Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1844-10-15
RICHMOND, VA.
Tres,,av Morning. OCTOBER Il. 1911.


pomrou> panegific upon nv cl,no,
CLAY, and prelensions 10 thc Puoiic eo,, .r;,,
If meri, had been claimed for his services ouii'iS
the war we should mos chcciiuily nave a"d'u,"
il. bu, we would then bc compelled 10 smart 'ic
laurel with MessIs. G. ihoun, Cheves ana o'iieiS.
What are the services however. when TIE
1yhio exhibits The first is, the Missouri Com
promise. which 'rcsiorcd peace ana harmony 10
The country" "The admission was then unlve'
sal. that he had succeeded when AL had laileu;
and he was hailed as the Saviour ol Inc Union
But in the first place, the acclama.ioh Was h"l SO
unirrsai as the Wing prciends. heieii'ls VI 'i'e
Missouri Compromisc were vehemently opposed,
and severely censurcd bv many oil the Southern
noI;,ic;ans Among these was Mr. .lno. Randolph
and The apeclolc about his wishing to nan me
hill Ia The table of the House with lofh, was TOO
notorious AT the Time 10 he forgotten now: We
100 had the misfortune 10 be very m'ch uis>a'is-
fed with the Compromise. n contrary 10 ,"e
n;r;, of The CONSTITUTIONS and a. extending UNDUE
c,yors 10 The North al the expense oil The soulh
Pm, allow Mr. Clay much inerlt Tor Restoring
ueacc and harmony 10 The country, ~ tic MIS-
souri, Compromise, he has cotiiFeu ~ ca"esi
The ALLEGATION. by his late logged, lnsdous oPpo-
s,ion 10 the Annexation OF eHa>' by 'le
Comp,o,pisc. he has given that immense re-
o;nn or territory. which extends from the
Mississippi TO the Pacific. North OF the line
Of ST degrees 10 minutes, including oregon, 10
,bc non-slaye-hoh!ing States. Mostol the territory
Sou,h Of lha, line. with the exception OF AIkan-
sas has been assigned as the home ri the emf
orout Indians II is thus cut of from the il>es OF
ihc slaychoding States. To repair IN some mra-
sure the effects Of this unequal dis'rlbhion VT
CLAY owed la the South la OBTAIN HE ic-losStS-
sion of Texas which had been once acquired by
The illustrio,s Jefferson as pan oil louisiana
In $3.50. Mr.. Clay had objected TO IL ceSs!oh 10
Il, Loo, tnHf tp pal al
The coded territory and even denied Inc authority OF
,bc Government 10 cede it away In % and -,
he ATTEMPTED as Secretary OF State To recover II
And now. instead OF repairing The injury which
he had inflicted on the South, hy his Missouri
Compromise: now. when he holds Texas aS II
were in the palm oil his hand; when she was viii
ling 10 throw herself into our arms, he fcsolute!y
resist, il and prevails upon his followers 10 reject
The Treaty ui Annexation. But it is not the
whole South alone. which has cause 10 complain
of him his course. and his motives. The whole
Union has more cause 10 murmur al the Ieleclloh
of the finest territory IN North America. Which IS
80 necessary TO the military defence oI Il most I'M
portant tronlier-and Is so well calculated Ia EN-
plov the shipping and manufactures of the North.
and TO promote the best interests of the whole
country.
The Wing also eulogizes The second Coml"o-
mise. viz OF SO II represents that measure, also,
rs ..:Ivcr;ng the dangers OF cHll wal. Inns
(.xclaims the Whig.) WAS the proude>t eta OF
Mr. Claws ilu,trous life. when Nation haied
him secondtim as the Saviour OF lis peace and
integrity" His loyal calCsi>t OF the Wing, who
had once almost lavisEcd as much "riiuperalion
upon the aspiring mooE-reachlng Clay, a. the
Triumvirac 10 V hch hc refers, says that they
ceased temporarily 10 pursue him WiIh lle'r VI
rupcration>. The Whi., i somewhat mistaken.
.,,,,y>sa- tDaf W., I,,iuCi in This unu!la lifted
lauiaiicn. ON the contrary w said then. a We
now repeal. that an inccnGiarv might Is well
c aim some neI:, Tor ey,ingui>hing the flames he
had produced. as Mr. CLAY claim unboundea credit
for luliiny the storm he had excited lie was
the pu!ative father oi the American System,
the great Champion OF the Tariff Sys.em,
which had provoked The opposition oil ). Carolina.
No man was therefore, more solemnly bound lhan
Mr. Clay was. 10 do justice 10 South Carolina and
restore peace 10 the Union.-Bu, allow him all
the credit, which all his friends claim for him.
for the Compromise OF 80, he has cancelled il all
BIZ his ;reachcry 10 the South. II he made the
c~.npro";.a hr is nov contributing 10 break il. II
he gave pledges in 81 he Is violating them III III.
But the other dav, he pledged himself 10 General
Miller and others, Of Cumberland county. Pa.
against a rcpo0i or ana mod,fcati0a ol Tire Tariff
OF r. Its minimum principle and specific du
ties alone are in diicc; collision with The ~ per
cent duties o! the Compromise act. Ii We want
cd any other proof OF lis injustice we wouk! call
Mr. Rives into Court. 10 bear witness, that il Is
worse than the Tariff OF -, andtal il loses sight
of all the principles OF The &c, Of 81 Let us say.
also in behalf OF South Carolina. that if she did
once owe most IL Henry Clay, for saving her
(as the Wing atiirm>,) from being drasooned into
submission he has cancelled every obligation
which She once owed him. lie has proved lreach-
crous 10 all his promises 10 South CaTona-and
is now supporting the very high protective system.
in new form. which provoked her opposition.-
She is now ',iraorooned into submission 10 the
manufacturing monopoi>;s OF the North. South
Carolina was not too proud 10 acknowledge the
obligation hut she is too just no, 10 feel the in
Justice with which she has been visited. Henry
CLAY is guilty OF bad faith toward, her di>tn
gui>hcd sons-and she is the last State in the
Union upon whom Mr.. Clay has right 10 call
for gratitude or support.
But with the States Rights principles
which She processes South Carolina is one
of the last States who can give her vote
for Mr.. Clay i she bound 10 sacrifice those
principles on the altar OF his unholy amb-
ton? With his federal hcresies al the helm OF
affairs; with The arbitrary and arrogan, temper
of Dictator. as MIR. Rives called him; with his
Protean and insidious professions about the Tariff
and Texas, which he has addressed to different
sections OF the Union, 10 propiiiatc their prejudi
ceS ana win his way 10 power what can she, or
Virginia or the South or the whole union, ey-
pcct from such al administration Gtwhat avail
are the brilliant abilities OF the Orator which no
man denies 10 Mr. Claw II is precisely that sort
of talent which is not required in the Executive
Department. General Washington was no Ora
tor Mr. Jefferson was none. What is mos,
wanting in the Chief Magistrate OF the Republic
is that good practical sense. and that good tenn
per, which calmly looks al the interests Of the
country, and calls The best councillors into the
public sery.ce-along with that liberal spirit.
which would look al The claims OF all sections and
Of all men, to an equal participation in The benefits
as we'll as the huIthens Of lie Government. is Mr.
Clay that man! VIII any one pretend l., when
he recocc,s in what an ovcr-bearins spirit he
lordcd il over the Senate in the Extra Session OF
1.-THE dashng measures which he then al
tempted To force upon his colleagues and his
ne recollccts, too, his dictalorial
tcmper-and The sweeping prescription that lie
will carry with him into the administration of
the Government, We cannot contemplate the ci
iccls of such an Executive directed by such dan
serous political principles, driven on by such 4
temper, and supported by such desperate party
as is now pushing on his flaming car, without
feeling The danger in which we would stand, and
determining 10 exert alour energies for his defeat
The pencil has been much more effectively en-
ployed, IN the last Democratic Review which, |
in its last (Oclober) No, in its frs, article under
the title of"Ons Jord Before tic Election, draws
the following character Of Mr. Clay:
"And now. few final words on the general is /
sue, which is 10 be decided hy this election
There has been no contest within the period OF
The present living generation. in which the dis /
iinciivc characters ofihe Democratic and III" anti
Democratic Parties stood forth so manie>ily IT,
vealed. This was not so in 1910 for great de-
gree OF confusion had crcpt into the party rca-
tons so that on some points it was not always
a very easy matter 10 determine exactly what
was what and which was which. The repre-
senta,ives of the Wing Party then, - lis nomi- !
nees Tor The Presidency and Vice Presidency, |
were Two men, OF whom The one stood committed
10 ltic else than some OF those safe gcneraliic>
aud common-placeS Of political principle on
which Democrats as well Us Wings could Unite
ie IL,