circumstances
happen, wise foresight would nterdict
the illiberal policy Of Islander, abuse and
Misrepresentation, which will produce this
effect, if no other, of converting the oppo.
neots OF Mr.. Craw for,l's election, into the
determined and irreconcileab l.. foes Of
his future administration.
Ofall the attacks winch the enemies of
Mr. Crawford have aimed 1T Mr.. Adams.
this last, in attempting To identify him with
Ninian Edwards, and to transfer part ofthe
iSnominy Which that parsonage has iustIv
incurred, TO his hitherto unsupported name,
is the most disingenuous and unworthy.
Nobody wonders that the polluted columns
Of the Washington Gazette, whose Editor
is yet smartins under the disgrac. of meri.
ted expulsion from the Department of
State, should pursue a cnu, So, which dis
covers the impotcnt resentment of its
conductor, without establishing his limo.
cence.
That thc gcntee Editors of the Enqnj
rer should stoop to accept morscls catered
by such flihy hands as matter of some
surpflze. We should he less surprjz,d If
| we were satisfied that they know such a.
plnion to be unfouaded I'd.
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