Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1828-10-21

anu wi@ Gen. Skinner, III candidate o. uAc IcpuU-
lean party.
~ MIR. Adams has claimed to be ofthc repub-
lican parry, and as in Pennsylvania especially, his
friends desire 70 take advantage OF this inposture,
II Is necessary 10 expose il. The Boston Senti-
mel. (tlc same paper in which hir. Adams pub
lisied his Publicoia, in 1871. which ia 1914, was
the organ OF the Hartford Convention, and which
e. upholds Mr.. Adams now) published this statement
I; on the 5;h February, 1893: The federalists OF nj las
/ .achusctts selected two persons, both OF whom
/, ;,ave been the objects ~ democratic persecution,
! .s,le Hon. Timothy Pickering, late Secretary OF
{ state, and the Hon. j. q. Adams. late Minister TO
Lcr!in"- 10 I'LL the vacancy in the Senate United
states: "Wlicn circumstances place two such men
as candidates for the same Office, it is not an easy
task TO give q Preference
The task WAS, indeed, diilicult-four trials by
ballot were made before . choice was effected, the
republican, members of the Massachusetts iegis-
iature, IN each instance voting for Ger. Skinner,
and the federal members dividing, some for Mr.
Adams and come FOR MIR. Pickering, until The ,our,i.
ballot, when MIR. Adams was chosen. This re-
suit speaks a language that cannot be misunder-
'stooI-afdent an opponent Of the republican par
ty rs MIR. Pickering had been, MIR. Adams was by
'edcra'is;s preferred To hiin--a fact, which shows
The extent of his zeal for them, ofthoir zeal ia
S behalf. of his subsequent tieachery, or CT the
subsequent meanness otiGany OF them.
80. Here then. gentlemen, we find hir. Ad-
ans for the FIRST unc IN CongresS-in the senate,
too, as the representative OF federal Massachu-
S'H ~ tFiu sum s'liiC " mt ulSiitE Of
ali Tie qualities Of the most iilus,rious patriot or
allie statesman. Was his conduct there that OF a
patriot or factions leader: Can you refer TO amy
bill, motion, resolution, or vote, which denoted pa
uiuiism? Why TO you, tie friends OF MIR. Adams,
oblgc US, his opponents, TO search, volume after
volume, to test the accuracy Of your encomiun-
upon h..n: Surely, IN tho Senate u. States, Mr..
adams could not have been an idle member -
What, then, were his GctIOTS teno.ing the patriot
aud SfdfesHdn? Is il not evident, that, il any
measure had been DfOnDScG. or any vote had hem
given by him calculated 10 confer honor upon him
you would have been glad 90 make IL kuown?-
Can your utter silence upon such vital questions,
be attributed TO any thing else, than your in
ability TO sustain the character Of u patriot, which
you assign 10 him,
But, gentlemen, If gen will not execute the du-
ty, zee must enquire; and. therefore, we proceed
To examine some oil the actions OF A1r. Adams, in
lSo3-t-6 aud s..
J.. Whatever, gentlemen, may have been your
prcjudices in relation to MIR. jefferson, you are NOW,
we presume, disposed 10 do justice TO his
merits you will confess, we think, that - C.
WINGED " il!ustrious patriotism" and craftsmanship,
in thcacguisition OF Louisiana: 10 use the Ian
gusgc oi the writer OF the able lctteTs,pubiiShed in
the Albany Argus, in reply to an address OF Gen.
p. b.. Porter Of New York, and 20 which we are
unde. ohIigations-'' the Importance o. the acGui-
sition is uow ungues;ioned TO the western states,
its value Is so great, that II cannot te brought
within the !i;ai;s OF an estimate. Without ii, their
access 10 the ocean would have been obstructed,
,hcy would have been. destitute OF q market and
the continued exclusion Of New Orleans, by de-
pIiVing them OF the stimulus OF industry, would
have produced . most pernicious effect OF the NOR
al character o; the people; they would either have
been compelled 10 surmount the mountainous bar
rier, which separated them from the Atlantic, and
return to their original home, or to take the city
by force, and by was,ug war separately, 10 have
produced a virtual dissolution OF the ccntederacy.
Deprived OF j commercial intercourse with the
Atlantic states, the Union would have offered but
few advantages to them, and the most triti!ng acct
dent would have broken the conneXion between
them and the states OF the Atlantic. The acgui-
sition OF Louisiana identified the interests OF the
east and the west a commercial connection mU-
tually advantageous, destroyed the germs OF jea-
lousy, and feelings OF a kindIy character were
soon cultivated between the people inhabiting Ell
ther extremity OF our common empire 1t remOv-
ed all fears OF a foreign invasion from the west,
gave us an influence over the saTases, comniand-
ing and absolute, bounded US on the Cult OF Mex
les, and opened the trade OF the world TO the re-
motcstinhabitants Of the interior II gave US both
banks of the most magnificent river on the earth,
from IFS sources 20 the ocean: 1t gave us d terrific
ry boundiess in extent, and with it, capacities of
increasing greatness beyond the most sanguinc an
licipations.of the bo!Gest Imagination"
.... Is there the least excess OF coiourlng in
this picture? IL ii is a lair representation, "a YOU
must admit IT IS, whatcan you oile- as an apology
for the opposition of Mr.. Adams, in a minority of
., (Adanls, PIumcr, ard Welis) TO the acquisition
u t'iCSt II'lIileljSc duN dilliSts. YOU anne VI &c MS
own apology al the time, for hc has himself since
abandoned It: Where, then, wac hi5 patriotism and
his Craftsmanship in 1904.
z. On the same occasion when the details OF the
bills in relation to Louisiana, were considered, Mr..
Adams voted, tha; no person should be eligible as
a representative who did not hold in his own right
100 acres OF land in fee simple, or a house aud lot
i'll New Orleans; and that 10 person should vote Tor
a representative, who did not hold 4 freehold of so
acres o: land I! Was this a token Q! his repubii-
caDisIU'
8. When the impcrfecticn c! the ton,
snd the i~ntrigucs OF MIR. Burr in 1901 had spread
alarm throughout the Union, every patriot, and in
deed every considerate person, desired TO sec the
constitution so amended, that the electors might
designate the candidate they preferred for the
presidency, and the candidate they preferred Ter
The vice presidercy-on this great question, Mr.
Adams voted against the popular win upon what
pretext, gentlemen, can YOU Justify Ibis act? was
il patriotic, or The effect OF prejudice against Mr..
Jeiicrson! IS we shall hereafter show you, tie
New England members, in 1901, preferred a cUn-
vulsion 10 the election OF Mr.. Jefferson !
80. In short, in the session Of 1865. Mr.. a
dams voted Invariably against the measures re.
commended by thc jefferson administration, with
out proposing any measures himself, indicative Cf
high capacity or exalted views. In tie succeed
Ing session, lie continued his hostility.
q. a bill was introduced, TO prevent the waging
private war, without national authority, against the
people and commerce Of other states upon 1hat
pfetext cou>l a measure, 10 prevent such ouuages,
be opposed? what could be more humane, Just or
polite, than an effort thus to prevent aggres-
SION by our own citizens, and TO avert the resent
mcnio Of other states! yet Mr.. Adams voted Igains;
lit!
&. q bill, Of a similar pacific tendency, was pro-
posed, at the instance Of Mr.. Jefferson, 20 prevent
the violation of tie laws; and Ou,rages upon the
ffnhtG nj uftr q 10 En1gr1. - ill.,. TF,.f-f ~.