Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1828-10-31
DOMESTIC.
tErom the Louisville Public Advertiser.
SPEECH OF MIR POPE

Atthe dinner given TO Mai. Barry, the following
TOAST was gwen 10 MIR. Pope:
on Guest, John Pope, Esq-Thc profound
Jurist and enlightened statesman.
Upon which Mr.. Pope rose and addressed the
company IN a short but eloquent speech:
lie said he felt grateful for the 1attering senti-
meni expressed, and he should be gratiied to be-
neve mat he had any just claim TO the high preten
siohs tneir parta'ity had assigned him. He, with
some pleasantly remarked, that he was lust inform
ed oy an administration print, that he had been
promised some high Office to stimulate his exer-
IONS In the cause OF General Jackson IF, gentle
men, said ne you have any thing in store, pre-
sumo you nave IRON motives of delicacy concealed
IL, and II was matter OF surprise to me to receive
the hfst lniimaon Of your kind lcshes from an add
ministraiion Editor. You might he said, have ap-
proached me ioithout tears an your eyes-assurcd
me OF your ardent love and high respect-that I
was equal to any station in the government and
That would consult my otcn future interests
ny Importing the cause OF the Hero. Yes. gen
tienen, you might have done all this, without Civ
ing me offence-and il was therefore entirely un.
necessary 10 have mad known your kind wishes
through this circuitous channel. He could, how
ever, assure the author Of this communication 10
the public, that he had never received an Office or
promise OF one, tor any services he had rendered
ne puo'ic The only reward he had to console
h'inseii with, was consciousness OF having acteA
with sincere devotion 10 the rights and interests
Of the people.
lie regretted that he could not address his fel-
"-.iu[ehe Wihout the absorption oil hostility TO
Mr.. Clay-and what was equally unfortunate, ma
ny OF the jackson men complained that he did not
speak with sufficient severity Of Mr. Adams
With regard to MIR. Adams he took the liberty TO
say, that while he felt free to examine and arragn
his public acts, he deemed it unbccominr to him.
to treat him with injustice or disrespec; nor should
me- ior any purpose, make sacrifice OF what nc
owed 10 MS own character. Towards Mr.. Clay he
had ever observed liberaliy and decorum. The
remarks OF that gentleman Il Bryant's Station,
i'm Il taly,, -. I.,l.,
me, said Mr.. Pope, indeed unexpected, and for y
Tune doubted whether he had made them; but
against my will, am constrained to believe he did
Surrounded by crowd who assembled to pay him
homage, he observed They tell me have lost
friends; but "n have, they are such men az
e" II I'M Pickering, John Rowan and John Pope
MS was, SAID MIR. Pope, wanton display of Ill
nature, unworthy of MIR. Clay and UNAUTHORIZED by
any act OF nine. Mr. Pickering is very old man.
retired IRON public life; and although considered
warm, and OCCASIONALLY an int npeTac partisan his
hienns ana Appropriateness have thought him ho-
nest. Inc Use oil my name, with the manner aud
OCCASION evhce want OF respect, not only for ~
but himself, and state of feeling which | did moi
suppose he cherished. Without adverting TO the
uniform tenor Of my conduct towards Mr. CLAY
Mr.. Pope said, il was well known at the late
session, during the investigation of his conduct
neiore The Senate, l refused TO draw from his
trends any thing received i'll confidence; and il is
due TO Amos Kendall 10 state, that he requested
me not TO question him about any thing which had
passed between hIr. Clay and himself touch
ing The publication signed " Wayne" because if
he knew any thing, il was confidential Mr.. Gays
remark al hryants Station, has relieved me from
any other restraint in relation him. than that i'm
posed by respect for myself The loss of such
men as myself, said Mr.. Pope, seems TO be TO
Mr. Clay, matter OF little consequence, and In
this he Is no doubt correct But may be permit
ted 10 inquire who and what is Mr.. Clay? Ii is
true he has long been considered by his friends az
great statesman and great politician After all
theIr eXravagant praises upon him, MIR. Pope said
lie would inquire what evidence he had given of his
NtateSmanship and what mighty benefits his co,p.
ny had derived from it, either az regards the free
principles ofthe govt the great interests OF the
people: VIII his inconsistent conduct on the hank
question be referred to II il right 10 have ma
honal bank, the old one shonld have been coutinm-
co. and ne failure 10 re-charter it, has been one Of
The principal causes OF the evils of the paper sys-
TEN which have afflicted this nation.
MIR. Clay advocated the war, and if that inca
sure be admitted to be right, VIVA, h;rh claims has
II given Mr.. Clay TO public consideration, Did he
make any sacrifices in the cause? No. When
our cause was apparently sinking, he received an
ontht oil $4,000, and a salary of 50, 600 To aid in
obtaining peace, without the attainment of sim
gle object Tor which the was declared. After
peace was made. he eioquently remarked on the
floor OF Congress, that we had gained by the war,
GLORY and NATIONAL CHARh CTER---and to
whom are we mainly indebted for these? Not to
Mr. Clay and other speech makers, but TO another
Si"ss Oh pdtIlots ana 10 no man more Than that He
70, who IS now the subject oil oil the foul SANDERS
which the malice and ingenuity of MIR. Claws
supporters can invent. When witness said Mr.
rope, the numerous calumnics circulated against
man 10 whom we owe so much, almost feel the
very foundation Of this Government shaking under
my feet. What motive 10 self-devoiion to country
what incentive TO public vrtue-if such is to be
me reward Gen. Jackson had no part i'm bring
ing on the war, but in the last desperate struggle
OF ms country with little or aid from the speech
making warriors, TO save TIE emporium of the
west, the union and honor of his country, he
marched to the post Of danger and resolved 10 be
victorious or die in the last ditch. IL must be ev-
luent that, had the British taken New Orleans
they would have claimed a triumph in the war;
The pride of the nation would have been at least
nortihed, II not BUNDLED and the confidence o,
he people IN their Government weakened. II g.
Britain had, in such event, held N. Orleans in
violation OF the treaty Of peace, as they did the
northern posts after the treaty of 1882 the negri.
~ oi the Union would have been in danger-yet
the base calumniators Of General jackson have the
audaciiy 10 charge him with Butfsm and treason
Mr.. Pope said lac almost regretted that the
friends of Gen. Jackson had descended TO yiDdi-
cate him against this attack. 1t would have been
more honorable 70 The American people TO have re.
PEELED the foul charge by one universal burst Of
indignation. II they had no other incentive, save
this, they ought TO rally at the polls and pronounce
sentence Of condemnation on such conduct. by
bestowing on this injured patriot the highest honor
in their gift.
That Mr.. Clay is a bold poii,icion when there
IS good leo m, MIR. r. said he was ready 10 adj
mt. fie Dragged high TO obtain the objects of
his ambition. OF this no better evidence need
nc adduced than his transfer OF the vote of Ken
lucky TO Mr.. Adams On defiance Of the will
OF his sovereignty to hasten bis march 10 the
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