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

tive, A was not Unaware OF your strong desire IL 1
have western President" &c. He then goes /:
into long detail of the argument he held with :
himself III relation 10 the claims and qualifications
OF these two candidates. although, lac now says /,
he had irrevocabiy made phis mind between them,
before he Went TO Washington City! I;
Again: :" A collateral consideration Of much |
weight, was derived from the wishes Of the Ohio |;
delegation majority OF them, during the pro- |
gress OF the session, made up their opinions TO sup
port AIR. Adams, and they were communicated 10
Inc. They said 80 Ohio supported the candidate
who was the choice of Kentucky. We failed in
our common exeriions TO secure his election. Now
among those returned, we have decided prefe-
renee, and we think you ought TO make some sa
er,fce TO crafty u.s." Was not much due to our
neighbor and iiiend.'' What does this mean but
that the wishes of the Ohio delegation had some
influence upon Mr. Clay, in the formation of his o.
pinion! Their opinion was formed and communi-
Gated to him during the progress Of the Session.,
or after the first Monday in December. Yet, he
now says he had irrevocably made up his mind the
preceding October, and this collateral consderd
non or much tceight," had no tDeight at all
There Is little doubt, that in reality MIR. Clay had
made up his mind before the Ohio delegation, and
that has wishes operated :" collateral conside-
ration OF much Weight ,pifh them. How it was
tsat Generai Vance and his associates were induc-
Ell to support one OF Mr.. Monroes cabinet, whose
election it was their " first object to prevent has
never been satisfactorily explained. Circumstan-
ces make 1t quite evident that Mr. Clay found the
give up their I" FIRST object" and all their avowcd
principles for his advancement, and having first
secured their adhesion, he made use OF them as
" collateral consideration o. much weight" to
bring Kentucky, Indiana, Illinois, and Missouri
into his views.
The Secretary further says: &c considered, with
the greatest respect the resolutions Of the general
Assembly Of Kentucky, requesting the delegation
TO vote for Gen. Jackson" Still considering al
though he now says he had made up his mind UNI
chanseabiy, months before.
Almost his whole address to his constituents is
made up of the arguments he says he used with
himself after he was g transformed from a candi-
date before the people, into elecor For the peo-
pie, 10 enable him to decide between the con-
tending candidates. Yet he has now ende avoured
TO prove that elaborate document, tissue of hypo
cfisy and deception, by showing that he had
aiterably resolved before he left Kentucky the
preceding fall, to vote against General jackson,
without regard to the state of the electoral VOTE
'ne wishes OF the Ohio delegation the resolutions
Oh tne Legislature or the will of his constituents
All these apologies he would now have considered
us gter thoughts invented for the purpose of re-
conciing discontented people to the previous de-
cisions OF his own imperial tciR.
The apologies made to his constituents after the
election, were in coincidence with many of his de-
ciara'ons and all his acts previous the latter part
OF the preceding Jan'y. He told Messrs. Carneal
"ickiiiie, Moore a'd Floyd, that he was uncom-
United and hesitating at different periods between
the LIST OF Oct and the LIST of Jan. and Gen Met
caife said he was unconImitted late as the 9TH
oil the latter month. BY the public MIR. Clay was
understood to remain uncommitted, as late as the
zoth oil that month. Under these circumstances
who Is there that possibly believe that Mr.
Clay had made up his mind unaltcrably 10 vote a.
Sa,nst General jackson, early as October, 1924
! However, nothing is more likely than that Mr..
Clay expected to vote for Mr. Adams from the mo-
! ment he anticipated his own exclusion from the
| House He is good judge of human character
lie knew Mr.. Adams TO be cold CALCULATING di.
pomaiSt, whose principles subservient TO his
mr.
with the Presidency in his hand he knew that
| from such man, he could obtain any price for it.
which he might demand The firm patriotism and
Stern integrity OF General Jackson, were also well
known 10 him. There little ground 10 hone
from him the promise of any favor or advancement
III consideration OF his support Ii is therefore very
probable, that even in Oct. 1924 he expected in
!he end 10 vote for Mr.. A. and declared such an
intention TO his confidential friends. He thus made
| evidence for himself, which ne now finds II very
| convenient 10 call forth. But had he found il his
interest for General Jackson, these declarations
would never nave been heard of. On the contrary
nad MS motives an giving such vote, been called
| IN question, he could have proved by Messrs Car
neal, Moore, Wicklille, and Floyd by al, his pub
| lie conduct, by the wishes of Kentucky, and the
resolutions OF her Legislature that he had not only
anticipated such course, but that il was strictly
contormable to every republican principle He
was, therefore, well prepared for vindcation on
either side, while his real object was to ascertain
how the cabinet was to be filled, and vote accor-
| dinghy. (1o be Continned)
MIR. binns complains of the severity with which
! his attack upon the Postmaster General has been
retored by the Opposition Editors-where have he
ana ms motives been more severely reprobated
| thanin the following paragraphs!-bo.h from admi-
nisration papers. The first from the % Bunker
Hill Aurora" Qucre-Why did not Mr.. Il. come
OUT before lrSergeant gave the Post Office Print
ing to another paper Suppose it had been given
TO Mr. Binns-Should we have heard any thing
! bout the Postmaster General?
" PosTAIAsTER-G ENERAL.-Recent attacks
| have been made against Mr.. Mclean by Binns of
the Democratic Press, who once abused Mr.. A.
dams with more virulence than any Jackson editor
In the country but are happy to perceive that
they are generally discountenanced by the honest
OF all parties. We have always beloved j. Biuns
10 be dishonest politician, arrant libeller and
disgrace to any cause. His lies about MIR : |
dams before his election, did not do him halft |
injury Which the lies he has promulgated to ben |
eff htHa has, since. We believe our present Post !,
Master General, OF whom we never heard any one |
speak disrespectiuly, is of The most PROMPT |
faithful and energetic inen in the employ of GOV |
eminent, and we never believe that he has |
used the facilities afforded by his station for Marty
purposes, more especially such evidence as the
mere assertion Of John Bnns!
" MIR Mclean has published in the National
Journals a statement of The facts which led 10 the
recent removal of the Post Master at Philadelphia,
in reply TO The charges against him. The Defensive
portion is written in forcibe manner & in stvle
OF conscious hrmness, which will not allow Of !; |
Iousi oil his uprightness and integrity We have 1
not room for the articles"
g fhc Postmaster General has defended him
sell with complete success sgainst tho unu,crifcd
attack oi-ihe Democratic Press relative 10 t,n de
taication OF Mr. Bache, Postmaster OF philadclplia
The Press, we believe, complains that Mr. Bachc
sooner rqrpOVgd II i old al. ID