Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1828-11-13
THURSDAY, NovEMBER 10. 1928

Intelligencer, should have Precedeu INC 'e"'''
of Mr.. Giles published yeslerday-we had moi
room for them however. The progress OF this
interesting controversy should be attended to:
more NAV gov out Of it than is at present sur
missed. Enough has been exposed already 10
damn Mr.. Giles politically forever.
Mr.. GuEs.-"Mark, how plain tale shall
put him down." n. ,..,vn
.os,s r,,er of Dec. IS, 1876, 10 Mr. GILES, has
induced a most extraordinary controversy, IN
which il has been our lot, under sheer sense
of what is due to truth, 10 bear part
The exclamation, which accompanied the
,ubIica,ion Of that letter in this paper, was, on
the face of il, authorised BY Mr.. ADAMS. for
whs, we subsequently, published on the subject,
and wha, we shall now say, Mr.. ADAMS Is In no
way Eesponslble.
made upon Mr.. Giles. IL appears to have oern
intended purely as mark of respect TO the
memory Of Mr.. JEFFERSON, and 10 avert mis-
construction Of his statements. or the appa-
rem, anachronism in that letter, attributed TO
dsG.c, or memory, the late letter oil Mr.. l. J.
R.SnolpH affords a solution which appears 20
us satisfactory, though certainly the letter oil
AIR. ]. was subject 10 different Interpretation.
Mr.. Cues, though the explanation did not
impeach him, seized upon it with easerness as
an excuse for assailing Mr.. ADAMS and US
Forpetful of he respect due as well TO himself
as 70 the unimpeachable integrity OF the Presi.
dert, he did not scruple, in his notice OF that
exclamation, 20 impugn The veracIty OF that en-
inent individual. 1t is true, that, IN the reply
10 our refutaliou Of that statement, he seemed
;,clincd 10 absolve himself from the impu'a-
RI cl ali yy1tl
We shall not handy epithets with MIR. Giles,
nor v,ndic,ively retort upon him his splcnelic
ohissfs Is, sfyf6fs. @itT fseGr-
ring 10 The language which MIR. GILES thought
Fl, TO apply 10 the authorised statement pub
Iished by US. We extract from his letter few
sentences:
.Mr. Adams positively asserts .ha, Mr.. Giles
and several other members oil Congress, during
this session Of 1909, wrote 10 him confden>
tiai letters, informing him Of the various mea>
sures proposed as reinforcements or substi-
tuies for the embargo, and soliciting his opini-
ons upon the subject; he answered these letters
with frankness and in confidence !. When |
frat saw this unequivocal assertion Of Mr. A
dams, unattended with any mental reservation
whatever-aud when there was not the slight
est trace upon my memory OF The recol lee lion
Of any such correspondence, was struck with
WONDER and amazs mept, as well with other
mingled emotions, and put my memory up TO
It's best Efforts, in trying To- trace some such re-
collection, bat found no vrstige ihei eof-and l
now assert that lido not beiieve that any such
correspondence eUe:" took place. If Mr.. A
dams should be in possession of such conf
Dental letters fro Il me, noW call mosz ear |
nestiy npon hina to exhibit them TO the pub
lie"
~ beg him, If in possession OF any such con
fdential letters from me, or Ola letter Of any
kind, to abandon all scru2les imposed by h-
confidence asserted, and forthwith 10 publish
them"
GAS 70 Mr. Adams confidential letters to me,
written, as he says, 'as the solIcired advice Of
friend to fri.nd,' have no more recollection Of
them than of those said by i'm TO have been
written by myself: nor do 6shsrs thaf any such
kiisys euer cere tcritiea" VIVA, must nave
been my emotions, when | first beheid these
unequivocal declarations on the par, Of Mr..
Adams! Could il be believed that Mr. Adams
had infrepidty invented the extraordinary
tale, to screen himself from imputalions he
could not otherwise avoid?'
al hope and trust tina. Mr.. Adams memory
has failed him on this OCCASION; and that il will
not turn out to be q mere inueaied tale with a
vain hope Of trtrieating hnssey from a mos,
awful dilemma"
We shall see presently who i, is ,ha, has ITO 7
extrio ate himself from a most awful dileums" ?
10 our notice of the letter Of Mr.. GILES from ,
which the above extracts are taken, we apptiz.
cd our readers that the President declined fur 4
nishing copies Of his own letters 10 Mr.. Giles I
Tor publication, apparently lest he should be a
accused of counting popularity by publishing
What would add elevation TO his CHARACTER
We also stated that the letters Of Mr.. Giles $
we're, with the mass Of the Presidents private e
osps's, at the domicile OF the President, in
The Richmond Enquirer with A
amentable disiugenuousness, hinled doubt of $,
heir existence, because they did not happen to c,
,e in Washington What reason could the vi
President (who has frequent occasion for the N
olumes Of his own letter book, to refer to, and m
her.fore, of course, has them with him here) W
IA, y a TO suppose hat any individual, of the a
tanding Of Governor Of State, would deny OF