Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1839-09-13
ssichnaond, Friday, Sept. n.
.MR CL.qY->horsd from Tie .foal !

We have at length received The Procso Circs &c II,
Unj"n and Harmony .1ah Ian BnreH ConrnntiOA If
Pennsylvania, which assembled at Harrisburg -
the An instnnt IN pursuance OF the invitation At
the Wing members uf lh- Legislature nf the 2d a,
June last-thiriy nine counties ard the CITY nf PM,
delphia represented MIR john Parker of Chess.
wss elected PresIdenl--eigh, Vicr Presidents and s,.
SECRETARIES appointed. MIR Penrnse was the s,4
ing Man Of the body series Of resouti"rs was :,
ported fr'.m Select Committee BY DIR Mrsts Of n.
county Of Philadelphia. They were unanimously adoo
ed-and MS the following extracts show, they seal liz
fave Of Mr. Clay in Psnnsy wanna and srp.fs,tr he,
by the substitution OF General Harrison tThry atrc,
Nv employ MIR. Clay own declarations 10 aside h.,
prpiensions; and cut his throat with his own ro
lshed wenpon)
Er,,urts-In tha, party bearing The illus,riors name
of WhG-a name consecrated by patriotic rec0!ltcior.
and pndrared to every lover of freedom, stands pn,y
Clay the great statesman OF the West whose rucgff,
language have adopted, cherish The sentiment.
which it expresses. His past political career exempt
fes the sincerity Of he noble sentiment he conveyed
in the question. " hat is public worth who 10 NOT
eyerrsady sacrifice himself r The good of his country
"He has again and again made such sacrifice Of his
popularity. by his questions, affecting m
in this, and then in that portion OF the nation.
His de vo,ion 10 the public good, which he has en-
connered these prrindces has commended him 10 Tie
suppSrt of ardent admirers, among the most enghIen,!
portion OF his countrymen who cherish the huEe ,h..
the period will yet arrive when the vast patronage
power Of the General Government will be longer
the hands Of those who artiu!y deceive Ito
people in regard 10 his public conduct. and when he.a
prejudlces will have passed away, md the country
confer upon him the gest evidence Of lis affection c
gratitude
''This Convention. entertaining towards him h" high
est regard nevertheless constrained 10 say, thathg
have the most conclusive evidence, that lhs period
not arrived; and that 10 use his name now as caHdGar
for the Presidency, would te unjus 10 him, al
will be fatrl 10 the hopes Of patriotism
"Thpy conide the sincerity of the noble sentiment
which he has expressed, thnt 1T his name created
obstacle 10 cordial union and harmony, IT should he
Withdrawn, and that we should concentrate up so'G.
individual more acceptable 10 all branches Of The Opo.
sition The evidences Of popular opinion. empm.
caily desgDaes the name OF That individual, WHO'S ~.
cppiabie 'a branches Of the Opposition, and nonr,
but blind niatuaiion close the eyes oi lrelg-r.
men to this evidence We are proud 10 name Inn
Gen VIM. Henry Harrison, the Hero OF North Benz.
is of course the magic name.-ln consequence, thty
adopt the following resolutions:
"Iher efore ReS0ired, Ihu, while this Convention
ter,ap the belief that other candidate for ,hr Prr>
dency but General William Henry Hairs OF Ono
can unite tie Anti Van Buren, party, AID by that un07
rescue The country from msrnIe they tel fnt'r psp
and admiration for the great TALENTS and pubic and y'
vae virtues of Henry Clay Of Kentucky and they
mol believe that he who has already made many slr.
fees for his country will now permit his name 10 he
10 divide and distract the Anti Van Buren, party, an:
thus consgn 10 hopeless ruin our Republican tmstua1
"RsW'rfd, That contide IN The known pa'ros1
confident expectation That lie will add another To 81,
many claims upon the gratitude of his country, by l!
unanimously wi,hdraw his name as Presden IaI can
dida,e, and thereby ensure certain victory To ihn'
"mpershable principle" which he has &C long arc
ably supported.
"Rtssirfd That IL is The unanimous serse o This Con.
yeniion that General William Henry Harrison &, ne
oniy candidate for The Presidency, presented 10 The %
pie OF the u s., whose popularity can secure he ent
designed be accomplished, by The organ!7ed opposition
| ho-t Van nd he
measures of his Administration.
They then appoint 81 delegates 10 attend the Harr5a'.
Convention To carry out the object of th'se "s'iuh
The reader will be struck with this feature IN thar
cpedings. viz: that they make an unqualified n"a.
nation Of Gen. Harrison They do not resolve, as :'
friends Of MIR. Clay have dome ELSE "here-ihat 'H.1
Gen is their tavor'e candidate YET they ne Prp''i
In take any other candidate, whom the majority "i I've
Convention may SELECT. They Suppressed, INDEED, 'rS
such alternative; because, they arIy tfcIa", that the
Grneral ls the "0niy candidate whose popularity can'
cure the end designed 10 be accomplished
How will MIR. Clay and his friends receive tins utfal
Efed, Union and Harmony, prccla matl"n: VIII tr'
deem his pledge and offer himself as r"lnnefy s''
flee 10 the interests Of his party: VIII he CONSIDER us
as the very "hnnnrable discharge when he vas :!
! anxious 10 obtain from the Wings:
Every day indeed seems snl!sfy us more and moe
that The Great WESTERN is 10 be set aside; and "ha'rT
his 'war, peslslence and famine sp ech may nav" g."
clared that he is to be sci aside for n military cl'an
Not only this memorable sign TO be found IN The 'oG'
ven,ion of Pennsy lvaGIa but is to he traced IN the
rious organs Of The Wing party Here IS one winch G.
ours in the dstiu guished Gazette OF Cincnnati-a Co..
respondent Of which the following warning EHc'
"The nigh honors which have been paid 10 Alf la;.
on his late excursion, cannot fail 10 be as agreeable
the friends Of talent and merit. they must have no
acceptable 10 himself DC. Mr.. Clay is richly ehlita
TO all he has received and 10 more, were II IN The p""s
OF his friends to bpslow i: But il s believed they have
now done for him much THEN numerical s'Teh-"
can possibly accomplish and that he may without ua
defra,ing his claims The confidence and support Of w
community, or their personal attachment to NI'
consider wha, has TRANSFERRED as a. honoraGte d!t"af
from the Presidential ~a,fare." SC &c
Mr. Clay will scarcely thank his friend for giving lf
an Interpretation to the hon"rs lie has received "
tainly this was no, what he meant by an 'honos
discharce"-But TO this compr 1lon II will now prot'
come al last maugre all the "Reminiscences OF his e'
and all the arguments Of The Wing presses, that L'
come out in his favor
The New York Correspondent OF The n ln'eiIgfhc
says ~ he results Of the Western Elections walked
the Wings in Vernon, as they walked up the Wings
| Rhode lslaDd"-They walked up many wrong pass
ger also Il would seem from the result, that TIE