Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1828-10-28
DQNgESTIC.
From the WGShingion CITY Teiegraph.l
IMPORTANT DISCLOSURE.
In.N 4YII IN. RIINNE,FI


II has not teen without regret, that i have per-
ceived your committee apparently give credit TO
\ the statements OF MIR. Adams, however contratlic =
tory in his book, coaccrnnig the share which took
in the discussion OF the fishing question 1t Client
As the most satisfactory mode OF correcting the i'm
preston which you may thus enormously have
received, send you, herewith, that part OF my
correspondence with William II. Crawior Esq
then our Minister at Paris, which took place at
that time between us in relation to that subject.
This part OF the correspondence may not only
give You some notion OF the whole OF that cor
rcspondencs, but OF the general manner in which
attended 10 the discharge Of my duties. (No. 81
| Your committee will be able 10 judge, from
what has here already been said. by whom the
| mysteries u ruin were brewing, from the sgna-
ture OF the treaty q! Client, and If, i.iced, did
srst NUKE occasion for informing MIR. Monroe
that 1 III the minority, and then, in accor-
dance with such information, write gratutousiy,
a long letter from Paris. assure your com
initt.c thar contived no plot with Mir. Clay, or
he with me, at Ghcnt or Paris, either for his elc
walton or the depression OF MIR. Adams. Although
should have supposed myself al that time, TO
have been sufficiently in the confidence oil Mr.
Clay for such communication, yet he never in
tiinaied 10 me any project or even wish c polit-
ical advancement or aggrandizsment-nOr did | 4
yer hear him hint az that time, any selfish view
on the Department OF State. As TO myself, your
committee do egregious .urors when they in
sinnate, that | was concerning the exhlta'ion of
Mr.. Clay and the pIostratiOn OF Mr. Adams, aS
my interest, ticy say, coulu Oniy nave Deen
contingent upon the success OF Mr.. Clay" What
ever mystery there might have been III all mis-,
must have owed IFS existence exclusively 10 the
cXuberant Imagination OF youi Committ.c warmed
perhaps, by the inspiration of the scriptures OF
| MIR Adams. could not know nor did believe
~ the time Mr. Clay lcit Europe 10 return TO the
United States, that Mr. Monroe would be the
next President, and, OF course, ! could not sus
pect that any competition existed between two of
my able colleagues for the Department of State,
under him.
Mr. Clay had certainly, during our official asso-
citation, maintained all the elevation which my pre-
conceived opinions of his talen,s, patriotism. and
political principles had assigned him. While, how
ever, sincerely believed lie deserved we'll % tile
| republic, neither felt DO / believe, that he
considered me Is his pariizau. Whatever might
have been his future plans OF ambition, they we've
not coniIded 10 me.
| On the other hand Mr.. Adams, WHOM was
prepared, by his reputation 10 meet great man,
proved 80 be one OF those peculiar objects which
distance nagIilies, hut which d,yindie as uicV
nlospheTc; but, the welkin heightened, siuBa
to his true dimensions. Instead o. hcing satisfied
with common sense, he often aspircd, ahortiveiy to
display what Is styled GENTS and etfJrt 10 pro-
ducc The prodigiouS, frequently resulted IN tho ri
dIcuIcus. y chaos OF literature, acquired by in
ccssant labor, tended rather obscure, than 10 en-
| III hten the understanding. And where expect
cdo find the principles OF the patriot and the wis
dam OF the sage, found only crude preiudices and
ung0vernod passions. Aldo disappointed 10 my
antlcpations OF MIR. Adams, honestly shook him
! by the hand, when after The treaty Of Ghcut /
, parted with him at Paris; and f ever I had won
dered At ms singular good fortune, ia his political
career, certainly wished hin. TO Ill. IL was only
during the ensuing autumn that j was induced, 10y
| information received from the United States TO
write 10 Mr. Clay my letter III answer 20 ike one
annexed. The letter sufficiently explains it, own
object.