Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1824-03-26
Liberaliiy Of a Friend Of .ih. Clou.

A<toCoHy " u FTfenG OF ID Gnu.
We think the friends Of Mr.. Crawford
have been more sinned against than sim
ming" AS far as our observations extend,
they have generally stood upon the defensive,
and seldom have carried the war into the
enemy's country" I'VE use the phras. enc
my, because II is in the quotation, not b.-cause
we trust II Is descriptive of the fact itself If
they have spoken with any aspcriiy uf Mr..
calhoun, II is because his friends hayr spukrn
with the utmost bitterness of Mr. Crawford
and of his friends. Presses have been SET IN.
tor the purpose of supporting his preiensiuns !:
and whom they have selected as the fnycrite
mark ut their aggression; but w. II. Crawf,nd?
what phials of wrath have they not poured up
on his head ?--lf MIR. Crswiord's have criti
cisco alr. Adams AS politician, has IL not
principally proceeded from the conduct of his
friends towards Mr.. Crawford MIR O.
friends have forborne till the eleventh, hou.
from canvassing the qualifications of General
Jackson 1T was not until he stood forward
as a prominent candidate hefnre the nation.
that they yentured to doubt these qualilica-
lions. let have they ceased to speak of him
with The gratitude and respect which are al
ways due to the Hero Of n. Orleans AS To-
lr. Clay, they have treated him with mo-
ueratOn, and courtesy, of which he has
no right tn complain. Yet have there moi
been wanting persons IA very few only in the
ranks of his friends, but most nf them in the
ranks of the friends of another candidate. !
who have tried TO array him against MIR. Craw-
ford-in fact, sought to unite the whoI. firld
against this one maB.--We presume, that Mr.
Clay has not participated in this sentiment
We hail with pleasure the following liberal
piece from one Of his friends which appeared
IN the last N. lnteIigencer:
TO THE EDITORS.
] have noticed in some of the parers. (,hn
Washington Republican, / beliegr.i an idea
held out to the world hat there is a perfect
concert ofpnrpose and Of action, with four Of
the candidates for the Presidency, against MIR.
Crawford. Such allegations, however I'M
founded IN truth, sometimes, when not con-
Tadlcted, are considered as true. The writer
cannot forbear saying, that as To- Dir. Clag, the
rep"rt IS uniOundtd. His reliance is IN me- such
foundation. lie has recently had strong
proof OF the friendship Of a purfion of the
friends of each Of the candidates. Ills CON
duct and true character have long been before
the American people, all Of whom, 1t is becv-
ed, will do him tho justice 10 say, that his
course has been open and independent. He
has not been waited by every political breeze.
lie has been the uniform friend to retrench-
mrnt 10 public expenditures, aud lhs supper
Ter OF domesilc manufactures, to such extent
as he believed the true interest ofthe country
required. IL Is consistent with the princi-
pies ofour Government, for politicians To diff
Ter 10 opinion, and that honestly, too, about
great political measures, and each be right in
their Own opinions, without its leading 60 so
ung"nerois charge, as that Of tour mrn com
binng against one, who is laboring under dis
east, and not IN situation to rally ia his own
defence beliey1 Mr.. Clay incapable al
joining any party for such unworthy purposes
\ WESTERN FARMER.