Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1840-01-09
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-pICCNOND IitRSDAs, JAM AtSi :.
The Passage nj Arms. -,
W. Ir before our readers the Report from ,he nio'e'
. -, ,j,crca,ton between Mcssrs. Clay ana Snihoui,
: r-;aav last II is more complete thah 'nc p'Po''
y" -. ,vcn from the \. Intciiigcncer, "h,ch came
'" Nc, morning Ii does Mr. Calhoun, therefore,
o"' tx 80 !. was said IN Washington, that Mr.. Clay
"'t ,n1ed 10 make this hit at Mr. Calhoun; nut we
IA" Nm, s;noularly unfortunate both IN the manner OF
I;r the attack, and then OF ms retreat. rue '"gh'
iaH" recollec,cd with Mr.. Walker, that Mr..
u "" scheme about the Public Lands was not
Calhoun I'D by any concert with the Executive,
t'o"I" :, Mad been long projected by Mr.. Calhoun
ia, n'', H.; attempt 10 lls,cn the quarre! upon Mr.
ana NV, as obviously most unhappy The whole
Iaiho"n h,d taste and spirit. We are sorry to sec
""s %, Missions 50 deep and acrimonious, al t!ie
E' Wy when one would infer from his own cx-
Nt'y "'' % ! about TO leave the stage OF action
rTSSS''U.' . r.,,arhS Of the Globe have been pro-
Inc GAYS impctuosity. The retort is just
N"hsa " c,ruorx .>p ClAy.-The National In
,,nor, ot,hc alteration induced Yesterday
en- Snate bv Mr Clay inquiries and ins'inat'hs
IN ''t non IN, circumstance of an interchange OF
ionnaFu Iat.ern the President and Mr.. Calhoun IS
CIV ,snred by our Reporter and other dlsnter
- "a ,crsons yerv imperfect and unjust to MIR Cal
I I, i presented III our columns to-day iuliy and
fairly cu,, ,..,,,,o3 ~, A.
c,y as the pret.xt for tie suppos't'o ihat MI .a
M
., .ba Administrations SIr. Clay we'll knew that be-
s.,% Gsn Jacksons Presidency EXPIRED this plan was
,;,,cd 10 the Senate BY the Senator from South Ca
ln, lie. knew too that since that period, PRESIDENT
van Eursn had fully dsysqgfG 1 gSGS & Fcsfs
Ia. TO the ancient we'll tired, and well approved
svs,en, which had its origin with that of the Govern
wont He proposes change, unless that may be con-
sJ.r.d change which regulates and guards the pre-
nn,;on principle for the benefit OF the public, and of
md tu,nr no
mrincipc, which had already been acted on reducing
.l minimum price of the public lands, and which IS m
sncnsablc with regard 10 that portion which is unsafe
ME =, present prices within the States, If II be intended
that such lands shall &c brought into use, and sus-
tain population
I,crt was moi so much to attach this bin to the Adm
rraton as 10 assail Mr. Calhoun for his attachment
n ~ leading measures Mr.. Clay has been indcl-
slr marked by the stain of his coalition with Mr. Adams
,b,t he tancics every man must be ruined with the
nnb;c who relineushcs personal prejudice and host-
It's conceived in moments of party strife, even to sup
nor, President whose principles and measures, after
aars of trial. have removed the erroneous impressions
which originated the diSsenslon. But Mr. Clay should
distinguish between the circumstances OF his sudden
love match with Mir Adams and the gradual surrender
of the hostile feeling which Mr.. Calhoun enter
tanned 10 Mr. Van Buren,. Mr. Clay was, up TO the
very moment when he undertook to make Mr.. Adams
pttsdcn, OF the United States, his bitter and impla-
cacablt foe Nav, that moment, and afterwards the
question of ''edj cHrHcd tsracitg remained 10 be ad
ius,ed and stands without explanation. In spite
OF this Mr.. Clay made Mr.. Adams Presdent-in spite
Of this he accepted the Office OF Secretary of State from
hin-anG il. spite o all his obnoxious political prnci-
pies added 10 his personal aversion Mr.. Clay not only
embraced ana Rugged him to his bosom-reso!ved not
cniy 10 take him President for the time when his
choice was restricted to Mr. Crawford and General
Jackson-bu for terms, when, for the last ofthem
4, ravs chnirn nfa hIefh trate W
OILS BY the qualifications required by the Constitution
Mr Adams, he knew when choosing him as President,
vas marked by the veto of the kentucky Legislature;
and defiance Of tins and the popular vote OF the
whole West, Mr. Clay took Mr. Adams, and the Secre
tar; Office uader him Although this strong promo.
aaon was not sufficient convince Mr. Clay that his
conduc, on that occasion wrong, the result, we
link ought 70 have taught HIM that he should not
boas, Of now |, was followed hy the revolt Of his
~n Stately the overwhelming condemnation OF eve
HRspublican State in the Union.
Mr.. Calhoun $ reconciliation to the course OF the
ADMINISTRATION, has not counter to his own prIn-
cples, The opinions OF his State, nor those
Of the grea; section to which he belongs. The contest
which the corporations and the specializing classes and
combination Of factions, under Federal leaders, have
waged against the Government, has brought with it
the issue which Hamilton made under the first Adm-
nstraon, and winch the battle of 1913 and 1899, and
The victory OF l&00, only stayed but did determine
pom that issue not only the Democracy of South Ca.
ro!aa and the whole South but the Democracy of the
whole mon, is with the President. Under such con.
tt!on of things, what would have been said of man
who had taken prominent stand in the ranks &c the
State Rights party, II he had permitted personal mis-
Understanding, personal luminosity, personal feeling
Of any kind, TO have separated him from the cause
The fate Of which he knows be involved with that of
TIE Ch!et Magistrate from whom he had been cs-
ranged. In yielding support to the President, even
under such circumstances, if high office had been
asked as an understood preliminary, there might have
been some surmIse of seshness as the prompting mo-
tive. But in the case of Mr. Calhoun, he asks nothing
and gives all He takes the opprobrium which he must
have known the yindctive and unsparing feeling Of
such man as Mr. Clay would throw upon him, and if
hes TO derive any benefit from the nisconstruction 10
winch he now subjects himself, il must come in the
tram Of the blessings to whc! the success Of good
cause ocs;ows, in the end, on all who support il
Gen. riarr;son>S Familiarity.