Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1828-11-20

we take all the responsibility where il
oeIongs-to ourselves. sir. Adams has
nothing to do with it. But we should
baseiy become accessory to the most
desperate assault ever Witnessed on pub
lie or private integrity, il we did not in
the teeth OF Mr. Giles, declare his state
ments in the above extract to be wholly
destitute Of truth, There is, for him, no
way by which be can retreat or escape
The plea of gone memory only can a.
vail him: for he has tasked it to its ut
most, be says, and can fad no trace ol
any correspondence between him and
Mr.. Adams.
Webad evidence TO satisfy Us, before
publishing the explanatory article which
called forth the above remarks of Mr.,
Giles, that the correspondence referred
to in those remarks not only did take
place, but would, ii published, rebound
TO the honor of Mr. Aeams.
Upon receiving the Enquirer OF yester.
day, containing the letter OF MIR Giles,
we used the privilege OF citizens, deeply
interested IN the cause Of truth, 10 call
upon the president, and request that he
would suffer justice to be done to him
self by the publication Of the correspon.
dence which governor Giles has the eff
irontery OF the faulty to deny, and of the
existence Of which we were before sa
tisiactcrily apprised.--Thc president,
from delicacy which we feel inclined to
call fastidious, declined furnishing copies
OF The correspondence Tor publication
lie seems disposed 10 follow, in this
instance, as he has evidently endeavored
to do throughout his Administrations in the
footsteps of the illusirious Washington.
That & eat man was, in his day, cslumni.
aied almos, as much as MIR. Adams, and
what is not little singular considering
the length OF the intervening period Of
time) by some of the same individuals,
aud by Mr.. Giles for one Of them. Then,
asnow, by the meaner agents Of faction
forgeries and other species OF deception,
we're resorted to. These despicable
frauds Washington passed by with silent
though indignant contempt, until, as his
last act before fielding the presidency,
on the Sd day of March, 1891, he sent
to the department Of state, To be there
recorded aud preserved, an exposure oil
the iorgeres by which letters had been
passed upon the public as being bis. We
do not know that, as his last public act.
on the Sd of March, in the year Of our
Lord one thousand eight hundred and
thirty three, MIR. Adams, on retiring
from Office, may not also condescend to
place upon record the proofs OF the at
tempts which have been made to defend
him OF his well-earned fame.
he that as it may, Mr.. Adams will not
consent to tho present publication of
these letters, from motives Of delicacy,
to which he too often sacrifices his per-
sonal interest He permits US 10 say,
however, that he has read to us from bis
letter book the copies Of his letters to
MIR. Giles, during the wiater of 1908 -,
in reply to letters of Mr.. Giles, the orig.
mails OF which letters are amongst his pa
pers at his family seat: and we take
leave to say, Without bis permission, tina,
they are OF character to exalt him 10
the estimation Of every patriot, every
republican, every honest man. They
are OF character, too, such as to pre-
vent the possibility of any mans forget
ting them, who had ever read then, I'm
less he had first forgotten himself
The first OF these letters of Mr.. A dams
is dated November 18th, 1908, and is in
acknowledgment and reply to a letter of
MIR. Giles of the 7ih- sth of the same
month, Congress having assembled on
the 7th.)
The second ofthem is of the date OF
December 10. 1908, in reply to a letter
from MIR. Giles, enclosing copy ofhis
speech upon Mr. Hillhouse's motion Tor
repeal of The embargo.
The third letter is from Mr.. Adams
to Mr. Giles, Of the 26th December,
in the same year.
The fourth letter, from Mr. Adams to
Mr.. Giles, is dated on the 10th If Jan.
uary, 1909, acknowledging the receipt
of two letters from Mr.. Giles, the one
Of the 18th Of December, isOs, and the
other OF January 5th, 1909.
Soon after this last, Mr.. Adams came
here to attend, on professional business.
the supreme court OF the United States,
and the correspondence of course inter
mitted. Not long after this, Mr.. Adams
went abroad, in public employ, and the
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