Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1829-04-30
Mr.. Adar., and he Ea,iern F.deralisls.

Another publication has been elici,,d by the
tho disclosure made il 1907 nv Mr.. Adams 10
Mr. Jefferson. of certain Information Ahich he
mad received, relative tn the intention Of the
aders Of The federal party in the Lasirru
States TO dissolve The Unon, and 10 erect u
Northern Conicderacy.- Il viii he reoollecled
that, in hi, rcpl, 10 Mr. lanes \. Hamilton u
few weeks agn, Nr al TINS made the following
obsrrsa ion: " My informant. 10 the besi of my
recollection, was Nr L .ah Tracy, thin u Sc
nalor rom CONNECTICUT / say, TO ,hr best IT
nv recollection. bechu>r. al ont Of Try consul
ahnos "; Ms Tracy on III. subjcel, another
mr,nbcr of Congress also now deceased, was
pr. sent and | am not perfectly .iiom
which of thcm lteceiyrd Ibis Information -
This observation has drawn forth the addition
nj publication 10 " hch We aliude, from Judge
could al Connecticut the ,on-in.law OF Mr.
Tracy, remarkably bitter and vhuperalvc IL
i,s spirit aud language hut, us il utains no
new fact nor arfamr,t, calculated eifh-r b.
throw light on the subject or 10 impca'h the
varacuv of NJ. \ Ia ms, we decline pu ishng
:. II is mere eiTnsion of pal', which has hecn
org ben up aud has at last found an "pportu.
.uy of d,schargins itself We copy huw,vrr,
,h, aaae.e queries. aid e>,ei by judge Could
,, the surviving members OF the Congress or
= Nj from Connecticut, the period alluded
20 toy Mi, Ajms.) which contains the whole git
IF the .'.nlges letter:
H." Were YOU n member of Congress al
| ending as sue, 1T Washington, IN ill.,, >piins
| Of lou4. or DUNG the Session of ls03--i?
> Were you at that period one ol those
| tho composed what was denoIninated the ted-
| II pariy2
3 We're yo4, daring the same period IN
! h>nns Il familiar aud conf ienIal conimnnca-
ton, in regard 10 the politics aud public affairs
at tn> country, ", he late Air. Tracy, then a
| s,nator from this state
4. " Did he eyer, during that period, or NJ
auy TIM. c1nier with Won resperting an, such
! .pmhlnt'on Or " p'G,tc', as that above refer
rrd 20, and winch u Adams hn. lairl, aud
plb cis imp tied Ia ,hc lcadtrs, ~ 10 ctr,n,n
lie de, vi the frdc,aI pa,ty Of the same pc.
nod
| .. " y ! vuI "ver hear Nj Tracy assert or
IN "a, e.aau'r. speak 81, or auLe TO, the esis.
ten suy snch pIo jrct OF Combination? Or.
! do .er, dnrlss ihat period, know az hear
OF .slslencc;'
! ..,. queries are replied to by NJ, ssrs. lanes
II .ou3c, john DarVpolt, John G. Smith.
SAIGON Baldwin, L. TalImads, and Calvin
Gujdatd. All the replies are exactly of the
7 a ne tenor, and tarir substance NAV be com
prIsed ii few words, to VII: TIA; they were
MI members OF Congress in Is 81 tda, they
"ere all an hnhiIs OF Intimacy, moro or less
with Nr Tracy time tht, all hinged To what
was thea c-hcd the federal part, Of which Mr..
! l. was n prominent member that Mr. Tracy
never did speak 20 ciIher of them Of the esis.
tence of any such plot as that alluded to bv MIR
Adams; and tina, they do not believe that any
such existed bar VI the ynag ina';ons OF Messrs.
Adams an.i fiuiner.-The latter gentleman has
been also called on by tir u4c iitvus sun, but
refuses TO answer
i This whole affair is mysterious and curious
and we Sho aid Ike TO see the veil stripped from
it by the only individual in whose power, We
presume, the secret reposes-- and tha, is Mr..
Adams himself Tie is, however, certainly the
, best Judge OF the time when this ough, to be
done though we should not he snrnrized 10
witness the deyelopcment some time during the
ensuing summer. In the mean time, three
things should be remembered, with regard TO
+ Judge Goulds ritnesses--firsi, that the fact Of
Mr.. Tracy's silence towards them on the sub.
jeci, does not prove that he was no, more
Communicative TO Mr. Adams ondly, that,
even il il did, Mr. Adams, was far from assert.
ngposiiirety that Mr.. Tracy wns hi, Informant,
Ut, on the contrary, made full and explicit
eservatio Oh thispcint; and 3rd, thu, hey