Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1828-08-05
PoLrTIOAL
From the FRANKFORT .drgus.
TO HENRY CLAY ESQ.
Secretary 0f State of the United .Nates.
IConcIuued.

| Secretary gf State Of the United STATES.
| concluded.
But you protest that you were governed by the
public good alone. l understand you. In your
letter tome, dated 10th April, 1920, after detailing
Inc means resorted to by every pretender to the
Presidency,' to impede your progress, you say
.Votc u may De re'y good for them 10 do so;
0nt Is tttor the good people of the u. SfdteS?'-
You think the public good requires that Henry
cay shall be President; and hence in every step
| taken to secure his elevations, you are governed
! :" oyfhe public gO0dr' Why, sir no tyrant ever
usurped the liberties Of deceived people without
hndng an apology Cor his usurpation in his notions
| OF the :. puoiic goo3.'' For the public good;
Cnsar suppressed the factions which distracted
| Rome, and with them extinguished Roman FIBER
| ~; Tor the public good, Cromwell dispersed his
oump Parliament, and assumed dictatorial powers;
for the public good Napoleon overturned the blood
bought liberties OF France and made himself En-
peror II is not, therefore, surprising, that you
should find, in the public good, apology for vio
iat,ng the will of the people, abandoning the prn
ciples ofyour whole life, and by patronage. cor
ruption, threats and violence, seek 10 make your
| self President.
/, In your letter to me, dated sth January, 1870,
speaking OF the FLORIDA treaty, you say At the
commencement oil the session TO not believe there
were ten members who concurred in the recon-
mendation of the President. Even yet DO not
believe the number he great Still, the iilfu-
ence Of the erecufire rs almost irresistible, and il
Is possible il may ultimately persuade majority to
| believe that the treaty is binding and even that
| it's for oW interest to execute it, At the same
time, you and all your friends denouncin,s the
secretary succession as dangerous TO liberty You
were then attempting to organize an opposition TO
MIR. Monroes administration, for the purpose OF
beating Mr.. Adams in the next contest for the
Presidency. In all your efforts you were met on
| ly by modification and defeat Desparing of be-
ing able 10 storm the citadel Of power by the I'M
biassed suifrages OF the people, you determined TO
make Judgement on its ramparts and turn upon
the people that " almost irresistible influence
which you could not overcome. You leagued
with your old enemy, agreed to enter The fortress
! WIN him' 10 night under his command, 10 support
and De supported, TO pronounce dangerous exam
pies g safe precedent" and by power and nat
ronage make yourselves popular"
Ii Is remarkable, that in your letter 10 Mr. Blair
the " American SYSTEM, which has since cut
SUCH aconspIcuous figure among your reasons for
| prefcrring MIR. Adams to Gen. jackson is moi 50
much as mentioned! Not only have YOU failed TO
notice this principal ground OF defence since assun1
ed by all your western friends who voted for Mr.
Adams; but you have killed dead mot only that
but ali their other arguments which YOU have been
al so much trouble and expense 10 collect and en-
body in your addresses, by declaring that they
were influenced by " their kind ,r:shes f07rards
you. What all the long letters of your Met
GALES, your TriInbies and your Johnsons worth
now? We have your confidential declaration
early in January, 1928, not that they had deter
mined to vote for Mr.. Adams on account of his
friendship for the Sc American System but to ac-
| Sir, l have now fully exposed Your dup!icitv
aud portion OF your intrigues. If / have iisrep-
resented your letter to Mr. Blair it has been unin-
territorial, and because could not procure a copy
ior publications. III have attributed 10 it, effe cts
which sprung from other causes il is easy for Won
TO rectity the error. am not sure that I have
cren get probed this thing to the bottom. You
fhave copies OF MIR. Bairs letters, and he has con-
seh'eu 10 their publication. Let us have all the
correspondence which passed between YOU durin,
The month OF January, 1925. doubt not il will Civ
a full and true account OF III whole transaction-
Cal on Mr. Blair TO give all this to the public with
all necessary explanations to lay bare the ichole
truth. ask no more.
1 look back upon my former support of YOU with
shame and contrion. l am ashamed that adber
ca 10 you Tor one moment alter you came out in the
National inteliigencer, in November, 1922, and
declared that Mr. Adams errors al Client yvern
ior months perhaps years, engaged in dissenirat.
ing the idea that they were wiIful and of an a,ro
cious character. For lending the slightest agency
10 effect the coalition between you and Mr. Adj
ans, sincerely dSh pardon Of my God and mi,
country. Next 10 :" war, peslilence and famine ),
are the evils which that disastrous event has bro
upon the American people. j know not of which
TO think the worst, Mr.. Adams or Yourself Had
oo'n or either oil you been good men, you could
never have come together. Ii was the union OF
ancient enemies, i'll whose breasts mutual tlis,rusi
and hatred ranked deep With no bond OF union
out common interest; with 10 principle but 10
get power and keepit; every effort Of your admin
lsTaon has been directed 20 secure the re election
oil MIR. Adams, aud make you his Successor The
public patronage is bestowed with protested view
10 political support; the money of the people is
used TO corrupt them; the streams Of public in(or-
NATION are poisoned nj their fountains: a deadly
blow is aimed al the usefulness Of the press. bv FL
ling the newspapers with known falsehootls, while
those which pay any regard TO TRUTH are lied into
dlscredi; nuuneeTs and deserters Infamous rogue.
and savage murdereFs, Justly executed for their
crimes, have been transformed into narfyrs: do.
rious victories bought with American blood. have
been pronounced cold blooded nassacres patriotis
ana sell devotion are prescribed; unspottcd life
csnuo shield even female virtue; and the brighie =
glories OF our history bloited from lis pages
our public functionaries roam like mad men through
the land, neglecting their public duties, rayifg
+ ~ dinners and public meetings, and invoking
lIrom Heaven, war, pestilcnce. aud famine .
10 preference 10 the defeat of their ambition Such
are the acts and the materials Of the administration
which now scourges oDr country viii its whip Of
scorpions.
! have endeavored, as some a.onement for The
!rifiing agency had forming IT, to expose its mis-
rule and corruption. 10 doing this, have incur
red hatred, deep and malignant. Sometimes hear
OF threats towards my Office or my person | do
not regard them. "What is public inan-yyba, il
!any man worth, who will not hazard himself for The
teood OF his country" | will not withhold ono
truth which may be necessary 10 cut short tho
I reign OF intrigue, corruption and terror though
may know that the next hour the bludgeon NAV be
aimed at my head or the dagger at my heart
llaman who has purchased fhe Secretaf yshp Of
State with his vote & influence can with the now
lahd patronage thHs acquired, conquer the pub
sic will, force recollection Of the President he has
finade, and secure 70 himself the succession. den
sdoes American liberty exist 10 longer We are
ldegraded TO the level OF the degenerate Romans