Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1828-06-03
REPLY

Fnrp1ot Louise.
nns-,y.,
REPLY
Ryihe Jackson Corresponding Committee ortAe
District Of Columbia, TO M Cldy's last ID
dress.
Has Mr.. Clay ever acknowledged to Mr. Ad-
ANS, and atoned for, his agency in these transac-
tions Or has it been concealsd, until it was drag
.cd out by his own friends in the Senate of Ken
lucky: w hen was there mutual ACKNOWLEDGE
nent OF error and injury: When was the raunt-
LET, which had been publicly thrown and accept
ed, Withdrawn? When did Mr.. Clay retract his
charges against Mr.. Adams, OF hostility to the
west, OF curtaiing her territory, expressing her
people, and selling her blood? When did he say
that MIR. Adams had done him no more than JUS
tice III charging him with sectional course az
Ghent, with Dragging a million against n cent ;"
insnuatlng that he had stimulated RussclPs at
tack and filled the western country with SANDERS.
W hen did MIR. Adams withdraw his charges and
'nsnuaiions against Mr. Clay, and acknowledge
that he had acted with justice, fairness, and no
nor,
In l.s speech at Mobiles, Mr.. Clay saws: .sao
good or honorable man tcW do another v0iuntGyi-
y any injustice" In his address, he says, .sfhe
9Ohgafion to observe McPrs'sciotes Of honor, and
10 Spedf ruth ScrnpuiouS re-dcity IF all men
ana especially Of ouT competitors, is unaffected
by fic:e or place.
Has MIR. Clay practsed his own avowed princi-
-pics' lie publicly declared, that Mr.. Adans's err
iy causcd TO be published, and by his money wide
ly circulated, charges that Mr.. Adams's conduct
at Client, was not only highly censurable, but his
errors doubtless Sc Intentional"
Tor is the situation Of Mr.. Adams more cnyia-
bic. His own publications prove that he well
knew OF MIR. Clay's agency in the attacks uroh
ms conduct and his integrity. BY receiving him
into his cabinet, lac virtually rctracts all he had
said or insinuacd OF Mr.. Clay, pleads guilty TO
the charges made against him in the west and de-
grades himself. Vi hat! Can an honorable man
take TO his bosom whom lie knows to have
treated him most dishonorably, without retracton
or atonemenP
In what light must " men of honor view The
President and his Secretary? They must look on
taem rank political offenders or mutual SANDER
ess. ii they told the truth ofeach other they are
unwotthy-oi public trust; ii they told !asehoods
they deserve neither public trust nor private con-
iid:Hcc. In either event, according TO all the
laws which govern and regulate the con.uc: OF
men OF honor" as laid down in Mr.. Clay's code
they could never have met in the cabinet By
such men, and according to such laws, it was ra-
iher to he expected, that each would card the o.
ther % n base AMI infamous cQluuniutsr. O.
dGsiGfd, and Adri"
Strong must have been the inducements which
brought these men together.
Tojustty his abandonment OF principle, MI Claw
says in his address 10 his constituents. saw in
his (hlr. Adans) election the establishment Of no
dangerous example. saw IN it, on the contrary
only conformity to the safe precedent which had
toen established in the instances CT Mr. Jefferson
mr. Madison, and Mr. Monroe, who had rcsncc,
lively filed the same Office, from which he was to
be translated
al Mr. Clay's friends in the west. with him
self at their head, had taken the ground, that the
Secretary succession was dangerous TO liberty:
that II Appropriated our governmc.. to that OF
'mpeFlai home, where each emperor appointed
his successor; that if the example were followed
further, ii would always be considered matter of
course TO elect the Secretary OF State 10 the Pres
ircncy; and that the agency of the peooIe in the
Election would be but nominal while the real POW
Of designating the next Chief Magistrate ,,.ouId
be in the existing President. Mr. CLAWS defence
was therefore as extraordinary "a il was bold Tn
llace in its true light let s contrast it with tie
Ohio Address, adopted in July, 1921:
Ohio .4ddress, 1922. Mr. C9ay, 1925.
Were Mr.. CLAW saw in Mr. Al
withdrawn, the re alt ans election, the cs-
as to the election by Enlistment OF no dnn-
electors would be the ger0tts er0mgie saw
same; or n II were III II, on the contrary
not, IL tr0iH@ place an only conformity TO The
: the pTfStdfnttdi char safe precedent which
one ~ fhe present had been established
cdbuict, an cpeHt i'm the instances of
whirh ~ 1odS me N'@t Mr.. Jefferson Mr..
0Tect ~ me JFieHdS Madison and Mr..
a. mir. CfGy IL pre- Monroe, who Lad re-
0cntj not III reference spectiyely flied The
to The men but 10 the saine Office from
pnheipie winch he was 10 be
translated
The Ohio address was adopted by meeting Of
800 OF MIR. Ciays friends, from every part of the
State, Of whIcl, Joseph pdHce was Chairman, &
Samuel Potts Secretary. Mr.. Clay was certain
~ very bold, when, after defeating their rfnsr
oBJEcT" by placing " in me presidential chair
OncWhe present cabinet" he turned round O. told
tIcn, il was but " cOnf0TmifVtO safe pyccs-
dsj'E it was relying much on his friends TO de
Tand Of them, for his sale, 70 turn round and pro-
h0uncc that agfe' which they had denounced as
ddnger6us,' and struggle 70 perpetuate Secre-
tary succession, which il had been their Grst OBJ.
gect 10 prevent. II was saying 70 them, that
principles were assumed 10 suit tho OCCASION
That, 70 promote his interest, they would urge one
argument to-day and It's opposite tomorrow; that
hey we're hi, soul, body and principles created
and destined, Ike The scfis Of Russian noble, 10
Ire for his use, 70 link az he ;ints 70 act as he
--FrcsN. ferou,e their opinions a, his bidding, and
shout hosanna. 70 asy aoua Illustration with whicii
tplca5cs him TO form an alliance ~ remains TO
bs seen, whether bis friends IN Ohio, after being
cheated by hr out OF their " first Object" have
shuisd 81 their old prnciples,as readily ~ he has,
anj are so devoted 20 mon, that ~ viii sanction
lis act, rc-clect Mr. Adams, and support Sc
crotary Of State ~ bis eucccssot When tho pco
pie shall Prove 20 be thus supple fnd unPrncipled.
wc may look for tlc speedy extinction Of our lib