The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1844-11-03

| the feelings of portions OF my friends have been
so deeply, wounded by some OF the proceed,
| their support from the Electoral Ticket. Notwlth-
standing my great confidence IN your intelligence
and discretion, yet hope that this apprehension is
without much, ii any, foundation. With the great
body of our friends we know II 10 be otherwise. /
| have not myself found single Of this des-
cripon but you are entirely right IN thinking that
no danger is too slight TO be dlsregarded mo-
menf so critical as the present.
would on no account say anything that might
wear even the appearance of harshness in respect
to dispositions, which, however erroneous, have
which am 50 deeply indebted, and tor which !
can never be too grateful. will yet venture most
respectfully TO suggest for the serious consideration
OF those OF my friends who entertain these views,
II any there be, whether, in adopting them they do
justice, either TO themselves, to the friends whom
they have been so sincerely DESTROYS TO do honor,
to the cause IN which they have been SO long and
earnestly engaged, or to the interest OF the country
which they have so sincerely at heart Assuming
the worst opinion they have formed OF the pro-
ceedings they condemn, to be well founded, they
should yet remember that these proceedings were
not devised TO secure the nominations OF Messrs
FOLK and Dallas Ii ls, on The contrary, well
known fact, that the nomination o Gov. Polk ori-
glnated with gentlemen who dlsapmoved OF those
proceedings as earnestly those OF my friends TO
whom you refer can possibly do. This nomination,
having such an origin, as well as that OF Mr.. Dali
las, which was afterwards associated with II, re-
ceived the unanimous assent OF the Convention !;
has been subsequently ratified III every possible
form by the Democracy of the nation !; and hope
to be excused tor saying, without IN the slightest
degree intending to impeach the motives OF Others
that can see no possible ground on which their
support can be withheld, by any Democrat who
approves OF their principles.
beg such OF my friends to consider, that, unless
the democratic creed is a sheer deusion, there
Decides involved in the contest which Is about to
be decided, public considerations before the con-
temptation OF which all personal feelings and ndi-
vlduai interests are turned to nothing | know
well that they are, as they ought TO be, moved by
higher motives, but If my personal wishes In the
matter can have the slightest influence in deciding
upon their course, if they disposed to add ano
Their to The many favors | have received at their
hands, they may be assured that they could in no
way make IT more acceptable, than by giving the
same Jealous and untirlng support to the democratic
nominees for President and Vice President, which
they mean to give to the rest of the ticket.
l am, dear sir,
Veryrespectfuy, and truly yours,
HERMITAGE, Oct. %, 1874
DEAR SIR I'll thank you for the copy Of the In
teligencer containing the address OF John Quincy
Adams to the Young Mems Club Of Boston, deli
vered on the 7th inst.
This address is abored attempt on the part Of
MIR. Adams to dscredit the testimony of Mr.. Err
wing, whose statements were referred to in my let
ter to the Hon. A. " Brown, of February 18th,
1913 and like most of the productions from dis
ness and folly.
My letter to Mr.. Brown was published on the
10th of March, 1874, in Washington city, where
Mr.. Adams was at the time. 1t has been the sub
Ject OF comment IN the newspaper presses OF both
parties in all portions Of the Unon and the state
ments OF MIR. Ervlng, and the inferences from them
have not been deemed worthy of the notice OF
Mr. Adams until now, just before the close of the
PRESIDENTIAL canvass, he pretendst to have discovered
that great Injustice has been done him. and he
makes a childish appeal TO his own diary" 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. / 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
veraclty, like his diplomacy, cannot be propped
up by his diary''
say in advance of the review I 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 fasehood, without the
shadow OF proof to sustain it and that the entire
address Is tu of statements at with truth, and
OF sentiments hostile to every dictate OF patriotism
Mr.. Adams does, to the youthof Boston in the close
of his address ? "Your trial is approaching. The
spirit Of freedom and the spirit Of slavery are draw
ing together tor the deadly conflict Of arms. The
annexation Of Texas to this Union is the blast oil
the trumpet for foreign civil, servile and Indian
war, OF which the Government of the United
States, fallen into faithless hands, has already
twice given the slgnal-frst by shameless treaty
rejected by vlrtuous Senate and again by the
glove of defiance hurled by the apostle of nullca-
ton at the avowed policy of the British Empire,
peacefully to promote the extinction of slavery
throughout the world Young men of Boston, bur
nlsh your armor-prepare tor the conflict; and
say to you In the language OF Gulgacus to the an.
cient Britons-think of your foretathers-think OF
your posterity" What is this but delusion, or,
what IS worse, q direct appeal to arms to oppose
n IN onn ! he
favorable to the annexation OF Texas to the United
States! may be blamed for spelling Mr.. Erving's
name wrong, but | trust shall never deserve the
shame OF installing the path Of duty where my
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 facts stated by Mr. Erving, and there is nothing
IN the account new given OF the negotationto alter
this impression. The address, the contrary,
does not at all relieve Mr. Adams. 1t proves that
he was then,as now,an alien to the true interests OF
his country; but he had not then, now .the pre-
text Of cooperation with Great Britain in her
peaceful endeavors TO extinguish slavery through
out the world.
Is there an American patriot that can read the
above extract, and other similar ones that may be
taken from the address Of this mcnarchist dis
gulse, without feeling of horror? Grant that the
thousands OF those who think with me, that the
addition Of Texas to our Union would be national
benefit are in error we to be deferred from the
expression OF our opinions by threats OF armed OPP
position and IS It IN this manner that the peaceful
policy of Great Britain is to be carried into exc
cution, should the American people decide that we
are not in error Or doessMr. Adams mean TO init
mate that the will of Great Britain should be the
law tor American statesmen, and will be enforced
at the point of the bayonet by those who descended
from the patriots of our revolution?
Instead of gong to British history for sentiments
worthy OF the Republican youth OF our country on
an occasion so vitality affecting our national safety
and honor, ] would recommend those in General
Washington's Farewell Address. and particularly
his warning to usto avoid enangling alliances with
foreign nations, and whatever 10 calculated to
create sectional or geographical parties al home
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