Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1828-10-23
CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN
'r.H b. GfLES q THOS. JEFFERxC-
Wiguom Dccen,bo, Ig,h

nm b GILES q THOS. JEFFERxOJ~
UigWam, December 18th, 1922.
my Dear Sir Without hearing directly FROM
you In relation to the present crisis /, our political
affairs, | take il for granted, that YOU view ID viii
the same regrets and alarms that l Jo-Such have,
neeh me impressions upon my mind, produced bv
IN" rapidly progre 'sive usurpations of the gsnerat
government; that ! have deemed il A duty tnmata-
I'm KNOWN TO the public, under the caption OF
foiiilcai OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES seeing the hesi-
de"'. message have determined to extend the
di-qu'siiions iu'o an examination of some of Me
mos! prominent principles avowed in it.-In the
performance of this task, | think. material aid
might be derived from looking back TO the period ~
MIR. Adams's political conversion, REVIEWING
the Inducements then suggested by him foS
ms conversions; and tracing the outlines of
t" Po"cy pursued by him, from that time.
10 me present. But, l could not permit NV
'eit to place that transaction, before the public,
Without consulting you, Sir, upon The proprie.y of
me measure. First, as to The suggested induce
m'n's hemselves-Second, as 10 the ~propriety Of
giving them publicity.-I presume YOU will wei
faco1ect, Sir, that Mr.. Adams first inrimateI
to you, his intended change of poiitick-. fbrouoI,
me The Inducements suggested for ili. change,
J 'hink' substantially, the tollowing-That PROPOSE
uohs had been made by certain British agents, to
many leading federaliSis III the Eastern States, ia
me event OF war between the u. S., aud Great
britain, to separate New England from the rest Of
the otates, and 10 enter into an offe nsive, and de.
iensive alliance with G. B.-That the proposition
- ff'N' Wy iHahy " tHeIn.-l nat Tic had
been consulted upon its feasibility; and urged 10
unite with the approving federalists, in giving il
'he sanction ofthe whole party. That his love OF
country became shocked at The proposition, and
ne mao resolved TO abandon a party, who could be
inhuced TO countenance the reasonable project,
huer urging Mr.. Adams, TO make his coInmunica.
uonin person, and his refusal at his request. and
upon his authority, l gave you the Information. io
substance, as above stated, according 10 the best
oil my eroliection-As an inducement TO Mr.. Adj
ans, 10 call on Won in pcrsnn ,tnop tho o,.x;~ Il
iooK Tie liberty OF expressing a confident opinion
10 MIN, that he would be received by you with duo
respect and attention. i apprised you of this init
m'uon 70 hir' adams; when you requested me, to
!e-sssure MIN upon The same point which | accord
ingiy did, and | understood that afterwards he had
several personal interviews with YOU upon m.
sh'lect.-i also informed you, at the same time
MAJ Hlr. Adams accompanied his Communication
WIN tne strongest assurances OF his entire disin-
terestedncss; and that he actually disclained all
views oil Ohio al prcfermenf, and personal agoran-
Yemen IN any form.-As to the point Of public.
~, nave 10 observe, that have no intention of
publishing this sta'emeht OF facts without your con-
sent, probably not without the consent of MIR
but, in the event of your Welding TO jts pnb,;ca,ion
ne VIII be strongly pressed to do 90 on his part. ]
however, TO refer TO so much Of that trsns-
action, az is already before the public-This will
be seen IN a speech delivered by myself in the
Srnate OF the U s on the ID Dec. 1905; a oopv q
which, accompanies this note for your ipiormsti,n
l MS particular subject was introduced for the p,r-
pose Of defending Mr.. Adams against CHARGES
Drought against him by Mr.. Pickering, and will be
found IN pages 7-8-9-you will also find. cir
mat one object Of that speech was to rcpel charges
made by the samc Gentleman against yourself
ana Mr. Madison, az well as Mr.. Adams. The
staieincnt OF that transaction at that time, az tar as
u went, having been introduced in vindicsiion NJ
Mr.. adams, was quite acceptable 10 him, as I un.
derstood shortly afterwards. II is through his aGe
,sSion on that occasion, he will now be prog 4. Tor
. ipIl development of,he whole Of hat Transaction
whlrh has 'nhsequently turned out, to be the most.
,"n''ul OF Vi whole tfe-It will occur 10 YOU
81 uati II l. lr'nsacfion should be placed before
U.s. pubic. ~ exicnse.' Your reply TO this note
"illi"rm pat OF tn publication.
lie pleased, sir. 10 accept assurances Of nv hes.
and most aG'ctionate regard,
WIN. B. GILES.
hE JEFFERSON.
MONTICELLO, Dec. 25. 1925.
Mr. GILES,
Dear sir,-Your favor Of tho I5fh was ,rce;v.
cd four days ago. II found me encaoed n mr..
/ cy1A not ley aside untl Ills da,'