Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1839-08-30
Richmond, Friday, August 30.
The ptiDrim Orator


iesses, that the constant state Of exci,emrn'iu which
Mr. Clay has been kept for The last lew weeks has hsen
enough I" wear down almost any man; but We believe
he would have sustained himself, if il had not been f."
the amount rf pubic speaking which seemed required
Of him. and the frequent and We may add pro'raclpd
speaking in the open air. has exhausted him 10 such
degree that found ba; he sustained even private con.
versnnn ~ II difficulty.
AT Baltimore he crnrived To ray so as 10 give his
expecting friends 'te squirt nf his elncution Hcharp
ed again upon The Necessity az in their ranks; mud
paid similar compliment 10 Maryland, which he had inst
paid TO York She 10 save the country, al her
suing election in Ocoher-But there giving
Whch shows how arxious The Wing candidate Tor hr
establishment al National Bank, In his address 10 the
people of Baltimore, the Baltimore Patriot says tina, his
remsrks upon The policy OF the ,ljCra
in putting down The National Bank and thus giving full
control Of our monetary affairs 10 the Bank of foreign
nation. were to the point and were heard with marked
attention. Ills whole subs qnent argument, indeed,
goes upon the suppositOn. that long England has
monster must have graf monster too. The whole
argument, il is is absurd; but II shows how deeply
this champion of 80 million Bank (and he may now
urge it should be larger consequence OF the alleged
influence of The Bark Of England is mbued with the
desire of establishing National Bank And still his
parisans pretend to say, that he has waived any such
institution fur the present For the present, indeed =
Rn elect him President; and then hnw long Will II b.
before shall see him urging his own success as irl-
umphant argument from the lips oil the people them
selves?
The Baltimore Pos, describes his faded exhibition at
Baltimore:
There was scarcely my enthusiasm manifested by the
people in his progress through the sreets-no waving
OF handrrchles from the windows and The least ImsgI
nahe show of welcome in the feeble applause sent firth
by those who surrounded his carriage when he aghltd
al his Hotel. He conducted into OF The front
parlors of the City Hotel from the windows Ut which
Mr. Richardson delivered brief address welcoming him
TO the city, to which Mr. Clay replied in speech "i
something Than an hour length addressed To The
crowd Inch filled the street in font of the house MIR
fat
which with the feeble evidences al en'hnsiasn ~ his
reception, may accoun, IN some measure Tor The matter
and manner nf his speech II abusive urade
against the Administration and the Sub Treasury HE
common slang which hear every day from small poll
ticans and narrow minded riizans UNNECESSARILY be-
meath what night be xpeced from MIR Cs giant intellect
and extensive political know sdge-al ogriher devoid "t
the power and ecqncGce whch have given him the repu
tann OF Of the first orators uf The country aud entire
" unworthy his great abilities and the exalted position
he holds before the people His whole manner and bear
ing during the delivery "i his speech indicated an
irraled and disappointed mind which gave 10 his lren
chant and unsus'aned denunciatuns an of oil
bitterness and dsnge nuonsusss which will produce any
other effect than that intended by those who got up the
pageant for his reception. His friends So far as W.
have heard from them an expression OF opin,on are
greatly disappointed with The result OF the whole Affair
They had pretended that his reception for no elec
toneerng purposes but his speech brushed away their
shallow dlsguisps, and Harry of The West whom the
people had looked up To hs great statesman the
trren, crsior'-,he great champion Of the American
System stood befnr- them dealing out the small talk
and abuse which distinguishes The most brawling stump
orator that hangs Ia Tie skirts OF the Wing cause =
Such is Mr. GAYS visit 10 Baltimore.
Al Baltimore. Mr. Clay has probably bid adi5u to The
parpnnrv of Wing prncessnns; 10 Barouches Win
six horses in hand and 10 much ot The ceremony with
which he has been surrounded He left Baltimore Oh
Tuesday morning Tie Inrlligrncer of Wednr sday
says that he g arrived in tins city yesterday morning
from Baltimore, and proceedrd forthwith 10 Virginia. ni
ts route homeward, where 1t IS understood that his
engagements require his presence on the 7'h OF next
month '-'rhe Alexandra Gazette OF "Wednesday morn
ing adds that "Mr Clay passed through this town yes
terday early in III" nrrn"on. on his way 10 Warrenon
FaMILY L.4KS
Discord reigns in The Wing camp; and 1t will show
itself, notwithstanding the etfalts OF various Wing pa
pers to se the cnnilagralion. In vain they tell the'r
comrnGes 10 keep dark and lie close. The Pnnc pro
duced BY their discomfurPs in the Vest will shaw
itself notwithstanding Mr.. Cs e"rt to rally The orces
of his dspiriled parzans Several Of them indeed attn
butte their defea; his name; and they predict anrSrn
sion Of the mischief fran continuing HIM IN the hello ~
persons are vocitrrrns in these com plants, mar
the partz,ns nf Gen iarrisonbacked rs Ihfy are ny
the results in Ohio Indiana and Pennsylvani They
cannot d. prscaie their danger viii they disguise
their dissatisfaction the evident design which is form
inc 10 place GEN Harrison the shelf IN the Hairs
burg Convention The smnudcrng elements OF dlscor'
indeed breaking forth every mnment-and no efforts
of The Wings can conceal or exiingnish mem: we
have two new e,iducrs of this phenomenon before US
The Cincinnati Republican. published under the very
eye Of Gen. Harisnn proclalins on Inc ga INST 'a
"'rhp recent elections in the West have d"mons'iaee
that the hgs proper that IS the party as II existed pre-
vious 10 l-36. cannot elect the next PRESIDENT. ~
well known that election Of that year, many voice
with the Wings who were mol OF them, and snprofte
their candidate without adopting their name THIS de
tachment from the old Jackson party, was very i"ge
composed ui bodies OF voters IN Gennsyiva
min Ohio and Indiana. Dissatisfied WIN some OF th'
measures Of the Administration, and repeiied ~ lhe o'
c!ara,ion Of AIR Van Buren,. that he would carry gu
al, thntr
Oppcs.iion and supported their candidate. b'causf
thai candidate WILLIAM HESRY HaRRIs"s :
TIE Republican" proceeds 10 dwell upon Tue "sa"@
EiEi Of The General and declares that these men are
ready support him again, and hlhi alone OF an h
candidates of The Opposition They were original sup
pnrt,rs Of General Jackson and have imbhen rf'Jhhct
against Mr. Clay which cannot be removed rfot ane
prejudice combine 10 prevent II. inns powerful c'
oppraion offered to The Opposition upon the sole con
di,ion thar they will give them their iav"r'le "h" WIN
talents and experience inferior to none OF his conp'ms
has a strength of popularity superior !" ihem oil :
Otherwise. the Republican predicts compete over
throw to The Wings.
simi,or voice reaches us from thetEast. The "Nev
Jersey State Gazette the 23d instant, places tnr The
frs, time the name Of Gen Harris at the head OF II:
columns, with ,ne following warning annu"ca'lon o.
its
"The readers Of this paper have long been appr'set
that We encerely believe the nomination OF GENERA
Harrison the Presidency, instead % ar I'0g' ne
cessorv 70 the maintenance of the WING ascendr"ry "
Jersey We have borne, however TO urre h's roi"'
in Difference TO the opinions Of others IN larger s"'ts
who have commended earnestly for the nomination o.
Henry Clay. In the mean time. we nave seen WIZ
reo,et. one Sats after tie other fors"king nc nhtes
Ohio nd Indiana Harrison states rather man "his
states, and Tennessee and North Carolina which %'i'
sud 10 be peculiarly attached to Mr. Clay nave pen
Yruina was To have been gained by MS popularity
Can werey on herr years ago The disastrous failure
Of the experiment Of the administration
that party with defeat Throughout the union, New
Hampshire alone adhered with hrnness 70 tne spor,s
AL Thai time i, became The general opinion mat mr.
Clny would be the next Wing candidate: ond from "a"
time die Whes hare been losing ground. N"t only nave
they lost most that gained then ool '"ey ha'r ,'s
their standard LIE, us look buddy at the truth unpIa
SAINT as i, NAV be 10 the whole west and SCUM. one
single state alone Kentucky, be certainly 'c on