Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1830-05-07
RICHMOND, FRIDAY, My 4.
n notabfe Scheme for Eiectioneering.

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RICHMOND, FRIDAY, .N.aY7.
n notable Scheme for Eiectioneeriag
| The Cincinnati a" American" one Of tho most loyal
supporters OF Mr. Clay, has letter from yentlem m
in the City Of New York. who advises Mr.. c. to vs
that State. IL would be doing him and The people
cause great sevce." We all very anxious
NJ Clay in this State His great afabili,y aud being.
any, with an eloquynce uneqn,lrd. in my judgment
by any living man, Of he could be and heord)
woni 10 much 10 remove those prrudices and help the
great cause OF tn people"
The "Am-rican Is silly enough to publish this let
ter, and to second the advice" We earnestly wish,
Gays he) Mr. CLAW would make visit among his
merous friends in New York aud the Eastern States
IL only necessary for the people aud know him
for them respect and lose him. A. he belongs to hi.
country, we think II more than right and proper,
that he should crafty the wish Of his Eastern friends
visit em."-(Cearly, the qualification OF his friends
IL the only object he has in view. IL is the peoples
cause he is to serve; and not the New Yorker adds
"his cause sl'o. But ah! there il difficulty in the
way y" Doubtless the subsidized pack Of Editors,
would miscons'rus his motives, and assail his every
STEP But he should be regardless Of that II is their
vocation, and for which they receive their reward
They are incapable Of estimating the lofty patriotism
and social virtues, that amin te the bosom Of such
as Henry Clay. He owes /, to himself, by psr.onai
intermixture with the peops, to remove the base
lumnies that have been wau'cnly avshed uron him.
-(But how IL IL possible, that this subsid zed pack OF
Editors" can "miscon.true his motives" when they
are thus explicitly avowrd, by his pariizan Eor,
and the New York Core sponien II ems, a. at the
subsidzrd pack" incapable Of estimating Mr.. Cs
lofty patriotism and social virtues" and well thy
the private ambition of any individual, who seeks TO
serve "his" own "causs," can be identified with lofty
patriotism and the social vrtues-Bst lest this " sub
sidIed pack should still mist upon hunting his foot
steps and a.ailipg his lofty motives the Cincinnati
American sets itself seriously work. to devise some
CLOSES and excuses for Mr.. Clay. intended visit y
Mt Clay must De anxious TO his promising al
Weat Point, and his old All va,u ID iends Gen Porter
and MIR. Rochester, at Back Rock"-(M Most certainly;
particularly they furnish him with fair prpex,
Tor serving his" own 'causr.")-"His hsalih s some
what delicate aud il much benefited by exercise and
tavel. We hope all these considerations will induce
him make Eastern tour in the course of the en-.
suing Summer - III. health is much benefited by
exercise and travel! in the State of New York We
he ieve he 'ried the virtues OF such witt in 1924;
when he founl them Of very little service in ing
his cause have never seen more absurd article,
han this piece Of advice from his Cincinnati Editor.
II entirely def.as t'-i; though l. shows upl-tey
in whs, sort Of School the Editor has taken his Jesuit
degree
Some Of thu Coalition Eii,or. have lately he m pub.
fishing Gen Jack-on'- intention to visit the East.
States during thi. Summer We suspect they are mis-
taken He intend to visit The Point, Fortress
Monroc-but hope he will leave the Northern field
entirely TO Mr.. Clay
The friend. of Mr. Newton have given him another
dnner-"furher honors il has been said o the EYiled
Pariot-i one who has lost his by the majority If
votes being found against him, can so he called. At
this dinner, which given at Portsmouth, the "exil
ed Patriot made long discourse, in which he shows
how little claim he possesses TO the character Of Vir
gina Politician by asserting such principles he would
have dsclaned in '9S s. '99.iIe rdicues the preten
sons oil the administration TO reform-with what face
any man can decide who recoects OF the disco
sres of the last twelve mon,hs-the frauds of Tobias
watknsnhe over charges of Nourse-he fact of six
public officers being defauters t. the of $780,
600. Gen. Jackson has reformed such abuses-and
dirty as the work is, the work necessary 10 he
DONE Ii is but the Other day. that Collector in Pc
ershurg has been found chargeable with adjudication of
| 25,O0O-and if such Reformer had been in the Ad-
minstraon two three years since certain lands
Norfolk that worth than or 5000 dolls
would not have been sold by representative of the
| People TO his Governme for s or 10000.
The great burthen Of the Toass of this dinner is
| Henry CLAY. Hell to be the great refo,mer pre-
sume-the Hope and the Rallyng-point OF all the Co,l
oniss One gentleman oasts him as the "Marcus Bru-
tls of the Rep lbc''-another cites him as he man
who should nO,o he at the head Of our government"
sc &c.-Anong the other elegant efsions of the day,
the Editor of this paper has the honor of being toasted
roasted--and man, whom we have never been ortu-
nate enough to hear of, has, with equal beauty and
truth, coupled our name with quotation from the Scrip
lures We excuse his absurdtv; tor, we have the
horitv Of the Scriptures for believing that when rode
by Baiaam even an .9ss spoke
The Baltimore Chronicle quotes an article from one
~ The VirgHia Oap'rs for the of showing that
Mr. CLAW ia gaining ground in this STATE. We admit
hat the O,posi,ionsts may ra v around Mr. Claw but
II u sheer political device, affirm that his
gathering strength If to believe all that is
cid the Coalition party have been ginning force in
Virginia, any time these four years past so much so
isdced that IL IL wonderful where Gen. Jackson got
many votes and how he continues TO preserve mary
friends Whenever The matter is brought 10 the proof
the TACT has ialshad all the adro calculations Of the
Coalition Editors. They pretend TO be gaining strengh
with the hope OF obtaining it-but the trick lie too plain
TO produce any serious effect; and the OF The people
are always TO di.sipae The illusion. We hazard
little in sayinp that Mr. Clay will never get the vote
NJ Virginia. He will not produce his letter Blair.
The suspicion is too strong Of hi. collision with Mr..
Adams. to admit Of refutaon-,nd biz principles
hostile to those Of the body of the Vrgnians
His f Dds counting the divisions between the
friends Of Van Buren, and Calhoun. They are deceiv-
irg Themselves The friends Of Jackson will rally
around him at the next election; aud when the time
rives for nominating his successor, they will plainly
len"ugh the danger Of running than candidate
lest the election should he again carried to the House OF
Representatives MIR. Clsys par,izsns hope conquer
by diviSion-but their design through, and the
people will defeat them
The Phlsdelpbia "Caske presents fac smiles Of tn
impressions Of a cent and half dollar, which werp
stuck und"r The admnis ration Of Washington in 81
| aud 80. They had the eagle side, and the
other he head OF Washington. AZ soon they
eseed for his in'pecio and approbaioD he directed
the dies TO be destroyed another evidence of ibs
rr.rect he paid 10 the tue prin ple Of government
He "pref fired tn egies Of The American eagle and OF
liberty a. the emblens OF coinage, TO that OF the
man who might, perhaps, from aiveniihous crcum-
stances, be placed At the head of The nation"
We are indebted TO the N. Intellligencer for some
late passages Of courtesy and good willWe may pay