domestic
i of plausibility. And
tnlH nnwot overtures, corrupt
gains between Mr. Adams and in
dividuals, &c."
The Richmond Enquirer of the 6th
inst. remarking on the above extract
from the National Gazette, says:
"Mr. Walsh is coming out at
last. Days, and weeks, and
months transpired,after the pledge
was noticed in the papers, and yet
Mr. W. preserved silence. The
administration papers were told
from the beginning, that they had
hotter admit the facts' and plead
justification. With the exception
of two Boston papers (which first
began this course, but soon drew
back in a panic,) their papers ge
nerally denied there was any truth
or semblance of truth in the whole
story. The New-York American
was even authorised by Mr. Ad
ams, himself, to deny that there
was the slightest foundation for it.
Mr. Walsh blinked the matter as
well as he could. In January last,
we were informed by a letterfrom
New-Jersey, that Mr. Webster
had communicated an account of
the letter (written by himself and
modified by Mr. Adams,) to Mr.
Stockton, to Mr. Hopkinson and
to Mr. Walsh. These gentlemen
were interrogated in the public
prints about the matter. But not
i a word cnuhl be flrnwn fmm tlinm
the letter, now comes boldly forward and Lvrnnt n rronnml nA
admits the truth ot the charge, in sub- ;c,ru.... - 1 c n Ur i i
tance-altho' given in diplomatic style, f'V0' frm, Mr' Walsh.
our readers will not be at a loss to un- APPeaI. attcr appeal was urged
derstand the meaning of Mr. Walsh, in! l,Pon mmi but he was silent, until
L- r.-it I 1 t . 1 I at t
me loiiowing remarss, wnicn appeared! ui leiigui wnen me scent is beco-
Mr. Mams and the Federalists
Some time since, the Richmond Enqui
rer stated that pending the late Presiden
tial election, Mr. Adams gave a writ
ten pUdge to Mr. Webster, a distin
guished member of the Federal party,
pointing out the course he intended to
pursue towards them; and that this
pledge was shewn, and offered to be
shewn, to several individuals, among
Tyhom were two or three members of the
House of Representatives, who had a
controlling voice over the vote of the
States they represented, in order to in
fluence their votes in the Presidential
election. We did not copy the article
in question, because we thought it in
credible that Mr. Adams, who in 1S07
renounced all connexion with the Fede
ral party, in consequence of their "trea
sonable views," as stated by him to Mr.
Jefferson and Gov. Giles; arid in 1814,
during the late war, charged them with
having been "sold by their prejudice and
their ignorance to the enemy" that
Mr. Adams, in 1824, should endeavor
to reach the Presidential Chair through
their instrumentality, by giving a writ
ten pledge to a leader of that party, we
say, appeared to us so incredible, that
we hesitated in giving publicity to the
charge. After several direct denials, by
the administration papers, of the exist
ence of any such pledge, one of which
is supposed to have emanated from Mr.
Adams himself, one of his warm friends,
Mr. Walsh, editor of the Philadelphia
National Gazette, who was designated
as having a knowledge of the contents of
yet we arejphatically'and fully, in his inaugu
, corrupt bar-jral address,' and about 'all that
has been allrtrrd with any decree
of plausibility." For Sir. Walsh
well knows that the 'revisiori of
Mr. Webster's letter by Mr. Ad
ams is not only alleged, but is
true and that it was Mr. Web
ster vho conducted the overture,
the negotiation, call it what you
please it was Mr. Webster who
obtained the soothing pledge for
the satisfaction of the voters.
"Mr. Walsh has given us his
version; and we give another let
the world jitdge; between them.
Mr. Webster applied to Mr. Ad
ams to satisfy the hesitating fede
ralists, who had votes to give.
Mr. Adams perfectly knew the
motive of the application, and the
use which was to be made of the
letter. So knowing, he revised
it, and gave the required pledge
he gave it for the purpose of satis
fying the gentlemen, and obtain
ing their votes. The letter was
so used it was shown to federal
gentlemen, who had in their hands
the votes of two Slates and it
was offered to another, who had
in his paper of the 1st instant:
"We observe the following sen-
ming stronger and stronger, and
the hounds pressing upon the
. m O j I O v 1 1 v
tence in a series of resolutions heels of the fox: w hen the friends
of Mr. Stockton are disclosing
t i . . o
iacts winch can no longer be de
nied, Mr. Walsh finds himself im
printed for some public meeting
" 'It is now ascertained that Mr.
Adams made overtures to the lea-
speak to it.' They know not .1
ther to deny his facts, or to J ,
jusiincauon.
Aftei
bavin .
O. i
stniitlv rlfninrl ihn Ui
the pledge, and having obti
the unqualified authority ftf 1
President himself for their a
tion; after having ridiculed?;
nhiisorl flip. Onnr.a. n 1
r YT- Z c "UU IOr their
invention of the stm-,, .i
mortified to find one of the?
Editors, the confidential frien?a
admit the authenticity of therr
terial facts. It is too bad. '
are literally dumb-founded.
a paper of the Administratio!
party has even ventured to lis
syllable upon the subject.
papers at Philadelphia or at Bal
timore have blinked the dis
sure nor have the two Official
at Washington raised a whispe,
about it. 'What, morality
too!'
"But it cannot be denied.
knew the facts before Mr. Walsh
unseated his lipsand more than
he has ventured to speak. ffe
knew, that Mr. Adams had rep
jnized a tcritten pledge, nmi
in his hands the vote of a third jnd modified it too, which
was
calculated and intended (cananj
man doubt it, from the verv rir.
cumstances of the case!) to tarn.
a I ,1 1 . n .
, aaaaaava. II H
ders of the federal party, before der the necessity of letting nut his
ins ejection, onering in substance statements in a very awkward
to bring them into power provide manner, and attempts at this late
ed they would support him.' ihour to plead justification.
"This may serve as a specimen! "We may now exclaim with the
of the electioneering falsehoods Dramatist, in the celebrated screen
put in circulation under the ati-! scene, 'The truth is comin" at
uiuruy oi pany assemoiagcs. Io : last only that Mr. Walsh has
evidence of the fact thus stated I not all the candor of the Ladv.
1 1 I C I . TI l . J
uui uju Hiauow oi evidence is lie admits some or the material
extant or could be produced. The I facts of the case (which his bro
utmost that has been alleged. ic ith ther editors had hnnh sn mnnfnll.,
any semblance of truth is that! denying) but he does not mil n
one or two members of Congress, all the facts, and he moreover
Federalists, who decidedly prefer
red Mr. Adams to General Jack
son, on the broadest grounds,
wished to know, before they defini
tively resolved to vote for him,
whether, if made President, he
would pursue the policy of exclu
ding Federalists from office, and
they accordingly ashed for infor
mation on the subicct from Mr.
Webster, or some other friend of
Mr. Adams, supposed to be ac
quainted with his sentiments.
"Their object was not any sti
pulation for themselves, but sim
ply the satisfaction of being assu
red that a disfranchisement as de
trimental to the national weal, as
unjust and absurd in itself, was
not likely to be continued. To
this application, the gentleman ad
dressed gave a written answer,
which had the approbation or re
vision of Mr. Adams and which
contained a profession of doctrine
on the point, similar to the one
soon after made to the world, more
emphatically and fully, in his in
augural address. Here is all that
has been alleged with any degree
seeks to give a false coloring to
such as he chooses to disclose.
He does not tell us how manv fe
deralists there were, who wished
to sound Mr. Adams' sentiments
and to govern their vote for him
by his declarations towards their
party he does not tell us, whe
ther Mr. Webster told Mr. Ad
ams of the object of his applica
tionhe docs not tell us that Mr.
Adams modified Mr. Webster's
letter he does not tell us to how
many federalists Mr. Webster
showed this letter, nor whether
he showed it to three federalists
who had in their hands the votes
of two States, nor whether he of
fered to another federal ist. who
had also in his hand the vote of
another State, to show it to him
after the first ballot, and that this
federalist disdained to see it. We
also pass over Mr. Walsh's diplo
matic jargon, about 'any sem
blance of truth,' about 'Mr. Web
ster, or some other friend of Mr.
Adams,' about 'a profession of
doctrine, similar to the one soon
after made to the world, more cm-
State, but he refused to see it.
We leave it to the public to judge
of thn 'nlnusihilitv' of this vnrsinn
I . .....w.w.... , w IUU1-
we leave it to them to judge, :Pe with the election of the House
how far Mr. Adams was warrant- f Representatives, and to pro
ed in declaring in his sentimental ;mote his owrn elevation. )
letter that he wished the election' knew that he had stooped to play
could go back to the people and ltl tns busy scene of intrigue
how far he was warranted in au- and to give pledges of support ta
thorising the New-York American . lne Federal party, whomhekal
to contradict the whole story, in once abandoned to their falb
the most unqualified terms. We iortunes. When he "suppose!
leave it to them to judge how far tnat they had lost their power D
T1. flT I t t . . . , a. 1 1 I l , I .1
mr. waisn might not also justity ssisi mm, ne ieu mem to
some friend of Mr. CAnv in nminrr adversity and when lie 1
to Mr. Webster, or 'some other. tnat some few men were ablet)
friend of Mr. Adams' and say- hdp him up the ladder, then, he
ing to him, 'We wish to vote for hesitated not to court their sup-
HI 1 . - I r 1 e
mr. imams out the interest ot pun. 01 nimseii oy promises 01 sup
the nation is closely connected port to their party. Give wk
with that of the West; her interest (Version you may please to this
UCnCllds noon t in Tan ft nnA Tn Storv this ia tfm fnmn pvinntfl
ternal Improvements; we do notiwnch it must come at last. Else
think them safe unless tiie Wpstiwhydid Mr. Webster fro to him
is to be provided for in the choice for pledges at that critical time'
f . -a - . I -" T a . S-' -
Why did Mr. Adams mvetliemat
that moment! Why, let it appear
in black and white! .Why, draff
the veil so sedulously over the
transaction whv frive a stent
pledge? Why, so anxiously try u
Keep it secret tor so long a peri
od! and why did Mr. Walsh
speak only, when he found th
'signs' gathering so thick from
New-Jersey, that if he did
speak and nlead justification, the
whole story might burst forth up
on them without their co-opei
tion and consent!
"The facts cannot be denied
An intelligent people will draff
their own conclusions. Can the'
vote for a man who is suspected
such an intrigue! who, to pur'
chase office for himself, lias gift
to voters pledges of oftce w
their party, and of course to then)'
selves!"
of the Cabinet, and the irreat
friend of those interests promoted
to the hrst seat in it,7 &c. &c.
"But to shed further lirrht on
the CirCUmStfinr.ps nnrlpr ivhiol-.
--.. v a I llllll
this confession of the National
Gazette was made, we submit the
following:
Extract of a letter from a gentleman of
respectability to a gentleman at Wash
in;ton, dated, Trenton, April 29:
"You no doubt have seen a let
tcr purporting to have been writ
ten by the late Richard Stockton
ot 1 rmceton and published in the
evening l'ost. Mr. llopkinson
and R. F. Stockton have denied
tho authority of the one published
as having been wntted bvRiehnrH
Stockton in his lifetime, which is
ail correct enough; but thev tin
not, nor will they deny that there
was such a letter. It will nil
come out in due time and by R
F. Stockton. We think it best
to deter it for the nrespnt that
there was such a letter, we are
ieauy to prove when absolutely
necessary."
n.c Richmond Enquirer of ihp nth
inst. continues its remarks as follows:
1 he confessions nf lUr vim.k
, , - . mow
nave thrown all the administra
tion prints into confusion. They
seem utterly at a loss how 'to
Method int.. TIip General Con
ference of the Methodist Epi$c0'
oal Chnrp.h nf tho United States
1 a.. v.a---
is now in session in Pittsburg'-
(Penn.) This body consists
delegates from seventeen AmjUt
Conferences, sits once m XQx
IP
years", possesses the supreme
gislative power of the Church, a
is exclusively composed of tra