Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1828-05-06
COMING 80 LAsr

The following article is from the National Ga
zette OF Thursday last:
I'VE observe the following sentence in = serico
OF resolutions printed for some public meeting:
uisnow asceriaincd that Mr. Adams made o.
yer'nres 10 the leaders OF the federal party before
us ciecton, offering IN substance TO bring them
INTO power provided they would support him.
his may serve as a specimen of the elcctioneer-
ing illsehoodS put in circulation under the authority
OF party assen,blages. No evidence of the fact ths
siatet-nor the shadow of eyilence-is extanf or
could be adduced. The utmost That has been al
legged, tciH any sembIdRce of truth is-tbat onc
or two members OF Congress, Fedcraists, who de-
cidcdly preferred Mr.. Adams to General Jackson
on the broadcast grounds, tciShed to kHolc bef,yg
they deintiUety reSOiUed to UOte for him .ohefhe,
" mGde t'TeSident, he IOOleid pursue the pOhcV
q eecit"ng Fea|ahSts from office, and they
accordingly asked for Information on the subject
from Mr.. Webster, Or some other friend of Mr..
Adams, supposed to be acquainted with his scnu-
Eents.
Their object was-not any stipulation for them
selves but simply the satisfaction of being assured
that disfranchscment as detrimental to The nation
al veal, as unjust and absurd in itself was no, like
~ to be continued. To this application. The gen
ueman addressed gave written answer ,,chich had
me appreciation ar TcCiSiON IF Mr. .add5ns-and
winch contained profession OF doctrine on the
point, similar to the one soon after made 10 the
world, more emphatically and fully in his iHa1t-
S'uaf address. Here is all that has been QYeged
with any degree of pausibility. Ard yet we are
.o'd no" oil 0DetHeS, corrupt bargains between
MIR. Adams and individuals, Gel
Mr.. Walsh is coming out at last DAYS. and
weeks and months transpired, after the PLEDGE
was noticed IN the papers, and yet Mr. w pre-
served silence. The administration papers were fold
from the begin Ing, that they had better admit
the iacts and plead justification. With the excep-
u0n oi two Boston papers (Which list began this
course, but soon drew back in panic
their papers generally denied there was any
truth or seinbiance OF truth in the whole story. 49,
he n. J. American was even authorised by Mn
Adams, himself, 10 deny that there was the sight
ter as well as he could.-ln January last we were
informed by a.letter from n. Jersey, that MIR
Webster had communicated an account of the LET
ter (ysrIttcn by himself and modified by hlr Ad-
ans to SIR otockiOn, to Mr.. HOpkinsou and hC
MIR. Walsh. These gentlemen were interropataJ
in the public prints about the matter.-But lot f.
word could be drawn from them except "A ver,.
general and most unsatisfactory remark from Nj
walsh. Appeal alter appeal was urged upon him.
but he was silent, until az length when the scent
becoming stronger * stronger, s hc hounds press
ing upon the heels Of the fox: when the friends OF
Mr.. >. arc disclosing facts which can no LONGER
be denied, Mr.. Walsh finds himself under Tho
necessity Of letting out his statements in a very
awkward manner, aud attempts at this late hour
to plead justification
We may now exclaim with The Dramatist. in
The celebrated screen scene, The truth is cornino
at last'-Only that Mr.. Walsh has 10, all the can,
dor OF the uniotunaie Lady. lie admits some n
the material facts Of the case (Which his brother
editors had been maniully denyine)-but be
docs not tell q tie facts and he moreover seeks
20 give false c0louring 70 such as ne choose 10
disclose. He does not tell us how many federal
isis there were, who wished 70 sound MIR Adsros's
senln, ns and to govern their vote for him bv his
declarations towards their pariy--he does NOT II
as. " neither Mr.. " ebsier told Mr. g. Of fbc I'll,
iccf OF bis appiicdii0n-he does not tell as tbst
M a. modified M. W. lctier-he does not I'm
vs. 10 how many lederslists Ms W showed nix
letter, nor whether be- showed IL 20 three federal
lists who bad in their hands the votes Of tvs s,ater
nor whethnr lc offered to sno'hcr fedeldiisf who
had 81 o 500 biz hand tho vote OF another State 10
show b. 10 BIN after the first ballot, and that lhi.
'cLoalist jsdaiGcd 20 see To- No also rass over