Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1828-07-29

FOR 1HE E,1QUiRER.
PLAIN MATTERS OF FACr-undenicd and an
deHid6ie.-No. VII.
ONE AT 4 TINE.
acorSTaUcTU'E JoURNiEsn
Una: has M. Adams done3
Is 1t not right to Judge the tree bu its Eruif3"
The supporters of Mr.. Adams, with an air OF
triumph, often put these questions, and defy fair
and candid enquiry into the acts vi Mr.. Adams's
administration Nothing be more just and
reasonable, than the demand of these enauirie,,
IN pure spirit for ascertainng the ruth Bul
nothing can he unfair aud unjust after ascsr-
taining the truth, than the attempts they after
wards make to disguise the real character OF NJ 4
Adanss conduct, and apply TO il Il meaning ncv er
pretended by Mr. Albums himself The enquiry
called Tor above has already been made, in reia-
ion to several of Mr. Addlis's acts This has
been done by taking one at a time, as the best
mode oil arriving at TRUTH by calling the mind To
the contemplation Of single object, Instead OF
perpe king and confusing it by complication ant
combination oil muitiirious objects. 1t has been
found, IRON this simple mode OF investigation, that
Mr. Adams has presented a. the treasury CLAIM,
Tor =" constructive Journey" or d Journey not
performed, and has actually received Compensation
Tor thi~ fictitious -er'ice.-That, after having re-
ceiNed the votes OF Messrs. Clay, Scout aud Cook.
to the presidential office, he has given to each his
reward; two OF them public Offices, one n secret
misson-es.mated at S5,o0O That a written
pledge was given TO MIR. Webster, of rewardns
the federal party in the OF its aiding his G.
lection 10 the Presidency, which pledge, so far as
II relates TO Webster, is unredeemed How far
o. her teteraliss have been rewarded is not known
That, at the time of his contemplating giving
these rewards, Mr. Adams so!emnly a, owed, that
1t was his desire to have the Presidential Election
to be decided by the will of the people, when there
was every reason TO conclude that will would de
eide 1t against hm-thus giving full evidence of
nnmasked hypocricy. That in 1903, he pub
iiciy abandoned the federal party and joined the
republican party-and, like all new proseytes, he
went to the most ridiculous extremes i'm supporting
his new party. That he privately grounded the JUS
ihcaton oil this change, upon a charg, so.e mnly
made against the federal party, as is believed of a
reasonable conspiracy then going on be- ween the
New England tederaiisis and certain British agents
IN the event OF war between the United States
and Great Britain. That, in 1925 he rave GER
lam pledge for introducing the federal party into
me administration, IN the event of his election TO
The Presidency--thus proving treacherous to the
federal party IN 1897, lSOS-and by his rtten
pledge tn Webster, TO the republican party in 1925
All these facts proven, as is believed either
positive, conclusive, circulns tantial evidence
III either OF these facts be true surely II ought 10
| DC deemed sufficient TO exclude Adams from "A re-
election. What then ought to he the Joint eftec CT of
the whole, ii the whole be true? But there are
other acts OF MIR. Adams, which, in the estima-
on oil the writer, OF incidentally more practi-
Cal importance and OF more destructive tendencies
than all these gut together. He has, as the writer
pCHC'CSs ny lGISe interpretations, changed the
Character OF the Constitution of the u States and
stripped the American people of all the prote ction
10 their rights and liberties, heretofore secured TO
hem by their written constitution. He has pro-
claimed the advantages OF Governments of uuiirn-
tied will, over those, whose will is restrained by
written constitutions; and upon these hypothese s
III MS hfst public message, proclaimed a great civil
revolution IN the government OF this Union Hear
hin IN his own words, in relation to his rules Tor
Interposing the written federal constitution.
Extract from the Ohio letter
The ainion of John Quincy Adams, on tn. sub
ject OF Internal Improvement-lS24
" The question OF the power of Congress 10 au-
thorIze the making of internal improvements is in
other words, question whether the people OF this
U mon, in forming their common social compact
as avowedly for the purpose OF promoting their
general welfare, have performed their work in
manner so iietuGiy stupid as to deny to them
selves the means OF lettering their condition
have too much respect Tor the intellect OF my
country TO believe it. The first object of human
association is the Improvement of the condition of
the associated. Roads and canals are among the
most essential means OF improving the condition of
nations, and people, which should deliberately
by the organization OF its authorised power de-
prve itself OF the faculty OF multiplying its own
bic sing; would be as wise Us d creator who should
undertake TO constitute human being without
heart IOht0 vrf Crisis
Ertr0ct OH
But, 1t the power to exercise Legislation i'm all
,he power to lay and collect taxes, duties io,posts
ana excuses, to pay the debts and provide for the
common defence and general welfare of the u
o'ateS, IL tbe power to regulate commerce with
foreign nations and among the several states and
with the Indian tribes; To FIX the standard OF
weights and measures; TO establish post offices and
post roads, TO declare war TO raise and s,Ipnort ar
mie~; to provide and maintain navy-to dispose
oil ana make all neediul rules and regulations re-
.pectng the territory or other property belonging
to the United Slates-and 10 make all laws which
shall he necessary and proper Tor carrying these
power INTO execution; If 'hese powers and others
enumerated in the constitution, may be etfcctualiy
brought Into action by the laws promoting the i'm.
pf0Vement oil agriculture, commerce and manu-
lectures, The cultivation and announcement of the
mechanic aud OF the elegant arts, the advancement
oil literature and the progress of the sciences. or.
nanenisl aud pfOound-to refrain from excfcisjuy
them for the benefit OF the people themselves
would be TO hide III the earth the talent committed
To our charge-wouid be treachery TO the most sa-
c. q of trusts"
without attempting any demonstrations by ar
guineDi, the writer will only express his own So
Irnn conviction, that this mode OF interpreusr the
con tution, cohpctely dnnihilates every +. strain
~ provision IN IL; and converts the federative go
vernnenr of the United States into Consolidated
hightlul despotisn Of unlimited iciH. The pow.
eFs Mr.. Adams claims under this Interpretation.
certainly comprehend all political powers: and he
+oeIDnly declares To refrain from exetcisin,
them ior the benefit OF the people themselyes
would be TO hide in the earth the talent confoittd
10 our chafge-wOuld be tredchcry TO the most 81 .
cred Of trusts!!' Has Mr.. Adams t,us boldly at
tempted to divCst the people # the United States
Oi Their written constitution? Is not this subject
demanding the most critical and profound ennuirv,
10, IN this declaratory act, Mr. Adams has dome ~
what great6F offence against the RIGHTS and ELor