Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1840-02-25

a !tJss NtIa I!dIin Aet.', "'i'NS w. PNS iSoSP ~
bells upon their head.
m Delegates, who have not vet furnished their
coun,y committees, are requested to hand them IN, to
the Secretary Of The Convention in the course of the
week, written ont in a fair hand, and the Post Office
Ct each Committeeman attached TO his name.
Military cIaJlqiaS.-We published in our last No.
the resolutions Of the Wings of Richmond, and the
denunciation in their Address, Of all military chief
tains, whom Mr.. Clay too has denounced in his cele-
tra,ed Speech, as worse than ~s'plague, pestilence and
famine This language was applied to the Hero OF
New Orleans, whose laurels will long flourish whilst
those of Gen. Harrison may comparatively fade. But
thanks 10 the PENNSYLVANIA, 1t has brought up another
renjnisccnce Of precious document which twas origi-
aally published in the R.. Enquirer'-and which the two
gentlemen concerned may this day have a public OPP
Portunltr Of recanting and expungIng from the record.
"ll9wisIt saysthe Pennsylvanian) that the party which
re.eChOed Mr. Claws views about military chieftalns,
Is now TO he seen shouting in all the ludicrous contor-
tons Of tclgncd enthusiasm, at the heels OF a military
Chrettain: How is it, that Henry Clay himself pre-
tends to be IN favor of the election of a military chief
IAN: Either 5 great change of opinion has taken place,
o.else there must be a general understanding that
Harrison really SIS not hero enough to hurtahim."
"WAsHISGrox, 25th jan, 1925.
My Dear Sir My position in regard to the Presi-
DENTAL contest, is highly critical, and such as to leave
!e no path on which | can move, without censure. |
have pursued, in regard to it, the rule which | always
observe IN The discharge Of my public duty. l have
interrogatCd my conscience as TO what | ought to do,
and that faithful guide tells me that | ought to vote
ioF Mr. Adams. shall fulfil its injunctions. MIR.
.FaWtord $ state of health, and the circumstances I'M
Ger whrrn he presents himself to the House, appear to
NE 10 be conclusive against him. As a friend of hber-
Wand 10 tie permanence of our institutions, l cannot
consent, IN this early stage Of their existence, by con-
iiibaIing TO the election ola military chieftain, to gice
me Strong'St guarantee that this Republic aoW march IN
ne tahf road ~hich has conducted eucry other Repub-
mto fmn. | owe to our friendship this frank expo
sioon OF my intentions-I am, and shall continue to
d. assallcd by al! the abuse which partizan zeal, ma
.shiy, and rivalry, can invent. ! shall view, without
e,Ao''on, these illusions of malice, and remain UNI
ssaScn IN ny purposes. What is a public man worth
""e VII! no. expose himself, on fit occasions, for the
good Of his country:
as 10 the result of the election, ! cannot speak with
.'s"'"Ie certainty; but there is every reason to believe
tludn..
DE pleased to give my respects to Mr.. - and
'e"e'e me, always,
Your Cordial Friend,
Inc Hon. F Brooke"
and where IS Mr. Clay's conscience now Does he
|IS fulfil ITS injunctions:'' Has this faithful
s"Hr abandoned hiln-and is he now prepared to
, y. upon The rock of that dangerous precedent
%"eA ne was once SO conscientiously ~solicitous to
s-Na IN ls21: How is it, that he can now soon
~a' 10 contribute TO the election Of a military chief.
~ Of inferior pretensions both in war and in
r@e-ooth IN the camp and in the cabinet-a man,
~ would never have been thought of as q candidate
i, /. i . Presidency, if the Wings had not supposed that
!" cope might be caught by the sound OF military
,-ns, islt thus, that Mr.. Clay expects to stop the
%a.a Oh our Republic in the fatal road, which has con-
!, rssfa every Republic to ruin, Was it by running
b h. military chicftains (aye, two Of them) at Harris
os : "s' 'e Wings expect to support the principles
i, ~ government, and to save it from ruin? Shame,
H. upon their inconsistency! Shame, shame, upon
,So.. ucSs and stratagems. Shame, shame, upon
sc,, Sea- @en'ed men, who despise Gen. Harrison quail
~, ,"'"s iFom the bottom of their hearts-who know
~ "e Is not tit to be President OF the U. States-who
a., S 'ntt he will become a mere nose of wax IN the
ssI. T.. u ms artfnl managers-and yet disgrace them
~ ana won!d degrade their country, by protesting
3. Spec' winch they do not feel, and by elevating to the
n,msGehcy a man, who is incapable Of welding its
s.s Why who was it that endorsed the double
W. ucket but three years ago-"For Hugh l..
"s out not for VIM. Henry Harrison'-or words to
ana IvAee'-ior such, we are told, was the endorsement
dss, ,e opinion of a citizen of Virginia, who now con-
So, - 70 run on tue same ticket with Gen. Harrl-
s, :, aHu stoops to puff him into Importance. Shame,
yri AGAIN, gentlemen! You can never expect to
m; : u enlightened and manly people, like those Of Vir-
WI such inconsistencies and such humbuggery.
No, : mistake the game, that is now on foot? Does
nl MI, :, man see, thatthe Wings are trying to use the
IAN - g. lame of Gen. Harrison as a sort of battering
~ vi breaking down the wall of the Republican, par
t NJ ;" o'aer that the Civilian may march through its
ar - = 'ne Citadel: that after four years for the mill
a3 y :'ciia'n, Mr.. Clay is to come in for the eight
M = As was beautifully said on Thursday night in
Ct. Invention, the Wings need not cant about Mr..
III : oeci'hation and retirement from public lite.
op, may set for the present, bnt only to rise again
years hence. II is this prospect that has since re-