Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1838-01-02
(Fr0m the Same.)

WAsuISGToS, 30lh Dec, ls3I.
" perceive that ! am honored with the especial no.
ticc OF thu. very disintcrtstrd paper, the National Intel.
liycncer. II accuses ME with indignatIon. tulsoTnr II
%leigned, and silly if sincere, of %slandering MIR. Clay, by
expressing the opinion, which is by no means solitary,
that he is coqueitng with the Abolltionisis. Now, wnef
ther this impression be correct or not, am certainly ca
titled to express il, If sincerely entertained. ! cannt
see why the liberty Of tho press should he monopo!izei
by the Federal party. The same accusation was ire
qucnlly brought in 4 more offensive shape against me pre-
SEN; Chief Magistrate, in spite OF his declarations and acts
to the contrary. If the object OF hr. Clay, in The re-
marks to which alluded, was to al!ay the dangerous
excitement which SO unfortunately prevails, he certainly
chose an unfortunate time and mode. The deInonSlf''
tion made by him on that occasion, has, whether INTEND
cd or not, given heart 10 the AbolitloniSls, and nave
reason TO know was heard with pain and surprize "
gentlemen Of all parties from the South. lhe speech
in question, has been cited with exnllntion by the organs
most opposed to Southern rights and feelings. have
before me a late National Gazette, which Is IndI9nanta'
the alleged weakness G. the House in yielding to Tie De.
mands oil the South, and boastlnsIy pr"claims tha'e'eg
Wing member from Pennsylvania voted win the MINOR
iiy. .blr. Clay never said 4 truer word, gIc!aiin: 'f
Editor, Ethan w!en he attributed the progress Of aO'''
ton at the North to The Incorporate zeal and language
Of the South
Gas to the charge that Mr.. Clay has deserted the OPT
MONS which first gave him popularity, have uul 10 w
serve, that OIL nearly all the great questions winch HS'
tate the nation, he COMEDIES with the party to wh!ch''
4 Republican, he was originally opposed he Il" w.
uuent advocate ofthat loose construction oil INC I"'S'I''
ton which would Justly Il .fHIlOiidI Dh'h' - P
Tariff. Internal improvements by the General uo'''t.
ment, &c; end that hold Ia be the essential dociE."e"
the Frdefnl creed. Was not MIR. &. once as ve!cincH'it
his opposition to 4 National Bank, as he Is now IN earnc'
advocating such an institutions! Tins was the f"esltH
mon which the Republicans and Federalis:s iir.t sP"'
as i, was The first triumph of that doctrine OF Imp.nch'i"i
which justified any subsequent enctoachmcnt OF fecr,"
nownr WHY is Henry Clay less I Frderal!st than j..
rp;eI Webster: Are they not the great rival chaHlpIoh
Of Federal doctrines: do not employ the term as or
of ob,uuuy. but as expressive Of q certain political ch'
racter. ..,,r.
"Mr. Clay may no, feel regret at the part, wAa'ev%
!, NAV have been, which he played IN eleVau"s ~
Adams 20 the Presidency. but mast be permitted
think. that he was not very fortunate IN ra'sinG 'o d 80
t;ou so EXALTED, a man who is the marplot oil I'nS's',
and who is voted by common consent a ha''o"i' 49,
sance. envy him not his compIaccncy. ,A.,,
With regard to the charge oi traducing thc .e ;,
beg pa,Lon. Wing candidate for the Presidency, Tr
at a loss to understand the lntetlgencer. e"~oai.
made no aliusion 10 the pirate character, pas' " P..LNc
of the Senator from Kentucky, with when ST. r
writer, have nothing TO DO. whether IL oe "s"~ on the
no, to censure. Bu. this affected lasiid!onsn,, .r;~eu.
part of that sly Mrs. Can'our, tht Nal"'nai " :" sciTn..
Ger. is truly ridiculous, when We c'nsa"I', 'nI; ~ -, le.
+. h;,s -, Grub street writer al 50 lIoch the me VI ~
,,,,,rcc and viify the Republican H'Hi"'s''"t-
md noriy. in slang disgra1cful lolhc columns 81 d +.
all, nswsuauer. and especially TO one tha' P,'c's { "
on its literary and moral prudety. ~ !. u " niscp n.
c,Lor journal lately publish, IN n conspicuous p1s,n,rt
rna,cE re, Mr. Hanson, which had been too SHY "t"ttr
notice Int for The coarse insults 10 the liner M|sIsu""
the nation. with which it abounded: lie feoe1n.p~
is indeed verv unreasonable. 1t has for years elsp E,:1.
n greedy pack of hired %scrlbblers, the disgrace OF '' o
,u 8 as we'll as of politics, 10 disseminate slahoeas,
invent, calumnies, to pursue some Of the oes. men n n y" c
coun,rv with defamation, and to take captive the puD
mind at a distance, by the mere d'nt Oh Peisen.Iaced
f'isebooJ. And now that the Republican party rstem Of
wiling to submit, patiently to this concer.e.b Inc sameE
de,raclion. but is determined to rePe!t 'h'' "f truth, our
channels. and to re,aliate with the ener io,ror, and cry
onoonents lit up their hands with h"fu% Van Buren,
Mr. Bsn,on, or MIR. Wright, without! sS WaIs,er is a sor.
bu, 10 speak feely of Messrs. Gay OF r,Igar adage. gen.
lee majestic. Fair play, ' ayo,, 'T learn nuii 10 take as we'll
!le"sn, 'i, a Jew LEVEL a,.,, SSsd I'M" iol.ens',on shall not P..s sS'ts
as grv Eve, .no,u;ng o.! my mind WITH P, ,ho, the ,rulni
me iI0rl spe a a ;biass. i, is the time mat W. ~
about sb"uid men he ,oi n1G @,, ,IEiS and learIsss'y: r,;oo has not beed
snS STbo DC u rU,H = an question Of AoT III. hae "n postponed
Inc unp' n,;n in The Senate, bu, has ote" The ,opi$
p1ouS1t oP Haven! | could say intefnite ,ie Mississippi
wIl'cn Here again the Federal parry - Isfance j
hiee a : ~ indulge lis faclious proPens'Hes, - .d;udica aud
mlns nd ,]ropriety. Although the case Is . NV a fair I'd
law a ."i p Ihe present members were declaiea l. resolvtl
G ior;ry Ell elected for the full term, the oppo ~asks nav be 4
Io' h;ing I'D the question, in order that "Fes ss; NJ proi |
TO o o,ormy discussion, that can lead to no p's''''