The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1828-11-13
Wooster, Oct hh, 1928.
To DE Lators oflhf Elauiter.

To HE Editors oJthc Enquirer.
G~TsrLE5rs il ,pur ,,,pf 4 the b over
the sign ,iut of " Wm u Gilrs,' I 6ni 10Y
mann u.rd ~ manner ~ TN ,prcied a. II III.
Lern ~ nrritcd and uncourirnns.
Ontts l''h of October, Juh /" Stuart adj
dressed \ letter Ia me, wlslI,g \ copy o one
write nv Nj JelIrsnr 10 Mr. Giles I ours
ii c II a an aci nj Justice. due 10 MIR. adams,
10 trno,ec riain CASE i'm ,ressi nns, entertained
by the public, of the estimation ~ Nlicl1 lac ~dA
held by IT. Iefc son. saw then. "a ! sec
now 10 Improperly 10 my furnishing the cnpy
oa'l"l for. AID ptfflcu ally rs II bore honorable
irstinDoy ~ hr clA,tcter 81 M Individual
aud The req ,rst .aMe hom tn anc'ent hirnd oi
Mr.. J"nrison. Bnl IL seems hat IN colnpi. ng
" ith this rrqnest. | have been false 10 his memo-
~ ani false 10 my couiirf. because there are
some 6guta'iye expressions ~ this letter,
aud because II rs an widen of the patriotism
aud integrity of an indI, ldunl, standing high In
the esliiuition Ola large portion OF his fellow
citizens. ME-, Jefferson ises the expression OF
the ~ar thou gn.nE on, aud again " al the
close Of the war." Having myself leHtd the
substance Of this letter from ms .wh lips 81 OF
ter. aud It's having been 80 ong anita. 10 me
I had III perhaps, snfIiri nlly adseried 10 tue
literal construction, which would be applied TO
'hrsc words, by persons 10 whom the subject
would be new In the h,st rSrr' ssion, he al
indrs To iha war waged by The bellig erents on
our cnnaneI a., aud the wnr pf restrictive mea.
turcs on npr part IN the latter. he speaks 81
the actual VA "hirh was aloul to tab pace,
apt ahirh the whole language of his co,rr,ron.
drncr afthat da,, s,cws tha' he believed 10 be-
iinlned A.. aud itcyiiablr.-Ubw otherwise is
tho inconsistency Z these expires .,nns with the
following 10 hr accounted for 4" saw the ne
Cessity OF abandoning u. aud instead Of ~eiieciinK
on puf"oss nv tins pcnrttut w'npon, We mus
FIGHT / ON II the first r,ptfssi ms are h. -"
Inhnn literally, and not 4, mnIi'ey, great, IN
Did. mns' havr b'rD the wdnc OF m'nd aud Of
memory. which had heroine inadequate 10 de-
tcci the sfriki n incansi ,rnc 80 of 50 short n
letter rnpviog too. from the rough dtnti, (as
he always did, and revising a" ctaily eVety
thing before u 10 sfch from hi. IA udS. ~ an ad
'htional evidence that tbase words were nScd
Lgurativriy, aud not liter dly. | quote from IL
%lfttnr. nf his, dated January % 1909 10 VII
Mmroe. when the events here spoken Of mere
in then actual transit. the following "a css,on {:
" ON peace aud prosperity MAY he revived -
This ,aken literally would likewise supp ,se The
actual rhisreuce ot war In rctce" 10 ~
10 revived must hrst have b. u lost. aud is
opposite condition, wa, IN existence a Il yeti
presume il is net iatrnlrd 10 br instnnslrd, that
this fatuiiy eSisleI in ISNo
Tris IL ter q VI e is dated on the g5ih D.
cemher, 1927 on the 900. the n"S' tss al
ter n night of repo>e M, Giles fnds HIN IN
tho tull v,gor of his faculties. aud up,n ihe cY-
PRESTON ~ thai irtirI VIZ (Nlr. Gdrss
letter. found me rngar d IN what | could na, lay
aside untl tiis das > assumns the e\istsnre o.
. mental distress and cn,Ia rasIne husInrs > Tor
" four DAYS prryinut' 4" the 5 II, winch az
sumption is utterly %'icstitu,' OF all ionodailon in
tart, and Mhn'y erroneous llpon this assuInp
ton he very Piaos,hI, nnd most huuanely and
considerably sroisg,s~s iHt ihe ahberrat,ons OF
Nr. JefrrSon's memory. and the fa,ulty of his
intellect AZ tiRt - unfortunate m,nnent.t do
most solemnlv assure Mr. Giles snI I have do
cuments IN my pnsscssion abundantly 10 prove
~, thai his occupation for DAYS previous 10 the
@o'h, WIRE entirely ola public nature, and not
NJ all calculated 10 produce" unpleasant I'm
Inv a sT NJ aud q in nta, d sties,' aud when
Mt. Ii shall hnve rerus"d thu result ofbis Ia.
bors for th"sc " four days" he " Il admit that
II WIS mt q less fnr'u ate Effort oil his intellect,
than that Of the 26th, which he p'eascd TO COM
mend SD highly. Nj. Giles evidently sliudts
bv this =" unpleasant emhsrra ssment,' &c. to
Mr.. jefirison's prcuniarv difficulties. can az
snre him that h. never felt these, but in the alb
s'raet, aud IN anticipation for tis family. The
weight of his pecnniary emharra sncnis hung
~ 800 Wv lpN iRb
MIR. Giles says that this good opinion"
- Nj. Jeh 'rson never emf rtaincd of Mr. Adams
perhaps for some timc before. and certainly
never after his message 10 Congress in Dec.
1875
tsee Mr., is letter of Ian. 81. 1926 y | " have
never entertained ior M. Adams sny bu, SEN
"men's of cs'ren aud respect and il we have
not thought alike op II political subjects, | yet
nr,er do"ltrd the honesty Of his opinion
Nj GILES felt himself uunelled hy his duty TO
the public 10 publish in September, 1927, Mr.
Jrhefson's letter of December %. 1926. The
Only material sentence which he has omitted in
ms publication IS the first, which I now give,
VIZ : wrote you a iettrr yesterday of which
yoh"W he nee 10 maxi " hnt use YOU please,
ms, VII contain matter nj intended for he
P"otic eye Vet this lctlsi was shrwu Immcdi.
a'e'y after its receipt (see sir. is letter Jan. 81.
1870 and am well assured WAS openly allu.
aed to IN a debate IN the Senate, the irtter he.
ing at the very moment in the pocket of the
SPEAKER who based his attack on MIR. Adams on
the confents "f that letter He (Nii Giles) adj
dressed a letter TO me in September 1897, rcla'
I'VE 10 The publication of this letter. ! had
been absent at the Springs. WHITTIER J had bcen
urged to g. by NV triends. To repair the wasted
energies oi n body WON down by the IabcnT
aud ansiencs 1.-THE peculiarly important cir
cumstanceS Of INV situation ; nv whole absence
WAS twenty days, previous Ia The 9Th OF Sepiem
bcr.-Mr. Giles published this letter on the Odd
fifteen days after my return ; six mails had ar
rived from Richmond IN this inc, vet did no
receive his letter antp aler the cad. NJ, i'm