Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1828-07-14
From. the National LielLigenecr, Juiyi1.

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from his paying he heavy postage on his ie!tei
who does not withhold his name, from which
letter The following is an extract:
"CoRYDoN, QSDA.) Juse 26, 1928.
"Gentlemsn: Although personally stranger,
take the liberty of addressing you on subject
connected with The present struggle tor lhe
Presidency-a struggle which, IN my opinion,
involves the glory, prosperity, and permanency,
Of our free institutions. deeply depiore the
necessity which urges me on this occasion, as
il implies lamcntable want Of that informa-
ton which the most humble individual in society
ought TO possess, 10 enable him 10 Judge right
y on contested points. The character OF that
war which is now wagrd with such relentless
fury against the present Administration, is
marked BY boldness and pit oflIg Icy unparel.
leled ia the annals of our country. The most
ridiculous, false, and malignant stories are
circulated, with an "Hrontery mat Gehes descrlp-
ton. Is it not amos, incredible that such
labrica,ions as the following could ever be
inusnied, and still more, ;hat they could ever be
believed, in country boas ing OF It's purity aud
intelligence, viz: That Mrs. Adams is a lady OF
English birth and educalian; and that her pre-
objection for her native soil is SUCH that The
,oater used by her for culinary purposes is inn
porad: that ihe children OF the family are no,c
in England receiving therein their education;
that the Pre- :dent is now shipping off his mo-
nry 10 England, where he intends going HIM
self. lf he is defeated ;hat he is buIying bomb
shells (mark thatD in collins, in different parts
Of the Union; that he holds landed estate IN
England, SC Sc? Intelligent men may smile
at this farrago of nonsense and falsehood; but,
with me, it is no subiec, for mirlh When
first heard these tales, paid no attention to
them, bu, their number has so increased, and
their circulation so wide in the young States,
together with some facts which have leaked
out, that shrewdly suspect that elere exists
systematic plan, secretly executed, upon an extern
sye scale, for this very purpose In Cincin>
natl, the secret management OF the Jackson
party has come out; and traces, OF similar
kind, in parts of this STATE, have also been deve-
Ioped. There are many individuals here, as
well as myself, who would be glad it you would
publish in the "Inlellige as early as prae'
tic able, some remarks on the following points,
yiz:-Whether Mis- Adams is An English lady
| or not where born, and who were her parents;
where their children are notc; and whether the
| President holds an estate IN England. l his
information is not for ourselves; we know bet
ter, bu. for some honest ignorant men, who
have engaged 20 vote for Mr.. Adams if they
can be convinced that hey have been deceived
on these points: would sugges, the propriety
of calling upon the Jackson prints to contradict
your statement, if il is incorrect"
| The contents Of this letter were to US SO
incredible-so revolving to common sense that
we should not, we believe, have complied with
the writer's request, lest we should bring ridi-
Seriously, but that, In ore Of the Western pa.
pers that came 10 hand by the same mail, We
found the following:
FROM TIE zANEsEsvILLE MESSENGER.
MRS. ADAMS
ono SANDER pom Queen Elizabeth. pray"
shakespeare.
No, gentle reader, not word You will
never see a Jackson paper ,raduce female repu,
la;ion. will only make the following quota
ton from Woods History of John Adams
Administration, merely to show the stock of
blood of he lady Of the Palace, who, in the Ian.
guage Of Mr.. Hammond, i, at the head OF the
female socIely in the United States" In page
49s, we read as follows:
The original quarrel between Mr.. Adams
and Mr.. Pickering arose upon the nomination
Of Mr.. Johnson TO the STAMP.OFFICE.-
Johnson was tory, and adhered to or fled with
the British, after our Revolution, and resided
in England until within the last three years,
where John Quincy Adams married daugh-
ter of Mr.. Johnson. Upon the nomination Of
this gentleman, Mr.. Pickering had the honesty
to offer his opinion against him"
Peoples Press.
There is so much in this newspaper article
to confirm the statements Of the letter, that we
have thought il might be well to 5estow
brief space in our columns 10 the satisfying
the inquiries OF our correspondent.
We are enabled, by our situation almost in
the immediate neighborhood Of Mrs. Adams
relations and connexions, & from our personal
acquaintance with the family of the President,
TO answer the inquiries Of our correspondent
The maiden name Of Mrs. Adams was John
son; her earliest ancestor emigraed to this
country in The reign OF Queen Anne, and set.
tied in the State of Maryland His descend.
ants arc now very numerous and respe ctabIe,
and almns, all of them, a, this time, reside in
or near Fredericktown Mrs. Adams father
was named Joshua Johnson. lie was, as will
be seen bv The fnllnwino pxtr,rtc from, n,