The Litchfield County post. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1826-1829, 1826-09-19

ting were their plans, that nothing positive
was decided on, until the eruption o. the
10th of December, which led to arrests,
disclosures, the apprehension of the prin-
cipal members, and the final prostration Of
the society.
A detail is given Of the arrangements in
ended to be pursued after the assassina-
ton of the Emperor and the imperial fami-
ly, but they would not be sufficiently in-
4 teresting to be added to this already ex-
tended account of the origin and progress
Of the Union Of Safety and its auxiliary
associations. AS to the accuracy Of the
particulars stated, coming as they do, from
individuals implicated, and through the
medium Of an imperial commission, the
reader must Judge for himself, though it is
proper to say; that an air of moderation
and candor runs throughout the report.
After reading the history of this associ-
alton, it is matter Of surprise that, SO ex-
( tcnsive as were its ramifcations, SO able
in point of talents, as were many of its
members, and SO long time as it existed,
that it was not earlier discovered, or that
it did not sooner, if not more successfully,
develope its objects and exert its influence.
A meeting was held in Charleston on
the II July, by tho friends Of the Admin
istration. At this meeting several resolu-
tons were adopted, which the chairman,
Theodore Gaillard, transmitted to the
President in Boston. The following are
copies of the letters Of the chairman and
the reply of the President.-Conn. Jour.
His ErceHeacy, JOHN QUINCY ADAMS,
President of the United States.
SlR,-I have the honor to transmit to
you the Preamble and Resolutions adopted
by numerous and respectable body OF
citizens of Charleston and its vicinity, at a
meeting held on the 9Th instant, at the
Court House in this city,.
am, Sir with great respect and consid-
Grafton, your obedient servant,
THEODORE. GAILLARD, GIN.
Charleston, July 80, 1926.
THEODORE GA1LLARD, ESQ, Chairman o "a
Meeting ofthe Citizens Of Charleston and
its vicieity, South Carolina.
QUINCY. AUG. 10, 1926.
SrR-I have received your letter of the
29th ult. inclosing copy of several resolu-
tons adopted by numerous and respect
able meeting of Citizens of Charleston and
its vicinity, expressive of their general ap-
probation Of the measures hitherto pursu-
ed by the present Administration of the
United States.
In the collision Incidental to all public
service, the appreciation of the candid and
disinterested, is doubly precious, because
it pronounoes in advance the irrevocable
decision of posterity. In the course of a
life already long, and now drawing to-
wards its close, it has more than once been
my destiny, to have, for the preservation
of all that can give value to existence, nc
| reliance, save on that cool and unbiased
suffrage of the disinterested and candid
1t is proud and exulting testimonial te
the character of my countrymen, when
add that in this reliance upon them, 1 have
never been disappointed.
Ofthat pure and magnanimous spirit
which in judging the actions and motives Of
public men, discards all partial and sordid
considerations, and assumes standard Of
estimation commensurate with the great
varied, but perfectly reconcilable interests
and feelings of our whole country, the in
habitants of Charleston, whose resolutions
you transmitted to me, gave memorable
example. They are the resolutions OF
men, to whom am known only as pub
lie servant, from the day when in Foreign
lands Charles Cotesacorth Pinckney, and
in the Senate Of the United Statos, a
Thomas Sumter and a John GailIord were
my follow servants and friends: of nor
known to me only az highly respected fell
low citizens, a portion of that great COM
munity, to whose welfare, all the facultie.
of my soul arc, and ought to be devoted
In the Chairman of the meeting it is pecu.
liarly grateful to me to recognize tho
brother of that Statesman and Patriot, SC
long an ornament of the Senate of the u
8. and whose decease, at whatever period
it could have. happened, must have been
lamented as public calamity. / pray
you sir to make known to the citizens OF
Charleston, at whose meeting you presi-
ded, that have received thor resolutions,
with the grateful sentiments due to the
dispensation of justice, under the circum-
stances which superadd to its inherent ex-
| cellence, the endearing attribute of gene
rosity.-Assure them, that so far as rec
titude Of intention, and purity Of purpose
can be pledged, the confidence which they
have avowed shall never be abused or be-
trayed; and that under every vicissitude
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