Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1831-03-29
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RICHMOND. TUESDAY. .MHRCA 20.
LOOK III BOLDLY IN THE FACE!
The Opposition sdroi,Iy availins thems.lve, O
all theie af's ia "conquering by dividing us" Itha
been the exredent OF all enemies both in for Ign war
ana In party controversies. With how much address
have The Opposition pro6ted by our situation TO biw h
names Of dseord, weaken strength by divi ion an,
a"sch 10 themselves the very menbers Of cur party
'nsy are e1ntisirg to aienis,e from their owr
ir'ends and 10 seduce by hopes Of a.stauee.
why all these attempts TO set the Jackson party n
suhe with each othe9 Why these sssoluiioos iha
were 90 snxiously pressed upon the House! VIII,
Ptess Tor public Of 10 sne in the s,ooo,
OF principle which they themselves reprobsted din
| riog the discussion Of the Panama Misson, WV al
ms ,uisoms panegyric iavsbed upon two gentlemen
VINO nave been the objects, and whom they would hsv.
made hs victims Of their bitterest abusel why al
tnese and hundred other mpts to make thu mo,
81 The dissords which have nioronateIv be,n crsa
ted among the friends Of be Admins, ration,
But This is not ali-Why these late Iulabie.! WIN
nose coqreii'h attempts to bring together the
oil Messrs Clay and Caihoun--and unite them .iths
Ia me support Of one OF hes. or TO s
select some other candidate Sometimes bop,s are
held out that the friends Of Mr. Clay will icin IN.
standard OF Mr.. CalLoua--.ometimes that an up5or
may be formed for the election Of some common can
didate (aoout equivalent upon principle TO bleodinp
the elements OF oil aad water)--and scme,mss ,vs
hear OF supporting Mr. Clay, not upon the original And
avowes PRINCIPLES of hi. American system but tina, he
so. co,gs IN. sovereign people so far that he would
g back to the tariff OF 'l6-modiiy tho eystem of In
ternai Improvement, down to the veto standard and
mus beat Ger Jackson by taking up his own weapons
for the bene6, of Henry Clay.
No intelligent m an can be guled OF such m,pm,v,.
as 'hese-Tbe object TO divide the party-,o weaks
tn m-and to hold GU, new ,air,, TOR the passions
bring In tn, Authr Of the American System, tri.
umphantiy, through the breach in our ranks-Tneir
object Is diuision-and unless our friends stand firm
ADD thu people rally their men to their duty. on
enemies may ultimately succeed in their wi.hss.-
Keeping back Mr.. Clay as much AZ thew con j
n fuh IA .t.I-
as, tnat ne may lay By; he may not run; his friends
VIII sooner take up Mr. Calhoun than ,on or Van
nuren-expr's'ns h' tespes sympathy aad the
watmest admiration for Mr.. Calhoun hese are IN
manGuvres OF the Polignacs OF tho opposi;io, and the
little mag,can' who try TO play upon the feelings and
regulate the IN ,vemen's Of their opaorents.
And does sny man bel eve, that Mr. Claw is about a.,
strike his nag for the elevation of any o,her man,
he, having strong party devoted 10 his iutere .ts
WIZ give way to any other can'ila,r' Does any man
who knows him or his sartiZans, believe sueb a mia
Gle! Ii any friend of Mr.. Caibonn should be will a.
nough to entertain the though, Of cooperating wi
the friends OF Mr. Clay which candidate does be thok
ought to yield to the olher? Tie stropeast IN tn
wrak-''; or he weakest 20 the strongest CLAW to Cal
UNI or Calhoun to Clay. We will lot 20 far ip,ul, M
'houn, as to suspect HIM Tor nome n, 10 he
ole OF forming coalition with Ii. Clay b. if any OF
hts friends should Thick OF such thing, we frankie
put II to that man 10 cay, for whose bene l must ,bi
Coalition beo the weakest or the strongest candid a.
Nc man can beat Co.. Jackson at the next election
ihe republican party will rally around him for hi, re-
election Blu when the question OF cor comes on
'th re 10 to be the rub" Mr. CLAY AZ
time than either Van BlreR Calhoun single handed,
oaa ,he ieads OF eiher OF those gentlemen expect to
put then 10, by the voice Of he pc g. In conpeion
with Ii CIay-os, are they prepared again to carry ha
election 10 the IL. OF RI LIT uot blink thi. es,;.n
but look at II bold in the fae. w. coo,.o, IN, -
Republ can patty mus, be KEEP, toge her-or
ees may ensue, not now, but five years hence Vii
they 'nnot contemplate without serious appr.ba lon
40 MOI approve oil every ac' of Gen. Jackson
"o state this IN the hrmest rankest, but most respe
It, Bul he an honest man. he has the pow.r
render us many acts OF pablo servIceapd he has tb
wesh' OF character 10 rebuke tho genius of the ia
iher oil the American Sys;em-When his rs-eleclioo
Is accomplished, then Let ns take some man who
is qualified to save the Constitution and s-rva ,h :
eoua'ry. Pu' ahde, IL you Please, either Van Buren, or
Caihsun-ake some other OF the II Republican ms
ty who deserves and commands Its eonfidence-k,eo
ont MIR. Clay and preserve the Constitution and az
some gentlemen fear, the union itself from total
wreck 'o'''
As Tor ourselves, we are pledged 10 TO mor,a, ma,
he aPpon' m.nt OF successor TO Gen Jack.on will
oec"ms The object of he greatest sociude-wbsu the
'e snni conn Tor making the selection BIZ, we go
on nv'uing as We have done for the lat four week.
suffering cur feelings to be played upon, not bv
each other, but by The Opposition, we shall bs ton
mucn distracted ever to re unite-Gsn Jack son will
not be endanseredbut what comes is "cIoud, and
daIknes!" ~ anu
In the meantime, let us not be lulled to sleep by an.
sr.s OIL tn oiposioo Mr.. Clay will uoi be Dir oppsd
1 friends viii not suffer him 10 lay by at this mome
much less alter the next election is ovec. We hear a
voice rom them in olhec Sa,e., which d.sioates all
this idle delusion. For instance VIVA, saw, The Kan
ueky ReT oter 9th. 10Th inst dee a, il is in the
hdence of Mr.. Clayl ' wa
'Mr. L'tcher pa sed through this place on MONDAY
"a" from Cohgres'. on his way 10 his residence in
Ghrari county. We were graiifed to learn from him
that h. friends OF Mr.. Clay a, a.hnx on
tue strongest hopes Of success Steady perseverance
win concert add harmony, will ensure gIorions
triumph The indication. 10 New York and Psnnsvi
Vani" are OF the most favorable kind. The jackson
party appears to be gradually Sepdratine A Naioos
Conven 100, composed Of De ega I'm all the Sat.,
70 nominate candidates for ihs Presidency and Vice
Pres dency, will be h-d at Baltimore the second Mon
day 10 December. Mr.. Clay hiss r. Gently been NOM
mated by Safe Convs nous 10 Conn cficut and Ma,sa
ehu'eus, add DeIega'es friendly to him have been
hppointed In Maine 10 a end the Naiona Convention
at Baltimore"
Wha, says the last "Cincinnad Aneriraol'
Inc IAN Buren, pre'se; ssem 10 BIS sndeavoring TO
produce an impre sion the public min i-t1at Mr.
Clay 10 weak-shat his hiends de SOAR of his
maj he will not be nominated by the N riopal Cen-
venian, whieh IL TO De h,ld At B,l,imore Thew Ar.
much deceived il they thus believe That Mr. CIav
VIII be nominated an intelligent man cannot have The
slightest doubt. That he will bs elecie ibsv WIN
are aiteniivoly looking at the sgu5 Of tie times can
hardly disbelieve."
The last Boston COp that la ely held some eonvoeaI
language upon this subjee, explicitly says: "Tbe
Govous differences from its language s. that we have
proposed or recommended new candidate (instoad Of
Mr.. Cl'y) for the Presidency. No such charge can
justly be made against US"
RAILROADS.
We sal rave in our power p rhaps in III. course
oil Inc week, to call tho attention of our readers 10
very important scheme OF Railroad Improvement -
Such have bsen the wonderful effects of the expet-
anInr a.. Il. II