Writings of John Quincy, Adams

rience recalled. Corrupting the public taste. On style.
Doctrine of sympathy. Colonial establishments. A
change from liberty to power. Erroneous moral prin-
ciple. The Eastern politicians. His Fire Society ad-
dress. The letter on the embargo. Favored by Vir-
ginians. Onis' pamphlet.

February 20. TO JOEL LEWIS

System of secret defamation directed against him-

self. To answer false charges would occupy his whole
time. His future public service.

February 22. TO HYDE DE Neuville.

The United States has always disclaimed a right of

search in peace. Case of the Jeune Eugénie. The

vessel delivered up to the French consul. France can

alone silence the voice of slander.

February 25. To PIERRE DE POLETICA

Claims of Russia on the northwest coast of America

questioned. Asks for explanations.

Limits to the Russian claims. The United States

cannot admit the justice of restrictions on commerce
with the natives of northwest America.

April 6. To DON JOAQUIN DE ANDUAGA

Friendly disposition towards Spain. Question of

independence of a nation. The recognition of the
states of South America. Effect of example.

April 15. To DON JOAQUIN DE ANDUAGA

Complaints against General Jackson. Regrettable

occurrences due to Spanish officers. Order for evacua-
tion of province and delivery of archives. Col. Forbes'
mission. Errors in order for delivering the province.
Documents and archives withheld, and fraudulent
grants of lands made. Duty of General Jackson to
protect individual rights. Conduct of Colonel Callava.
No special privilege could be claimed by him. Docu-
ments in the keeping of Souza and the efforts to obtain
them. Transferred to Callava's house. Jackson's
measures to seize them. Order for withdrawal from
the province of Spanish officers. Exciting discontent

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among the inhabitants. Del very of archives of the
Floridas. Colonel Coppinger's behavior. Claim of
Don Juan de Entealgo. Captain Biddle to be sent to
receive the documents.

April 24. To PIERRE DE POLETICA

Impossible that the United States should acquiesce

in the Russian claims on the northwest coast.

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Relations between the United States and Portugal.

Damages claimed by Portuguese citizens for piratical

acts. Laws and tribunals of the United States ade-

quate. Commercial relations.

May 12. To ROBERT WALSH

250

Jonathan Russell's letter not an exact copy.

May 20. To ROBERT WALSH

252

Sends the various versions of Russell's letter. The
editorial comments. The morality of Russell's pro-
cedure. The treaty of 1783 and the war

May 28. To JOSEPH HOPKINSON

255

Is grateful for his cheering voice. Trusts all his ac-
cusers may have as little foundation as Russell.

May 30. TO ROBERT WALSH

A third version of Russell's letter. How the letter

was published by Congress. The National Gazette im-
posed upon. The navigation of the Mississippi.

Russell's subfluvial torpedo. Value of the privilege

of navigating the Mississippi. The fishing rights of

great importance. Clay's responsibility. Pickering's

remark.

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June 8. To Robert Walsh

Treatment accorded to Russell's letter. Misuse of

Bayard's name Gallatin and Clay's contributions.
Information of the Ghent commission on the fisheries.
They belong to France, Great Britain, and the United
States.

June 21. To ROBERT WALSH

Persecution of Jefferson. Attitude of the Richmond

Enquirer. Undercurrent of calumny and its purpose.
Great concern is for principles. The participation of
the United States in the fisheries. Not secured by in-
dependence. No exclusive jurisdiction asserted in
treaty of 1783. The treaty not abrogated by the war.

July 5. TO PETER PAUL FRANCIS DEGRAND

Will treat Russell as mercifully as possible con-

sistent with exposure. The friendship of Barney Smith.

July 15. To ROBERT WALSH .

The great heat. Wishes him to remain neutral in

the Russell controversy.