Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1842-11-08
mn CLAY At HOME


commentaries the proceedings of the "htnluchy
State Convention and Barbecue Of the 2G:h nlt al
Frank ort-Thos Metcafr, Preside nt-wi'h u Vice
! Presidents Some of the Wing presses have swelled
the meeting TO 900 Wings. But correspondent OF
the Louisville Sun estimates them at only from to
1000. All the Wing members Of Congress from Ken
lucky present, except MIR. T. Marshall Heso-
uons were adopted, giving the articles of the Wing
creed, and with them, the following resolution:
''Rrsoirrd That in fellow citizen, iiENR
CLAY the faithful exponent Of The pnei les here annsnncea
and Kentucky heartily responds 10 the nominations winch have
been made Of him by her sister STATES Tor Tie once o'
cf i!r u. =" -
Mr.. Clay was then introduced 10 the meeting by Go
vernon Mecafe and received with thunder OF p
rlause ale said that he did not come there 10 make
speech, and referred to his speech of the YIN june
for al he could say in regard TO the principles OF The
Wings: bu: he was not allowed to retire without saying
omehng. In speech Of about three quarters oil an
hour, he attacked the veto power as now exists ne
dvised the Wings TO he discouraged, but to rally
around their principles, and they must triumph tie
thought our prospects ha,iering now than they
were two years before the election of S40, and as we
lriumphed then, 90 must triumph in lc4l
lie was followed By Judge Owsley-and then MT
Crenden vas called for by the crowd. lie praised
the kcn;uckinns--and dashed Mr.. Tyler IN the most
violent and unneasured terms. "Foowng the I'M
pulse Of his feeling, Mr. Crtenden proceeded TO lash
and carve The Godke most numerically for while
Then che ckne himself if he had gone farther than
discretion and policy would warrant he endeavored TO
reruce his steps and after oundering rather awkward.
" for some time assumed quite concillaing tone, and
invited The backslidng Daniel back to the fold with
most evangelical air" Other Orators succeeded after
the Da,becue-and the Convention then adjourned
(Fren The GlebsJ
"Since the general deeut OF Whiggery in the cleo,
tons consequent on MIR. Clay's taking The command
of It's forces IL has been looked upon by all sides, as
matter of course that Mr.. Clay would longer urge
his prcensions upon the party as candidate. Every
day specuations in the Federal press as TO The
person most likely 10 be nominated by some great
Convention of the Coons when IL" Just on The heel oil
his fatal overthrow in Oalo from Which he had ust re-
turned Kentucky, find him nominated absolutely
the Wing candidate for the whole Union, by great
meeting of his friends assembled at the capital oil nus
own Staie--he himself playing the orator nj the day,
and responding to the shouts Of the dense mass, whch
acting Tor The Whggery Of tie U >, Proclaimed hm
its candidate for the Presidency in lSII. lls organ
the Lexington Intcll,gencer) says:
"sWhen the eighth resolution was read, (ihat an
nouncng Mr. Clay the NOMINEE OF the party tor the
Presidency the air vas rent with The continued ana
enthusiastic shouts Of the dense in compliance
with the invitation Of committee appointed Tor that
purpose, Mr. Clay appeared upon the stand, end ad-
pressed the multitude for the space of about three quar
,ers Of an hour, in of his very happes efforts
"This we look upon remarkably modest way oil
cn:icpating the action of Federalism in other States IN
the new aspect given to its affairs by the recent cleo
tlous Kentucky cries a hail. 10 Mr. Clay; and under
ne enthusiastic shouts of the dense mass 10 winch
Mr. Clay said Amen, the disasters of the campaign Just
closed by their chie are covered up 'BeFdYfd, o1t
not dismaud was their waichword; and Mr. Clay very
vaicrly takes the voice Of his Kentucky partlsans-
called together his biddng-for the voice of the
Federal party throughout the Union; and thanks them
very cordially for assuming to direct IN what character
their brethren in all the other States shall receive their
defeated champion.
"But this singular decacy, on The part OF MI Clay
friends in Kentucky, was accompanied by an act OF
mspBaniuous generosity, which deserves to be baz'n-
ed 10 the world. The ninth resolution, (Which imme.
da,ev succeeds that which takes IT for granted that all
the other States unanimousy acqn'esce IN the nomna'
ton of Mr. Clay "or the first Office in the nation,
promises that Kentucky will acqncsce in the nomna
ton which may be made by them "ior the second OIL
fee" This gracious consent of Kentucky TO the o.he
States allowing them TO name for the second office, is
couched in The following terms:
of her own favore for the first Office of the ma
ton, will cheerfully acquiesce in the nomination Of
any distinguished and patriotic individual, who may
br selected for the second office"
"Let say, after this, that Kentucky or MIR.
Clay would covet the part Of Dictator. So far from
ii, we have it here entered up in snemn resolution
that while she provdly nomnatPs "her ocn arorite son
for Ike first oce Of the nation, she will gracously
"ar0uicsec in The nomination IF any distinguished end
patriotic indiDduai ,cho may be selected far the second
office" by the other States Of the Union !! Well
this ma surely be called lhe self denying ordinance
But for thus sudden fit Of disinteresedness, we might
have seen alr Crittendrn named for the Vice Presi
dency.