Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1835-12-03
POLITICAL.
Quincy, lTu October, 1895.


8. Sea,heorth. Edito, oftbe Bangor IIhil
- and Cearitr. Bqasor He
Sir: have received your letter Of the 4,h an'
18th inst. and. with the letter, the Bangor CourcI
Of the 18th.
In your Letter oftie fih, YOU gave me notice
,ha, yon should. on In. ensuing Tuesday. admit
q, The columns of the Bangor Nhf * Courier,
an article in relation ne, which might d. me Pc
I,ir,l Injustice, and ,on kind, offered me the CO..
hmm, of vonr press TO reply, For this notice, and
mi. offer. have To tender you m, thanks.
In the Bangor Courier had fIco articles, hra1-
"a with NV name, oue unaer the date al the 81,
and one of the lyts--hn.l ei which do me great
nustis,->o great, indeed, ~ 10 preclude. he pro-
pricty OF reply from M. fvu have lot INFORM
ed me WIN the author IF tcn, Is nor am Jesr Us
10 know. Ms conduct is epru TO The comments, and
nv motives are open ~ lie >ufuses Of al Oh
servers who deem ib,m Of sufficient importance 10
be made subjects of polit cal spccu'aIioa hat /
have never thought myself bound 10 ferls II A.
,ailan,s whose names and motives we're not a. much
open TO inspection Is my o"n.
Your Letter Of the 18th refers Also 10 an Anti
Gle in The newsp1p.r, under the bead II g" the Hon.
Tristan Bnrpcs :" in reference (which have To
observe. hrst--That my letter Of 9Th Sept. las; to
Mr.. pearce did not Affirm, as it first appeared IN
print, " have hrard Mr.. Burgess complain but
| have heard Mr. Enrgcs complains. lie had not
complained to me nor did | affirm that hr had.
Bur had heard of Moricca--and lad heard the
result of the Senatorial election in Rhode Island
There had been illusions 10 them IN newspapers
,ha, lad 8, en- luucn certainly not IN HE mi
rueneSs aud precision fdrtail f., which your ar
i,eIe in sihe Bangor Courier appeals 10 the r.'rno-
ny ofAir. Burgrs himself.
SECONDLY The party charged inmy Letter Of
9Th September TO Mr. Pearcc, with having bctray-
ed Mr. Burecs in the Senatorial Election, was not
the Why party Of Rhode Island, bui that portion
of them compounded of Hartford Convention
federalism, aud Royal Arch MiSonry.' Among
the Wings OF Rhode Island, there were many
warm Anti Masons--hefe were many pure Ma
iionsl Republicans, who bad never bowed the knee
TO tho Baal of Masonr, nor trncllcd to tie secret
roncla,e of Hartford. Mono of ,hcsc betrayed
NJ. Burpcs--nor was my charge OF iicaehcry mp
pl ed TO them. Ting contributed most essentially
TO the recent clccuou ri Mr.. prar,e and Mr.
Sprapue and if they ha,e abandoned the Wing
party il IA precisely because the remnant of that
Marty had resolved itself ntu Hartford Convention
federalism and Royal ArsI, Masonry, and Was lead
ing them la prrclp =.
NJ. letter to NJ P,u,e banned no individuals,
nor wa, here any one person IN my mind Ia " hon
meant To apply the ,inrso OF trcaeltry. You
consider the individuals alone responsible. | con-
Nder II a. Characteristic al party having no hon
est ooptm"n pnucjplc to hold thcm together; that
party no being the Wiz party, but ilic compound
Of Hartford Convection federalism and ROYAL Arch
Masonry. That the dissolution of tie " liz par
" Itself viii follow from their conncson with it,
appears 10 NE probable. They have o>r Rhode
Island rl>t forever. The people OF that State
will, hope. hcara'lr, be kept together by the &C.
nent OF common honest principle.
You are ~ liberty to make of thi, letter what
use you think proper.
! am with edgmrnt, for the ctNpotN Of
your procedure With me on ibis occasion, sill, your
obcdients,rvant, JOHN QUINCY ADAMS.