Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1833-03-26
POLL TECAE.
MIR. CLAWS Is IL,

Mr. Clay has taken a fair "bill hold on the "Amcrican
system This is well calculated to excite = a sen. alton
a wonderment- a stretching oil the ocular demonsir rat on.l
You That have tears prepare 10 shed them now! The Ia
rln.oeget!ng - turnpik ng- ail-riLinC-America System
snilung Father has disinherhed all mounted the "ridgc.
pole" and come fn tn a full blooded PAcIrIcAr,Rl Ge
has entirely misunderstood the object of Nulliicatioul-
nor so bad as he had thought! Under a mistake one
grand n istakel How apolog, tic how magnanimous-bov
~forgiving! o Lordy, o dom! Yes - the NulIifers have ac-
tuaIly dragged" the old cock of The American system!
Alas-.la.! How long did he ever stick to any party or to
any principl-l Does any body kucw-can any body tel!
al penny for your MOughtsr'
Mr.. Clay is a strange man-his bill is a strange bill
MS speech IS a strange speech. The Nullifers have be.
set MIN with - tears in their eyes'-assured him " that
they always had the greatest respect for his talents"-the
bargain Is struck-the American System goes by the
board. Some things can be done as well as others. ouo,h
oain ratcn, who jumped out OF sight, a few years since.
And so 1t appears.
What was Mr.. CIay's hobby The American System.
FOR what did he proiessedly seek the Presidencyl Why.
to sustain-to protect-to defend-to uphold-to preserve
TO PERPETUATB the American Systeml What did he
tel me old cocks and the young ones of the Conventions
last iaI!-ihe "Jessamine Delegation of 49," SC. SC.
why, that the System was in dan ger-elect me, said he
and IT Is SAFE. 1t won't do for him no,o to play the
pacihcator-the cloven foot is perceivable-he is but
whetting his knife and fork another barbecuinq seige
from which, good Lord deliver us!
Mr.. Clay is emphaically and virtually the author of all
the evils which is now heluging-yes, defuging the
country. He was again and again warned OF the fatal
consequences of his almost unearthly ambition. He
wanted the Presidency and must have it, His battle cry
was the Tariff-the whole Tariff, and nothing but the TIA.
rlil l am for a Judicious Tariff said Gen. Jackson. The
idea was ridiculed-Gen. Jackson again and ,ga;n ;,tar
posed for the South, but TO little avail-the South prenar.
ed Tor resistance-not against burdens imposed by Gene
raj jackson, but By Nh. CGy-General Jackson as the
Executive OF the Nation, was bound by his oath to see
those laws faithfully cXecuted-nOt that he approved
them, but because they tcere the lat0s Of The land. And
what do we see! Why-forthwith Mr.. CLAW artfuLv es.
enpeS 10 the nuthfeTS-and directs their vengeance
against Gen. JdcESOni MIR. Clay is the PAcIFIcATop :
Gen. Jackson the DEsPoT! As well might the incendia.
ry who had applied the torch, claim precedence ouer all
Sfhers, because he piled the engine at The eleventh hour.
There lie nOthino nj nafrioti"r "a, 49, .o...o e a -,
there is nothing OF principle in the despatch with which
MIR. Calhoun gave into his bill. We are afraid that there
Is something 60 rotten in Denmark" War, Pestilence
ana 4 anime is to be sung TO a new tune-the Pdcifeator
Clay, and the g Military DespOt'' Jackson! How beauti.
igl! The hog-styes are again TO be put in commotion-
the birds Of the air and the beasts Of the earth. and the bg
fishes and the little fishes are again 10 send forth Their
semi demi- quavering chorus Of roas, EN-, toast 'em, &c.
Mr.. Clay's speech can do him no credit. II is not .ucb
language as should be held at this time to the nulli6ers of
be South. Too apologize by far. 1t is but a virtual en-
eouragement OF their designs. He says that they have
never contemplated any other than " ciuil measures'-
that " 1t is only an experiment." no worse than Ohio and
Virginia" &c. &c. We doubt whether Mr. Claw. friends
can lay their hands upon their hearts and say that he has
acted either wisely or PatrioticalIy.-Rentucky Gazette.
[Ffom tho w. Globe
The Charleston Mercury, which is known to speak the
voice OF Messrs. Hayne, Hamilton. and The rest Of Mr..
Cailoun's party in South Carolina, has declared i'm C,vor NJ
Mr.. Clay's Land Bill. Mr.. Calhoun considered that this
would be rather too sudden and violent a change ON his
psrt-would be too direct an evidence of participation in
HA VIZ NidJ = pIOl0f W venture on " al the late session
He, therefore, voted against the Bin;-but his friends in
South Carolina, are instructed TO make II popular. and he is
next year to vote for 1t in compliance with their wishes.
From these signs Il seems there is now a total reUolit.
lion Of sentiment TO he worked in South Carolina. The
d~etestable oppressor Of The whole South is now 10 be hail.
Sd as its deliverer, friend and hyorite. The President.
who has risked himself by his veto on the American Sys.
tsm-on the Bdnk-and The Land Bill-the Hero. who
has, ~ peace and war, defended the South against all its
enemies, 10 to be execrated in his native State, while MIR.
Clay is set up for an idol. And all the Clay measures are
to be adopted as part ofthe late understanding,-th result
Of his and Mr.. CdIhoun's political neg stiation'
The adoption Of MIR. Clay's Land Bill by the Calhoun
party is, however, one Of the most extraordinary and enor.
nous Inconsistencies 10 which the late league has given
birth. The proposition to Withdraw the proceeds of the
public lands from the Treasury, has always been revolving
TO the Southern States, as tending directly TO keen no the
duties en- imports; and they have alwaysi insisted that even
The distribution OF a surplus existing in the Treasury, was
not only Ini'chievous az a matter Of policy, but directly i'm
violation oil Tie Constitution. Yet, under the new ar.
%rangement with Mr. Clay, the proposed conversion of The
Whole amount OF Tie sales OF the public lands into a sur.
plus for distributions, is not only acqniesced in. but actn,l
Iy as the true Southern policy. The price
whiah the public lands have cost the countrv. il il knovVn
has not been as yet betrayed by the sales. They were set
apart to pay the public debt, but that has been maid on, nj
'he customs. And Il h now proposed as a Southern mali.
sy that the remnant Of our Revolutionary obliga Gons
which are TO be extinguished IN the shape Of pensions,
that the expenditure incurred in purchasing out the Indian
blies TO the lands-that the expense OF surveying and
selling ~ we'll az all the other charges Of managing the
public domain, shan be dJrdged6 BY the duties on inDOrfs
while Tie proceeds Of The lands are TO be subject to distf.
button among the Statcs, and thus male the root ola new
American System; or, IN other words. new means in the
hands Of poliuci'ss 70 purchase political influence.