Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1831-06-21
ter OF the meeting, Vice. Presiden,s ID .ckiuson and b.
ssrs, by The raakoess and moor iety Of ,h.ir f.deraI,m:
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All claim, therefore. - tho appslIstiou Of stale. M.
honii, or repubiisaa convection, nust be a, once sur.
rendered and the only double which can rect upon the
OF The n,kedness Of our eognotusb must ex.
90 to their eight 10 qualify Il with tho name of their
wa, pss'Isnco aud famine" leader, NJ. Clay. We
can feel no interest In conts.tips thi, ,ivht
but weak as we have known Mr.. Clay to bo in ,6is
state, from tho very FRS, annuncia,iou of bis prcten.
sions 10 The presidency, snd notwithstanding me direct
ana hresis'ibie effect Of his dinner ora ions and mad
barbecue oratory, to render himself aud his scattering
smi weaker, we should feel hamhlsd by The
tnst ms convention was even a lair represent
tation oil his prospects,. We should brLsh at the admis.
.'en. that any American citizen would eonsen, TO be pa,
before rhe public for the first ofi se 10 HE government.
with such an indication Of support.
"The Convention" however, has met and adjourn
ga ID yond tbis, very little can be said, either of
their proceedings, or Of the probable effect upon any
ris'y' or any political Interest, II we except
'hankie,s exhibition Of a single guest, (or our
readers should understand that such is tho ambition Of
politicians to apps The mauners OF Mr.. Clay, that
even political conventions among them are not without
invited guests.) Two were invited upon this occasion.
the one, Gen. Stephen Ven Rensselaer,, OF this ei,y;
VINO promptly teeIined The invi,stion; aud the other,
'r'c'' who as promptly accepted IL. Iu ordinary cases,
and among most politicians, this dsc!ination ard sceep-
lance would have been reversed. Gen. Van Renssaiaet
IL a politician, Without objeetsor expectations Of a per-
sonai character. Having retired from public life 90
unfairly, and possessing. In an eminent degree, tho
respsct and esteem OF all h' fellow cidzens, OF what
ever politics. such a call upon him might have been
hopcred withoutsthe danger Of an i,ppuistion, that In
sosying the call, he had objects Of personal aggrandire-
~ u IOrW6rd, or personal rtefs to revenge.
Not so with the Hon. judge who wa, so ready 10
opey the summons OF this skeleton political assemblage.
lie has been honorrd with many important and fG-
spousibis offices. Hs ha, lost them all, and has nevef
parted with one voluntarily. He has sought, anxious
ly, and ardenuy sought, many others, equally impor-
tsnt aud equally responsible. unsuccesVT; ;ilu- and Al
this moment he is struggling TO weaken the effect of
the decisive and condemnipg sentence OF his Immediate
constituents, by making him:eli the candidate for tho
Vice. Presidency upon the Clay ticket. Still he ends
u consistent with his notions OF ~Propriety, or ra.hsr of
selt-in'tr OF, to make himself an invited guest and an
active member Of a political meeting assembled for The
cole purpose OF celebrating upon the formation OF that
ticket. 10 accordance with his membership and aetvi-
~ IN the convention, the modest Judge succeeded Ia
gaining for himself en- appointment az delegate from
this State to the Is .ltiniors convention. where he might
MOI as In this gaze, be invited to attend, but where Mr..
Clay and bic Vice-President are 10 be nominated, end
where, therefore, II would seem he felt a consciousness
that his pefsonal objects would dem and his personal at
ten,ion.
Upon the snnunclation Of THE desired result, The
Judge made a spsecb, and such a speech II was, even
but his friend. cerisinly cannot r. ioice at. The fresh
remembrance OF public disappiobs,ion, added to tho
deeply treasured griefs occasioned by the Losses Of inn
Porlant oihees and the frequent unsucesssiul pufsuit Of
others, kindled those passions Of Tho orator, which. In
the days OF his vigor be could lily curb, and which The
Efforts Of Sys seem rather to madden ,tsa restrain. A
volisy oil abuse, ~untemPeTed by either judgement or
discretion, was hurled al the devoted head OF GsneraI
Jackson, and the language and the manner Of the speak
or, while they exhibited the most Incorporate dssirs
to tear that iIius;rious patriot from hs eleve,ed position
10 the affections Of the people, aud TO Eample him ip th,
dust, carried along with them tho fullest evidence Of a
painful consciousness Of The sn,:.s want Of mover N
reach or harm him. Indeed the characteristic spi,bsts
OF "madne's," 'idiocy' and '.imbeciity." so iayishfy
s-ed by judge Siepcer, In This unfortunate effort, must
nave appeared TO his audience a. strcng ,nts brilliantly
reflected from the picture then exhibiting before them.
But had not a twinge Of conscience crossed the path
oil the orator, even This ebulliiicn Of harmless passion
might have Passed of with less OF the absurd and tldisu.
lous to embi,ter the ref 7etfous which a review NJ 4,
must savry TO the mind Of the speaker. A momen,arv
ieeoNesnon oil his own vssiltation, inconsisls ney and
6dCnA M him m Ina uai6at nj ~. Liz.
follows his confession and apology, 40 given by the
Daily Advertiser, which surely mus, have been die.
pT.sa 70 make the mos. favorable rspsr, of this speech.
Judge Spencer admitted ,ha, 10 1924, he had been
carried away by a sense Of feeling aud Of gratitude.
aud that he wa' raihor iDciiosd 10 favor OF Jackson.
particularly as having no vote (bsiag, 10 common win
the people Of This state, disfranchis.d ) he had not given
mat ful examination Of the merits OF the then ssndi-
date, which he had since dooe, and which he would
probably then have done provided he had had the pow
er OF voting fer the chief magistrate"
Alas, Tor sgsi Judse Spencer distr,ncbised, and be-
Ing So Is left 70 espou'e the cause Of sn mist candidate
Tor the hfs, ofhco 10 the government, and uses BIZ, ef-
forts 10 misl'a} others, because he il ignorant and ba,
not examined for himself. Whist a 6sttefipg recon-
msndation for a Vice President Blu, how are the facts
IN 'bis case! Did the Judge tvow his preferences for
Gen Jackson in 1924 efore ths els tors of Ptesid.n,
and Vice p ssident we're chosen, and did he use his
snor, to induce mat legislature to spPoia' electors da,
eIsredIy friendly to Gan. Jaeksor? We answer. no.
He distinctly favored The friends of Mr.. Adsm,. such
as Messrs Gardiner, Wheaton. TnlImsdge, and others.
n.i n"sI ~ s'es'ors were apr pointed. Bni one single
vote In mat ~bo.e legislature was given for a tiiksi Of
eiestofs called the friends OF Gen. Jickson, aud ,hai
vote was given by an individual who bad not, for years.
acted politically nib judge 8. Twenty Eve of the
e'ecior' were AZ Poiniod expressly TO give iheir vstes
Tor MIR. Adams, and the residue were appointed from the
Crawford ticket, though four out Of The sl,v,n yavs
their volt for Mr.. Clay, apd one gave bis yots for
ion. Jackson. The legislature was divided between
Adams and Crawford, and there was not within IL a
Known and ayowsd party for any other candidate.
But when these electors, thus sppein,ed, met 10 aiys
iheir votes, then IL was fbat The p~artiaiisios Of the judge
Tor Gen. ysfk'on were secretly manifested, and then 10
elesiors 10 ~dissrpoint their friends and give their votes
Tor Gen. Jackson. and This was done by hmbrosa
Spencer, because he bad moi given thai fun es.nin..
tim Of the merits OF the then candidates wbjah "a Ma
since done. and whish he would probsb;y tbsn bavs
done, pTopided he had had The ropSsr OF voting for Ihe
etisf magistrate" And AmbSSss Spencer asGyos ,bIs
rsason Tor thlt sonduc Hand Of time, how iadelibjs
my mMkl Tooth OF lime, how ~reiisiless thy pro.
gres!
Another evidence OF The same character. but mor.
mofufyiDg, IL furnished 10 the remarks OF The honorabIa
judge IN rels ION 10 The Indians. Gen. jackson bs.
siopt short OF the law as laid down by the Jndye him
'tlf, 10 relation to the juTisdicticn Of the state eoyern-
mems over The Indians, whether In their associated or
individual capacities, and whether 10 relation 10 srimi.
nal OF civil matters; sud yet this same Jddxs pronouness
zoe President 4 v!olatef OF oil good faith, a subvsrter
OF all national priDeiples, avpofso than Charles X for
bi decisions 10 relation q ihs Indians. And, strange
ASH may SEEM these denuncis'ions against The PresiA
dent are made while addressing The vary bench from
"hicb, in The maridisn Of Sis life aud 10 The ylgor Of
bis Intellect, This very opinion Of the Judge himself
was pronounced, more ibsn supporting the prs,Ident
10 every position he has taken ia regard 10 the fodiao,,
and these depunoiations to are loudly and msdlv utler.
cd by the judge when his extended arm could have
reached the recorded aud pubIifhed report of tina, opin-
ion surely memory mus, have passed down The vale