Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Mass.) 1828-1830, 1828-12-02

20 meet at Neac-H aven, ,oas ;uteyJeo
and proposed" ''''''0e"
| we beg our readers to pause here and
ASK themselves whether this is not a dis.
eihct renewal OF the calumnies privotelu
conveyed to Mr.. Giles, and others in 1900
whether the representation is not GROSSLY
exaggerated, if not utterly untrue ia
1ne Centlnel, the Repertory, the Boston
uazette, and the Palladium in 1908 open-
" mstsgote the People to forcible resis-
lance TO the Embargo? Did iurics after
Jurles perjure themselves, by acquittaIs
upon the ground of unconstitutionaIitv 81
the Embargo laws /! Did these papers
STIMULATE the People to separation Of the
U"'on, and was Convention at New
raven OF the New-England States intend
ca and proposed? These are broad ur-
qualliled assertions as to alleged facts
winch were if they existed. Of publicb
notoriety. They must be carefu1lv de.
,,mgusshed from the secret accusations Of
Mr. Adams. 1t cannot, for one moment
oe admitted that the secret letters of Mr..
"A, Adams referred to these pubEck events
l hese pretended publick facts must have
been as nell knoscn to Jefferson and Giles
as to MIR; Adams. They could not have
produced, that asefal feeling in Mr.. Jeffer-
sons son mind, which he forcibly describes.
Ahey coatd not be the communications
which drew from MIR. Giles, the expires.
SONS OF his deep gratitude to Mr.. Adams.
lhey could not possibly be the facts
winch MIR. Giles considered as of SO conf
0emfs0t character, as to draw from him
an apology to Mr.. Adams in his lately
published letters for his abiding to them.
IN debate, and his assurance, to quiet Mr..
Adams's fears, that he had made no azu-
sson, by which the secret source of his in
Formation could be ever conjiecturea. And
is 1t eoe' so ? or do our eyes deceive us i?
was MIR. Adams apprehensive that his
accusations should reach the ears Of the
parties accused? And has he succeeded.
In suppressing them, until the chief actors
are all dead, and two thirds of a whole
generation have passed away, before he
announces them? Are men to be depriy-
ed In this manner of the Judgment Of their
contemporaries, who were the best Judges
OF their conduct and motives What is
the apology for this secrecv, or as Mr..
Adams in the National Intelligencer
l fa"Atinnslv- call it. nplacncy 2-Is treason q
matter, which loyal citizen. or honoura-
Die man thinks entitled to peculiar cou,te-
sy! Is the highest crime, in free
State, the only one, whichis to be conceal
ca? Grant every apology which can be
devlsed-That the faction was powerful
and MIR. Adams weak-that he dreaded
the enmity and power of the leaders of
Observation-Disclosures then was his NOR
al courage was it manly or ingenious to
denounce those to whom he gave no op-
portunity to defend themselves merely
because he dreaded their influence could
influence avail against Mr.. Adams g un-
equivocal evidence ~
4 But to return to the pubick charges,
as we are not yet favoured with Mr.. Ad-
ans, priOate declarations or accusations.
Is it true, that the people of Massachu-
sets were eminently guilty of insubordina-
ton, and of a rebellious spirit Will
Mr.. Adams select the press of Massachu-
sets as peculiarly corrupt? Or will he
charge the leaders Of any party with ap-
proving all the vast articles which an un-
licensed press may usher forth in its
columns Will he apply to the presses
of his own native State, more vigorous
rule, than he would adopt as to other
States? He knows that editors of news
papers in our country, are under no other
controul, than the Judgment or discretion
of the individual editor-that articles often
find their way into the publick journals,
which are condemned and regretted by
the patrons of these journals. We are
not, however, contented with this general
apology. We fearlessly maintain that the
presses of Massachusetts, during the en-
barge, compared with those of other States
under pressures far less exciting, were
distinguished by their moderation. The
virulence of the presses, on each side, DUR
ing the late comparatively Insignificant
contest for the Presidency, was far great
er. The whole history, not of the United
States only, but of the whole world, cam
not exhibit an example of so much SUBJ
mission to laws, which they deemed OPP
pressve-to sufferings, which Mr.. Adams
himself admits were Overwhelming, as the
people of New-England displayed from
1907 to 1914. Twenty thousand of per-
sons in Boston alone were deprived of
their accustomed means of support-and
to what excuses we're they driven ? is
there solitary instance of resistance to
the laws? WHY then should he select his