Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1829-02-26
,rHf; VIESGINIAN.
LyNo IBUt ;,FEB %, 1929.
rilE , CORRESPONDENCE.

we cnrnIncncr TO-DAY, aud si'ali flush in our
nexi. the Appesi ol ce,ran federal g"nilrnso Of
u,s,achus.i,s ~ he people u the un"sd states
-, yin,ticaiipn oi their characters. which they
mink have been i..opardisrd ~ r~csn, pubtica.
,uns made by Mr.. A,iams. ~ winch CERTAIN
leaders," OF he party Ia iha, Stat are charged
Nth having conceived, IN 1904. project.
which was expodr'i by the Hp',ord cnnven
i,,n in 1914 to Dissolve the Union. aud to estab
l,,h Northern Conis.israey The " Appeal"
N poia, OF ability, will vie with ipe mos, famous
-,nrrovcr -at documents oil the dav-and its
,,ne Of bitter aspery canno' be masked by the
.m,llri caurt-ousnsss etus dress.
Standrue, as Nj. Adams does, brfore the
aorid. somewhat, IN the attitlhe of AN accuser,
who, for reasons satisfactory TO himself, hut ne.
,sssarrly no, 40 10 Ihe co,nmu ,iy who are igno-
,ant OF them, win 40, give up the evidence on
.hich the imputa,ioD rests, he canaot but feel
.h,gtined 10 .,v the least OF Il . NJ the mnpeas-
ant dilemma 10 which this circumstance places
h,r. On the one hand, he has declared that
the reasons which induced him To DISCLOSE the
p, stence OF tins plot 10 Mr.. Jefferson were not
\. evanescent as the furious zeal which urged
noliucal partiztns al that epoch beyond the
hounds Of reason and rut1 but that they are
s,iH as conclusive as ever To- his inind Of the va
rly Of The fact On the other hand, ha refuses
~ faclose This evidence, aud by The refusal, IN
cshably gives po"t aud force TO the unqualified
9eie', expressed ny the appellants, in un,nrss.
ured terms, that he Is not now nor never WAS in
possession II such evidence. Mr.. Adams must
sre the a@kwardness If the position rs wh-h hp
sps6ed 9nd. seeing IL, wnst feed TIA, il will
have great weighs in ae,eru,tning public opin
inn--lnore particularly when the tncsiu OF de
sri6a has heen already sounded, & his - so,nme.
friends. Who cannot bow to any other than
rising sun p,a, ing into the hands Of his enc
niles by denouncins his eourse AS hypocri,ical
nna dishonest 1t IS thns that unpriacipled dean
ssogn"s Of eyrrynge ac'. These men s,Iiport-
ed hr, ADAMS because they thought nv was
more likely 10 succeed than his opponent. Hav
'ng found out the Contrary, they now seek to
Proruiaie the ruling star. BY deserving tho
staatar1 nndcr which they had fought with
cornmendsbie zeal, bat il seems with hollov
hearts. f.
Ia live preseni aspect Of the case, there is rot
The sladov Of cause for presenting tina, Nh.
adams has b, an fret eusiy of unde rmining Sc
cfrily aud with u view TO HIS individual az.
eraodizement, the reputation ofso many ,distih-
gn,sh.d midi, tsut's, and 'hst he Afterwards at.
tempted 10 ynidicate bi,6self by sur,erfuge aud
faspnood. tn" whole character If the man.
&, illustrated i" all his actions, public aud pri-
vaie, refiite s,ch 4 presumption. On the con-
ttary, the presumption is decidedly in his favor
"o," i'm ,,aWiing the very plausible defence Sc
up in the Appeal, aud its bold denials, we con
tend that the erents OF he times to which Mr..
adams referred in his disclosures 10 Mr.. Jefer-
son alone, sufficiently Warranted the assumption
that sotr'a neasonRhle project WIS brewing
The decar tons of men high in oifice--the ser
mons from the pulpi,-aua even the prayers To
Almighty God, impious "a they were treasona
he WI ch were daily poured m'o The public
ear. aud which. through the public press diiTu
ppd the- rosnn far and widr, GR manifested an
open d'sailrclon 10 tho govarnmrrt bordering
On civil war. Let the Otis, and Cabot's and
Lowrlrs, in the legislature aud the Parish.
md Osgood's m the pulpit. look bnck 10 those
times, and they will sre portrait ofthemselvss
which will hnrn ,hcir cheeks loa crisp MIR
CareS's Olive Branch" furnishes n record
which we hope viii be as perpetual ns time, 10
inh these men N N me ahhorrsnce Of lunar.
tial roSterity. In addition to the public acls of
these men, ihemse,ya. SO strongly INDICATIVE of
desire for dissolution Of the rnr, Mr.. Ah
ans declares that he was S'i77a,ly informed OF
"a directly to su.h m event, aud thai tho com
.hn'ralol of ihi. information 10 .Nr. !. led 10
en- important change in me f r-ign policy OF the
Eo'e nmeni. What reasnn have We 10 dscrndh
his a'Serion7 Shall VIC, (rou the openly fr-.
'os' conduct Of he men who t'fen controlled
me counci's of Massachdseus, rnD drdnce the
Evidence ofthsir uasuIlieh patriotism Or. Is
" from Mr.. Adaws ionf lie Of honor TO him
'' "'o'"'h'Ss W us country mar we are
'"'e at 'te hrpfof his base prostitution
"H ACKNOWLEDGMENT nothing but the strongest
'op' should induce those who have heretofore
''Pp"rled hn,io throw slnlssiie nj his rtit
'''"e' III order 10 screen from public indigna-
20" men who ifa lead their country to the brick
'i""'--and VII" Abandoned their factions
'ohhSeiS ard ceased their ylud1,tire pbuep nr
'''srson, aud Madison and the while repabli
patty only when the pulley of that party
''' 'f'nmphed, and the nation bad risrn
'o"t'" 'rgrsdnsion To wl,ic i,s hong submission
''''s9 on'rag"s had lo"ered her, to the envia.
"elshi ola rlvnl ann Il ,onGurror of the