Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1830-02-18
"May be live
Longer than have time 10 tell his years,
Ever beloved and loving!
And when Old Time shall lead him 20 his end
Goodness aud he FIJI up one monument"
From the Lynchburga Virg7Tian.

FROM Ne LytCHOs1SH Ut eHttdfs.
Ma. ADAMs-Wth the exception, perhaps,
of Mr. Clay, no eminent man of the present
day has been more fouly andunfeeiingly SIAN
dered and abused than John Quincy Adams;
and none have been so abused, in our opin-
ion, with less reason and justice. Ii we were
asked 10 point to a man IN whom were en-
bodied all the moral and social virtues--,o 4
man oil pure and unailoyed patriotism-of un-
affected piety--of deep and enthusiastic gen.
ius-ef unbounded requirements IN all the
learning of the schools, accompanied by ito
too frequent concotsitant of sfarched pedant-
rv-we should, without hesitation, point to
John Quincy Adams. And yet, his morality
has been attributed to a coidaess Oh ieIapcra-
mept. which, however, seems TO be incofa-
patibe with that violence and obstinacy Of
Disposition, wherewithal ae has been likewise
charged-his patriotism has been SAID TO con-
sst in sordid calculations of self interest AMI
family aggrandizement-hi III eral charities
have been charged to the worst motives
his claims 80 genius have been denied-anA
his learning has been ndiculed as mere patch
work-a confused and heterogeneous collec-
ton OF odd scraps and ends" picked up
without order or method. We nlav, howey-
er, hope, that as he has now retired from
scenes of political strife and cor tention--as
he no longer stands in the way OF any mans
aggrandizement-he may be permitted to en-
Joy has phiosoph,c retirement, uninterrupted
by the muvmurs oi faction, and that the tribute
Of Justice, so long withheld from him, as Il
was from his father, and from jefferson, and
from Madison, will ultimate " be melted out to
him, not wrung from reluctant hands, but the
spontaneous and voluntary offering Of willing
hearts Truth is omnipotent, and public
justice certain" One by one, the clouds Of
error are dispersed, and those who have Il 10
their power to do SO, vindicate the reputation
ofhim who has been falsely accused. OF this
character, is the following paragraph, which
we extract from speech delivered in the u.
). Senate, by Mr.. Holmes, of Maine, few
days ago 1t completely refutes the allega-
ton SO frequently urged by the enemies Of
MIR. Adams, of his hostility to Southern and
Western interests:
The next charge against the Eastis that
distinguished citizen of Massachusetts Mr..
Adams) had discovered hostility to the West,
an giving up our claims upon Texas. The
Florida Treaty was negotiated when he was
Secretary of State, and it was long in nego-
tiation. Twas then member of the Com
mittee of Foreign Relations, in the other
House and from the connection Of that Com
mittee with the Executive, | had an opportu-
nify OF hIaotring something of that negotia-
ton, and though do not deem it proper to
state particular conversations, / do kssosc, that
the distinguished citizen tcas the last who gave
up the Colorado for a boundary, and accept
ed OF the Sabine"
Mr. Smith. Of Maryland, in aIlusion to the
same subject. says:
"a gentleman had been alluded to by the
gentleman from Missouri, (Mr. Beptonl IN ~
course of his remarks, oil whiun he (Mr.
SMITH thought it necessary to take notice
That gentleman said, abiding to dishn-
guished character, that he had ceded by ne
gotiation a fair portion OF land belonging to
the United States. Mr. S. said that he had
been an actor on that occasion, and was well
acquainted vita the subject, and had teen
informed at the time that quarrel had taken
place between the gentlaaan alluded TO and
Don Onis. the minister on the part of Spain,
and they had separated not to meet again on
the subject; that quarrel arose, as he was
informed and believed, on the determination
oil the American negotiAtor that the Colorado
must and should be the boundary line; tssk
The negotiators met again at the request Of
mutual friends; what passed afterwards he did
not know, further than that he could assure
| the Senator fiom Missouri that the gentemaa
alluded to by him was not the first to eeds
the Sabine as the boundary Of the United
\ States"
II IS to be hoped, therefore, that Mr. Ben-
ton viii not reterate This false Allegation ~
saipst Die. Adams, either in the Nos. o! ia
sase," III the ST. Louis Beacon, or on INC
floor Of the Senate.