Litchfield enquirer., 1829-04-30

diSproved; sNtc retreat is still provided for Mr. As veraciiy. For in naming his informant, he speaks only from the best ot his recollection," and, is 'tt not perfectly certain" from WkOm he received his infcr- nation. Indeed !! And if he is not per- tcctly certain--if his recollection be-. as 6o confcsses, Wsscertain, why is not the ""thor" member Not congress- also named2 Or rather, why "contrary to his wont,W has Mir. A. ventured, while in such uncer. tainty, to impiicate any particular individ- ual. in so grave . charge-and especially one, reposing in the dlst2 Is it decent, or just, that the memory ofa man. who. while in life, was long invested with .hiah- pnhlic sFusts, and who enioy&,sl to the und Ut his days, the ssteens and contidenceIuF the greatest and best men of the natlUn should De assailed, or subjected to sGspis cion, upon the bare authority of vagMe and doubtful recollection or c0njecture ? Ifso. the best security for pos.hOmous fame is | speedy oblivion. s@ .sl. h.s, Mr. Tracy, it is well known, was a man of unusual tact and address, in all sitna- tions, and most acute jadge ofthe ckayI 0cters ofmen. Few persons hetterunderl stood, or more intuilively perceived, not only the marked peculiarities, but the ni- cor and less obvious features of the human character. He was also early and well acquainted with Mr. A. aud was not,igno- rant of the strength, and obdMraCy of his personal Fesentments and antipathiesy He knew, moreover, wl,at many perhaps, tt that time did notes.-the terms, on which M. l A. stood with Gen. Hamilton. The brill. liant and exalted character of that great man had long been, to the house of Brain tree, an object of deep jealousy, and resent ment. Under him" MT. A. had felt his "genius rebuked $" and of all mankind (not excepting even MT. Ames,or Col. Picker ing hiMself) Gen. Fl. was to Mr. A. prob ably the most odious. In the hereditary and cherished antiquities of Mir. A. Gen.
 II. it is believed, had no rival. All this
 MT. Tracy wcll knew: And that a man,
 like him, in the exercise of his understand : ing, shoOld have hoped to obtain the access sion of such man as MrrA, to thes pro- } ject" of tho federal leaders, by proposing a measure, which he kaep possld 6e, sost yeV0lting Co Mr. A.'swk0le soaI---that tlle
 should have proposed Gen. Has the leader ofa great public enterprise. to MY. .Eelsb @. , 4. is, s,modestly speaking, something styNnge. 4 The inherent probability of the thing is much tho sumo as that tho conspiraters in the Gun Powder Plot, should have, en- daavorcd to engage in4lhat enfe rprise. King James himself and his Parliament. 'It is n little singular, also, that Mr.. IT. should have made Mr. A. the depositary of so important u state secret, while his l lips were absolutely sealed, upon the sub- ject, to lis l6ng-iried, best known, and most intimate, political friends and asso- ciates, whose accession to the project. if any such existed, must certainly have been contemplated by him. The survivors of tho Connecticut delegation, who were in Congress with MT. Tracy Ut the period in question, were not only his political. but his personal, friends. Eie and they wore uniformly advocates of one and tho sanne political system. With most ofthem from, his youth, and with all of lhem, long be- fore the year 1904, he was in habits of the ireest, and most confidential communities ton, on all subjects, connected with public affairs. And that he should, so guardedly have concealed this project from alt those gentlemen us not to give the slightest inc timation oft to any one of them, while he divulged it, so unreservedN, 10 Mr. John, Quincy Adams, of Massachusetts, must be little puzzlng to ordinary underssapd- ings. VI -- saa6s
 lIIcre follow tho inteyogatories to the surviving members ofthG Connecticut delegation, togathsr wik
 their answeTs the substance of which was published in the last Enquirerl tEtr, In some of the letters, containing the above answers, few passages which are merely introductory. or which are but re- citGls off my inquiries, are omitted. Being unwilling to trespass further upon your patience, here leave the public to its own conclusions; and am, gentlemen, your obedient servant,
 JAMES GOULD.
 Litchfeid, (Con.) April II, 1920.
 P.S. find at this moment (Aprh l3ihJ that have. by accident, omitted, m the
 Connecticut delegation of lSO5-4s the Hon. Samuel Dana. lie has not, til nov,
 occurred to my memory, as memDer oi Coneress at that period. therefore made
 no inquiry of him. Iregret the omission. but am unwilling to delay this communi- cation any longer. J. C..
 A fine bull dog, belonging to a woman living in Henry street, New York, one niglst last week seized thief by tho calf of his leo. while ha was rohhing tho hen