Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1844-04-23
RICHMOND, TUESDAY, APRIL %.
.r,,r GREAT ELECTIoSEERER.

THE GREAT ELECTlOSEERER.
~, H. Clay arrived at Petersburg and clouds and
rain, on Thursday, and after playing his part in tina,
ai ,,soectubie character of ElectIoneerer which he
assumed at New Orenns, left on Sunday morning for
NorfoIk. ms Yesterdays X Wing informs us.)
Iya hov, seen 10 particular accounts oil the recep-
lion rms sueech and all ihat-but indebted to a
friend in Petersburg fer the following brief sketch OF
The speech: ,o 81.
San hour since Mr. Clay finished his speech-and,
- ali sincerity think The Democrats may congra!u-
late themselves upon his speech. Every Democrat
who heard him feels that mine adversary has written
hack OF this speech there shall be tull and fair
,unscript-canvassed and compared by several who
heard tn transcript in which we will nothing extern
u,e nor set down aught IN malice. lie made your ar
,c in las, paper his text-hed 1t cut out IN his hand,
and devoted full hour OF his speech TO his juvenile
friend Tom Ritchie-whom he alluded 10 in no COM
olmentary manner and fnally delivered him over TO
the Democratic party, and said he could not do them
greater favor than To pray to God that they (he par
IVY mInht be delivered from him. II Is very good
sure cl-e election eering OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES cap
taadunl But had no. the ofaior-there vas not a
single burst OF enthusiasm not one. The Marshal
who good by his side when he thought Clay said any
thing deserving would cry cut, Now FER three cheers
and they came rs if forced and rather weakly
| MIR Clay has done us too much honor by taking so
much notice of our article We expected some aonse,
indeed for uerng such bold truths, from the lips Ct his
|
dgnanl thunder from the Jupiter Ionans himself We
had suppcss that discretion alone would have restrained
him-and we wonder, The moment Of irritation ana
Of resentment, he did recollect the old saying,
"You may tell the wounded pigeon by his ti"lterng
We presume, from what our correspondent writes us,
Tint Mr. Clay ha, poured the "pi,I!ess storm Of his
wrath upon our "devo,ed head" The volcano has dis
charged its lava perhaps upon Us as hot as he could
psur IT, mixed up OF course, with those smiles and
sueers which he knows wei! how to assume-bnt he
tI,a t1 ha ant tD
that the truth has stung him into retaliation II The arl'-
Gle OF the Enquirer had been weak IN its postons-il 1t
had not pnced MIR Clay conduct IN Its just lights be-
fore the public, that not only they could see H. bull
that he himself felt 1t TO be true, we might have escaped
this storm Of passion from the lips Of the aspiring.
moon reaching Clay the Richmond Wing called
him some years since
Why, we ask has Mr.. Clay felt structures go
much, that he had not command enough over HIM
self to suppress his feelings Because they r1e; be-
cause he knows them 10 be true; because an lmplisl
world knows lhathe must know them to be true Clay
knows that he has been visiting the South, and is now
visiting Virginia. 10 electonee for votes, and to pro-
mote his nexlinguishable ambition. or The reader re-
qulrcs any iurhe. evidence, than wha! the fact itself
carries with H. let him read the accounts which We
have extracted this days paper from the Raleigh
Journals of his Speech and the impressions he has
left behind him) lie knows, that the DISCUSSES,
which he has assumed OF coming on business,
&c, &c, too hmsy veil TO conceal his
character that does no, become him, and that he Is
assuming mask which cannot deceive the public,
the public opinion be frankly expressed. lie knows,
that he is lowering The high office which he seeks, aud
lowering himself lie ought to have known that calm
publ sentiment the n. o. Herald says, must pro-
bate "he spectacle which presented 10 The American
people by the tour of Nh Clay, his stump speeches,
and the ridiculous ribad OF the Blacksmith and Pump
borer they called, who have preceded him-ta,
IS the first time IN the history of country that any
| r.. ,t,a M.,;s hasI had y
merty TO make such tour-Thai Office which, in the
language of the pure and patriotic Lownde neither
to be sought nor avoided has hitherto been looked p
on cs The farewell offering of the nation 10 q dstln
gushed and patriotic citizen; it has been heretofore
considered too lofty too far removed from the arts and
wes of the politician, to justify the arts of The ora
| tor in order 10 carry the popular will
Mr.. Clay ought TO have known as Judge Mclean
said in August last that "the Office OF President, has
been lowered and also the character of The country
home and abroad, By the used 10 secure that
office. High the Presidency of this great nation is,
(says Judge Mcl.ean,) it mny be reached too great
price 1t SINKS below the ambition OF an honorable
mind when it IS attanabe only by the sacrifice of the
Hottest patriotism Not TO name others, we have in The
ee WALTON of Jefferson, Madison and Monroe, examples
of high ard honorable ambition, which is worthy Of
imitation These eminent men, when named for the
office of President, reposng on what they had done
and what tei. known capacities enabled them 10 do, in
the highest public FRUITS neither took nor seemed to
take any agency in their own advancement
He should have reco!lectsd the following manly
and dignied letter o; Mr. Calhoun, when hc was IN
yed by his friends in Cincinnati, to visit the West
"There are then, in my opinion, strong conaidera
TONS both OF propriety mud expectancy, why the Of
flee of the President of the United States should not
be sought by personal canvass or the usual mode OF
electioneeng. Regarded merely reference to feel
ing, the oice, il to me, too high, aud lis duties
too responsible 10 be the object of personal sole tude
Who, with the proper spirit, can contemplate the task
OF dsclIar gng It's high duties, without being inspired
with dlidence and calculated TO suppress every
feeling of the kind When look al the country as
it now Is, and compare 1t with what II was, when
first entered the councils of the Union, it relates TO
the popua ton, wealth, improvements, and all The els-
mens of greatness, and then look forward 10 what It
will b. when those who entering on the
stage shall retire, provided our liberty, institutions, and
Union, shall be preserved-and then reflect on the
great and decisive influence which the powers vested
~ the President must have, in that respect, for good
or evil as they may be properly or improperly exerc
sed TO me it seems to be the highest and most rcspon
sble Office in the world-far tho much 10 be the OBJ
ect of personal socitude, sought by personal can
vnss or be accepted on any other grounds than
that Of duty.
Let Mr. Clay blush at the contras, which he exhibits
we care not VIVA, MIR. Clay has said about W, CT
what he may say OF We defy his thundsrs
ns well as all the arrows Of all his myrm'dons -
free press has duty 10 discharge al this i'm
portant epoch OF our political history, and we mean
to discharge lis duties without fear Of his imprisoned
Observation-Disclosures Q! any Whit
ever. We of The arrogant spirit OF the Die
tator-but natives of the same proud Common
wealth he wnsand are, as he is not true 10 her
ancient Democratic Principles They are IN danger
from himself and will attempt 10 do our duty III
projecting her principles from his assaults. There Is
nothing hs temper reconcile US 10 the idea Of his
election. lie has no moderation in him. lie knows
not how to use his power with Proprety. When mi
Ie40 he expected his party succeed, he flushed
with the hopes of victory and threatened the Repub
Leans with tie political halter. After they had car
RED the Union, without carrying the citadel itself, he
declared TO Mr.. Wise in u moment of heat and resent
meat he was not sorry for it, for that they would no
longer be "embarrassed by the peculiar opinions of
Virginia.
Three days after The Extra Congress Of 1871 assem-
bed he pronounced in the open Senate that the awful
"Day Of judgment had come. And now elect him
President Of United States clothe him with the
pu rple-arm him with the full powers OF the EIecu
tive-and surround hlm he will be, By The lnto1i
eating incense fhs Fa thful worshppers and may
he moi be induced grasp, with his unbrdled passions
oT md hi do