The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1828-04-24


To The Senate oftte unita Naies
Leaning Tat tne President Of tr United
siatrs has madr Il commune tim 10 botn lloo-
SIS nj Congress, stating iaai IL, ; crcarN.
Mule passing huni the Hall - the n use of Re
preventative g. the Chamber ui fhr S.natc. md
Whilr chuterd With - mesSase rom tho Ptrsl-
deni L. the senate hadbytn ny laid a Il assault
ted, an Induced 10 belie,f= thai such con,inuni-
catiun related to al nfhu lint lately ocyu rel |
hetwern ", john Ad Ms and myself As one
of the parties concethe1 Is nailner of the Ge,-
rral hovernmem aud II, lHe nansactun my I
br supposed to involve the trabts ct both Hou-
So Of Congress, 81 al 10 Executive, | f#el !
bound ~ = Considerati "a Of respect to thai 30.
d, 10 oher TO each House :, brtel ,tatrmr I a.
the facts which induced tic coursc that have /
pursued.
lntcly accompanied party Of ladies aud
gentlemen on an evening Yistt To the munsinn
Of the President, among whom were M,,. lar
Wis, her parents, and t"o Young adde's, hrr rel
ives. As all the lndie, rsuepnug Mis- Jaws. |
were recently ON BOSTON aud iot the h,,l tn
IN Washington, thet VII desnous OF paying
the usual tokens OF re>prrt to hr pusidcut aud
his Lady, aud mudr tbs visit IN pursuance az the
= lqocuc usually observed on such occasions
Nae they we've IN one al The drawing rooms
with ourcI Nlsuauts, Nj. John Ainnis. the son
oi The President, drcmed III then presence and
hearing, " that then hriast at The furstdcutI
/ involved an impropttet,. aud TINT II knew
" the estimation IN winch aas held Ia thai
" House | would uof suhi myself to be seen
" taete and That he inienied ihr ,runoll to he
heard by those concerning whom Il was made
" aud hoped II was so heard y The ladic, md
he luther ut Ms Jnr,ss who vas a political
| n nj the President, dremiue this u eloss NJ
| ignity 10 themselves and u violation Of the hos
| al 40 "A house tn "a
laying n complimentary visli, IN mrdar,l, re
! I'D. From respect 10 The iad, OF the Mansion
nd OF the company present. rborr to notice
a the time, the ConduCt 81 Nj. lohn Adams, PIE
| t,rimg "a SEEK an explanation alter the excite
ment produced by the Outrage had ~ some H.
gfre nb,dcd. IalieIwatds addressed u nnte
- Mr. john Adams, stating thai hcmd al his
hasng made the remarks above mentioned. aud
| lhar the gcutlrman who delivered the note vas
authorised 10 rroeIva his xplanat ms, believing
lnat on reelection, he would be sufficiently srnsi-
BILE OF what was requi' cd by common c,vllir,. 10
offer a sal'siactpr, apology After read ug nv
noie, he 1hrm" tbal IL did pronounce our
rrscnCe At the PTesidfnt's on the occasion H.
bo'e mentioned, To hr gliy mp opet, Con>ld.
rting In" pofdjCdi relation winch hore 10 hi4
ltlhe, that he had no eNplana ion to give aud
thai he should declinr all correspondence " til
me the subject. ! vii here ohsc vc thai
had understood The drawing roums al the Pr
sident were open, upon certain occas Uns, 10 all
vino were disposed 10 honor him and his lady
with ihelr cIyiIites. aud tim the el ruing WHEN
the ,sIt above mentioned was pad wa
one al such occasions, thai | had, on coming 10
reside a, Wa>bm ton IN January last, paid 10
hun the u,u tokens oil respect aud that. while
al ms ho' Se, 81 a former occasion, | met there
The most tIs'mg uished gentlemen oi thai political
putty wit winch have the honor Of being as
sociatcd
Anrr rec wing tbs snswe, did not soc Mr.
john Adams uuul Iacsday LIST uhru he appeal
ed III the Hall OF the House oi Representative
changed wl,h u message from the Plc.ldrnt L.
thai body. AlcI he had LETT the Halt and whlie
hr was IA the Rotunda OF lhrG pnul, acCpstcd
him aud asked II he bad given his final answer I ,
nv not for still hoped that he might tie N
daccd 10 Offer some apology on rxpatatloo
On his ymg ihat his final answe, had been
giVen, vas excited by continued refusal
aud BY recollection of his offence, 10 Cunm .
an assault upon HI person, which consisted
merely IN pulling his nose and Shaping one slde
Of hts face, With nv OPEN hand. H. dong this, |
dlsclalm any Intention Of m1icing upon him ~
ny bodily injury; ior | nns totally unn,med
aud hsshlIed him neiey in the manner alovr
described, while be VIZ provided WI,h = stout
cnne. also dlscIslm my ini,nt on Of wayla,.
- '''''t W. WV l'fiiiE II lH' dIillll Nth II
cld'nlal More especially do | disclam any
in,enlioo ofnhing on thriielrs, %, assa-
lng the dignity of the President OF the TINT Il
-t"teS, ieIher House oi tongresS, or Of any
pubic tuuCtionafy, oi any intention Of obstruc.
ing an officer OF the General Government IN
IT dtscha &c Of his Official duties w hen | az
cpstcd Mr.. John Adams M the X tu.dd, | sup
lPosed he had dischaf ed his nilical dullrs, aud
IN on his way from the Capt |. was not a
"are Of MS be ng chaiged with message 10
lhr Srnhl", o. of his being On his way Ia the
Gbamher Of that bHay Viewed the lotunda
Is common ground, asa public passage. NJ
particularly within The jnisdiotlon Of either
House OF Congress and differing Ia 10 ,r.pcct
n fai il related 10 the riehfs on dignity Of u.
y public InnCtIonaIv. from any public street 81
highway. ! kno" thai an assault uuOn az midi
,dnal within tie publ prarc H. u violation ut
The laws: aud ! rgfet thai any uaignnN
should have been offered 10 u party Of ladies'
ned"r my protection and IN plncr " here thev
respected, At beat the ordinary forms Of civil.
", whereby was inpelled 10 an offence against
the civil authority which. hope that | may be
always disposed In maintain as sober and
peacrtul culzrn. But. II riihrr House Of Con
gt"ss shall consider that have uuintruiipnalty
~ luadvrr entity violated It's tight or drralt, -
thosr # the Executive hy rr,cntiug wnhin the
wills Of the Capitol, a glic,ous m-ult o the la.
dies nfmV family. a 3, Inch insult chose to con
sidpr entirely OF private character, an rea-
dN aud disposed 10 oer any n ncmrnt thai
shnil be due 20 such body
russell JARVIS.
18TH Street April le, 1928.
s2eE.-
T. The President has nominated Gen
Macomh 70 the sena.e the .uccossor Of
Gen, Jacoh Brown. No matter what course
he had pursued, he wonl hay, hreu c,neoi-
cd II he had nominated Scou it would haye
been attributed 10 polh Al inyoritiSm it Gainrs
II would have hren sad thnt II WAS ~ trmpf 10
buy de support himself and his icnd- aud
as Ia nominated neither Il viii be- charged 10
INDIGESTION of character. We de-, H'r Adams
o. Nr. Clay to do an, ACT which viii no, be cen
suIrd,
n hlnn.ra In IL.