The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1824-01-16
lYNcn.LRG. JANUARY IL. l824.

.C..NS1NGHAN CORRESPONDENCE
Rert.n 81 Qmnt.t.ul's -Four arguments
lroAaLlDED.
Wshaye.auly - lew murr comments T.
make On the trmarks III Q1iuiiliaa, L.
his last three arguments require bat lev
10 expose their complete nc competency Il
effect ihru ialended object IA VII, Ia
Justification .f The Younger Canning. hap
Ii W. adult, for LIe sake 81 argument
the corfsciecss Of his 81, ond position
That. IN ,aift5e- no,hles should hc secret
under Republican. ge,crnasat,' ~ can-
not apply II Ia the publication of The Gun
nineham Correspondence. Why BE
caas. "a esp"srs no secrets, of public IA
tire, important for The people Ia know
j. tells us, What ncllneN, before, that john
adams Was kioicut iudrralist, aud that
the heart burpings which were created by
his contest with Mr.. Jefferson were not
dlayed ar snftened by his dirat. We
ihe-e things new Ia the world Surely
not It's evident, therefore, thai tins IT.
yunIrut cannoi -nl'-erNe the design of
alhh.lian,to justly he publisher ol the
le,trte.
We admit, partially, IT, force of thr
.Nifd dJPHRioHt w; That Iii. Adams
ham. which abso,cd Inn from al obllsa.
ans Of secrecy towards hlm." l. appcna
that, M 1904, Nh. Cunningham wrote 10
dr. Adams, that he had been for sumo
itne collecting materials 10 present the
puldir with full view Of thu character
and condnC, Of Mr. lcn,,renn,n aud lhinl.-
ing TINT mo nan aud ~ Through u
keowlpdgr' at Nj. j. as MIR. Adams, he
applied ~ him tnr 'uch paruc,eas - he
might hr able 10 furnish; proutislns
iltnsl snrmnlt, ihat no ludlscrcilon or IN
ialildainyss. on Liz pua should ever "cx-
posc or abltee' the confluence rcpnscd in
hun. Nj. Adan6 replied H. Mr. {. thua:
"tN CT ~. ruUth mistaken when YOU sns
fhnl no man liz M has ~ much knowledge
of Mr.. Jrtlrrsoh's transactions ~ myself
In truth, | know very hide conc, rang
h1n.' lie declines therefore ". ing him
my "gslrn luforIndlian, hht tuns hinl,
that # lac will pay him \ VISIT inBoston,
he viii communicate With Inn verbally /;
adding, !" ! ,rri,e IN confidence an gou7 no
MIR rs teH rs P9Rr .d,seyciienn hr Can
mag ham accordingly visits hr. Adams,
COLLECTS matter OF abuse against Mr.. 1clfrr-
s"D, aud ntcrncatcs II III lns review of
MIR. j. character aud conduct. IA 1899
MIR. Adams has altered his tone, aud in
diirs srNFfat rnrumlaslic ESSAYS upun
MI d. hsrspn and upon the drmpCraiic
phrtN." On the discovery al tbs C.rvum-
stance, Cunningham hreonles dauant,
aud, whiting IL Mr.. Adams, HAT lit con.
suffered himself released from the ahli.a.
tt"n of SECRECY, threatened IL publish the
correspondence, IA retaliation at the mpu-
tlNon which had hseu practised upon him.
I his statement certainly places the con
duct of the elder Adams ~ no.grry en,ia
d. light; aud We candldly admit HAT il
Cunningham, the father, lad then publish
AZ t. correspondence, fn thc purpose ol
protecting his reputation, which vas thus
directly assaulted b, the ,ety man who
prompted hln Ia put his >c,acitS IN iro.
par y, he would have been iustiliahle. t
obi Edlon of secrecy was lmposcd upon
condilen that Mr., Adams stated taefs
from his personal kaotricRrc. These Facts
were Ia be embodied by GuHniuekam-=hc
MAS tn deal out the blows while Tie hand
lint turnl.hrd the weapou Was 90 be an.
seen. Neran conceive ui ~ law 1T mo.
ralily ar common lusliec which, would
approve the course pHrsnrd nv rhe.cidrI
Adams, of rcbntlinS the very sl.demrat,
n"fh ne m" hT'n Tue man cansr ol pro
. M 10 ihr "",h; Ne nd said, n
t"o', "| ih"nias Jei't rs"n "wah undrl
te E"'fon''" u, t"o "i The most M
'a'g passions |" The lih'riles ct proPi'
VA ''''," P"ss'h'y reign IN the bosom ofa
naglslratr, Il mtGa thirgt NJ populdritu and
an 1Hordindte aatbiiion"->ist had ,i.rictco
democracy III the most odinus and dis
so,Ins celars--ihrse pictures were fur
h'shed by HIM t"hls puppct-hesa behind
me screen and worked the wires, Wills
Cunningham was si,eadng tho pnisct
which he furnishcd-sn VT, in 1909
without giving Cunningham an, reason T..
suppose that he had ctauecd his opin,o,
of Mr. Jefferson aud tho democratic part,
Without eaod'5iy eon,cs-ing that he hnt
rrisl1hri iNe character "f hnlh, aud tina
fte Htt1 with which he had supplied c
we're thr exaggerated rie,ut,s .f ,,nJ