Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1828-05-27

by throwing their weight in,o the scale oe The
most RcputHccn and National candidate, will
nave II IN their power to defeat the ends of no,it
real managemcn,and see that the Republicsustans
no injury"
From this language tits notorious. that almost
inc only hope OF Mr.. Clay's friends was to enable
MIN :, to control The ercnt." 1t was not little
singular that men who were obviously laborinp
10 throw the election into the House of Represen-
tauSes that Mr.. Clay might profit by the result,
SHOULD nave declared, at the same time, the man
ner In which the election was 10 be der;acI in
mat body On this point they use the following
strong language
And let them (the people, remember, that af.
yer .ie cnoice OF Electors once takes place. their
voice VIII be no more heard in the contest All
VIII be carried by influence and intrigue bargain
ana management. He who has tue most cxten-
sive means OF influence, and will promise the most
ssors, wiii have the best prospect of success and
me nation will receive the President. not from
the pure hands of the people, but from a club of
poiiucai managers and intriguers."
MI Jonh !. Crittenden, the private and conf
oenuai friend OF Mr.. Clay, has admitted thae he.
aiuea oy friend, was the writer Of this address;
anu u mas been charged, and never vet denied by
MT Crittenden, or Mr.. Clay, that il was written
M'er consultation of his trends at meeting held
al harrodsburg, for the purpose OF devisinc means
20 prevent the utter abandonment of Mr. Clay
~ e"e people vi this meeting, MIR. Clay himsel.
Iaklng this circular together, and considering
It's declarations in counexon with the principles Il
avow-, ~ Is as explicit words can make it, that
.he ultimate object then enable Mr. CLAW
10 head the club Of political managers, to avail
himself oil promised Jauo,s,' and give the coun
ry President by g Influence and intrigue bar
Sa,s and management" This prediction 50
well verified by the event, could no; have flowed
from the pen OF any confidential manager of Mr.
Clay, who understood his objects and designs II
must have been interpola;ed by the hand OF some
man who toresaw what would be the means re-
sorted to for carrying the election, but knew no,
uia' such was the ultimate object to which all the
eSertions oil Mr. Clay and his confidential friends
were then unitedly tending. On any other sup.
position, that paper was an open avowaI, that Mr.
S!ay and his friends in Congress, would be ready
lor sale to the highest bdderl That such was
me TACT. IN relation TO himself, is amply confirm
ca by the result; but it cannot be imagined that
inc authors OF that circular had the erontery in
tentionaly to avow it.
There can be no doubt, that Mr. C's partisans NJ
washington and in Kentucky, acted i'm concert
WIN Mr Clay, and in f,,rtherance Of his ultimate
designs But 1t there had been room for doubt
II was wholly obviated by the subsequent conduct
OF MIR. Clay himself The system Of non commit
tais upon which he acted. was commenced in the
ashington circular as carly May, 1924, and
Sohunued IN that Of the Kentucky committee.
ihe former said Mr.. Ciay's friends ;riH hold IL,
tneT hn,ias the balance" and 'sby concentration,
control the ccent" The latter said :. his friends
IN congress, or fhrO,cing their tceight into The
scale OF the mast republican and national ca,di-
a0te' ~ih haze ii in their 1,o,rer to defeat Me
enas y political management, and see Mot the
Repubiic sustoinS no injury Neither declared
be lett TO Mr. Clay That only was to be considered
republican Administration which should embrace
MIN as one of the cabinet.
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