New-York tribune., 1877-05-14
A HITHERTO UNPUBLISHED LETTER OF
BLiINE'S.
MS CANDm OPINION or TIE ADAMS FAMILY, ROOT
AND BRANCH, WITH INCIDENTAL EEFEKKSCE TO
TUE ADAMS HOEN-BL0WER
WAsWSGToN. D. C.. DE


WASHINGTON. D. C.. Dec. 10, $50
Ny DEAR FRIEND; ! shall not lose my patience c
with yUu, bar another letter OF same puIPGI' IIun
any one else viii certainly Try my temper Whi'h I'S
already been put 10 the test by two slihllaI I@u'
rit Boy,lc, Of The Spriaqfcd Republican few
weeks since in Maine, on his return rom Moose
head Lake tour, and rode with him fora day boston
wards. He improved the occasion by assuring me
that had no chance for the Presidency, but that |
might do a great thing for myself and my country
bv openly CspOUsing tho cause ut tLartS IIdhtis
Adams. Shortly afterwards Charles NoIdhOi wrote
the same thing IN substance on bolh IOHtS, ~! E.H|
mo fD see Adams at once, ally myself with hinl
and maEe mvsclf chef Of his party" FROM Nord-
boif whom like. this mild nonsense may be tot
Grated Aut from BOwlcs, whom nobody likes, II is
olitp uucudurabie replied 10 &0rGh0h IN writing
as did 60 BOWlcS ~ c0nNclaa.ion WHOM lhiHSlHE
my words, and saa!l Co YOU the same i'Ncr' as
sured Norh't that he codio not nave I9N'I '9.i-
mate of NY personal prospects than J. Had myself
tina, iu fact thc subject never entered my iluu ~
one of serious promise, and am sure i'io Nou III
Saratoga in August last that my nomination was
sercaI, of Dosi,ilitcs. Nuu need not, thc!tfO fore,
Tnt ill.,. can't and the nonsense which Bowlcs and
NoriLu;i and VouIncit phi forward about Adams aS
thr coming man bJ:h aEu>t ANA cnId-' me. hhtl
lac comes the Republican party is gone. IL would
not bc Adua, fan bat his rise that would rum us
No Adam, ever set Le&atd q parry Without l'"IuS
The lie our of IT, Old Johu-iH many respects the
best OF tDeu.--tool the Federal party III IJO, When
il had the talent, the ch"laClgE the culture, ihc
wealth and tie patriotic traditions and pIDuulrt'
of the country aI largely IN MS favor, ana ~ l"dI
years nc so entirely destroyed u ihai l hcNri !'-
ouuruI,d. except as a ghost WhcIrVIih 20 tr@it@n
TWO S.ce.eHE. generators OF "t@l"siuHU. y large
part of thr quarter century that hc Lived alter Hc
retired frr,a tht Presidency was spent I'D GurfdinI'
efforts % throw the rcspuuIHhty 0l ms failures OH
he fr.ni, of Hamilton and the eleven other con-
i;i,i Oaircy Adams was equally unfortunate with
tl. jl-uIIiIic5n party Of l, Gay. When he was III
aurgrl.r lu 80, there was no other pQhlifa! or
r.ization iu The try, and vl>' leader oi men
and of parties would have found NO diihcUiiN III
harmon izIur the personal lruds which We're per
Eittcd 20 -Tuw into suyI it3rui magnitude anu ''-
qIgc sue. GtsiirtdFe 1oIe'' ih''.'.' IN. AuI''dI5
tratilu Of tine second Adams so chiH'F "IccH'u
fine great Republican party winch Monroe lclt' ji'at
itucyer was heard from again except under %h llli''
Had John Quincy Adams dcd ne daN ne iel! lht
Presidency, be- would never have illcd the prominent
place To winch he is entitled IN our history. lie
would simply have been known as chld oi p"HlI-
cal fortune ALWAYS in U.Ic" rO matter Wh'h party
wa, IN uoveg-hcad of an Administration "nich was
remarkable only tor ITS failures author OF " diary
conspicuous oalS ioI lo ~ 'C 10 son ~!
WISE cuolgH 10 publish H. l"r last years 0i ms
if -pcut tl ihc House ol Representatives., all bat
one wear iu luc Opposition, developed those qualities
and gave him those oppur.J. Iggs winch secured
him h, fame. II is ID that h'lo alone ih1 Inc pres
emf l-Ucl.fiyu know him, and Ar. Seward when he
wrote the biography Of the " Oid Man Eloquent
lue never Wa, eloquent when E0uugl, devoted more
space ID h~ service lu lAc i9ust lth To an iit pre-
ctI;ug history 0i hs oiH.lal lie which may he said
to have begun ahUut tie tim" ne was Wcaued. KS
ali Executive e was as utter failure as MS latHcr
Don, ial.. to Me. then, pray you, aDOUt HuuI-
mating thaTo~ iIIc, Adams a. oar candidate tur
the Presidency M,>, you mean death Tor uo VIII
oat resurrection. ihe Republican parry can be
beaten under some candidates In 1876 and sim have
a future; bat if Il should WIN with Adams II would
never breathe gain. lie day Of his inauguration
would be ihe ddy OF its funeral lie is not the cqGa
in talent of has rather or eiandiahef ana fuougH
have very slight personal acquaintance with hlm,
jud ,c MIN To nave plentiful supply o! those quail
ifc- which made the two Adamsts the Conspicuous
failures among our early Presidents, ana great lack
of thgs. characteristics Vhcl. With all Their faults
I. -.fFIl lie fI.H.l I1IAt Il