The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1828-10-30
POLITICAL.
From tho Nntiannl lnlnIllrnncnr.

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The publication of a letter from Mr.. Jefferson
to MIR. Giles, dated the 10Th ofDecembcr, 1928.
concerning a communication made by Mr.. Adj
ans 10 Mr. Jefferson, Ia relalIon To the rmba' 90
OF 1907, renders necessa /, the following state
ment which We are authorized by Mr.. Adams
to make.
The indisiincipess OF the recoll, ctions Of Mr..
Jefferson, of which his letter itself lecllnRlv
complains, has blended together three distinct
periods OF line, and The information. which he
did receive from Mr.. Ad1ms, with events which
afterwards occurred, and ol winch Nj, Ndtns
could mol have informed lun. II tortunatel,
happpens that this error N apparent on tie face
OF the letlct itself II SAWS " ''Ir. Adams Gated
on me pending The eaibdfgo, and Whilc cndea-
" vors wsle making Ia obtain lis repeal" He
att"rw ards says, that, ~ this lnierylee. Mr.. Nd
aus among other things, told hun thai " he had
" iufoi nmllon, Of III. most mnquesiipoablt Ger,
q tafnty, that c"rtpin citizens of ihr Eastern
=" States. thlnk he named Massachusetts par
% tiCulatlyl were ~ negotiation WITH agents Of
. The Brush Cover nmeui. the object OF winch
" was an agreement. that The Nv J. gland
" States should take no JDnther pnrt IN me wor
"tben g03lg M DC.
The enlqargo Was enacted o. thu 22d Of D..
, cember, 1907. and irpealcd by the noo-in,cr.
course acl or The III OF March, 1900. Tie wal
was declared ~ June, 1912.
IN August, 1900, Mr.. Adams embarked fof
Russia, nearly three J,srs before Ile Drclaia-
non OF War aud did not return 10 the United
States I'll August, 1877, nrarly tltec years
after the conclusion oi the pence.
Nh. Madison was inaug uratcd President OF
The United States on the lth OF March. 1909.
II wns Impossible, there ore, thai M Adams
,ouid have gwen any iniormairon 10 Mr.. .Irflrr.
son. OF negotiations by tiiizens OF MassaClu-
sets with Blush agents, dgrng Hf ,oar, 80 have
my relation 10 II. Mr.. adams never bad kuow.
ledge OF any suctl me- otIaiions.
The interview, 10 v inch Mr. Jefferson aIludes,
took place on toe 18th OF March, 1873, pending
the embargo but, ut The session OF Congress
before the substitution Tor II Of the nou-lUtef'
course act. The Information, given by Nj. Al
aus 10 Mr.. Jefferson, had only AN indirect refer
ence even to the embaigo, and none 10 ANY en-
deavors for obtaining lis repeal. II was the rub
stance ol a letter from he Governor Of Nova
scotia. 10 y person IN the State Of Massschu'ei's
written IN the summer OF 1907, ana bel0ie III
existence OF the embargo 0nlch ltttet Mr. Al
aus had seen. IL had ncen shoen 10 htm "',R
oui any injunction Of secrecy, ADD be betrnyef
no confidence ia communicating It's lufp0rl if
tlr. Jefferson. It's object WAS 10 cnnucna,ci
and neeI edllH calumey ihrn extensively PIE
palling, among the enemirs Of MIR. j. and tb'
opponents oflils Administration, that b" ani
has measures we've subsetsient 10 France an'
IL alieged mat the British Government were IN
formed of plan, determined upoa by Francf
10 effect the conq tgst Of tue Britt, Provinces 81
this Continent, and \ Rpvoiuiion ~ the Govern
mept OF The Unned states, as means 70 "hicl
they were first 10 produce war between the w
Ted States and England. Ffom The fact ii,atth'
GoveHor ot Nova Scoli7 had written sucha LEI
Ter to an individual ~ Massachusetts. connected
with other facts, and with the movemrtis of w
party then l-rcrominant N mat state, Mr.. A
! ia IN aud Air. Jefferson drew heir intereuces
which subsequent events doubtless conffm
ed bnt which inlsrences neither Mr.. Jeiief
son nor Mr.. iAdatns then communicated e
each other. THIS wasthe only conidenfia
interview which, during the Administrator
of Mr.. Jefferson, took place between bin
and Mr.. Adams. II took. place first stthe re
qrest OF Nj. wilson Carey NICHOLAS, Then
member o4 the iiohse Of Represe natives q
re United States, acoo6d nl,ai TREND oil NJ
J fersan nexi, Of Mf. konIpson, then d Ser
atm from Vermont ana, asly. OF Mr. GILES
uien a senator from Firgiria--whIch re
, quest is the only intervention Of Mr.. Giles
ever Known 10. Mr.. Adams, between him an
.lr. Jefferson. IL IS therefore net surpr'
ing. that no such Intervention occurred -
the recollection OF MIR. Jefferson, IN Dee
> is25.
. luis intar9ieg wss in March. 1903, ii