Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1843-04-21

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Ga tae ln.h April, MIR. Clay addressed very large
5.ec. go o. people IN Lexington, Kentucky. Aittr
I beautiful acknuw led rUcat /" al! parties his late
p,9 The Southwest for the hono:s they had showered
laa8 tau says the leX'ngton Obse.ver,) Mr. I,
t,eusssd "hs connection with the Bank bills OF the
Ern SsssioG-hs defence Of himself against the
ear.-cj iay;a- abandoned lis old views in regard to
bm,-uis reference to the twenty per cent clause in
tea Distribution ac.-lGe Tari;f-the Bankrupt act -
H. cl:g-l Mr. TYLER with ''sys'ematlcally aad cor
'-., administering the patronage Of the Government
'o.g up tc people ii the U:isted States rather TO
tfupi e Democratic party 10 the support Of al. Iy
ks: lf Clay said, ''that lie had hesitation TO ex-
ssss As oeiuon, as al humble and private citizan,
sa2' n1n who had any feelings Of self-respect or
ao; patriotism, could take hid any Office, the
ag-te whch depended on the Pres dents viii, sub
c 30 the degrading and dsgrace:ul conditions which
zero mposed upon rs possessions and that IT would be
M o4.ua-n duty Of the next President elected, be lie
Wig or Oenocrat, 10 purify the public service by
'.mo'y d'scu:dGg a.! such contaminated incumbenis
81 30. ts;e many, he knew there we're some,
0o@ ol:e. sho d;sdaned 10 submit to any such dis.
.'.e''e. c'nitoas, aud they ought and ne doubted
No. would receive Just and full consideration, and he
1eu according 10 their capacity, honesty and fidelity
) ir.r county.
'r Cliy sen: on further to say, chat in his Opt
"a", u Way Pres dent should be elected, il would
g. 4s imperative dag % DE- ample justice, in the adj
tn''ra2u os the public patronage, To the great wing
t''., Il the country-what he verify believed Tor
t.iS tat embraced ma ari.y Of the people of the
aieG S.ates-'Ihat party, for upwards OF fourteen
wears pas, with The exception OF month, had been
systematically prescribed, end excluded from all public
tnguFmen's-not only from original appointments
a', "hcn they held ofi,c, they have been hurled
'at to make way often FOR unworthy persons,
81 opposite politics and, far is MIR Tyler
a@ pursu,ns this practice, that he 10 d,sinissiny
s.. %bom lie put IN, not only without charge,
'74t iault, without any species OF trial. but with
o IAN knowledge, that the duties OF their Offices
"'Te ceea diligently, honestly, and faithfully exc
c';ed, and roiing back in their places men whom
he had A,useii dismissed Every consideration Of
'4i''''t of eq1y, and of justice demands, sad Mr.
'ly Ia; Tue most fall and complete reParaon of the
'' afes o'He to the Wing party should be hereafter
.''9' A'", "ouid thatbe prescription. 1t would be
'' Ss't'est ieanke 0! prescriptions Ga the contrary,
w continue ~ o;ce men, WAC hai been put there, by
't d'n.sson Of other and better men, for political
t--'ns, you'd tie to sanction, consummae and perpe
'ie prescription. But If it could he regarded pro
SepNon, "ho 10 BE Justly reprcached with beginning
" ,ciPooh ~ tals country?
70 maa ~. more profoundly than he did the evils
""ea ws'c likely 10 grow oct OF struggles for the
''Se Of Government with the distribution of all its
"'as aud offices exclusively confined to the success
Oh" party tie doubted whether our system could long
-'-';s the consequences o.! such struggles But he
'-''d that reNeir would be hereafter found either
" 'ae am, utu.e nj &; The Constitution the Law, 10
-'''' asa'ns, these evils.
.''s, mark reader the prospect which lies before
Ett IA Mr. Clay. and We here have his word for
'''' 'he Wings will ''have ample justice in the ad
''fa'oa o: The pablo patronage the ncumbents
'4Fed N any NUMBER ard The loaves and fishes pro
10y distributed among The Wing greedy expectants
N"F "Sd Gqren--A Wing, in the Fredericksburg
s"a' "t"e h inst writes from K Il q that sun
'Ae greatest change tina. has been almost ever
~ occp-. Shon!d come over The minds of the good
'+. Najor Davis will be d,stanccd, beaten, and
s ''a.,a, t50. BE not too sanguins, Sirs, nor
',' Soar chickens before they Matched Our
GENT corr' spoadcnt writes US, on the l5,h that
H. eh' Developments have dissipa'ed all doubts about
us re eIec,Ion-tfat the Tax Bill, ION which the
3. = co1f'ed "a sure card,) is getting popular,
Re ac'ins agains, the Wings"
,,' sla.' copy ii the earliest possible moment, the
''n1 aud able charge OF Judge Nicholas TO the