Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1831-05-13
Thursday Morning, sVgy ne.

0s Are we really to hail the accession of our con-
temporary fthe Enquirer to Mr.. Clays ranks? Over
come by his magnanimity, satisfied that the affairs
of this great nation require and that these are times
which demand, of real talent, of comprehensive
intellect, has he turned his eye him in the West
in the person of the prosecuted but unyiedng Henry
Clay-the patriotic the generous the tolerant the gf
ted and the brave? So says rather SO suspects the
Southern Times:
In the Richmond Enquirer, announcing the dissol,r-
ton of tie cabinet, we find the following ominous
sentence under the editorial head sI is not by cleo
tioneering-t is not by intrigue-that such high
Office as the Presidency of the United States is to be
won We repeat 1T for the thoussndth time the office
belongs to the people, and they will give it to whom
they please. When they want Chief Magistrate,
they will call him, whether it be Cncinnatus at the
plough or H. Clay mending his fences"
What does the stool and organ mean? Is it natural
to think OF Cincinnatus and Henry Clay in the same
day? Is it not worthy of remark that the Virginia
cheftan ofthe fallen Secretary illustrates beau ideal
of chief magistrate-by--sH. Clay mending hi fem
ces" Into what interest docs Mr.. Van Buren, intend To
retTe2
We have looked with little curiosity to see What
impression the dissolution of the late Cabinet under the
circumstances made the various political interests of
the country. Were we to judge by the external evi
dence which the Press Affords should conclude that
thu. event had been received with an unanimy of ap
PloDdIlOu uiludIluCu single exception The Jack
Van Burenites exult i'll the pretended arnanmitv
and selfimmolaion of their leader for the countrvs
good, but really in the well founded hope, that the new
Ministry will do more for Mr.. Van Buren, than he could
do for HIMSELF suspected he had universally become
Of directing the influence of his Office to the advance
mcnt Of his ambitious views upon the succession The
Cahouuitcs affect to rejoice that the pernicous inhu-
Of Mr.. Van Buren, on the Presidents mind must
be withdrawn and that individual deprived of the
facilities which his station gave him to regulate the
councils Of the Administration. They rejoice in the
testimonial afforded by the explosion of the state OF
public opinion which produced it, and the decided trl
unph obtained by their Chief the "Pottcrsp in tho
correspondence" The friends Of Henry Clay rejoice
in the crumbling of that Coordination" of hotcrogc
nous clements, out of which nothing sanitivc could
conc and that rctrbution has overtaken some of tho
adcrs and abctors Of the foul conspiracy which drove
him from the councils of the country Patriots ofoverg
party rejoice convinced that however bad its successor
may be- the administration which is follow may b.
better, but cannot be worse, than its predecessor.
Phus all seem to be grated: perhaps however, some
arc not so, who affect to be We have looked with
especial curiosity, to how the intelligence would be
received By the Calhoun Press. The Columbia Time.
affords the means of gratifying it, That paper says
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