The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1844-12-10
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ny...so,s n.titions. last session Of Congress, re
,.rrsd 10 the Committee OF Foreign Affairs, concern
ing Texas, fixed my attention on mat subject
prepared view of Il Tor Puohe oons'uora ,."
Ppnong The ma erials placed al my disposal, NlaJo
Vim b. Lewis handed me maouscr'p' account ..
Mr.. Ewing. our minister IN Spain when the fiofid'
treaty was a gotated, OF the course ana chaiac'e
of AZ, address by him, 10 1929, 10 President yacA
son MIR. Irving enjoyed the confidence OF ries'
dents Jefferson, Madison and Monroe was ior M,
wears, Mr. Adams says his intimate. kne" hih
as a very respectable and well iniormen "a" a''
there was every reason TO conhde IN his opinion OF
Inc subject have had 10 correspondence or com
munication whatever direct or indirect. win Mr
Ewing or General Jackson about IL. but as WI
Clay. Whose patriotism have always respected
Air Erying and General Jackson concurred III .o"
demping the surrender Of Texas by the FLORIDA ,'sa
", naturally incline to their judgment-esPeo,al'y
as Mr.. Adams, always quick in resentment ana 'ohu
of controversy suffered Mr. Clsy's Impeachment VI
him to remain more than twenty years un"ouoe"
On full reflection however, thought II oest 10 eN-
press no opinion, but simply publish WI b'''
without comment. Finally, as Mr.. monfoo' Ni'
C,,wford and MIR. Calhoun, whose probity and ca
pacty never questioned, might be involved III an,
censnre of MIR Adams for the Florida treaty, IN,
view introduced Mr.. Eryings revelations WIZ" '"e
extenuatiug savo that the possession oil rio'ua uAy
have been pursued with such slneleness oil PURPOSE
and solcitude as 10 cast ASIDE ieAas' vi ue'"' -
wise sacrifice for Florida.
Not word of censure is there in II on Mr. Adams
Since first considered the subject, several year,
ago have always pronounced the SURRENDER vi "a
as unlucky, unwise, inexpllcabie' Dut ne'' W
Claws condemnation of II, General Jackson > DOT
Mr. Eryings, induced to ceDsure any one LOT ~
On The contrary. ill MIR Adamss deliberate aud Of
fensiye attack stimulated me to search Tor PROOF Of
his guilt or folly (Which am about TO eNhib) re-
ally thought and said he was guilty OF nolhihg ho'o
than one OF his frequent blunders About 10 CONVEX
him. as be has left alternative but to do, all ASK
of the impartial of all parties Is to read MS
attack made with ungovernsble acrimony, us my
justification for the severity OF relort "h'ch' es'
bitter, WILL perhaps, be more poignant man inc q.
tack The reaction shall be mathe matcally al least
equal TO the action
At the time Of my publication, and during all Inc
last session of Congress, nothing came rom nun 'n
the subject of what he calls Texas. lie reserved
it, he saws for summer study at home and early last
month the autumnal result appeared 10 three phi'P
pics spoken aud printed at Boston, Brdgewaler, ana
WEYMOUTH, in which General Jackson, Mr iyier,
Mr.. Polk, Mr.. Calhoun, Mr.. Erving, Mt Az 'bro"o
and myself are arraigned as conspirnS 10 ca'u'h,"
ate him-conycted, sentenced, and eIecu'eo, as lar
as hard words, bitter thoughts, and iustan dicuoh
go-and his victims are pulverized, ground to impa-
pable powder; subjected to Waterloo defeat oown
to atoms imbedded like insects 10 the amber OF MS
eloquence grasshoppers stuck IN The snou's OF
This is his own rhetoric As the weymouth speech,
specially dedicated me- has been but little, IL al all
pub ished south Of the Hudson, trust that whoever
reads this notice of will get his challenge 10 order
that Justice may be done 10 both parties. tie says
tn the vigorous breath Of ander is she'd upon him
from my lorked tongue; am The politician oil Inc
Five Points, whose rattle snake maiignlty against
him had origin congenla TO that oil the nero OF Tue
Hermitage-ihe obligations for which am indebted
to him my report pours forth all the bitterness oil
gall in streams which flow from M fountain other
than corrupt and malignant heart After being
thus drawn various reptiles OF the snake genus ana
a fountain he turns INTO something Ike tortoise,
and Mr. Charles J. lngersoll, as he crawls along IN
his dirty track, pokes out (perhaps he meant fou's
ouO his head from under his shell and Misses ms
name. Charles J. Ingersoll and James n Polk
place the names as Mr. Adams does-are General
Jacksons ct ceteras My tory ancestor Is introduced
with vehement burst my hostility to the Amsri-
can re evolution before was born. My mlsdeeds as
district attorney not forgotten; am hyPocriie,
slanderer sychopban until al last rising to the grand
climax of vItuperal ion, 10 catastrophe which must
Djure the other Of us, MIR. Adams Indignantly
sDstches from the village newspapers their rubric OF
tie pfess and bravely declares that, whatever may
thick of his qualifications for public affairs, he has
shown that he does not want those necessary
"To put in every honest hand whip,
And lash the rascal naked round the world
1t would be fastidious in me to doubt tina, am
the rascal to run that terrible gauntlet ] entreat
general attention to the cries it EFFORTS from. me-
First Before defend myself-which Is minor
consideration with the world shall eEdeavor to
make it acquainted with MIR. Adams. connection
with W bat he calls the Texas robbery. His yolu-
mnous defence consists in what he deems full proof
that we have neither right claim TO that country
desire TO premise that for the letter now publish
from John Quincy Adams, Secretary Of State, adj
dressed by him 10 that capacity TO the late George
Graham, Commissioner OF the General Land Office,
IL,
10 the present Secretary of State | have had no
communication with Mr. Calhoun, and have reason
10 believe that he and his clerks are ignorant Of lis
existence. All asked Of one Of them was penis
sion TO find and have 1t copied, as now laid before
the public Mr.. Adams will find II in pages 1923
Of book labelled Domestic Letters, vol. II, 1917,
March A. to 23d Feb. ls2O"-thai is, from President
Monroes Inauguration I'LL a year after the Florida
treaty transferred Texas beyond the Sabine to
Spain, on the 22d Of February, 1919. This volume
may contain other precious develop ments but all |
have seen is MIR. Adams's letter TO Mr. Graham,
which must be introduced with short explanation.
The bsnisbed satellites OF Napoleon's fallen star,
who found refuge IN this country, were encouraged
by act Of Congress plant vines and olives IN Ala
bsma. But they did not like turning their swords
into pruning hooks. Among the rest were two bro
ihers-Generals Charles and Henry Lallemand.-
They had followed their Emperor in many battles,
and were condemned, by contumacy, when fled from
france, 10 suncr dcah LOT treason 10 LOUIS We
Eighteenth. Pininy Ia want obscurlty, and dleness,
longing for distinction and exploit, they schemed
the erection Of Spanish sinsdom in MEXICO and
Texas, OF which Joseph Bonaparte waste be monarch.
Living IN wise retirement near Bordentown, on the
Delaware, that former occupant Of the thrones OF
Naples and Of Spain, once acknowledged by all the
crowned heads OF Europe, except England, as king
Of MeIco and Spanish Amerio,, con.tsntly refused
TO arnsh his regal hnnor ofhe pa,t and prospects OF
the future by any revolutionary enterprise True TO
tina, principle both in America and Europe he rather
underwent fve-and.twenty years Of exile, and Lam
gushcd aud died at last mos, respected by those who
best knew hun His purse, however, was profu-ey
at the service Of his brothers followers; and, among
others, the Generals Lallemsnd partook Of ia boun.
ties. One or both of them went to Texas an
errsnd, OF which It would be foreign to the present
purpose to say more han that 1t produced Mr..
Secretary Adsms's letter Of instruction, which now
publish, TO MIR. Graham, despatched TO that country
secretly by President Monroe, TO prevent any sur