Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1835-10-13
MR. JOIN Q. .AD.q.MS-tke ,nodern Lshnnnei

" rs ha"d against eosry eey hand ha
hr Adams meets with quarters from ann oU0r,er
The Opposition twitus about his Joining our ranks and
the support he means to give MIR. Van Buren-but
'cho knows whom he does to support? In fact
who cares? This extraordinary man. who seems 10 b,v1
all sorts oil sense but the right one-co,n,non
has drawn down upon him by his recent lciter Tho ~,
merciiess structures from all sides he Boston Courier
lWhg) declares, that it 90 hateS him as cordially "a no.
lore that This sentiment of adherence has at cnotb
become part OF our nature, and the INDULGENCE of II
such real qualification, it is such delight TO hate tr
man who has always been false and treaebeous ia bis
te very incarnation OF selishness, conceit and
ehVy-lhat we are grateful for the incitclnent he
mas gwen TO our almost expiring aversion and
Inc ~ York Times Van Buren) is less fcrocious but
utmost Dis cutting IN Its structures 1t calls the Boston
courier IN the expressive Language of DR. johnson ga
good hater says all this resentment is scxpended
on poor Mr. Adams, whose last letter true as i'm The ma; n
i5-las lost nm the respect of his old political ASSOC
crates while IT has filled win him the confidence of
1ose VINO nave all along opposed him, and whose favor
he seems not disr Jsed conciliale The Devil may
quote scripture Tor his purpose we may rely on the
hdelity.oi picture drawn by John Quincy Adams
hnoni our own personal experience know It to be a
correct dcncauon. But to those who ask is MIR Adams
about TO abandon tie Wings and Join himsefto our sd2
we have only to say, God Forbid Whether we REGARD
n as "'i old man broken with the of State
Tor whose political Inconsistencies bis latter DAYS We
nust ay all charity account Of his age and many in
or as one whose faculties has spared
ana preserved in their full maturity and whose no.
hteal sumiEersets proceed from conviction we have
oT.Iy TO say may he ever be against u.s. rather ,ban
win US lis name IS synonymous with defeat. lie
seems 10 bear about him evil eye that blasts all that il
looks on Honest aud true avoid the political circle in
winch lie moves, If he the very incarnation of
the spirit OF mischief If they charitable TO his &C.
centcities, they are unwilling become their dupe
anu .eir VictM II they admit his virtues, they curse
them when they are the undoing of the cause of his
trends They want in whom they can confde
and they find IN John Quincy Adams an example not
alone OF short hut of tfickery reacberv
inconsistency, and ialhlessness il would seem a n Is
whole object through life been the sacrifice of he
friends lie Is political Mephstopheles who seems 10
regard all political associates the pia things of his
strange and ever,varyng will He is TO be spoken
oil as Federast, Democrat or a Wing = is moth
ing more nor less than Adams man and has whole
character may be summed up in word-sel6sLnes,
NO one denies his talents or his acauiremens bui II
seems as IT there whispering devil at his
Elbow, prompting him TO pervert them both That whis-
Peilng deYI Is the hend Ambition, whose promptngs
whether Tor good evil ever find an ca ger and g
ear IN the ex-President We would be to
pc age we cannot butadmirc brilliant vs. Of
We honor learning, wherever found and we owe our
thanks Tor long and actice public services But John
". Adams Is AN old man whom we cannot respect-n
man oil genus, leading TO bewilder and dazzling to blind
whom we cannot admireof learning book learning so
unmnglcd with practical knowledge of the world thai
itls"orse than common ignorancetat we cannot honor
tahd whose public services long and active as the
nave peen, seem to have been dictated by such en-
cious and selfish spirit that they out topped bv
the services OF humber men, inferior TO him In natn
raj gifts and acquired knowledge as they are his superors
In honesty and pure unses devotion TO the cause of
our country His umbition seems to be political riddle
which read. Out upon such men We
can respect nigh and uncomproiDising hrnness even
Wen eXeTted ia bad cause but save us from the man
who seems To court your admiration only that he NAV
have an opportunity of disappointing it-who seeks Il,
OBTAIN your friendship only that Inc may an oppor-
tunity OF giving you the death last St. OF this
strange man has been of denuncation Of his ,vbi
friends and an approva in sort Of the course Of
ere uVih"eiatS Lrt hln reckon as he may, with the
former With all their faults (and they are legion as
we nave again and again forth we confess ihat fr
ms exposure Of them have little To render i'm The
OF hanks: But we trust that side Of the ques-
non, we snail nave no accounts to open with him We
cannot trust hIin Should lac ayOw himself d,n,ocrof
'o'iDo'rVw' we would not con6de III him"