Litchfield enquirer., 1829-04-30

mOuyS tH utS UWu COuSeS qua interested to the extent of both fame and fortune, in making his testimony belieUed. And are the characters, or memories, of many of the wisest and wOrthiost men of whom our country can boast, to bo disgracot, or even subjected suspicion,by tho gi6- -gaG declarations ofa par,y,orrw witness carrying his testimony to market2 2,
 1 ltnot, tho question arises, whether Mr. A. 5 recent rcpetitions of the same churgeS, are entitled to more credit, than his first disclosures They are, on the contrary, even more suspicious than his original se- cret representations. For though he has, now, less to gaia from the confirmation of those charges thass ,slsan tlsay 4Asere firss l made no has, nevertheless, incomparubly 1 more to lose, tronL tlteir rciuMtion or repu- ted falsity. WheH ho first divNlged his se- cret to Messrs. Cites and Jetlcrson, he un- doubtodly supposed that he should, by that act, expose himself to nothing more than the chance ot tailing to obtain credit and confidence, where he had MeVer, before, enjoyed either, and to the possible disap- polntmont of hopes, which, Witkoat the experlment of his disclosure, he could never have indulged. He clearly expect. cd, that even in tho most untavorablee he should only be left in st0tW quo. He cer- tainly believed his secret to be securely lodged, where no public search could reach h;, and could, therefore, be under no ap. preheMsiOn of public exposure. But when, of late, and to his avi,aSeMent, the potten- tous secret burst from it's concealment into the light ofday, he was instantly transform- cd from secret accaser, into party ,pWblic- ly accused. He was, at once, put upon tho defensive, and reduced to the alternative of either persisting tn his accusation, or of submitting to tho stigma of the blackest in- gratitude, perady and calumny, towards one of tho great political parties of the country, and of tho basest hypocrisy aud deceit towards tho other---td the alterna- tive in brief, ofmaintaining publicly, what he had declared in secret, or of pouring through lifo burden ofinfamy, too heavy for mortal strength Or hardlhood. Under such circumstances, not to persist in his for. Mcr statements, would be, tn effect, tc plead gaiIty--it would Do, to sink Ut once and with a Veugeance, from "glory" to sgloom''--troM " tho sublime to tho ri. diculous'' hadrabnos, said, from "To- pas" to Ebony lse Can Mr. A. flatter <, hlsNself that upon such authority as this, I the people ortiO United Statos will rro- nonnce sentence ngains, their confidential md long tried agpnts-ths living and tie doad s,at s. M.4 .,f..,.s.e
 It is particularly worthy of observation, that Mr. As disclosures against the feder- al party, in tho form In which he has cho- sen to present them to tho public, are, oven if untrue, absolutely incapable of direct diprocf or pOsitiUs contradiction. This remark is equally applicable to all the statements, which have been published on this subject, under hisl name or ayowed sanction. ea, N a1, srt4ts
 "To ac, in safety" tt,...'' ..,..tg .t.vt Thus, although ha has implicated in his project an important, and as he represents it,a ,aformidablo portion of the federal party, yetas he has studiously avoided, except In Ea single instance, (Dkieh did not require is) the mention of fany one individual ,by name; he has secured to himselfthe very convsn- iont resource ofexculpating,D dsfaii, every one whom, it may be hazardous to accuse or prudent to conceal--while be repeats the accusations against them cOlisctively. So economical, indeed, has he been of this recource, that when directly and civilly inquired of, by n number ofmost respecta- bic gentlemen in Massachusetts, interest. ed in the inquiry, to declare who were the conspirasOrs he had denounced, he takes exceptions t0 the form of tho inter- rogatories--pleads to the disability of the inquirers- specially alleges q nsis- j0indsr of parties---" saves," "y reserves" and protests, 7 like any special pleades 1; and, at length, utterly refuses to make as,y direct answer. To the naming of names he appears to feel as strong a rspugnance, as Madge Wikdfre herself: " "Never ask folks names--it's the n.aist uncivil thing may be. If ye dinna ken their names, ye ken there can be na mair speered about ii. !" If he, who can thus palior. and tamper, and sport with the fame of his fellow men, is allowed Co turn iheir characters and memories into a commodity, for his own profit; Mir. A. is cheapIy provided with a capital stock, on which he may tgafiic, to ! his lifc's end.
 As regards Mir. Tracy whom, oaly of the whole federal party. MT. A. has vouch- saied to name, it.may be proper to state that to has now been 10 his grave, for near ly twenty-lwo years. The " other mem- Der of congress-" who is alleged to have | hans, s,raams.a na nasm snf Rlar nnmwarxneinng