Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1844-08-23
aDIssrRTATlON UPON A LEE


Under this very polite, yet significant head the
last Fredericksburg Arena at"mp'S 10 DEM that
MI Clay had ever written hi, very celebrated IT,
,ul 10 Mr.. E!ar. The .ticna scts on with ask
in.. why Mir Blair should hesitate 10 give H.
Claws letter 10 The public. il he lbs ever been
honored with one from that ecn'lcman! Whv
Withhold the (0fm, having given The SeiSian6c OF the
letter" &c ? Eut Tie Arena PROCESSES 10 be-
lievc thai Blair has no such icltcr--iha il is The
last edition of the most Infamous SANDER that
was ever put upon any public man, &c. &C.
Where was Blair and his letter when Henry Clay
challenged all investigation, by the House OF Re-
representatives. inlolh truth of the charge &C., &c
And we ask in return, il there Were no such
letter, why did not Mr. Clay defy Mr.. Blair
when he was alraigncd before the Senate OF Ken
lucky il. 1928 ? WHY, when he was implicated
in The remarks OF Col BOYD, OF Kentucky, in
Nav last? Why did not Mr.. Clay beard his op-
puncntS, when Boyd publicly proposed To Ex-
Speaker White 10 produce il! Why does he
stand mute fol six weeks, before the joint letter oil
enquiry. which has been addressed TO him from
Ohio
Isnot The Arena ashamed To show lis igno-
rance OF political events, by affecting 10 dishecve
the existence of such letter Does he not
know, that Mr.. Blair VAS called bclo,e the Sc
nate of Kentucky and asked about this very let
ter: and refused 10 produce copy that Mr..
Kendall saw copy of il in the hands ci Mr..
Claws friends, who refused him the permission 10
take Il copy, but that he published the contents Of
upon recollection and that they 90 distinctly 10
imrlcate Mr.. CLAY? Wcdonol expect the Arena
To Iccocct the whole history Of that day; but We
beg leave 10 lay before him the following state
mcnl, pcnncd hy The Central Jackson Commit
tee of Kentucky" and published ON lie l2ih
E'chruary 1857, il moved ION the invest
cation before the Senate of kchlucky) bv the
evidence Of Mr. Kendall, ana the statement OF J.
Dudley, Esq that in January, l323, several weeks
before the Presidential Election, +. p. Blair, Esd
an intimate and confidential friend OF Mr.. Clay.
told them that Mr. Clay would he Secretary oil
State if Mr.. Adams was made President, and
requested them Ia write Ia the Representative from
this district 10 vote for Mr. Adams, for the pur-
pose Of sccuiin" that office TO Mr.. Clay. lie
predicted his assurance 10 Mr. Dudley, upon lei
crs from Washington CITY. During The late i'll
quirv. Mr. Blair was called before The senate
ior the purpose OF proving from whom ne got
this information. He rctncd 10 he SHmn on the
ground, among other things, that he received il
in private communications ana Il copGdcn,i0i
correspondence, which the Senate hal no ri"hi to
cxlon from him. Ii was believed that The cores
pondencc alluded t.. was with Mr. Clay him
sell. &c., Sc; and thea the Committee - on L.
stale, that The Adams men refused 10 iolcc Mr..
Blair la Ia sworn because they were afraid Ia
bring out The truth. Who, too, does hot believe
thai If Mr.. Clay had moi been Mr. Blairs CORES
pendent, he (Mr. By would al the lime have
cleared Mr.. Clays skiuS from the suspicion
So much for The ''lic then, and So much for
the ''di:senaliun" of the Arena and So much for
the letter. and - much for the conscious inno-
ccnoc of Mr.. Clay.