The Middlebury people's press. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1841-1843, 1842-02-15
Correspondence OF the Atlas.
WASHINGTON, FRIDAY, Fl

Nj. Adams still continues the great point Of
attraction here, and still goes Oh with his defence.
He has been engaged 10 ,ay. chiefly with an at
tempt Ia prove combination on the part Of the
President. the members from Accomac and Albf-
marie, and the Southern Party generally, TO eject
him from the chair Of the Committee of Foreign
Relations, for the purpose of procuring an ar
rangenent with Great Britain, By which the
South should he secured in the perfect eni,y-
mcnt rfthc slave trade and of their peculiar i'll
siitutions. And he charged this alleged tcabal
with design TO sacrifice the territory of Maine,
as quid proquo TO Great Britain for her con-
pliance with their designs. He commenced his
speech by repeating the accusation which he
brough, against Mr. Gilmer Yesterday, of having
tempered with his colleague, Mr. Gushing, 10
procure his aid in an en- leagor TO supplant him,
(Mr. A } and put his colleague in tie chair of
that Committee.
! indirect cpmmunics ton wlh Mr. Gushing 10
| that cflect-and called upon Mr.. C. 10 CORRIDOR
10 his ASS erilon.
MIR. Gushing said he had denied Yesterday,
perenptonly and decidedly, that Re had ever been
iampeTed with By any onH, flo n The beginning NJ
tbs controversy till then.
Mr. Adams said lie had never intended 10 ccn-
vey the impression that biz colleague Tad lent
himself in any degree 10 The designs of tl,s n
spiracy against himself. lie did not think that
was tie case al all-and he felt obliged 10 his
colleague for the Information he had given him ;
hut il was clear Ihat .e had been lampcr,d with
from his own admissions, and he called upon
him 10 say who mad been the tamperers if the
gentleman from Alderman WIS rot one of
them.
Mr.. Adams said ne was very much obliged 10
his colleague for the friendly part lie had taken in
| iis behalf He exonera,ed the gentleman from
Al6ermarle. from the charge of tampering with
ms cnlleaeue-it appeared that The gentleman
rem South Car had been the t.mperer. He
'"ea Went on with Ills speech, and said that if It
was 'iue That he had expressed himself with too
Sfeai aci'monY, under The excite.nen Mt accustomed
by the constant hostility which had been mani
tested towards him, lie asked the indulgence of
/ the House Tor having bsen found suhi. e, g., b,,
man fraity.
Hsasked pardon. also, OF pnr,iun the Ke,-
lucky delegation, and of some OF the Souihern
| Wings f1I the TOO weeping denunci,tlons which
he had uttered-and expressed his gratitude 10 a
few of the .'democracy' Of The North, and mar
ticulally to his colleaue. { Mr.. Parmenter,) for
the manner in which they had stepped forward
10 in his defence, in spite Of their allegiance
10 their party.
| He referred triumph anily, 10 the manner in
which he had been sustained by the leading
! jou mails of the North-meniinned in this cum
nectio1. the Courier and Atlas of Bosron-sn
sal the conspirators would find very few mark
Of a submissive spirit III those quarters.
When he again referred t. the resolutions Of
| tered by MIR. Marshall as having been the frui,
ofa Convention o. slave holdeps-
Mr.. Triplett. OF Kentucky, rose and SAID that
he had originally invited the caucus IN question
for the mere purpose of consultation, in regard 10
The best means Of securing the peculiar inst tn
noss oil the South from in,erlerence-and moi
. Massachusetts. After the cau.us h nd assen,hI.d
his colleague from Kea'ueky had submitted The