The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1842-08-11
From the Richmond Enquirer.
THE BALL IN MOTION-TAKE HEED!

The BALL I'm MOIlON-IAhE HE'LL!
! The Clay men in Hanover and in Amherst have
held meetings. for the purpose representing their
ddate and organizing their party for the next cam
paign The tederaliss Of Hanover met at the Court
house the Goth of July, (William d. Winston,
President and William II. Curtis, Secretary and
nominated Henry Clay as their candidate-and adopt
ed preamble and resolutions in favor of National
Bank of Distribution and ''a Tariff sufficient to SUP
port the Government in economy, with discriminating
duties in favor of such articles manufactured in
this country" (The triple headed Wing monster
the Cerberus, that guards the gate of the Internal Re-
gions y They recommend State Convention to be
held whose duty it shall be appoint Central Wing
Committee, for the purpose OF corresponding with
distinguished Wings in the different States of this
U Mon, to make selection of an individual for Vice
President and for other purpos es-the month OF DC
ober to be the time when the Wings Of Hanover will
meet to select their Delegates to the Convention
and Staunton to be the place, and the 10Th August,
l843, to be the day of its meeting. They also re-
commend Clay Clubs TO be formed in each county
district through the county-but with what en-
bIems, whether of log cabins coonskins, Clay
huts with banners the Mill Boy of the Slashes, or
log cabins ornamented with mill boys and meal bags
as Their wise oracle of the Richmond Wing advises,
is vet to be determined in their Clay conclaves.
The Wings of .4nherst held their adjourned meet
ing at the Courthouse the 18th July, (Col. Corne-
Illus Sale the chair and DR.. David Patteson Secre
tary) The Chairman of their Committee, Robert
Camm! proposed long preamble and resolutions,
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and man, "repudiated him and his measures" Then,
they fling the breeze the pure and unspotted BAN
ner of Henry Clay, of Kentucky''-cryng him up
"purer than any other living Politicians" Vir-
ginian by BIRTH and Republican Of the Old School,"
MARK, you this miserable humbugD They then
pass resolutions (by way, suppose Of illustrating
what then mean by ga Republican Of the Old School)
in favor of National Bdnk-in favor of an ade-
o,iate revenue and reasonable protective Tariff such,
we suppose as the present Tariff bill now before the
of thn Qtrihn NAV
propose State Convention-but to be held in the CT
ty of Richmond on the 22d of February next-and
they, too, resolve themselves into Clay CLUB.
The Federal Wings of Virginia are thus entering
the field, with Henry Clay as their chamPion-and in
the true spirit of mountebanks and Gaping even the
climax of the humbugs of 1910, they would pass him
off upon the good people of Virginia Republican
of the old Virginia school, when, ever since the year
1911. when he delivered his speech against the
newal of the charter of the Bank of the United
states he has abandoned the strict construction States
RIGHTS school of Virgina-was in the habit even of
ridiculing them as Abstraconiss when he is against
the strict principles of Madison's report, from which
he has never since argued-is in favor of Bank
Tariff, Distribution; and when he is, in fact, in
principles, and in measures Federalist of the AL
exander Hamilton stamp.
How these eulogists of Mr.. Clay can expect to
humbug the people of Virginia by such audacious
declarations, cannot conceive but it shows the
desperation Of their cause, and the desperate hum
bugs to which they prepared to resort to secure
their success.
they must rally forthwith, unite tremendously and
firmly together. They must bring all their men and
all their strength into the field act promptly, and
prevent the enemy from gaining foothold in the
camp-meet Clay clubs with Democratic Associa-
tons--array Republican convention against Federal
conventon-and fight silly emblems and humbug
tales with the light of argument and the majesty Of
truth.