Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1828-05-27
POLITICAL.
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ms was the attitude in which Mr. Adams and
MIR Clay stood towards each other at the approach
Oh the late presidential election. Mr.. Clay. while
idh.a'hing lofty and disinterested exterior, re-
,usng even to tell the truth in relation to Mr. A.
cams, lest he should subject his motives to suspi
cfoi, was privately endeavcring TO viiify DEGRADE
anu destroy him. Mr.. Adams, understanding the
character and watching the movements of Mr..
Lay, had denounced him to the nation in con;,,nc
ton with his coadutor Russell and set him at oner
defiance. Their hostility was as great as could a.
rise from eager rivalry, reciprocai injuries. and
mutual recrimination. If Mr.. Clay believed Mr.
Aaams guii'y OF the charges which he circulated
IPaihst MIN, he must have considered him one of
ne odseSt ct mankind, unfit for private trust or
pubic station. If he did not believe then. H.,
must have looked himself as a sla,deyer and IL
peuer' as destitute OF truth, as the means resorted
.o' were at war with all that was open, man
iy or honorable. Whether the charges were trne
oIfalso, what must Mr. Adams have thought of
Mr Clay! How could he take to his bosom ono
VINO he knew had been plotting his ruin from s.thc
SEED lime OF 1914, to the harvest of 1922" pursu-
ing his object with malice and perseverance,
Which seemed Unsuitable, except b. his entire de-
structon! Surely, nothing could have been. more
unnatural and less to be expected, than that two
men, thus situated, should without the retraction
OF error, or the confession of.injury without ex-
PLANTATION or apology, rush into each others arms
embark their mutual fortunes in the same cause co.
ict common support, and seek 4 common fame
IN addition TO these facts, which would seem
Tor ever to have barred union between two in.
SHluaiS, etther OF whom paid the least regard TO
hfs own honor. there was, in PRINCIPLE, an in
suPerabie barrier between Mr.. Adams and Mr.
Gay, had the latter been directed, or restrained
~ any such consideration. One of the principal
opJecuons made ~ Mr.. Clay and all his friends
TO the election Of Mr.. Adams, was founded in ,be
Dangers which threatened our institutions from
Perpttuafion oil the cabinet succession IL was
maintained by then,that BY the uniform election of
'he occretary OF State to the Office of President,
~ government was astonishing to monarchy, in
when each Chief Magistrate appoints his successor
MS argument was urged against Mr.. Adams in
every possible shape, and deSeryedIy, with consid.
CRADLE effect
EARLY in 1922, series Of numbers was publish
ca IN The Argus OF Western America at Frank.
Tort, Kentucky, signed "a Western Citizen" We
rave good reason to believe that these ESSAYS were
from the pen ri MIR. Clay himself The opinions
they contain, and even the expressions, almost per-
'ec'iy coincide with those advanced and promui-
gated by him in other situations The first of theae
numbers contains the following declarations:
nc Nat. lnteiigcncer is not, precisely, the
most lifting paper to issue this edict comrnandior
silence. ltmight, indeed suit the taste of their
Official patrons and employers that az little IA ms
may prefer, that the prescribed line Of Legitimacy
acroTding TO which, the heir apparent should be
translated from the Department of State. TO the
tnace, De preserved unbroken and entire But
they ought TO remember the practice of Rome. by
winch The C@sars themselves, 70 secure that tran.
quility, which the Editors OF the Intellirencer 60
much desire, provided beforehand for the imperial
succession has not yet been engralted on our Con-
sitution."
The kentucky Reporter, edited by Mr.. Smith, A
friend, cobnexiorI, and devoted instrument of Mr.
Cl2ycontained both previous & subsequent 10 this
period, many articles bitterly opposed 10 the Sc
cro:ary succession. We shall content ourselves
with making one extract from tho number of that
paper, dated July 18th, 1918, which isa GOOD soc.
ciinen OF the language held down to the very mo.
meht oil the election, by that paper as we'll as ali
clhers devoted TO the elevation of Mr. Clay The
Reporter says:
Mr.. Adams is designated by the President and
h!s presses, ~ the heir apparent the next sue
cesar toFhe Presidency. Since the principle was
introduced, there has been n rapid degeneracy i'm
'he Chief Magistrate and the prospee; Of still
greater degcneracy, is strong and alarming Ad.
mt the people should acduiescc in the Presden.
iial appointment Of MIR. Adams TO that high Office;
ITho again will he choose as his succcssor9 viii
;. be Josiah Quincy, H &. Oils, 81 Rufus King
IN aristoerat, az least, If not rRA1ron, will 10
Cur portion"
The chief object of supporting Nr Clay in O.
H's,s1 a7e"ed byih'sfrend9 in heir Address C r..