Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1834-12-06

of the rtaton he holls and that too hv ,h. -, e a.;
s, o"y ana mat ms escape IL as inuch the OF
10 am oversight among friends in Kent county ,.r
put upon uieir Legislative ticket men, who accord
ing 10 the new Constitution, would IL they h,. eeu elect
ed have been ineegble which was not discovered until
the eve OF the election, and which, consequently urodu
ccd considcrablc confuson and operated To ~. ,irv
Oh the party. Besides the friends OF the
were not aware OF their actual strength and ,,,.c,e
% Efforts to the object Of securing the clcc
ton oil their Sheriff, who cted by of NOR.
han hundred and fifty; aud assured that bv
ing proper attention to the Legislative t.ckc, AS dat
o' 'iic ohcrii c whole might and would have been sue
ccssinl, aud Mr. Clayton would hay. been com,,e n,
retire from the station after the 4t, AZ March NJ and
i's place would have been filed by am indvid,i VIII
would have given am honest zalus sumner, u, ,h
measures of the Administration OF tin. Nj t,,vtns
we'll aware and finding that he is no longer ,hl,. - %
ro the politics OF the STATE and make them
To The promotion of his the rLs
ahD'uon he has determined to rclnIuish his station
re is determined to leave 1T to other individual 4,
attempt to sustain the falling party and TO stand A. h,,
no u,up w,i IN short time, opposition 10 the cx-
P'csscu VIII oil the State.
Ii Is difficult to conjecture who will lc s.oc,, -. az,
successor oil Mr. Clayton. Ii is very certain that the I'm
pn nave not among them single individual whom
uey cam appoint, and who qualified Ia IN ill.,. n,c,.
With any reputation for talent unless they take s,, ~,
hesade from the Jackson ranks whom there are s.vc
RAJ ana who, IN all probability will be conpettors Tor
There are several who have always beonyed IN ,,,r
party wo will desire to obtain it, without .
ability to occupy il with credit 10 ., d.
State and they will he very likely to feel tbc,,,.,,
greatly sighted, should be given to any one or,c
fresh recruits; and let who will he selected there wbe
so,nc iiouhcihg among those who disappointed
Inc conclusion from the whole matter is that the On
POSITION are aware that they cannot in all probability,
i ~, r.tn thc asccndcncy in Delaware and that
MT Slayton by retiring from public life and leaving hs
place TO be scrambled tor by the hungry ,xpcc,,ns Sill
pe inc means OF fastening the fall the party or rem.
uenY It's overthrow more complete than il otherwise
would have been. IL isastonislv that vii III, .c.,
m ms factscd and the desperate and espcabie means
10 winch he has rcsortcd TO retain his influences he sol
so long have been able sustain himself; and n 10 IRA,
iyng TO lind that the people have begun to arouse tI.
selves, and to understand him. Now that such s I'm.
f.,i
persuaded that the revolution will roll on with such r
pidy that the State will soon be dsentbr,.d al 49,,
gencracd--Buit. Rem anu 'e-
To Me People Of the State of De,a,rarc
h,Low-IirIzEss-At the close of the last Congress
n'I iave published my desire not TO be considered
cnaidate tor reelection TO the Senate the IT, States
but Tor the extraordinary position then occuped H. M,
Ex FIX IN relation TO the Senate The President by
ms Protest agant the Senatcs resolution OF the z, ~
March last, virtually appealed the people of The svc
raj states, and involved their condemnation of yoe
winch Then had, and still has, my hearty concurrence ond
appreciation had joined with those who declared tn,
their Judgment the then recent PROCEEDINGS of tlr.
Executive in regard the public revenue ,vrr. in DR.
gauoh OF the constitution and Laws of the country NV
Senatorial term about expire and the Erccut;y'.
Protest rendered to the people who had ,hc right to udgc
name was recorded the Journals of The S.nae ne
supporter OF the resolution which incurred his c,ns,r.
ana was registered his Protest in conjunction with
J oi inc others whom that strange Official paper
denounced Under such circumstances thouoht II nm
woriny OF me to shun the trial which he desired ana
contend only by substitute for the PRINCIPLES which had
governed my official conduct | thonobt'it lne 70 h
as Wen as To myself and still 10 the people II, stand
al me post which the object of his assaut cc, IN
question which lac had raised and abide the tlcrrnnntio
oI inc tribunal to which he had appealed Had lion
announced the desire which had long felt tor.tir FINN
pubic me- might have been regarded us a recrenn n,
inc political faith with which entered your service md
WIN which, by the blessing of God | will live and die
Inc question between us is now dccidcd-dcclcdb ,,
inc only authority before which will bow or TO which
nave ever been arncnable the authority of The free GILL
Gems OF Delaware Two thirds each branch of her L.
gSature are avowedly opposed principles of th,
administration having been that ground elected bv tho
people on the 18th day of this month and they arc nc
whom no machinery of the Executive can influence
troll am and under other circumstances should hav.
neeh unnnenced IN present by the determine
ions OF other States If the of Executive poyer
III oter sections OF the country of being resisted
as IL has been had set onward like the Pontc sea which
knows no retiring ebbsll true the erests and nrin
cpies OF the State should have been as 10 re-
present. her. had other considerations permitted it. a IL sh
ad been sustained by the whole nation But now affor
ve years OF public service, during the greater mart Of
wic nave been necessarily abse from home fnd;nr
that the post which about leave will be occnn;cd
ny successor OF the same political principles tender
you; my feilow-cItzcns my grateful acknowledgements
ior iat support which throughout my whole tern, of COR
vice mas never deserted me, and desire to rcnosh nuh
once. AS your Legislature will meet till the month
OF January hold 1T TO be due 10 you remain in t,
senate until Your immediate representatives can have
opportunity OF selecting my successor
JOHN NJ CLAYTON
Dover, Del November 81, 1884.