Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1828-10-28

tef3re the public. This miserable pretex,is made.
upon Tue false assertion, tia, lai withheld Mr.
jefferson letter OF the 18th December, 1925, for
the unworthy purpose vi depripiuy Vi Aasms oi
its dement's, when always beueye,i n, l,..io.u,e
would tchN 10 produc his r,Iiu. Mr.. Adams now
ever, noc. has the benefit of this dsclos drc from
other hanu>, piolesSod To be friendly Tie
mar has all the benefit of this letter although "a"
the eleventh hour" Has he derives, ,,nv bcrcf,
from IT yet. Does he anticipate auy benefit from
IT III future: It's hrsf effects have been 20 illicit
as lac himself admits i,is anomalous !sxpose
that iiKeiy 10 oeneht him: fias. titled The mouths
Of his loyal editors with piaslits win d,iitinu.
lurrahs, huzzas, and was: OIL no Bu /, ma.
already worked one wonder. II has struck IN,
pudent loquaerty dumb. L, must work others.
now proceed 10 examine the most singular and
eccentric expedient rcsoried 10 BY Me- Adams to
elieye himself from the perplexng ,lil.u,t IL,
winch he has been placed by the c5a,en,s of Nr
Jefferson letter oil the 25tl of December ts25
and il will deserve the attentive and accurate
consideration.
II consists in an attempt 10 blend commup;ca
ton from himself. respecting the contants of a
letter he had seen, written by the Governor of
Nova Scotia,in the suinrner OF 1907, win his
communication to Mr.. Jefferson OF tie tr.ason,
BILE negoclatiohS then going on between tie load
ers OF the party in power in Massac,lts seus and
certain British agents Tins subject was intro
duced, on the part OF Mr. Adams, in the folio wing
words:
..rhe interview, to which Mr. Jefferson alh,des.
took place on the 10th ot arch, 1905 peuding
the embargo but, ut the session OF Congress be-
fore the substitution tor of the noiuterco,,rse
act. The information, gwen by Mr. Adams to Mr.
Jefferson, had only an Indirect reference even
TO the embargo, and none 10 any endeavors for
obtaining its repeat IL was the s,ib.t.,c, OF a
letter from the Governor of Nova Scotia 10 a per
son in the State OF Massachusetts, written in the
Summer OF 1907, and be fore the existence OF t,c
embargo which letter DIR Adams mad seen IL
lad been shown TO him without any injunction of
secrecy, and he betrayed no confidence in coni-
iauihcaung its purpcrt 10 Mr.. Jefferson. It's OBJ
iect was to couutenance ami accreIit a calumpy
then extensively prevailing, among the enemies
oi MIR. j. and the opponents OF his Administrations
that he and his measures subseryient TO
Trance; and II alleged that the British Govern
ment were informed OF plan, determined upon
by France, toefect the conquest OF the British
Provinces on this Continent, and Il Revolution in
the Government OF the United States, rs means TO
which they were hrst to produce war between
the United States and England From the fact
that the Governor OF Nova Scotia hal w,ntei.
such letter TO an md. dual in Massachusetts,
connected with other acls, with thu Inov eineiits
of the party then predominant in that state, MIR.
Adams and Mr.. Jefferson drew their nierences,
which subsequent events doubtless confirmed ;
but which differences neither Mr.. Jefferson nor
Nr Adams then communicated to each other -
is II not unaccouEtabie, after communication
IRON Mr.. Adams 10 Mr.. Jefferson OF 50 delicate
aud Interesting character, as the one here de
srribed by MIR. Adams, that neither should have
communicated TO the other the differences he
Thought deducible from il! and that both of them
should remain ofa'ors-nun upon such an inviting
occasion, for the comparison OF nnpre made,
upon their minds respectively IL would a. il
ieiher OF them being moved by The Holy Spnt,
Mr. Adamss visit was converted into silent
Quaker meeting Ii will be Observed, that the
letter from the Governor Of Nova Scotia, j. said
by MIR. Adams TO have been written aud shown
TO him IN the summer OF 1907 and he conmuni-
caied lis contents TO Mr. Jefferson in March 1908.
Here rested This information between the.wo ora
tors mum--wI'hout. ever being noticed, pro
uucing any other effect but dead silence, each
drawing his differences from it, and each drawing
them right, as has been proved by subsequent
events, until the winter OF 1859. 1t is then,
presume, when Mr.. Adams recurs a subsequent
event, which proved the correctness OF the infer
ence before drawn, ia the following words:
''Hir. Giles, and several other members OF Con
gress, during this session. wrote to Mr.. Adams
ildential letters, informing him Of the various
sures proposed renforcemcns or substitutes for
the embargo, and soliciting his opinions upon the
subject. He answered those letters with trankness,
and IN confidence. He earnestly recommended the
substitution OF the noDnercourse for the embArgo;
and IN giving his reasons for this preference, was
necessarily led 10 enlarge upon the views * pur-
poses oil certain feeders OF the par'y which had the
management OF the State Legislature in their
hands. he urged that continuance OF the enbsr-
30 much longer would certainly be met by orcibIe
resistance, supported by the Legislature and pro-
baby by the Judiciary of the State. Tha, to quei
That resistance, il force should be resOrted by
the Government it would produce civil war, and
that In that event. he had doubt the leaders OF
The party acouid secure the Cooperation with
them OF Great Britain That their object was, snd
had been Tor several years dissolution OF the UI-
ion, and the establishment of "A separate Coincide
ration, he knew from uneqivocai evidence, al
though not proyeable in Court of Law; and that,
In the case OF civil war, the aid Of Great Britain
10 effect that purpose would be surely resorted
70, as 1t would be indispensaby necessary to the
design"
Here, then, Mr.. Adams admits, substantially,
the whole OF the facts which both Nj. Jefferson
and myself had asserted ) communicated t. IL, "a
the winter Of 1923. But this admission relates
10 communication by letters, under sort oil ur-
gency and not verbally, with SIR. Adams own
Noiition aud option. What says MIR. Jefferson on
this occasion?
hat interview | remember well; not, in
reed, IN the very words which passed between Us,
out In their substance, which was Of a character
700 awial too deeply engraved in my mind, and
influencing too materially the course / had TO pur
sue, ever to be forgotten. Mr. Adams called on
Inc pending the embargo, and while endeayors
were making 10 obtain its repeal He made soine
apologies for the call, on The ground of our not
being then in the habit of coniidentilI communica
ions, but that which he had then TO make involv-
CD TOO seriously the interests OF country not to
oYerrule all other considerations with him, and
make it his duty 10 reveal it TO myself particular.
ly."
II ot one word appears from this letter to have
been said by Mr.. Adams about the Governor of
Nova Scotia; but that the whole communication ut
that Interview related TO the ncomparably more
important subject OF the reasonable conspiracy
then going on. have recollection. that NJ.
Jefferson ever mentioned to me any cOinmunica.
Ton by Mr.. Adams to him, respecting the origin Of
the tale OF French influence, as disclosed By the