The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1826-09-07

high station to which the satlrages of his
coynlry uen have called hlm, il he could
descend to pndni snhlerlnseS tn obtain il.
Il Mas deemed enouga, IN fnrtnrr daA~. #
Statesman expressed his views with dr.
tIurtn,s-, if those views we're n.t al 4,
dangerous character. But now ,onethipg
elso Is tequIred. Words must b. weigh
I'd With The most sciGpnlous nicely, be-
lore they are committed 10 paper. lest
soIue A gus should detect in them a CO.
vert and msidluns meaning which had ne
Yer enteTrd into the imaslndiion of the
writer. We have become race of pIp-
my 5yprrcrtlcs, and finding no Other ADD
greater cause oi censnrr are compellpd
10 exhibit the htle vanity 81 common 10
;, sufficient ,thllologl>ts w. Do Mt en-
W the oppostlonlsis the Hpgnt of Labor
~ hieh then hostlht, 10 Mr.. Adams has IN
posed on them, nor do we aspire tn thu
hunor at using the mighty Arguments to
which they ale compelled To I,snIt, 10
sasta'n tae ground they nav. assumed. If
thry should he drIyrn from HiS strong
hoid, they have still another, WINCH all
experience proves to be impregoabic.
y hen they ra0 no longer bod tenabr
position; when they have tnlorcd NJ. A
dams even into an uneXceptlonable phra-
sociology they may thee exclslm,
!" | do not Ike pou, Doctor Fell;
4" The reason why, canu1t tell;
4" But this, Sir, do kuaW full well,
- | do not like goa. Doctor Fell"
-aEe-
Coma. Porter and H .4damS.-Thprp
Is a rrprr pnhlshed 10 HE Clty Of New
Yurii natcls .stabIi,hrd) edited b, Mr..
Viewer, "A cosaiertd Lirntenant, aud by d
at. Felch. dismissed Chaplain Of he e.
:. Nav. Thus paper Is called "Coram's
Champion" and was established 10 Wyite
doVn thr Secretrrs of the Navy, aud 10
give vent 10 IN. personal mahguIy of its
Editors, neither of shom appear to de-
serve the slightes credit. They have
been publicly accused, by Maj Saterlee
Clark ". Y. of having uttered gros4
faIsehoods in relation ~ himself, and the
facts of the case evidence ihe truth of Toe
accusation. Maj. Clark VAS an Officer Of
the U. >. Government. The Ediors Of
the" Champion, from loose rnnor. chusr
to assume that Maj. Clark bad been ag-
grIeved by the government; aud what do
these impartial gentlemen, these Humans
of The age of Brntns, hut draw up histo-
ry of the circumstances they bad heard in
relation To it, and proffer the aid of their
columns and talents 10 procure the Major
Justice f! Maj. CLARK assured the editors
that what they had heard Was I'm rue
that he had never been aggrleved by the
gnvernment--aDd told them that they
must not publish the narrative hey had
gratutously and 81 pntri0ttcdHy drawn up.
They agreed Ia suppress II but. notwlth-
standing they had i, en- 'ssured of It's TAI
si'y, and Notwithstanding their promise I,
supp, rss il, the next No. of their paper
ushpred it forth To the world a. trnc aud
yrraclons history Naj Iaik then 9uh-
Incl, coutgadIcted it, and told TOE G1cts
which had occurred; bot sill, rbp eashte4-
ed Lieutenant and III, dlShoL Orea Ch plan
continue to avouch thai ii :, all NJ W.
make a sober appeal 10 the public. Are
these men to be believed Thy surri,
are not Aud YET. III. Richmond En-
quirer" Of the lstins'. gives ear. sncy In
Que Of its nenl, fabricated -|sadrre against
Nr. Adam, not only wlthnut any slsas OF
lncf'auIlty, but NTH an eifnt IL >ustaIo
II. IL is not true, rs all TIN narratives #
the time agree, that, when : ON. Port.
offered bis hand 10 Nr. A ANS, Al the
launch OF the Brdndyninr, the latlei,
In ned away from him. Tue remarks -
tutoted tn Geo. Lafayette are moi true
II IS truf; that, at the instance II e Il.
LAT. ycttt. Nj. Ada - latended {" return
Com. Porter his sword, and re-torp uIH
tn the service from witch he had been dr.
aIs,ed hy Gourt-mdrtlai, at that TN. |
Il rs true, that Com. Porter, with know |
lrlgr of tins fact -nff' ed an article, sub. |
scubed by hts nanr, TO appear in the
u ashmgGUn prints on the vers mnrnlng II
that d5y, in which he INDUCED 81 slraio |
ot acrimonious 81 unbecumlug sctke -
gu Il the Cuurt-martldi and the NaIInnal |
Executive; Il It's true, that in Consequence
OF this fact, Mr. Adams declined aonulllug
the decision of the Court, as ne mad m
tended. Ills further true, If the narratives
of that day are entitled 10 credit, ana mes
are surrl, worth more than the n.,kra -
srrtIons OF men who arr now sutli.rlog he
punishment inflicted on them by tie oicp-
dpd laws Of their country, and who have
been demonstrated to be unworthy of crr-
d.l that Mr.. Adams showed Com. Porter's !
publication 10 Gen. Lafayette, and CONSUL
ted him IS 10 the course he nught to pursue,
winding up, IN substance, with this remark,
E." cannot now, consistently with wnat
1--WE Ia my own feelings, aud Ia the fell
ings OF t,e Court, restore Cnm. Porter to
his rank, aud return to him his sWnrd."-
And ii IS also tne, tat the General p
proved Of Mr.. Adans's determination
Snch was The narrative gwen at the mo-
ment: it WIS then uncontradIcted mas
remained uncontrsdcted until this tune =
and Is now only c0ntrad'cted by L'euien-
ant who was broke foI employing the flag
of his country in forb,dden raIiic, aud by
a Chaplain, who was dismissed We know
not for what; but not. ~ presume, be-
cause he possessed too much honor as
man, or too mech humility AS a christian.
If the Islander had been confined to the 60.
lumns OF the "Champion," ~ should have
takcn no notice it; but, rs the Enquirer,
Tvs nich has an extensive clrcuatiunl has