Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1828-04-23
r,om ,he New.York American.


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From the New York American.
It's practice "a which we Lave tenacious,
" adhered in speaking OF The conductors oil
other oapers, to avoid any a'lusion 10 their
names. As being alike ipdecorous in Itself, and
.nimportant 10 the bnbIic. y case however
now nresehts Itself in which il seems proper to
depart {, ON this course, inasmuch as Toe a!!e-
cations made; resting upon ne personal char>
scier Of the editors, cannot be In any other
manner so conclusiveiy relu,sd as BY plain
statement conc ern'ng The individual who makes
them The t.sk is lrksome, aud the pei son
mos, insignificant, bu, accident having put ii
in our power to declare the truth we viii do
80.
In The Evening POST Of "Wednesday, is thu
fo,oving revampcd edition OF the oft lciuted
story. Of pledge given by MIR. Adams 10 Mr.
Webster.
.gnotl,sr ,piiasss The Buffalo Republican, in
defending itself against an attack made upon
il 5y one Of the Administration presses, Tor
having expressed itself with some severity Oh
rne tnirigueA Prac,isrd by W. Adams TO OBJ
p,ess, for the Presidency, introduces the icsi-
rnony os The late Hon Richard Stockton, OF
New Jersey Our readers viii perhaps recol>
lccr that this gent,emsn's name has been ite>
ournt!y mentioned in connection with the ia
nous Webster letter, which contained pledge
10 the fr,irralists that ifthey would AID MIR.
Adams el,cliou their claims should be con.
sidered in uakiag a2rointmentsto public offi-
ceS This letter ~ IS ahcXn. 10 Mr. S;oC kton,
and i, had The eiiee, Of r no ing some oAJec-
,ions which he eu,Sralntd TO the election OF
Mr. Adams. II seems, however, il we may be
allowed to Judge from what followed, to have
bepn a picdse which MIR. Adams intended 10
hrs ieI
nurnoses. His immediate object was to pro-
cure votes; and perhaps af,er he had SUCCEED
ed in this point, his moturer reflections con-
WINGED him of he old aGage-thaia bad prom
Use as better 5rokea than kept At all e.
vents il seems that Mr.. Stockton who was
punctiiious in fulfilling lis own engagements
and expected the same eXaclnsSs from others,
became convinced from the mode in which Mr..
Adams continued TO make i,is appointments,
that the pix dye no, intended 10 be
observed by the individual who gave Il. II
was natural enough that such an Instance Of
bad faith and violation or deliberate engage
ments, should have gwen Nj. Stockton those
unfavorable views OF the chat acter o! Mr. Adj
ans, which IL is well known he afterwards a
dopted and entertained 10 the last. The Bull
falo Republican gives the following extract OF
letter from MIR. Stockton We lay il before
Of the editor Of that paper.
"It was about this lime tuat The negotiation
Of Mr.. Adams with the fedcralis;s, through
Mr.. Webster, was preached in The public pa
pers. The late Hon. Richard Stockton Of that
state vas mentioned as being privy 10 the tran
sac,ion. We knew HIM 10 be a man Of hon
oar. and we knew too that both himself and
his son, r. F. Stockton, Esq with whom we
had before CO. operated in the support Of Mr..
Adams had suddenly abandoned his cause, and
gone over 10 the support Of Gen Jackson.
The Senior Mr.. ) had been an unsuccessful
candidate for the office Of disv;ic, judge in that
state, and we ourselves were at first somewhat
disposed TO attrihute his change 10 the petu>
lance of disappointment. We had signed
remons,rauce against his appointment on the
ground that he was rcderalisl But we were
soon undeceived. A letter Of bis, from which
the annexed extract is taken, fell under our OBJ
servation, and I, decided our course in relation
TO the presidential candidate
"You inquire of rae in relation 10 the pledge
given by Mr.. Adams, through MIR. Webster, to
the old federal party. An unsophis,ica,ed
Young man like yourself, unused to the chi>
canery Of politics, might well enough question
whether proposition offhat nature, from an
aposia,e, would have been accepted, or relied
unop. by one in my situation, whom he had a.
bandoncd and denounced as plotting treason "a
oainst the republic. You do me too much
honor. however. That pledge ,cas made and
accented. and, 1 ,ciH add, relied on TOO.
In truth, we never had any faith in the apostaey
of Mr. Adams-his principles remained un-
changed. For one doubted not that his al
tacbment TO the men of our faith was mistaken,
mill after his preference Of anotsd demoSiass