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

their Department, instead OF .rdreiing erciten,ei
of public sentiment have been raised By the people
to tn. Chief Magistracy Of the country.
Bat MIR. Clay, with all his Shire wd mental saga
city, should recollect another example"-that TO
all general rules, or rather precedent" there is
~ exception.
However much Mr.. Clay may feel influenced
with gratitude TO HIM who has hitherto blessed
u.s. and however much effect his presence might
have in visiting every State, town and hamlet
in order to give him the better opportunity to adj
dress the passions and sympathy of an enlightened
and high minded people,, and enireat them TO
rote for his promotion to the Presidency after Mr..
Adams, yet cannot but think he is mistaken in
the intellectual element OF the great mass of the
American nation, when he would renovat. in this
country, the eiectioneerinS " examples" oil Pope
Leo the Sixth, 10 operate abroad. through the
Administration prints tonic upon the inagin
ny sympathy of that generous, Intelligent. and
high minded people"
Who set the example of &c singing out for pro-
scripton and destruction the public man, who
. was not only prepared but did actually sacri-
fee his fortune, and jeopardize his reputation al
New Orleans Z" for the good of his country" Hen
nv Clay, Who re-echoed the electioneering ,cdr-
,0ioop of 60 military cheftain, for the purpose Of
prescribing and destroying the public character
aud honestly earned fame of Gen, Jackson. in the
hearts and confidence Of a - generous, intelligent
and high-ninded people! Henry Clay. Who
has exercised the bold presumption to condemn 4:
g proiiigate tongues and presses, the great IN
of the American na,ion, for remembering and APP
preciatng with a becoming gratitude and conf
dence, the man who is proclsined the Saviour
Of their country, and whom the great and lament
cd Jefferson pronounced, had :. filled the
of his country's glory'" Henry Clay.
could with equal propriety extend these inter
rogatories farther, but it is unnecessary. The
country has been guiled long enough with this e.
lectoneering tcatch -,cord, 50 military chieftain.
If Generai Jackson has been emnently instru-
mental under "Hl Nj whohas hitherto blessed US, ,
in saving country, and preserving 'our free in
stitutions, there is trait in his examples like
that OF Pope Leo the Sixth. that he is fond OF
military rule any longer than the imperi-
Gus necessity of his country may demand; nor has
he ever exhibited trait, except in the distemper
ed imagnations Of those who would "proscribe and
destroy" him, wherein he is like Cromwell, a
Cesar, Philip, Nlarius, Scylla
Ii Mr.. Clay's mind has really become ,corLed
up with ambition to "proscrbe and destroy" Ger.
that he "c0nscientiotsiy' believes that our liberty
&c our free institutions" and the Republic are
''yawning upon precipce before u.s. unless Mr.
Adams can be reelected, and ne succeed him to
tho Presidency, would be among the first to pour
the Samaritan oil OF g sympathy" into the wounds
OF his unfortunate ambition and TO entreat him "fOr
the love OF his country and our free institutions.
TO rest more easy; for they will be perfectly safe,
under the Administration of Gen. Jackson, s there
fore would also entreat him TO let the people
judge for themselves, who shall rule us-a
remedy, which, will venture to assert, will prove
far efficacious than the prescriptions of Drs
Physic and Chapman.
political sickness requires political remedy.
From the strength and enUelomed style of Mr..
Clays Baltimore speech, il would verify seem that
his lungs had not been much reduced by "confine-
ment and close attention to his public du,ies pre-
vious TO his short visit and stay in Philadelphia and
that che could PROSTATE himself in all the enraged
agony OF disappointment, &c and implore'' like a
Hercules the divine displeasure to chasten this
people with the rod OF his vengeance, Unnecessary
and visit our ftvoured land with war, with pesti-
lence, will famine, and with any scourgc" rather
than Gen. Jackson should be elected TO the Presi-
dency of the U. States.
This is his language, and the ultimate develope-
ment, from his own mouth, OF his inner political
sou andit is to be hoped, by all " sympathising
Americans, that since his real disease has come
out, that his conyaescence will continue to be still
more rapid. CAROLINA.