Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1829-02-19
POLITICAL.
CORRESPONDENTS.
Boston. ToU. 26 1873.

Boston. f0U. 26 1873.
To The Hon John Quincy adams.
SIR--1he undersigned citizens of MassaChs
sells, residing Boston and It's vicinity, take the
lib r,y of addressing yoaon the subject at a
statement p lblished in the National Intellixen.
Ger Of the LIST of October and winch purports
70 have been communicated or authorized by
vpu.
In this statement after speaking of those iodi
vidua's IN this State whom the writer desig.
oates as certain lrader, OF the party which had
tive mana cement OF the State Legislature IN
their hands IN the year 1873, and saving hat IN
the even Of civil war, he (Mr. Adams) 'had
| no doubt the leaders of the party would secu :
| the co-oprran1 n with them of Grsat Rrtain, n
! IL added, That their object wa =, AMI nad beeu
for several years, a assolniion of ihr Un,on, ADD
the establishment Of separate Coniede, alton
he knew from unrGnyocal evidence, alihong II
| not proveable III a court OF law
This, sir, is not the expression of an o,inon
rs TO the nature and tendency Of the measures VI
that time publicly Adopted, o, pro .n,ed, nv ~.
party prevailing in thr State Of Ma sschusetrs
Every citizen az at Ii lerty TO form his own
pinons on tina, subject and We Chrerfuly sub.
nit the y, oprety Of those measures TO the iuae
,neu' of An impartial posier,ly But the sen
tence which we have quoted contains the asser
Il
| knowledge. We are not permitted to consid s!
| II ~ The ungu raj d exp eS'Ion oil irria,ed fell
| ings, hastily uttered Al time Of great polite 4.
rIcitemsnt twenty years hav" elspsed sine.
! this charge was first made in private co,rrspon.
| dence with certain members Of Congress ane
il is now libcrNt"ly lepeatrd, ard bl oug ut be
| ore the public under the SANCTION oil your uame
| Az being founded on unequivOcal evidence, with
| IN vour knowledge
| We do not CLAIM for ourselves, nor even for
! thosr deceased friends whose rrsenr i've,
JOIN i1 thi, address, the title Of leaders of m,
| party in Massach useus but we were asSoctat
ed ~ poll les with the parry prevailing here a
! the period referred To Ia the statement alb ",
| mentioned; some Of us coucurred in all tn,
measure adopted by that p,rty and 1--WE al
warmly approved and supported those inca
| sures. Many of nur associates who suit SUI
yive, are dispersed 'hroJghout Mtssar huset
and Main and could not ,asiy hr Convene I,
JON ny ON the present occasion. We tinsf
however, that you will not question our rlphf
II not TO- ourselves aonr, Mt least in behalf OF
The hiS " valued friends with whom we act,
AZ tina tune, and especially OF those Of then
who ave now deceased respectfully 10 ask trom
you such q full and precise statement of The fact
and evidence relating Ia this accusation, ms ma,
/, enable US Fairly 10 merl and answer ~.
The object ofthis letter, therefore. 10 to re
quest yon to state,
First. VINO are the persons designated a
leaders Of the party prevailing in Massachusetts
IN the yenr 1908, whose object, you assert, Wal
aud had been for several years, dissolution o
the Union, and the establishment of n separat
Confederation and
| Secondly, The whole evidence on which tina
charge is founded.
II Is admitted in the statement of the charge
That is not proveabie in court of law, anu o
course that YOU ave no in posses sion Of any lr
gal evidence by which to maintain II, The eyi
oehce however must have been such rs in You
opinion would have been pronounced uncanvo
Cal by upright and honorable men of discrimi
! mating minds aud we may certaini, euper
hon your sense ofju,lice and seifrespect = ,ul
| disclosure VI al that you possess.
charge OF this nature, coming as il do
from the hrs' mag strate OF the nation scuuirr
| IN importance which We cannot eject 10 SIR
ga" aud Il Is Hne y bicn W. ous h no, 10 Lew,
/ Unanswered ~ = are therefore c,msran. 4
~. 'egath ~ our teceascd friends aud 10 pos i,