The Ohio Democrat. [volume] (Canal Dover, Ohio) 1840-1900, 1844-10-17
From ths Richmond EnqniOr.
THE CAT OUT THE5BACl

IRON ihe Richmotsd Wing. We have no time 10 pre-.
pare, nureVen space 10 publish in this paper the prn
cpal remarks which they are calculated 10 call forth
The correspondence does not materially vary from the
Version Mr.. Kendallhas given of the first letter. nor does
livery much change the commentaries which it has
hitherto produced, nor shake the convictio which his
verson and Tho CONNER tltor have impressed upon oul
mind They only strengthen our beliel IN the several
propositions which Mr. Kendall Recently pat forth in
the "Exposilor"
"Ttey show three things, viz:
"FfSat An appeal 10 his f4t&Ts intereEk' BY Mr.
Adams friends 'as motive for giving that gentleman
his support.
"SseOndy That his friends had so determined so to
vote, as the most likely means Of accomplishing their kind
UfsAs t1oGrds him.
"7SrSly. That Mr. Clay not only concurred with
them in this conclusion but scarcely engaged in at
tempting to secure votes for MIR. Adams, through Mr..
Blair and Mr. CriitendenS influence over their repre-.
sentative"
Mr.. Clay has not published Mr.. Blairs letters 10
HIMSELF but We scarcely want them to show the light in
which Mr.. B. viewed the first letter Of Mr. Clay, atthe
lime he received it. What he told Kendall and Dud-
ley on receiving it, constitutes what the books call
'contemporaneous exposition" OF the letter. He told
Mr.. Kendall, that "if Mr.. Adams were elected ne
would make Mr. Clay Secretary of State" and he told
MIR. Dudley '4hat if Mr. White could be induced to
vote Tor Mr., Adams, he GAY would obtain the vote Of
Kentucky, and with it thevotes OF most Of the western
States which would elect him; in whsn case, Mr. Clay
would receive the appointment OF Secretary Of State"
Upon this idea, Messrs Blair, Criuenden and othels
acted when they wroeto While to induce him to vote
for Mr.. Adams
We do not now wonder that MIR. Clay has been so
ehary IN Withholding bis letters. Tell not the public
that tits because he didnot wish to violate the sancy
Of private correspondence; because he migot at any
moment have stricken out the names &C., &C., as he
has now done and published his own letters whenever
pleasd. Tell not as MIR Bolts told the Ctarotts.
vile club the other day. when he read them Clays letter
to P. Blair Chat there is no homes, man Of either
party who would not say, after reading that letter, that
II c1nfers credit upon Mr. Clay, instead of convcting
him OF bargain and coalition with Mr. Adams" Cred
tablet Why, then, has not MIR Clay published long
ago bis own letersl And they would have seen the
light and passed into the public press in 1925 il Mr.
Clay had not dreaded their exposure. Can Mr. Bolts
be seriousl Can he believe that no honest man can
consider itas dscredtabe in him 10 take such meas
lures to elect Mr. Adams and then owe to his hands the
rst Office in his GIN No; the friends o. Mr. Clay found
that the house was becoming too hot for him. and they
therefore determined to risk the publication Of the letters
themselves, with suchElossares as heir owl ngenu-
iiy could suggest.
There was time when we did not believe it possible
fer Mr. Clay TO fall into the egegious bunder of which
he was guilty in 1926 We do not mean his voting for
Mr. Adams-that is one thing The disinterestedness
pi his motives might have excused him from the conse-
quences of that act But that, after having made Mr.
Adams President he should have taken office from him.
and the best Office in his gh and the one which be con-
sdered to be the seppngstone 10 the presidency, is
very different question: and no plea Of patriotism could
furnish excuse or paation for the blunder 1t is the
second act OF the drama, Indeed, wHichcass suspicion
upon The frsL