Delaware journal., 1828-11-04

pon the subject he answered these letters with frank
and in con6dence! When first saw ths unequvo;
cal assertion of Mr. Adams, unattended with any mental
reservation whateverand when there was not the Sign
test trace upon my memory of the recollection any such
correspondence struck with wonder and amazemeit
as well as with other mingled emotions. and put my me-
moy up its best efforts trying to trace some such re-
collection, but found vestge thereo-and lnow assert
that do believe that any such correspondence ever
took place. If Mr. Adams should be in possessesslon OF
any confidential letters from me, now call most ear:
nesy upon him TO exhibit them to the public. am told
Mr. Adams peculiarly methodica in his business, and
careful in preservation of all letters addressed to him. tie
certanly have retained mine upon asubect then SO
interesting to the naton # he ever received them
from me- oa letter of any kind, to abandon all scruPes
imposed by the confidence asserted and forthwith to pub
sh them. II he should do it will afford demonstration
that important characteristic transaction OF my lie has
entirely escapedm leaving not the shadow OF
shade behind. pretend not to any ntallblly OF me-
mory, but deem it next to mpossbiy that the I'M
preston of any such transaction made, should ever
4 have been completely eradicated from it. |,
Gas Mr. Adams confidential letters to me, written as
he SAYS "as the solicited advice Of friend to frend,
have recollection OF tem than OF those SAID ny
him have been written by myself; nor do believe that
any such letters ever written. myself careful
in the preservation of all letters of interest addressed
to me--and have recollection Of ever having any
such letter my bureau have Ibelieve, several
able and eloquent letters from Mr.. Adams father,
written after his retirement from public le but none
Of any description as believe from Mr.. Adams himself
what then must have been my emotions when first be-
held these unequivoca declarations on the part OF Mr.
Aiams! !! Could be believed, that Mr.. Adams had in
trepdy invented the extraordinary tae to screen himself
from mpu,ations he could not otherwise avoid y! Could
believe myself to have been an active agent IN such an
interesting scene and that all traces OF had escaped my
memory!!! 1t really would afford pleasure now to
raise doubt in my mind to relieve me from the rs con-
II cluson; and have put my memory to the severest
trial for that purpose, but in van find nothing to doubt
upon the subject hope and trust that Mr.. Adams
mory has faeuhm this occasion and that 1t will not
turn out to be invented tale, with vain hope OF
~ extricating himselfrom a1nost awful dilemma"
- And in concluding his letter, Mr.. Giles charac-
~ erzes the explanatory remarks published by us as
being ''ushered forth to the orld in utter disregard
of common respect for truth.
1t is lamentable, we repeat, to witness such u
. miserable decay ola once vigorous intellect or Sc
despicable a prostitution of waning character to
purpose so base debeia tate traduction and viii
tication of the honest, upright, and unassuming in
divdua who now fills the Presidency of the Unit
. ed States. ''''lis pity, and pity IT'S It's, true,
, that every assertion of Mr. Giles, touching CORES
- pondence with Mr.. Adams, is utterly without toun
' daon.
For the matter or form of this article, we take al
. the responsibility where it belongs-to ourselves
Mr. Adams has nothing to do with it. But we shoul
oo basely become accessory to the most desperate as
~ sault ever witnessed public private integrity
if we did not, in the teeth of Mr. Giles, declare hi
:. statement in the above extract TO be wholly des
tute of truth. There is, for him, no way by whlc
! he can retreat or escape. The plea Of a gone me
90 rriory only can avail him; for he has asked it
its utmost, he says, and can find no trace OF an
- correspondence between him and Mr.. Adams.
~ We had evidence to satisfy rs, before publishir
the explanatory article which calledforthth the aboy
remarks of Mr.. Giles, that the correspondence II
ierred to in those remarks not only did take plac
but would, if published, rebound to the honor
Ma. Adams.
Upon receiving the Enquirer of Yesterday, CO
"a tanlng the letter Mr.. Giles we used the prlves
of citizens deeply interested in the cause of trut
! to cali upon the PRESIDENT, and request that
would suffer justice TO be done to himself by Il
publication of the correspondence which Govern
Giles has the ef1rontery the iatuy to deny, al
ofthe existence Of which were before satista
,oto5 torilv apprsed. The President from deca
nbli- Wh'ch we ieei inci.heu " o" "s"oiou' oeI,
Jrr furnishing copies OF the correspondence for public
o5tb ton. lie seems disposed to follow IN this nsanc
tbe as he has evidently endeavored to do hrougho
ri of his Administration, in the footsteps OF the illustro
ub- "AsHiNar0N. nat grea, nan was aa m n,s =,
% what is not little singular considering the ene
Mr. of the Intervening period of tme) by some of t
same individuals, and by Mr. Giles, for one Of the
,o IN Then, as now, by the agents OF tactic
pnlv forgeries, and other species OF deception, we're
nut,.. sorted to- These despicable frauds WAsnTNGT
,;nts passed by with silent though indignant contem
,ber until as his last act before yielding the President
.on on the Sd day of March, 1897, he sent to the
essJ partment of State, to be there recorded and p
the served. an exposure of the forgeres by which
ly or ous ieuerS nave oeen p'ssao ln h: s. "
, the oe'ns ms. We po NV s'm ,n':' a1 ~. ,a1
Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and Thir
an in Three, Mr.. Adams, on retiring from office, may
him also condescend to place upon record the proofs
A and the attempts which have been made to deraud
of his well-earned fame.
a the De 'hal as may, W.T. huans WI. NV
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