Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Mass.) 1828-1830, 1829-03-03
APPEAL
awe OF THE UNITED STATES.

,,.l ;s made to you, because the charges
a X ! necessary were exhibited by your high
arr in a communication designed for the
o aoesnse the citizens Of every State in the
'; ;oterest in the reputation Of every other
hit, during the embargo, and the succeed
W. commerce., and also during the late
w., the State Of Massachusetts was some
Il ,' entertaining designs, dangerous, if not
y, If the States. This calumny, having
w. :, J neriod Of extreme political excitement,
s az. ike the thousand others which at such
j Al bv party luminosity, and which live out
~ has hitherto attracted very little aiten-
i stood on the same footing with the
.miltoa, for peculation; against the late
&c heing in favour of monarchy and no
/ Washington himself, as hostile TO France,
.,;sh interests. Calumnies which were sell
,nv respectable members Of the party which
bv the President of the United States, in
T;gencer Of October last, has given an en-
~ to these charges against the citizens Of
Fbpv can no longer be consider as the anony-
Ooiical partisans; but as solemn and de-
pont by the first magistrate of the United
the responsibility Of his name. 1t appears
,nciation, though now for the first time made
HAL and to the parties implicated, (whoev-
was contained in private letters Of MIR. Ad-
" wears ago, to members of the general
y tI,at he ventures to state it as founded on
Ince within his ewn knowledge.
e for those who had any part in the affairs
during the period in question, to suffer such
birth to the world, and descend to posterlty,
|Tbe high official rank Of the accuser, the
i influence of the original secret denunciation,
and unprovoked repetition Of it in publiek
4 an appeal to MIR. Adams, for speci6ca-
and Of the evidence, and rendered such
ey imperative. No high-minded, honoura-
paty, or of any State in our coniederacy,
the memory. of illustrious friends deceased,
Of the living, should be left undefended,
awakening long extinguished controversies.
Mr.. Adams retirement. Men who feel a
cir own characters, and for publick esteem,
oresoonding sense of what is due to the
IS, will admit the right of all who might be
plbick to be included in MIR. Adams denun-
pn him to disperse the cloud with which he
Dir characters. Such persons had a right to
Innocent should not suffer with the guilty, if
ere; and that the, parties against whom the
I'd, should have an opportunity to repel and
Adams had indeed admitted THAT his allega-
proved in court of law, and thereby pru-
legal investigation but the persons inn
right to know what the evidence was,
d to consider as unequivocal,' in order to
bnnal Of the publick, before which he had
He had spoken Of that evidence as entirely
They had right to ascertain whether
satisfactory to impartial, upright, and hon
lined that this denunciation could not be SUI
sWered, some question arose as to the mode
be noticed, Should it be by solemn
tie names of all those who came within the
/ ms accusation, including, as it does, all the
eral party from the year 1903 to 1914?
eed would serve in Massachusetts, where
the parties are known, most fully to coun-
Of MIR. Adams; but this impeachment OF
ay be heard in distant States, and in future
hon might have been called Of all who had
the federal party in the legislature during
and respectable host they would be,
gence, education, talents, and patriotism
lave been said-' You mean to overpower
umbers; you intend to seize this occasion
nd long extinct federal party; your purpose
popular Glamour a falling chief; you are
s Tor his ancient detection from your party
Of guilt, but you endeavour to diminish the
reasing the number of your accomplices.
q great weight; and the course adopted
ppeared to Be free from all objection.
d, comprising so many of the federal party,
lOuld not be at liberty to treat them as I'M
a, and yet 50 few that he could not charge
host against him, addressed to him the
pVember Goth. They feel no fear that the
them of presumption in taking upon them
indicating the reputation of the federal
which some of them had in publick affairs
over which Mr.. Adams has extended his
lations, and the decided, powerful, and well
enjoyed by their illustrious friends, now de-
eddy gave to the undersigned right to de-
Of the accusation right which MIR. Ad-
etedly admits might have Len Justly and
by each Of them severally. Their de-
on the common principle, recognized alike
our and of civil jurisprudence, that no man
Prse affecting the rights or character OF 9TH
9 them an opportunity Of knowing the
\ was made, and Of disproving it, if untrue
Simple demand the undersigned received the