Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1828-04-23


know ,ha, the appointment OF an old iederaiis'
IN that office. would have been f.tal To h.s then
dubious ln,ert SIS here, and perhaps my friends
were asking too much, when they demanded
the fulflment OF voluntary pledge. Inc iet-
Ter was shown me al Bispham's in Trenton, III
presence Of Mr.. Hopkinson ard one or Two
others. / know MIR. A.'s hand writing well
and was perfectly satisfied Gifts being genuine
by its being inferiined By him. The substance oi
the pledge, has been correctly given IN the pa
pers. have thus frankly answered, IN detaii'
the questions you have proPounded; and, whc'-
ever influence the avowas may have upon your
mind, l am sure of Being exonera'ed by you OIL
inconsistency, in having changed ground.
In the first place, we here reiteratc wha''
upon The highes, authority, we once before &C.
clared, that any story, by whomsoever 'o'a VI
vouched, of any leuer written or interlined oy
MIR Adams, to any body whatsoever. III re-
spcct of pledge 10, or understanding WIN,
the frdcraiists, is utterly unfounded. we sna"
be excused for recurring moment 70 the "i'>
tory Of this charge. l, first made It's appear
ance in print nearly year ago, we believe !"
an obscure and scurrilons journal ot Phi'aoeis
phia, backed, as was said, by the names oil TWO
or three members Of Congress, which were
left with The editor. This promising SANDER
was eagerly seized upon by the Post, transia
ed into its columns, and garnished forth with
some additional dressing Of its own. Acciden
tai circums stances enabled us to ascertain, upon
the spot, from the distinguished individual I'M
plicaied, that the charge was without the shac-
.ow urtru,h. II was 81 declared IN this paper;
and f. ON that day 10 this, NO member vi Con
gross, nor any other individual having any Just
claim to notice, has appeared 10 make g"oh
the accusation Hence il follows, that as no
such letter was written, no such letter could De
seen by the late Mr.. Stockton. and from this
fact-ftom the tenor Of what nurporis to be an
exlrac, of d letter written by Mr.. Stockton
and from The character OF the man who pubs
fishes tive have no doubt That what Is CIV
en- above as an ex,rac, Of letter from Mr.
stockton, is forgery either enlreiy-or by
interpretations that materially aer its terms
and meaning That The individual 1--WE give
his name, Him. u p. FOOD who publishes
this pretended letter TO the world may be ca
pable Of the baseness implied by such an Tri,
viii be gs,hercd from the following facts. Jus,
previous TO the commencement, we think, OF
the present session Of the legislature, this Mr..
Wood presented himself in our ofhcs-a total
stranger, though accompanied, by friend oil
ours-and bv him Introduced. lie Forthwith
burs, out with zea! for the Administration
talked very largely Of what he had effected Tor
it i'll New Jersey, where he said lie had been
connected with a newspaper, zinc Trenton
True American, i! we remember rightly and
6galk s4nrSssssssl r. grea. desire to make himself
and sentiments OF this very confident person,
determined our opinion Of him very quickly; &
10 an in,imaton thu, a recommendation TO
some friends in Albany, whittier he said he
was going, would be acceptable, we turned d
deaf car. The next thing we head Of him
WAS N Albany applying with urgency FOR an
engagement, in the editorial department Of the
Morning Chronicle, then abou: to be establish
ed, and SO far had he succeeded, that letter
was actually addressed to this city, to sscer-
tain his charac or and qualifications, with a
view, ifa favorable answer were obtained,
to giving him at least temporary employ
men,. The answer was, however, what truth
required it should be-and he was not cugag-
ed-althoush he had written prospectus, or
proposal, for that administration paper. Thus
disappointed, he determined, as lie is reported
10 have with shameless effrontery himself de-
cIarctl, 40 sell out MS administration Stock"
and Try the other sidr-anI forthwith, as we
hear, he became frequcnter OF the Argus Of
fee, aud not long afterwards, foun,! his way TO
Buffalo, with money in his purse, 10 buy, as he
succeeded in doing, an inte"es, in the Buffalo
Republican. There, without d>lay, he hUist-
cd The Jackson flag, and among other hostile
assaults upon the cause he deserted, has VEN
,urcd upon that which by being transplanted
into the Post, has thus entitled him 10 our no.
tice. Previously thereto, however, VIC should
mention that, while uncertain Of any resul, at
Albany, he addressed lie ter to The editor of
this paper, rendering his services as an assis-
tsni and mari!. sting great soiiciutle for the
good cause. OF this letter no notice was ia
ken. We have not been able TO lay our hands
upon it-though We shall! do so-bLt it was
that Of thorough partisan. Thus much for
facts Of which we have personal knowledge,
As to the previous character Of this individual,
The following caution extracted IRON the Phil
adelphia Ariel Of last month, may determine
that:
from The Aricl.1
I'm p. NJ Uood.-A fellow by this name,
without any kind OF authority, has made him>
self busy for some time past, in collecting mo-
nev from our Subscribers to The 4 riel in vari-