Iowa territorial gazette and advertiser. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa Territory [Iowa]) 1840-1846, 1844-11-16

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i Letter from Gen. jackson.
| HERxIrAcE, Oct. p, 1914.
Dear SRI thank you for the copy Of
the Intelligencer, containing the address Of
John G. Adams to the Young Mems Club
Of Boston, delivered on Il . 7th inst.
This address is labored attempt, on the
part Of Mr.. Adams, to discredit the testi-
mony Of Mr.. Ewing, whose statements
were referred to in my letter to the Hon.
a. V. Brown Of February 18th, l843;
and like most Of the productions of dis
eased mind, proves little else but its own
weakness ard folly.
NV lette.- to Mr.. Brown was published
on the 10th o. March, 1874, in Washing
ton CITY, wherc Mr.. Adams was at the
time. 1t has been the subject of comment
in the newspaper D, ,esses Of both parties
in all portions Of the Ul,ion; and the state
ments of Mr.. Erving, and the differences
from them, have not been o,,emed worthy
of the notice Of Mr.. Adams until now,
just before the close Of the Presidential
canvass, he pretends to have discovered
that great injustice has been done him, and
he makes childish appeal to his own
"dinry" to 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
preparing this tissue Of deception for the
public. l pledge my countrymen as soon
as ! can obtain the papers not now
in my possession, referred to in the letter
to Mr.. Brown, to prove not only that Mr..
Adams has no cause Of complaint against
me, but that his veracity, ike his diploma
cy, cannot bepropped up BY his diary.
| say in advance Of the review L shall
take Of this extraordinary production, thus
heralded before the public on the eve Of
the Presidential election, that the assertion
Of my having advised the Treaty Of 1919
is barefaced falsehood, without the shad-
ow Of proofto sustain it; and that the en-
tire address is full Of statements at war
with truth, and Of sentiments hostile to
every dictate Of patriotism.
Who but traitor 10 his country can APP
peal as Mr.. Adams does to the youth Of
Boston, in the close of his address,
" Your trial IS approaching. The spirit of
yreeios, and the spirit Of slavery a,e dra,c-
ing together for the deadly conflict of arms.
The annexation Of Teras TO This Union is
the blast Of the trumpet for foreign, cir I,
serrile and Indian scor, Of ,uhich the Gou-
eminent Of the United STATES, fallen into
Jaithless hands, has already f,rice gircn the
signa!-.fsst by a shameless treaty rejected
BY rirfrous Senate; and again by the glore
Of defiance hurled by The apostle Of MULTI
cation at the avosced policy of the British
empire, peacefully to promote the extinction
Of sdsrsy throughout the ,corid. Young
.nen Of Boston; FURNISH your armor-,re-
pare for the conflict; and say TO you IN the
language Of Galgacus to the ancient Brifons
think Of your fore dihers-think Of your
posterity!" What is this but delusion-or
what is worse-a direct appeal 10 arms to
oppose the decision Of the American peo-
pie should it be favorable to the annexation
Of Texas to the United States?
may be blamed for spelling Mr.. Err
Wings name wrong, but trust l shall
never deserve the shame Of installing the
path Of duty where my country's rights
are involved. believed from the disclo-
sures made to me Of the transactions Of
1919, that MIR Adams surrendered the in
terests 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
facts stated BY Mr.. Erving; and there is
nothing in the account now given Of the
negotiation to alter this impression. TIE
address, on the contrary, does not at all
relieve Mr.. Adams. II proves that he
was then as now an alicn'to the true in
terests Of his country; lu, he had moi then
as now the pretext of corporation with
Great Britain in her pc; ceiul endeavors TO
extinguish slavery throughout the world.
Is there an American patriot that can
read the above extract, aud other similar
ones that may lie taken frcm the address Of
this monarchist in disguise, without feel
ing Of horror? Grant that the thousands
of those who think with me, that the adj
dition Of Texas to our Union would be a
national benefit, are in error-are we to
be deferred from the expression Of our
opinion by threats Of armed opposition?
and is it in this manner that the peaceful
policy Of Great Britain is 10 be carried into
execution should the American people de-
eide that we are not in error? Or does
Mr.. Adams mean to intimate that the will
Of Great Britain should be the law e.,
American statesmen, and viii be enforced
at the point Of the bayonet b. those who
descended from the patriots Of our reyolu-
tionq
Instead cf going to British history for
sentiments worthy Of the Republican youth
2: our country on an occasion % vitality
affecting our national safety and honor, /
would recommend those in General Wash
ington's Farewell Address and particu-
larly his warning to us to avoid entangEng
alliances with foreign nations, and what