The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1824-07-13


,nea-nres fnany rule either of !" northern
ar snutherf hnnur - Tn be- forget thai
h. llr pin. il,, ri Inv which hs attempts
IL ~ 10 III. prejudice Il john Quincy 4
daniz, IN liinis,.lf beeomes an" accessory
To tiir guilt otpahlishng the private CORES
pandeaee N Qu.sllan, ~ converting The us'
/ ri II 10 bis own disiionorable purposes %
tnlnfina al innocent man Gan hs iofg"
anaihef plain prineiple, u applicable tn la
ease- thu tht abeituf OF treason lnenfs Tia
guilt NJ traitor.
4 few words more tn Quiniilian, and
snail lsa,e hun with his fcllnw labonfers
/ Pickering, Itit.hir, Oils, &c. IL supper
Is he may. tue pfetensions al Mr.. ia"
ford. L. looking over line extracts lfon
these private leiters Which he gave In iil'
readers III the Enquirer could hs see NJ
thing IN faror of The elder Adams -
Vas be oily aiming To show the dark sid,
Of tbe picture ? Was II not honorable IN
Alf. Adams, after the FIRST lash of passion
had subadrd, and reason resumed llel
tiirone publicly to exeDeraic Mr.. Jefferson
from every huge he had previously made
against hlm Does not this show mdsl
obviously lhat hr MS mol lnsilgatcd by
pfeinediiaird malice | shall not attempt
fn Justify his conduct-he WAS wrong--he
Acknowledged II, and made the most am
pie atonrment within his power. Mr.. Jef
lelson, IN his hitler Of October 18th, Wa,
Ia NJ. john Adams, gives AT once the most
charitable aud reasonable excuse that could
bc made, aud This letter will do honor TO
the sage of MonliceIlo the snatlIng oi Tim.
Pickering To the contrary notwithstanding.
II 1T Atr LII
lpf writing this letter, only y,rilies the say
ing of the poet Base envy wiihers at
anolher's JOY, and hates that excellence II
c. mot reach"
But chickering's character was ponrtray-
ed in the Adams aud Cunningham Cores.
pondenee. masters hand goided The
pench--,he nriainnl WIS In real life before
the public The portrait could not be ms
taken aud we must allow him 10 verify The
old adage, !" the hurt bird will futt.r. y
Quintilian says thai Adams was poisoning
the mind Of ynnngman IL Is granted
he was while defending the word demo
cracy but was he dong this, when, spea-
KING Of the ledcralists, lic says this nation
has more Ia fear from them than any
other source 2" This assertion, made ii
| BOA, was merely prophecy. Have mol the
events of the late War already made II his
tory Bui the novelty of the reasoning
adduced IN Q's remarks - the errone-
Dusness of the differences drawle aud the
sophistry that brcathes through
every syllable, will destroy its influence ON
the minds Of all attentive readers.
But Mr.. Adams is not the only revolu-
Iionary worthy whom the friends Of Mr..
Cran ford, in their zeal for his promotion,
have illuminated. They have either pub
Ilshcd a private and confidential letter from
Mr.. Jefferson, or they have propagated
wilinl lalsehood well calculated In operate 10
his pre- JUDGE. Take either side oil the ques-
lion, gentlemen onc az the other IL the
true one. Is ii not pitllnl III the extreme !;
Is not that canse a desperate one which re-
qures II resort In such vile cxpcdients In
plop il up? la Tact, | should conclude
that II MAS already dawn, aud that you had
forgot the saying Of the poet
Il When things are down, and pnst recalling,
. lis folly then To fret aud cry
. Prop up roiten house that, falling,
- Bad ichta lis doirH, tn let Il 1T.
L. there one foihle of the human heart,
which, the more IL Is leastcd, the more il
Graves ? Yes, lis slander-whose tongue
oni senoms all the worms of Nile p
The friends of Nj. Crawl ford had already
hurled their bolts of clandestnc vengeance
ri the grey heads two fathers of Jude
pendent America. Others were yet re-
manning The present chief magistrat. of
the nation stood high in the estimation Of
his fellow citizens. All the liberal minded
IN Europe were paying homage to his Ia
Tents, his wisdom aud frmness. Here MAS
Il shining mark, aud yet upon the stage Of
active life, Thelr first attempt WAS TO brand
him with the lnlams Of talsehoud. Let MS
attempt Il brlef history of tins shameful
Mr.. Monroe, it seems had
received private letters from high and
merltorloas officer of the army, treating up
on the subject of appointing officers for the
formation of his cabinet Thinking, no
doubt las in fact they do) that these private
letters reflected honor upon the individual
that wrote them, hr read copy of his AN
fwer To those letters IN confidence To some
honorable members of the government
THIS confidence WAS abused - the lettt r and
meaning of this private correspondence was
distorted, and understandable assertions re
spectlng these listers, were put ailoat in the
publle Journals oil The day, with the aNowed
intention of furnishing the unsullied fame of
the writer. Tn assertions were contra
dicted Mr., Lonrie a>ows that they are
correct, and that he has incontestiblc proof
OF the fact IN his possession. Mr.. Monroe
is personally applied 10, TO say whether he
ever read IN the presence of Mr. LoNrie,
n letter from General Jackson, tecommen
ding him 10 form his cabinet Of 1.-TWO dis
tederalists. and two distinguish
ed republicans. Mr., Monroe gives Ia
comic answer" No" Here his enemies say,
II he did not mean To peryert or conceal the
tr"lh, Why not enter INTO general eXpla
nalion' Let any reAectlu impartial citizen
make the caue his own. am far from
thinking, or saying his office ought 10 have
thrown any shield around him. What are
the facts 2 Mr. Lowrie had betrayed the
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