Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1828-11-27

tn trace some such recollection. but
found no vestige ,hereof--and now as
sert that y do moi bsiisps that aay such
correspondence srsr took place. If Mr.,
Adams should be in possession of such
lcontidential letters from me, / noe call
most earnestly upon him 10 e.rhi6.t thsm
10 the public"
II beg him. if in possession Of anv
such confidential letters from me, or of
letter of any kind, TO abandon all scru.
pies imposed by the confidence asserted,
and forthwith To publish them"
AS to MIR Adsms's confidential letters
tn me, written, as he says. ms the solici.
ted advice OF friend to friend have no
more recollection nj them than Of those
said BY him IN have been written by my.
self, nor do 1 believe that any such letters
svsr ,rsre uriitsa" "What must have
been NY emotions when I first bebeld
these unequivocal declarations on the
part of Mr.. Adams!! Could il be believ.
ed that MIR Adams had intrspidiy ineent.
cd the ertraordinnry tale, to screen him.
self from imputations he could not 9th.
erwise avoidi"
Il hope and trust that Mr.. Adam.'s
memory has failed him on this occasion;
and that il will not turn out 10 be ne,s
inrenfsd tale. with a vain,hope OF exiricof-
ing himself from most awful dllemma.' =
We shall see presently who il is that
has ITO extricate himself from a most
awful dilemma"
In our notice of the letter of Mr.. Giles
from which the above extracts are taken.
we apprized our readers that the presi.
dent declined furnishing copies Of his
own letters to Mr.. Giles Tor publication
apparently lest he should be accused Of
Counting popularity by publishing what
would add elevation to bis character. We
also stated that the letters of Mr.. Giles
we're, with the most Of the presidents
private papers, at the domicile of the
president, IN Massachusetts. The Rich.
mond Enquirer, with lamen,able disin.
genuousness, hinted doubt Of their ex.
'stence. because they did not happen 10
be IN Washington What reason could
the president (who has frequent occasion
for the volumes of his own letter book.
to refer TO, and there fore, of course. IA,
them with him here have had to supoo,e
thas any individual, Of the standing Of a
governor of state, would deny his own
hand, and desire the production of eyi.
dence Improve its works,
Thuse letters of Mr.. Giles have been
received from Massachusetts, in the brief
interval which has allowed for them To
be sent for, and will be found in the 70,
lowing columns They are permitted to
be published, only because the govern.
o, of Virginia has demanded, as an act
Of justice to himself, that they should bs
| In their naked truth they repreve with
a tremendous severity the serie. OF ef.
forts. Of which Mr., Giles stands cooyic.
ted, to undermine the well founded claims
Of Mr.. Adams to the eutire respect Of
his counirymen. Every line of them
tghtens the screws in the rank of re-
morse on which Mr.. Giles and his obse-
quious instrument, the Richmond En-
quirer, will be stretchsdby public opin-
ION. Nothing can save them from ami
hilation, politically, but the hnmble.t
| -ouAhiohs tChisrhScs obu dtuneIuent, TOT
the Enumerated reproaches" Ito use the
language of MIR. Giles which they have
cast upon Mr. Adams, in which ITO use
Mr.. G's language again, "ruth aud JUS
tice seem to have been totally dlsresar
dedn
Mr.. Giles seems to have courted, from
the recoll of his own assaults on an un
offending though injured individual, the
most complete prostration. lie marvels
that Mr.. Adams should suppose that hi.
letters were solicited advice from friend
to friend,n whilst we find that in two Of
bis letters to Mr.. Adams he begs that he
will be kind enough to give him bis
views Of the project" of the then state
Iof the country, SC. He had forgotten
THAT he ever wrote 10 Mr.. Adams, or that
Mr.. Adams ever wrote to himt lie par.
lticularIy repels the idea Of having asked
lof MIR. Adams his advics on the state Of
public affairs!
i The truth is, Mr.. Giles has forgotten
his orn identity; and, on reading these
recovered letters OF his, may rub his
leyes, with the honest wight. his name
sake, whose ludicrous misfortune some
LOT our readers may remember to have
seen done into rhyme, and in all serious