Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1828-10-25

PASSIONS ana feelings, ard TO be exposed To the i'm
uuence oil such diversity OF honest views IL not
OF vain and cap,icious notions> Giving 10 fbesc
considerations their due weight, and ADMITTING the
uiesS' aready urged, Of accounting for all my Of
nsis, conduct, where alone | felt mysel rcspons.-
me, 4 migbt-no:withs,audingi il well became Mr.
ADAMS TO affect TO sreer at nv mention of ., can
aof III acknowledging myself one of The r,ircri-
ty-have hoped that your committee would ma,
nave pronounced If ecident that must have had
motive IN this transaction, distinct fonaserc
fplnotentton.' Was there, indeed, no can.tor i'm
frankly avowng myself To he responsible for some
uhng which majority OF the mission appeared
70 nave believed erroneous: and thus as FAR as he
iongcd to me, have saved them from all iuvitious
suspicion which might have resulted TO then, from,
we indiscriminac language ofthe joint despatch %
.nc same da'c, IN this particular? / owe il also TO
run, mere TO declare, that have no recollection
nor belief Of acquainting Mr.. Clay, at tina, lime
WIN any knowledge OF my commute alton 20 the
Secretary OF State of the fact, of NV having
peen one OF the minority g Fhe mystery OF
rum when on no better authority than the hook
Oh MIR. Adains-your committee venture 10 rcnea.
| " had been brewing between Mr. Clay and me A.
gainsl !iin, from the signature of the treaty of
chcnt, could therefore, hove owed its existence
alone 10 the ,'isteInpered imagination, Or blind
'naligDity of Mr.. Adams himself
WINE your committee appear TO be so ready 10
echo what Mr.. Adams, in his book, says about me
and 20 call 'ue TO account for WRITING rn,,
separate letter OF the 18th oil December 1911 ,hay
ought, ai least, 10 have inquired If the assertions Of
Mr.. Idans, which they thus repeated were true
ana u his own conduct contormed TO them. When
tiey tounl III the very beginning OF his book q,
o. his assertion that neither Mr. Claw mr. nm,
Other member of the mission, sare Nh Russell
had thought It necessary, at that time to inform the
government how he had voted, on the question, or
10 vinclcate his vote; they ought have eyarnu.
ed II the evidence furnished by the book it,elfwas
/ IN strict accordance with that assertion Thev
; WOULD have found (pages 81, ,5,) tina; Mr. Adams
aud the other niemoers Of the majority had in d.
rect contradiction 10 that asserl,on thou hit il
necessary, at the very time, and in the very Join.
despatch, to inioria government how thew had yot-
cd ana TO indicate their vote. Mr.. t;allatin one
oil that majority, thought il necessary too in a
separate letter, OF the date 10 Indicate with
sufficient clcariess, TO the Secretary of State boy,
te had voted, and, again 10 vindicate his vote n
% nag, TIE committee would have found (page
.I0) that MIR. Adams had, himself the yerv neSs
day, (Deccmber 70, istn written separate let
ter on the subect,not direct 10 the government in
deed, but TO hIsJdthcr, in which he not only sisn-
ned WIN much scii-comp!acency, how he had
INotct, ar. not only numbered. but denounced tho
minority, by saying, this offer met, however,
'eh g1cat opposition among OWrStireS, for there
were TWO ot us against making it, and who thought
me navigation OF the mississippi inconipara6i,i
more cdiuGoie Than the contested jdJt OF the fish
eres Not so dii the British government think.
Ter they, instead of accepting il, offered us an ar
icc s'ipnaiing to negotiate hereafter for an eO1fi-
sdient to TIC given ty Great Britain for The right
navigating the Mi--'ssippi; and nv the u States
Tor the liberties OF the fisheries acthip British ill.,
risdicon." Mr.. Adams also says. this was
merely 10 obtain from TIE formal admission that
both lights were abrogated hy the war; What
'hgacIty E! Come OF us, at least, had good reason
10 oeieVc, That they preferred hcr article TO our
oReT because oUr otter wuuii secure q title 4,
o0!hFtShtS, while, under Their article, they might
hive required an eyhorbitant eghigaEe1y-.and 90,
pScunF 10 capture and Intending 10 hold New Or
leans they would, IN fact, acquire the navjpation of
Ue mississippi, without an equivalent nj all one.
~ 'ne british ministers, after the signature of tho
treaty, declared 10 or more of The a,no,;c.,
/ =, aftCr, ,,;,t.
scii-Sratuiation, that New Orleans was taken a,J
significantly observed, that The navigation of The
Mississippi, would not probably, ia future cause so
, 'Rbch d!WcUfy betjceeH the fIro countries
This separate letter of Mr. Adarns IN bis fp,r
with the secrets Of the mission OF Client and Ma.
! emphatic Gc"Itncjations OF the minority which !,
contained, was sent by the latter TO James Ilovd
ESQ. one OF the most distinguished mercbant. G.
statesmen of lie Union" MIR Lloyd in com,li
ance with the iniifnation which had been given f1iu
with the letter, addressed, the Sih March. 1918
/ '"hS communication TO the elder Mr.. Adams,
concerning me fisheries. He said, AT the sauc
Inc, g my information with regard TO them b,s
M general, been derived from respectable scprces,
on "ho'h can rely, never having any direct in
Iefcst or concern IN them myself" This letter
from MT. lloyd, was tr3Smited 10 Mr.. John euu
cy Adams, ut iond II, In the summer of 1915: ann
among the papers publ in the book az coDt,i,
ng The material paris OF the Information which b,t
zen trlucSict, ltis placed III the (0reniost rank
page ~U9) Mr.. Lloyd, grateful, no doubt for the
condcsccir ion and confidence with which no had
nus been distinguished by the sire had full of.tho
e"i' sn'tched irOn The Quincy altar the fJtr;no
cShser5 and iapturously and dc voutlY waving n ~
round hicd al the temple with the "apcien.
"i" tohsecidtcd" fragrance 0f .he incense yY;IJ,
winch Tie race is so richly pciiumed He baoin
hi' devotion by declaring s;hasc 6sbcries
most hdVan'ageonsiy secured 10 The United et,,o
Wy we treaty OF 1853, aud made a. i,ayn a,,y,ra
"WeTt'Oo"' 4 sine qua non OF that treaty pripci.
P''y by one oi our minister's" (paec 2IO1 -IIc
c"'is u'Is contested right of fishing within Brifish
tJ"fls"ictou, "a gem which should never he sur
aV''n'',", nor VIZ 1t ever be by any statesman
a'''e 70 We interests oi his country. Compared.
10 is consequences, with free ifght of ma viva,
unE ne mississippi, IL is even more unea,Iat
S't" than would be "Six Frcpcl, rapiers Unnamed
against SIX Bdtbdry horses'' (pare PLY In
me next PAGE ,jncanine, no doubt, practically 10
"PP'y nc Wisdnm OF Those remarks he saws
she, Great B'itain0 "has ttcretore not,,;yb
1HNso"ers, and her own probable pretensons Of
Tie fisheries NUS WIN
our Committee, who appear 10 he much rooro
''"iii" Nlth Nj. Adams hook tat I can prefcnd
10 bc, could not ven have beer ignor ant that NIr
GUMS hdd himself not only denounced the mi
"","H, 4" f'0, in letter 10 lis father, but fha
idlhei bad scut tiii7 letter TO- Conc Of the most die
'nguisied uctCiinnts aui statesmen Of tho Union
"ho virtually rcPrcichcd the two Commissioners.
gu 90" niuOiIiY With having done an act ,vh;cb
never rDuIi have been done by any stafes,na,,
alive ~ thc interests ot his country" lie co,nrii
ed TOO, . long dissertation, most profound. mn
douh', Tor ihe Information of Mr.. Adams and Ia
tlndlcaion ct bis vote ~ one q. the t,aoritvf
Mr. Lloyd, fpo, altiouoiI be rriobt ,o, have e.
cN9rcs,ly Io'tbu' most probohIy nc ,yas-fhatT
way o''e 81 -no minority, nusi have inferred tRia
'"V' ioin lnc arrogant cSprcssiou OF the Ieuer
wt"cii N'u O'ed submitted 10 him by the fathcr--