Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1828-08-29

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der sought TO INK the whole guilt upon him. Mr..
; Adams The book defends with ability, and pla-
CTS che conduct of Mr. Clay in the most odious
light.
4. Mr.. Adams jaes not boldly say "You. Mr..
Clay. are 4 slandcrcr" Sc. but he assaiIs him in
such way as 10 uninask him to the people, and
make him come forth and defend himself. Accord
'ng,y MIR. Clay put or the cap, the hit too pal
pahie TO be parted by sience-and OH the 10Th
November following, he published an address to
the editors otthe National InteIligencer-n which,
las II unconscious OF the storm of iun hch he had
gathered III the west against Mr.. Adams, he ex-
presses Sentimental regret, At seeing his two col
leagues atvariance, that nc hopes ne NAV not be-
drawn into the CONTROVERSY thinks Mr. Adams
In error, (unnteDtionhl OF course. how could Mr..
Clay think otherwise OF Mr.. Adarns:) and promises
IT mere propiuois moment to correct MIR. Adams
errors.
.. Perfectly understanding tie hollowness of
these professions, and aware tdt the object of Mr..
Clay was toput of discussion, and further ulcerate
the public mind, Mr. Adams, on the next day, pub
iished most pungent reply: init,hc says, he join
ed Mr. Gay III rcSretHlg controversy--thathe had
not sough; i.-that whatever he had said or done.
had been an the face Of ddV, and under his name
that he is ready TO meo, Mr.. Clay now-that the
whole contents of his book are true!
MIR. Clay did not notice this chalenCo-hc
was mute before the public, but he was the moro
active IN private. A series oil letters, addressed to-
hr ADAMS, were prepared in Kentucky, under
Mr. Ciays direction; they were sent through his
10 avert
his agency; they were published under the sigma.
ture OF "Nsyne,' and part Of the cost of printing
them in pamphlet form was paid by MIR. Clay. In
those letters, every weapon that ability or ingenu
~ could Weld, was employed to PROSTATE Mr.. Ad-
ans and TO cXait MIR. Clay: every thing was said,
that could ulceratc the minds Of the western people
against Mr.. Adans-every thing done 20
attach them TO his rival. Mr.. Adams was &C
cused OF pursuing policy, that "would crimson
| % Our fields with the blood of border brethren
thp mid oh fho
g OF their dwe!lings---of weighing dollars asains.
| blood, &c.
| IN The first letter, the writer says
against Mr.. Cl1y. you (Mr. Adams) have nIade
charges, which, l! true, must degrade him, in tho
estimation of his countrynicn and if not true ought
to disgrace you. In addition TO numerous insinu-
atone, scattered through your book, (the work "a
| havc referred toy you have, in the introduction,
charged him directly, with having, a. Client elm
sisted i'll principle, upon the sacrifice of the cas-
tern tor the benefit OF the western jnterest''-at
the same time asserting that tho rational interest
which Mr.. Clay thus Insisted sacrificing, was
compared with ihat. for " hich the sacrifice in
tended, as "miiliOn against cent This 10 a
serious charge; II il be true, Mr.. CLAW has COM
pIoniitcd tie Interests Of s country and does no,
deserve lis confidence: il il be not true you have
! " borne false witness agains; your neiShbor," and
deserve universe! reproba,ion: that it is not true
we are bold 10 assert and will prove our assertion
by your own declarations"
| Again-ctter 3: We shall .ndeavour TO show
az wei by this az by other transactions, that You
feel direct hostility total indifference TO this hc
westerly section OF tie Union, and OF course you
are not TIT to preside over It's destinies.'
| Again" To the presence OF an able westers
man (ai GhenO We may attribute the defeat and
a5anionment oil the atrocious proposal (Ir. a.
dams exchange OF Mississippi for fisheres;) bu.
!or the c%eitions OF Henry Clay, the seeds Of war
might now have been sowing along our northern
and western borders, which, at no distant DAY
would have produced an ahuG!a,.; haryesi of tears
and blood.
Again: "On rc-pcrusaI and siI:ct comparisons OF
your (Mir hda;ns') arguments and assertions
the deluslon viii VANISH; and instead Of stern
vimdcator Of violated truth. and insulted virtue
You will appesr only ~ able rhetorican, an art
iI' sophist, clumsy Dego,aior, and a vindictiy
man.
Such was TIE way. in which Mr. Clay was nj,
cera!lE &, with subsidiary SANDER as Mr.. Adams
calls II, The minds OF the western people against his
ilval-whiist a! W dehHgton, under his own name
he was dcpiorinE, as il be was friend to both, the
controversy hctw een MIR. Adams and MIR. RUSSELL
THUS, IN the fall OF 1922 .io0d the rivals, ac
cushg each other OF faithessncss to the repu biz
, OF tTeachery--want OF int Fity-dupliciy-
fa!sebood
row, if the strongest friendship could not have
excused an arrangement, in opposition to the pub
NC VIII, III what way can any honest man, upor
any honest or pure grounds, account for or justif,
coalition between two persons, one Of whor
: thus sought TO blast the private and t,c public re-
Putaton OF the other, and the other Of whom dc
nounced those e!loTis malicious, slanderous an.
false.
RegDpctfulIv y-ot,ra sc