Virginia advocate. [volume] (Charlottesville, Va.) 1827-1860, 1828-08-09
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SATURDAY, AUG US'r 8, Iesa.

and revel i'll their privileged the central
olar blaze of auhoritrat Washington down through ali
,,e gradations ofseryility in The pack of tho Coalition
,e blood hsds and terriers, tire mastihs and turnspts
the litc dogs aud aurray Blanche and Sweetheart"
rat him with inccs.ant and dcafcning pernaci,y This
and onvabc distinction. 1t has, in TRUTH been
IN by no ordinary merit. lie alone, whose very idea
CITIZENS away slunber from tho pillows of Adams and
..y, at whose the coalition " tremblcs through
its classes of vcnalty," pretend to share with
;lliam B. Giles the distinction which is conferred by
foul abuse and hatred OF those, whose dcs-
lies, bound up ths fortunes of the Administration
IKE it their interest the sole principle and only
their duty, per s a nes to apologize for its iubc-
ity and defend lis corruptons. They can form
of tho merit which is derived from consistent and
dy defence Of principle thro evil report and thro od
ot so far as they comprehend it, they loathc
contrary to their nature, and pursue The man in whose
racterit is exhibited with bitter malgnty, casting
soverest reproach mon themselves. This, however
ot the sole of ,..a ex,erinang hostility which,
the consummaton of tho memorable bargain that
ced John O. Adams IN the preside tal chair, has p,ir
j the chief magistrate of this commonwealth. There
other We shall devote few lines to their
'sstigation.
With very few exceptions, that portion OF tho old Fed
party which survived the signal defeat that, in 1901
led them from office and placed Mr.. Jefferson in the
D. They know how TO value his pretended apostncy
thoir party and his polite adhesion to republican
.cpcs and well aware that spy in the adverse
,p, under the cloak Of doserter, dangerous
he party he pretended to espouso and useful to
he affected to desert, than if he continued to wage
less contest in their routed and Responding ranks.
gave him their jealous support i'll the late election,
moro hailed his access to power with unaoysd
alton, bringing with it the assured triumph
derasm, and FASTENED TO array themselves under his
The open and undisguised avowal of the most
ious and ultra principles of that party, which Mr..
sput forth in his frs: message to Congress- decided
sgance of the wavering, and animated with new
d moro entire devotion, those who, from, more ac-
estimate of his true character and iuster views of
VI motives Of his npostacy. had already decided.
nowledge of the Webster pledge and the spy,oint-
Of the diseased, superannuatsd and imbecle Rufus
; ambassador to London, antici pated their inc s.,
unc hopes, expanded their most daring aspirations
already welding in Imagination the power and
nago of tho government, they consider that no de
exceed the deservings OF him who has
,ght for them this good work. Those men, as we
nlreaay sale, sero therefore, with few exceptions,
g the ~armest; supporters of Mr.. ADAMS. VIM. b.
has always been particularly obnN,Iic,;s to them.
.reat abilities, and his ma;chless de1teritv in de-
v made him one of the most formidable opponents OF
lad schemes ofth I" federal monarchists" of those
unconstitutional times, when abreast with Madison
Gallatn, and livingston, and Ncho!as, he sustained
interests and defended tho constuton of the country
ainst the Ameses, the Bayards the Harpers and the
Uses of that day Those who remember that disastrous
Rod Of darkness and eclipse we'll remember and those
do not remember may yet bS told, how these Illus
.,us men prosecuted with all the dotesabs ran
Of envy and malice" One of them is gone bevond
reach of party hatred However it may scom expe
mt to the corrupt faction vino have usurped and
lie to abuse, the powers of the government least
,end hostes in regard TO some of tho survivors Mr.
- has received of the benefits OF the truce His
It's and services In Defence Of the constitution and
continued and ceaselcss vigilance with which he hos
he'd the oncroachnrens of federal usurpaton on the
of tho states andwarned them OF their danger ave
up continued claim to that relentless persecution
IN has always been the dsting gushing characteristic
'deral hatred OF that claihe receives all the bsne-
md distinction In the bosoms of the survivors of the
federal party, hostility to WIN b. GIIEs rankles with
genial inveteracy; it has passed a cherished heir
to tho descendants of those who have gone to their
count while it uxurates in the breasts Of the more
ent recruits of federalism with ell the freshness and
,or with which principles entertained by
Neophytes Of party "True reconciement can new
grow where wounds Of deadly hate have pierced so
p." BY tho Fedoralists Mr.. GILES can never be for
zen. We trust that no will not be forgotten by the
pubcans
There is another ground which all who, from what
motive sustain the present administration unite in
stilty to Mr.. GILEs. When John @ Adams made his
verobe forgotten revelations of federal treason Mr.
ferson, he chose Mr.. Giles the medium of commune
lion. Ho was made the depository of his accu-
lions against his former friends and confederates 1t
II be remembered that Mr.. Adams charged some of
leading Fcdcraists Of Now England with entertain
REASONABLE correspondence with the public enemy,
being sgued with that enemy for the purpose of
barrassing and gripping the operations of own
vemnrent, ensuring success 70 the claims of Great
itan, and ultimately Of cfFecng of the
,w-EDgand States from the Union. 1t believed
at these the motives and the aims which Mr. Ad-
disclosed to the Executive anmating tho bosons
ID directing tho councils Of the leading Fedcrass Of
.w- England The following extract from Mr. JeTor-
MS letter to Mr.. Giles Of tho date Of December 1895,
AYES doubt Of the impression which these disclosures
I on his mind.
You ask my opinion or tho propriety of giving pub
ty what is stated in your letter, having passed
..ween Mr.. j. @ Adams and yourself. OF this no one
Judge but Yourself it is of those questions which
long to the forum of feeling. This alone decide on
degree Of confidence implied in the disclosure