Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1830-02-08

And nom. having Populated the mfoTenck
aia"n nom this occurrence y the Senator
rom MISSOURI, let this subject henceiorih aud
lof "ser sleep WITH The illustr ious dead Who
nave formed Tue iopc oftnis desultofy discus. !
sion.
mr., adams. -W'th the exception, perhaps,
oi Mt Clay, no eminent man of the present
da, has been more lOuiIy aud onfeelngy slan
dertd aud abused than John Quincy Adams
and none have been so abused, IN our opinion
with less reason ana justice. II we were asked
10 point 10 a man Ia whom were embodied al
the moral and social virtues--to man of pure
and unalloyed patriotism-of una iIecied pieiy
of de,p aud enthusiastic gcnius-uf unbound.
ed ut qui'ements IN all the learning of the
schools, unaccompanied by its too frequent
concomil ant Of starohrd pedaniry--we should
without hesitation, poin, 10 John Quincy Ad
ans. And yet, his morality hns been attributed
10 GOODNESS oil temperament, which. however,
seems 10 be incompatible with that violence
and obsiinacy OF disposition, wberewltbal he
has been likewise charged--ns patriotism has
been said 90 consist IN sordid calculation OF
sell'n'eres' and family aggrandlzemenI-bis
liberal charities have been charged 10 the worst
mo ves--his Gains TO genus have been dcnled
and bis learning has been ridlculed ns mere
patch -work-a confused and Heterogeneous
collection OF odd scraps aud ends" picked up
without order or method. We may. how ever.
hope, tina, as he has nov retired from scenes
OF political ife aud contention "A. hr no lon
ger stands in the way o: an, man 5 aggrandlze
ment-he NAV be permitted to enjoy hm phllo
sophie retirement. uninterrupted by thu mnr
mnrs oil faction and thai the tribute Of justice,
So long withheld from him, as il was from his
father, and from Jefferson, aud from Madison,
Ill ulim -itly be meted out To him. not wrung
from reluctant hands, but the spon aneous and
voluntary Offering of willing hearts. Truth
is omnipotenl and public jus Ice certain One
by one the clouds Of error are dispersed. aud
those who have it in their power 10 do 50, wa
Il cate the reputation of him who has been
falsely accused Ofthis character, IS tho To-
lowing paragraph, which we extract from n
speech delivered IN the u. S. Senate hy Mr.. |
Holmes, of Maine, te days ngo. II com
petely refnes the allegalo frequently |
ged by the enemies OF Mr Adams OF his
hostiny to Southern aud Western intere,rs:
The next charge against the East is, that |
distinguished cnzen OF Mass, chusens (Nr |
Adams) had discovered hostility 10 The West,
in giving up our claims upon Texas The |
Florida Treaty was negotiated when he wa, |
ST. rotary OF 5 ate, and II was long In negoIla.
nnu. was then member of the Comm II ee |
of Foreign Relations, in the other House aud |
from the Connection OF that Commit, with the |
Executive, I had an opportunity of knowing |
some hing of hat neg citation and though | II |
not deem 4 proper 10 3 ate particular cobver |
satioos Ito knOto, that thr distinguished clu
zen tods The iad VINO gave up the Coiorado for !
boundary, and accepted ofIhe Sabire
Mr. SIN tn, Of Msrvland in nlluslun TO the |
same subject. says:
A gentleman lad bren alIuied 10 by the gen. |
leman from Missouri (Mr Benton in the
course OF his remarks, of which he M. SMITH |
thought il necessary To take notice That |
gentleman said, abiding 10 distinguished |
character that he had coded by negotiation n |
tar pofiIhn OF IAni Delpnging 10 me UnIleu |
States. MI. S. SAID thai he hadbeen an actor |
on that occasion, and WAS well a quanted |
with the subject +; thai he had been informed !
at the time that quarrel had AK N placn |!
between thu gentleman alluded TO and Don |
OnIs, the Minister on the pat OF spain, and |
they had separated not To meet again on n
subject hat "A quurrl arose, y, he was in
fnrned Il believed. on the de ertn nation of the
American negotiator thai the Colorado must |
and should be the boundary line ; that the ne
Qoliators met again At the request Of mutual
friends what passed afterwards hr did no,
k0Ow. further than nat be could assure the |
Senator from Missouri that the gentleman |
alluded 10 bs hIn not the first 10 cd |
the Sabine he boundary of the United |
States.
Its to be hoped, therefore that Mr. Benton |
will not reierate this false aieg alton against |
Mr. Adams, either in he Nos OF 4" La Sati:,'
in the 81. Louis Beacon, or GU The door OF The |
Senate, /
Posi- Office Department. Before M. Barry |
had completed his contracts for the iransporia-
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