Litchfield enquirer., 1844-06-27
Mr.. ADAMS AND THE wILKESBARRE

Mr.. ADAMS AND THE wILKESBARRE
LADIES.
The ladies Of the &c Wiltshire Monumental As
s0oision" lately addressed letter Of invitation to
the Hon, John Quincy Adams, to address them at
thar celebration Of the Wyoming Massacre. annie
versaEy, near Wilkesbarre on the Sd Of July next:
to which Mr.. Adams replied in most interesting
letter, which we snbioin. The following Is an ex-
tract from their letter Of invitation: -.
that the mass of those who fell on that day were
New England men. Who, them 50 suitable to
speak their euloy as 3 New England man-and Of
all New England men to whom could we prefer
our request with such union Of feeling as to John
Quincy Adams p
Mr.. ADAMS REPLY.
Mrs. SARAH H. BUTLER, President Of Ladies
Wyoming Monumental association, WSakes-
barre, Pa.
81 - WAsH1NcToN, May Is, lS44
Homored Lady: have received with deep and
grateful emotion your letter Of the 4th insts lnvi-
ting me, on the part Of the Ladies' Wyoming Mon.
umental Association, to attend at the anniversary
celebration Of the massacre at that place on the Sd
of July 177s, one Of the ever memorable events OF
the war for Independence. Besides the profound
interest which the melancholy glory Of that day
has stamped on the memory Of eyeAy~ A. cican
heart Of age 10 have received its first impressioN
when it occurred your letter presents other motives
not less urgent to the impulses Of lal affection and
both my parents, and to their participation in many
Of the great transactions in which it was their des-
tiny to live, and in the attractive promise which it
holds out Of opportunity to meet once more cordi.
ally venerated friend, in the person Of Mr. Charles
Miner, and of hearing from his lips the deeply in
teresting and authentic details Of that historical
epoch, which for a series Of years he had been so
Of
after times. Nor are the genial influences Of the
fowery season without their stimulants to visit
that happy portion of Pennsylvania, where the fas-
cinating beauties ON the surface Of the soil are but
the index to the mineral riches beneath. My inn
agination can scarcely conceive more copious ag-
gregate of inducements to accept with more cheer
full eagerness the tender of your congenial hospital
ty, and to secure for the enjoyment of my remain-
ing days the actual vision Of paradise upon earth,
and the charm Of personal interviews with its ami
able inhabitants.
But it is yet uncertain whether the Session OF
Congress will not be protracted beyond the anni-
versary day, and if should be AN indispensable at
tendance upon public duties will detain me. If it
should not, precarous state of health and increas-
ing in6rmities enjoin upon me to return as speed-
ly as possible to the retirement and repose of my
own residence at the North. But ON the day Of
the celebration will be with you in spirit; will
leave your Invitation as precious legacy to my
life, will invoke the Father Of Mercies that the
lot Of the Ladies of the Wyoming Monument As
ISOLATION, and of all the jewellers in that region,
may hereafter be as prosperous and happy as the
day of their comnemoration was calamitous and
affective. JOHN QUINCY ADAMS.
Mr.. McKennan, of Pa, at the Wing Baltimore
Convention congratulated the country on the fact
that in Mr.. Frelinghuysen the Wings had candi-
date whose character was so spotless as to be be-
yond the reach of even so malignant and unprinci.
pied creature as .AnsOs Kendall We thought
the remark at the time rather bold, not because
had the slightest doubt of the truth of all that was
said Of Mr. F., and because we thought it indicated
an ignorance on the part of Mr.. McKennan of the
infinite length and breadth Of the infamy Of the
slanderer, whose vileness he ventured to limit We
have always regarded Kendall sbaseness as beyond
all measure; no line within finite space could
compass it, nor can any human plummet sound its
depths. is illimitable-- boundless- ininite; and
none but rash man would ever venture to say that
any character, however pure, was beyond the reach
of Amos Kendall's venom. That this is the case
with Mr.. Frelinghuysen, Kendalls subsequent
course fully shows. To be sure he can say MOTH
ing agGinst him, nothing which in the least touch.
es his reputation or mpugns his integrity; but he
finds it perfectly natural, perhaps irresistible, 10
rdicule and make mock at his eminently religious
character. In arecent number ofhis own paperhe
proposes what he calls A Design to illustrate the
character Of the Wing Party in which he sug-
gests that Mr.. Frelinshuysen should be rcpresen-
ted in various attitudes: -..,
!. With a Bible in his hand;
2. Praying for sinners;
3. At the communion table partaking of the
t+ 1Es~ %EB.h
A. Amid his pious sisters in prayer meeting;
5. Walking arm in arm with black dandy;
9. With angels wings, escorted by grand rro-
cession Of Wing clergymen.
Every reader will make his own comment upon
this outburst Of blasphemous malignity.-N Y.
Courier 4 Enquirer.
MORE ABOUT MEXICO.
We learn, through private channel, entirely to
be relied upon, that the people Of Mexico were
meyer more united than they are in their oppose
ton to surrender Of Texas; that they are deter
mined to listen to no terms IN regard to the pro-
ject of "Annexation; that they continue to regard
Texas as part Of their territory. and to man.
coynnrouniao ~ What fhpv CON.