Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1842-10-04

spihf = The Editor of the Enquirer " TWO y.a
ame s CLAW wanted but 10 electoral Vo.es "
.n'e' Kentucky should give nun "e,s M l r
,,o snd ~, acanst him. what is The remedy: Wou'o
.rns vote" .ompelled 10 count the votes? HAS II
~ CcrGrtSS =, rsfnse3 | understand not. Nor has
M d''cff,, or Judiciary or Legislature, any
he safe Nd, The returns OF the Commissioners OF
ers'f !" Is this So or MOI p,o, -,
,sc'en -, Editor, - the trnth about uhe rIo'' TUE
Tins, w .a nothing but the truth. There was no
ahos tu'"' a" either BY myself or any human be-
g:b p'' heard OF, can your neighb"r OF the
-, iha' ~, his reconnaissance ever make CISCO
E.larsf' !" .,s,mboat or the twenty conspiraloFs'-
wF 81 u, ]s with GIendower sp'f's'
Tlty a'" Your friend
..,.blsnd 3Oh Sept loa2
Mr.. Ciay's Creed.
,u,v,or remarkable letter is published IN 'hs
'o s.Inbia papers, from the pen OIL the a'A'e'
,,A!as4s "AsuLAsp, 18th Sept, lo42.
.,,s;vsd YOUR favor, communicating
.l)ea' s, sE .n,ses and view. Of the Young Men OF
ne Pln'Hs and take pleasure, IN compliance WI"
Fn''a'."st IN stating some OF the p'ncipai oDleu's
l''ii suppose, engage the Aommon aes'te Snu 'ie
sh'1 TsytIon Of the Whsar'y to BRING about !"
a Goyernmen, of the u 5 lnsse he tho v and
%I,,,d National Curreney
authority Q, ,n with fair protection to American
@.eylfs
industry 80 on the Ereeu,ire Po'csr, embracing
.a' 49, .s,-c,ion on the exercise OF lht 'e'o' -.
at'hel ',5a,.ris,ra,iou Of the Public Domain with
ia".,.b'e distribution of the proceeds OF safes Oh
.nonr all the States: os mo co.
IA h""s. ra,yug puhic officers perfect freedom OF
r"""""' nd of The right Of suffrage; but win su'ta-
'aOus~ apains, improper interference IN eec'
Nons ,,,,,t of the Constitution limiting the ncum-
~ ,be Presidential office to Single term:
rnass ohiscs attained think that we should cease
~, 10 affected with bad administrations Oh 'he
lam respectfully,
As"" Your friend and ob't servant,
IL. CLAY.
Mr. JACOB STRArroS. ,,,t.,
r"o rbce composition and spirit of the above ie'tef
credit 10 the Candidate OF the Wings lis IN
., STYLE is the least of It's defects ne hrst sen
,,os : bnnclng enough. 81 take pleasure IN s'a'hs
of the principal affects which, suppose, engage
s'"s d,sire and The common erertion Of the Wing
, "a hmm about in the Government OF the y .:
H1,2 ,s N Inc Goyernmen,'-lf MIR. Clay had SAID
49,. .5us ~ the Government of the Y ,. Tine Phiase'
,y would have been rather better; though even wiz.
.I,' amendment in the sentence, the whole coh'eN'
.pns awkwardly enough H.. ,,,,o-
Ri, what shall we think OF The sP'rA ., ne % 49,
vhs,e IS The bold and fiery spirit OF Harry OF 'ns
;" l. !, really true that Mr.. Clay has emPioyeu
.saan,,al committee TO take charge OF his person.
- rJ,,e his letters Is he about 10 nyslieise ms
ro,oos and conceal them from "the puoiic we"
Tb.ra IS nothing open and nianly IN inns Ploua
r,y thing is equivocal, Dephic IN It's feVeia,o"s'
al nbTases susceptible Of various constructions
s''''" .t ,ds md rather the emana,ions OF q cum
- Iss,t than the declarations OF the bold ana DARN
,,cisn HIS sir paints Of Hhiggry, are all of them
.ha ..oo;nt no point az sound national currency:
n,s bs mean gold and silver currency, regulated by
N. will and authority Of the nation: or, does lie
.rs,n also. paper money issued by the government,
OF notes issued by an incorporated .1"equaee
.venpe. and Jar protection :: Why, this ep'
,ba, fair. IS more underlined than the expression
a. .andc,ous Tariff, about which the Wings used
:, ray,l 50 much Then again, gust restraints
~ t.ritM administration OF the public DOMAIN
and ,Juabie' distribution Of the proceeds =
BIZ, the whole letter is so mystical, and So ~raP' up
That II presents no positive creed. The "ooJects 10
h. b-ourh, abou, I'm the Government of the U. ,.
are so much yelled in mist, that their proper d'men'
soes cannot be accurately ascerained 1t is all vague
and uncertaln-aud each proposition seems to be sc
stated as To leave everv to interpret It tor himsef
Ills advocates III the North may take 1t IN one sense
and those in the South in another. In Georgia, ne
sil be held up as an opponent OF hish pfotecl'on
But N the North they wall represent HIM as gong the
whole Tor protection They will use this equ,roca
letter as an exponent OF the two transparences recently
hung % IN the Exchange, Philadelphia on the nigh
Of the great Wing Celebration" Tariff -"Henr!
Ciqy But why expa,iate upon letter which hal
been so Justly criticised in an article IRON the "fenn
,yslnan Of Philadelphia II is painted IN Just CO
.oa;s, III the following structures:
HENRY CLAWS LAST LETTER.
"The Philadelphia Inquirer contains letter iron
nenry Clay dated Ashland, Sept. 49, lc42, addressed
10 M Jacob Stra,ton of this city, in answer TO iet'e
;,o,n the latter nquirng as 10 Mr. Clays principles
From this letter, it would appear that Henry Clay
has rrown wary and deems it best to have his opinions
4. least on some points, wrapped IN such ambiguity
Ito. his cause may be advocated by persons OF oppo
sentiments, the supposition that he colnc'oe'
sh them respectively in oplnlon aud So ha IN case
Of his election, those who ore disappointed IN ms
yoiey cannot charge him with violating express
prtges In short he las far he can be. under the
circumstances in which hc is placed non communal.
HIS hrs, opinion IL, that ought TO have "a SOUND
cuirencr, regulated By the will and authority OF the
nation This may mean anything or nothing, IN re-
terence TO the contests of the day Every man IN the
country IA probably in favor of all that is explicitly
proposed in he above sentence. The Bank and the
Az, Bank men-those who are for Sub Treasury
sEd those ssains, 1.-THE friends of Ihe Fiscal Agent,
and lis opponents all agree that We ought 10 have
sound CURRENCY and that it should be regulated, TO
greater or less extent By the will and authority OF the
na!oa In the constitutional provision Tor stamping
coin and regulating ts value, the power and authority
sound currency; and the carrying out of this power IS
N Tie opinion of some, all that necessary to accom-
p''t wha, is proposed in the words used by Mr. Clay
ali he TO be understood as being for Nationa
Bank, would have been more explicit and becoming
IA him to have said so, distinctly; and II, on the Other
hand, he thought that suitable regulation of the cur
Fency could be effected without such Bank, it would
l'e been frank, and would have appeared bette
TOT INN 10 have expressly declared that opinion
"sls second point is, that We ought TO have AN ade
qaale revenue, with fair protection 10 American IN
dusiry This is another truism, the PRONUNCIATION o.
which amounts to nothing. 1t affords no evidence oil
'he write. real opinions, at the present time, the
SUBJECT OF Tariff lie is FIRST for an adequate reccnue
50 IS every in The U. s.; but whether an adequate
revenue is fifteen millions thr,y.two, according te
the estimate Of the Wing Secretary OF the Treasury, he
does 10, inform He is for far protection 10 Anne
fcan industry So is everybody else There is not
nul:pr the Union but who will avow that he is ii
'asor Of far protection Of American industry; there
not an ultra resrIconist but who will assert the same
lang IN the words; and yet they are as wide asun
is' ~ their views as the poles. This ambiguity will
enable Mr.. Clays par,isans to electioneer for him
"h everybody. To the high restric,ionst, they car
say, Is not very high Tariff fair protection tc
American industry OF the answer will be
yes and the reply, that this is the protection that MIR