The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1826-06-08

Pt'zt of both friends ard enemies. Th,
Contingency which he unprecedented. has
happened. Mr.. Adams bag treated his
threat with the contempt II nrr,ird las
IN" sequel will provr;) and uby is Nr
ules sui dumb Has hr not Vel to.st,
aertd,' AS tn the proper course Ia he pnrsu
'l Is nv yet Travelling uad.r The wrlsht
nt the responsibility he has assumed. and
the utter impossibity of rcdecming the
pledge witch ms insinaations more Than
implied? Nh Giles has reasons far his
sHencs, tohtch he has no disposition 10 apo,o.
u VIII not tell well. ia the Ears of the nr,-
PIE That he "ho aspired IN be their Mentor.
10 guide them through tbr periIons On.
SIS winch was III be una, nldably the result
"t Mr.. Adams's opinions respecting the
powers of the Practical Government il
himself the slave and the dupe nf pa sion
ana preJndIce-that the inttmpefancr of
ms feellogs often leads him a-tray--and as
consequence, that, if they had gwen him
Their unlimited confidence, because of his
claims to superior honesty. even admitting
all the evils which he predicted as the ne
crssary consequence of Mr.. Adams's cleo
u"n' 10 ensne, they would only nave avoi-
drd Sy'Ia to rush upon Chorgbdis. There
Is u" safety IN trusting 10 counsel4 gwen
when judgment is banlshed from her seat.
ana prejudice prrsdes at the helm. There
is no credit due to HIM who makes passion
perform the duty OF patriotism, aud il lndu.
ced To expose gn'lt and CORRUPTION. not be-
cause he is actoatcd 10y love of country.
but because he is urged by private sriefs
and personal wrongs. We cannot applaud
an act which has been prompted hy 90
more honest and noble principle than re-
'enge Even, therefore, had Mr.. Giles sue
ceeded in his attempt to ailix lasting dis
grace upon the character of Mr.. Adams.
ny breaking the spa' Of private confidence,
AKA spnrnlng the social obligations, Inch,
when once they arr broken, all intercourse
between man and man is placed on pre-
carious footing, and few will be wiling TO
trust his dearest friend, because TINT
friend may betray him at some future pc
ROD we sy, even then, Mr.. Giles
would Gave prepared grave FIR his good
name inr, while We loved the trP1Son.
we should have hated the traitor. That
he has not dune this, if Rnmour ma, be
credited, Is mol his fault. HIS exertions
have been directed strenuon.ly to it, ac-
cpmplshment and that h. has failed Is
hwInS not To his honesty, but To the iuteg
rIty OF another Individual. That iod vid-
naI Is Thomas JtG r3on with who we
should have supposed, NJ. Giles Was .,ci
enough acquainted to know that he " pnId
not lend his name to sanction injustice.
Nr. Giles. II is 5aid, ipmednt,ls after he
aseertanPd that Mr.. Az mss silence was
llkeI, 10 be pefpetoaI and that thu duty
of exposing his Nruality would drYot,,
upon himself addressed letter to NJ.
Jetler~on, giving what ne called colrrcl
history of the circumstances attending Il
junction of Mr.. ADAMS with the Repnhll-
can patty IN 1907, similar one, 40 doubt
TO that rece nth read by NJ Randolph in
the Senate, and requesting Alr. Jchnrsur
TO give it credence with the world by
his endorsaton. But Mr.. J,Fprson's an
sNer WAS conplrte refutaIion If the
whole story which VI Giles fertile imasiu
atlon had coined MI Jefferson, il is said,
IA his answer 10 Mr. q declared, that so
far from having been actuated by sinister
motives, Mr.. Adams was urged by the
most patriotic as we'll as dsi1ierested feel
ngs in uniting with the republican party !;
and added that the republicans we're deep
" indebted (" hun for the timely and eli
clent aid which hc rendered To them. a,
that important crisis. That i6ds crisis,
indeed and deep aud lasting Ought
to be our gratitude to man who
threw in the scale of republication, such
powerful talents, al a moment when ma
ny, who now assume the armor aud the
port OF leaders of that party, were then
arangedin opposition to it, in company
with the most violent tories whom this
country ever produced Why has not this
letter of Mr.. Jefferson been published by
Mr.. Giles p? Mr.. J. gave him ptrml sion tn
do so and yet he is silent. Did he not
write to MIR. J. with the express object Of
publishing his testimony, under the i'm
precision and belief that it wonld br unfa-
vorahle to Mr.. Adams? II he did, is it
not e, idence of disposition 10 d. Mr.. AID
ans niusice, when he unhholds from the
public documentary evidence of his innu-
crnce Of The insinuations which Mr.. Giles
has himself -iicted in his anxiety to esta-
blish their truth We haze spoken of the
correspondence betwern Messrs. Giles and
Jefferson as rUmor but we entertain, our
selves. not doubt of the fact. The mere
circumstance that Mr.. Giles has permitted
soIons period 10 eIapse with his published
pledge (for it WAS nothing more or less
than "A pledge TO detail the circumstances
of Mr.. Adams's conversion, unrrdeemed
would be sufficient to confirm the fact, If
indeed it needed any confirmation.
~ Several of the opposition papers,
fpa days ago, made terrible uproar,
because U. 5. Collector at one of the
interior ports of New York attempted to
collect a tax on articles transported on the