The North-Carolina standard., 1844-11-13
LETTER FROM GEN. JACKSON.
HERMITAcE OFT 22 1914

LETTER FROM GEN. JACKSON
HERMITAGE, Oct %, 1914.
DEAR SIR: thank you for the copy of tn
IntellIgencer containing the address of John @
Adams to the Young Mems club of Boston, de
livcred on the 7th inst
i This address is labored attempt the part o
Mr.. Adams to discredit the testimony of Mr.. Er
wing whose statements referred to in my let
ter to the Hon. A. " Brown of February 18th
l843 and. like most of the productions from 4
diseased mind, proves little else but its own weak
ness and folly
My letter t. Mr. Brown was published on the
20h Of Mlrch, 1914, in Washington city, where
| Mr.. Adams was at the time. II has been the sub
! jrct of comment in the newspaper press Of both
parties in al portions of the Union; and the state
mens of MIR. Erving and the differences from
them have not been dccmed worthy of the notice
of Mr.. Adams, until now, just before the close OF
the presidential canvass, he pretends to have dis
covered that great injustice had been done him,
and he makes childish appeal to his own "diary
70 screen him from the odium which has fallen
upon his treachery to the best interests Of his
country.
Mr. Adams has been seven months in prepar.
ing this tissue Of deception for the public
pledge my countrymrn, as soon as [ can obtain
the papers not now in possession, referred to in
.ne m Ft',' ~ WI. Dro"", 10 PROVE hot only that
Mr. Adams has no canse ofcomplaint against me,
but that his veraciy, like his diplomacy. cannot
be propped up by his diary"
l say, in advance ofthe review shall take of this
extraordinary production thus heralded before the
public eye the of the presidential election,
that the assertion Of my having advised the treaty
Of 1919 is barefaced hlsehood without the shad-
ow of proof to sustain it; and that the entire ad-
dress is full Of statements at war with truth, and
Of sentiments hostile to every dictate Of patriotism
Who but a traitor to his country can appeal as
MIR. Adams DOES to the youth Of Boston, in the
close Of his adlress2 Your trial IS approach.
ing. Tie spirit of freedom and the spirit of sLa-
rery are draining together for the deadly con-
fict Of arms. The annexation of Ieras to this
Union IS The blast Of The trumpet for q foreign,
ciUil, SerriLe md Indian 1c0r, of oohich the gOU.
ernment of The United States fallen into faithless
hands, has already t,ciee tgiren the signaL--Grst
by a shameless treatyrejccfcl by rirtuous Senate
anil again by the glore Of defiance hurled By the
apostle of nuLifcatiOm al The aroDrcd policy Of Me
British empire, peacefully TO promote The ertine
lion of starcry throughout tile UorIA. Youns
men of BoStOn, burn;sh your arn,or-prepare for
the conflict; and sag to yom in the language OF
GolsGcus TO the ancient Britons, think of your
Iorefathers-tAink Of vo~r pOslerity" What is
this but dcIusion, or, what is worse a direct ap-
peal 10 arms to oppose the decision of the Ameri-
can people, should it be favorable to the annexa.
ton of Texas to the United States2
1 may be blamed for spelling Mr. Erving's
name wrong. but trust shall never deserve The
shame of mistaking the path of duty where my
conntry's rights are involved. believe, from the
disclosures made to me of the transactions of 1919
that Mr.. Adams surrendered the interests Of the
United States when he took the Sabine river as
the boundary between us and Spain, when he
might have gone to the Colorado, if not to the Rio
del-Norte. Such was the natural inference from
the frcts stated by MIR. Erving and there is moth.
ing in the account now given of the negotiation to
alter this impres ion. The address.on the contra,
ry, docs not at al! relieve Mr.. Adama. 1t proves
hat he was then, as now, an alien to the true
interests of his country; but he had not then, as
now, the pretext Of cooperation with Great Britain
in her peaceful cndeavors 10 extinguish slavery
throughout the world
Is there an American patriot that can read the |
above extract, and other sim lar ones that may be
aiken from the address of this ~monarchst in dis. |
guse, without feeling Of horror? Grant that
he thousands of those who think with me, that
he addition of Texas to our Union would be |
natlonal benefit, are in error: we to be deter
red from the expression of our opinions by tn reas
Of armed opposition2 and is it in this manner that
he peaceful policy of Great Britain is to be car
rled into execution should the American people
lecloe that we are not IN error2 Or docs MIR |
Adams mean, to intimate that the will of Great
Britain should be the law for American statesmen.
md will be enforced at the point of the bayonet
'y those who descended from the patriots of our
revolutions
Instead of going to British history for sem
iments worthy of the republican youth of our
country on an occasion so vitality affecting our
rational safety and honor, would recommend
hose in General Washington's farewell address,
md particularly his warning to US to avoid entan-
Ring alliances with foreign nations, and whatever
S calculated to create sectional or geographical
,arties at home.
l am, very truly,
Your obedicnt servant