Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1831-12-28
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Mr. Clay's AMI Mr. Scrgcants letters, acccptn.; thc
National Republican nominations for the Presidency and
Vice Presidency have been strangely overlooked in our
selection OF important documents the pressAs the
socm" Mr. Niles, Of the Register, would say they ought
obc Registered aud laid up for future reference. The
letter ct Mr. Clay especially ought 20 be preserved az
specimen OF the art OF atlcaion, in battered politician
lie has been VIGOROUSLY busted since the election of
General jackson, in the effort to have his nane TO use
the language Of his letter Mr. Barbour supoted as a
affair." but so anxious Mr. Clay have his name be-
fore the public candidate, that he absolutely patrolcd
hentucky from cn 10 the other, made an ircursion
mo ONO, ami haranGucd in it, villages and principal cities
lie twice visited Indiana, aud twice descended the sIss
s,Pp, making demonstrations all the principal places
along its shores Not content with this Inc called clay
convention IN Kentucky composed exclusively OF his par
tzons and by thi; body he was formally anl socmnIy
nominated for the Presidency. Lest this incident mich,
be forgotten, he proclaimed his tour dis fall TO iii
MOI, and Indiana, in letter committee of
inviting him to dinner and he put the refusal 10 accept
me dinner upon the ground that he had accented tie
kentucky nomination TO the Presidency. Besil., all
tins, Mr.. Clay Ind put another cxpcdicnt into rcnui-
slon 10 keep hn alive a. candidate. II the late
National Republican Convention at Baltimore n holy
rccru'cdb by him with immcn, cxcriion bv appealing 70
re eXaspcratcd and almost desperate among those who
IN the beginning, s;aScd political hopes on him U,v
ing brought them together give him another in,nuIsc
and TO propagate the motion which he had so
employed himself in the west to give, towards advancing
ms progress to the candidacy, who could have supposed
that Mr. Clay would have been willing to see his chosen
body friends countcrac this three years of toll! And
YET ne says to thcm-''athough should have been
IF TIE toNVHNrIoN lIAo DESIGNATED SOME CT
"TIzEN OF THE UYGTEp STATES, more coD,peienf
WySty 10 Oe me instrument Of
patriotic objects Uhjch they hare ia ricr do NOT fI
"dt liberty TO decline their nomnation"!!! lie could
not but Tor the constaint imposed upon him by the par
ualy oil his friends soc the instrument of ACCOMPLISH
g me pairiof'c o5jeet OF Pntin- down the reign of
'm,srWc disgrace and rttjn"!! lie looks 10 the oc
Sompi'hmcnt of it with much assurance, but mani
Tests 81 evident rcpugnancc 10 be elected to the Pre-
sidcncy himself, as the instrument of accompi bino
the patriotic object He would have been GLAD II
me C0nrcnt!01 had DEsIGNArED SOME CITIZEN y
instead OF himself for this dutyhat il he was anxious
tat ms old iicn1S AMI pirtzan should have decided in
convention, that he not the person i'm whom tbcv
could longer rest the hopes of their party but should
have fixed on another more c0mpeieP' than himself
Tor the purpose Yes, he would have been 'giad if hi,
own mere instruments had the conclusion that h,
was not fat to be what he had scduloy SOUGHT To he
come, their candidate for the Presidency Is there any
man OF any party, who bell this written declaration 80
eeuoujly and so5erly palmcd upon the country by Mr.
Clay: Ii there be who have full faith in the o
testa,ons oil this letter, he may believe in the sincerity of
Mr. Green's letter TO Mr.. Bockec.-1hcy arc fine com
panion pieces
Mr. Scrgeant letter is that BELTS a non commits
stoned oiccrIIa has object in view but TO aid Mr.
Clay and he Is very proper TO rally the old federal
camp, and bring them TO the old standard displaying CO.
lorS with the OF National Republican inscribed
upoa thcm-W Globe.