Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1844-10-10
VOLUME Al---NO. 46.

.cription. IL would be the severeSt rebuke o! pro-
scription. But if ii could IL regarded
as prescription, who is 10 lie justly rcproachcd
with beginning prescription in this countfyl"
! PUBLIC EXPENDITURE
In his Hanover speech, delivered, June -,
1910 Mr. Clay said
The annual expenditures, may. in rcaSona-
bic Time, be brough, down from lis present amount
OF almost forty millions TO near one third of that
sum II Mess Natt0aoi Regiac,, pare SO
The other side:
"Ar. Clay said he would correct an assertion
that The Whigpar,y, when ont Of power asserted,
that il trusted with the helm, they would admins
/ Ter this Government al an amount OF expenditure
! not exceeding 30O0U00 know OF
no such position ever taken by the Wing party,
! or by any prominent mcmJcr Of the U1ig putt
Sure am that the party generally pledged itself
| 10 no such reduction OF the public expenses
None. deny lin no offensive sense)
That the Wing party ever promised to reduce th,.
expenditures OF This Government 10 Sl3 100000"
March / lsi2, III session 27h Con-
grcss, APR. 1913.
MR. CLAY OK LEGISLATIVE "LoG-RorIiNG.'
Mr. Clay, after summing up the measures of
the Extra Session, says:
These were the fruits of the Extra Session 50
far as they depended on Congress This was
Tie circle OF beneicent assures intended To en-
brace all interests and paris of the Union. We
/ have IcaSon 10 believe that il was looked upon
/ and regarded as 4 whole, and that votes were
! given FOR SOME MEASURES in the series NOT so
! much because they were in conSonance with the
! views oil lie constituents whose members gave
those votes, IS because they Were wanted hv other
! paris oi The Union, anu the CoNprN>,r ALTON wssrn
! EE POUND IN OTHER MORE ACCEPTABLE MEASURES
or THE SAME SERIES"
CONCLUSION.
We conclude, hv Offering a selection %. 2 few.
reasons we'll urged in favor OF Mr. Clay's seva-
lion 10 the Presidency. drawn from sources which
usually command III Il high degree the confidence
of our Wing friends.
"Jic sH?portcd him (Clay) 0acc for Me Pyts,-
@cncy, AND WOULD Do 81 AGAIN, WE'RE wr Not, ~
DolSd 50, ALMOST SURE OF DEFEAT. BIT Mn
CLAY is DEFICIENT lN POPULARITY.
MI Clays influence tailed 10 sustain j q. Adams
in The Presidential Chair With all the efforts
made 10 elect Mr.. Clay himself in 1871. he SUE
cce,ied in Obtaining only toriy.ninc electoral votes.
and III the election ofls36, himself and his friend,
were well satisfied of his deficiency in popular
favor, that they did not attempt 10 run him al all
Is Roi h's deriSt's cridcscs rs 10 l1r. CInHS y0yr-
iarfN-I B0Stoa AA0S, n SD. II. 1898.
/ That MIR. Clay Is the chosen cGpdiGatc Of tte
0ris!ocrarn"fMe Wig PayiR Is nHqUes'i0MoLiC: ana
ii * equally unquestionable that very earnest ami
Jealous efforts will b. made to impose him upon
the Wings as their candidate. Il is also certain
that Mr. Clay IS not The ci0ice Of the Wing party
Apart from other sufficient reasons, therefore,
which we shall give hereafter the very fact lha,
Mr. Ciayis tie dori'n@ If the ar,stocrn.ic Uhigs,
or rather the very cause which makes him So,
operates, III Tie nature oihngs, 10 prejudice him
! III the eyes o. the Democratic Whig~ and 10 lead
them 10 fix their choice upon some other can!:-
date R"s'oH IAas, n Nor ~, ISIS
The Nrw loRK CRY ELEcrIox-As we
| expected the Wings have again been defeated in
/ the Civ of New lork-wor>c defeated than they
were last year We say as arc .4.perted. and the
reason on which our expeditions were founded,
was the mixing up OF Henry Clay with the CON
| test. IFS mann AnS nimGps Lren an opsln ri de-
/ fat, and We believe will be- while he is pushed
forward rs candidate Tor the Presidency of the
| United States. Thousands OF the best men in the
land, who, il they vote at all, vote the Wig
Ticket, r,N 'rrcr r0ic fr Hnyp CaB e. MINK
our ro,ds, det,at wW continue 10 EQor he UEig
! I'artu rs lung as Hmm Cqy as heir raudiGaic tor
| President !.Ig For some days previous to the
election, tue Wing papers sounded the iocsin tor
/ Henry Clay ! Vote Tor Henry Clay This CLAW
| defeat has been most overwhelming The Anne
| rican says The majority for Morris, 0.oco.) will
probably exceed iive thousand OH when will
the Wing Party learn wisdom, aud cease To out
rage the moral feelings Of the community ~
! IiaAug (iI1ig) Ga:eie, Apri IS, 1913
III Mr. Clay runs, he will meet with opposi-
lion from old party antagonists. whose heads have
grown gray in political niGuiry.
"Thc old Jackson men will oppose him
The violent anti Masons will oppose him.
The lrshmen, who have already denounced
him for his attack on OConnell, will oppose him
"'rhe enemies Of Ike United States Bank will
oppose him.
The Western Squat;crs will oppose him
"'The Southern STATE Rights men will oppose
him. so say several leading Wing papers in
| Georgia.
Now, in the maine of Heaven, shall We run
the risk of this oppo>on!' &C.. AddrcSS oj
Wig Mr. lotk state CeRir0i Conmittecof Young
jLn, 1889.
DO We not now see this same Henry Clay.
iorgctiu al what belongs Ia his high station Gas.
piralions,) assume The character OF "A TRAVELLING
srEFcH-MAKgR. harangung public gatherings al
New Orleans Mobile Savannah and Charles.
ron-somclmes il has been said. on the SABBATH
Day-and for wha, purpose? None oihcr than
TO MAKE HIMSELF PRESIDENT. How degrading
10 The high office to which he aspircs How
shocking la the Scnsbtics ot every patriotic
American"
"lon have seen the Secretary of State chal-
longing 10 mortal combat a member of Con
sress for daring in his place, on the floor OF
the Senate, 10 examine with freedom, and ex-
pose with bodncs> the conduct Of the Sccreta-
oil what belongs TO his high station assume The
character OF travelling spcech-maker, and ha-
raneue public gatherings in Kentucky Pennsyl-
vania and Virginia. Boosting Of his inirepidily
and virtue, and discharsing his malgniy toward,
Jackson, sometimes in gross abuse, and some
times IN IMriors APPEALS TO HEAVEN iddycsS
IL P,opic n NorM C0roiira IN 1928. rriicn Ly
M Bad2sr aftrm0rds Go. Ha.r.oa's .Sccyta-
ri The .NarV
.hNr@n'S Ownion of Hury C2oy.
"IIenty Clay is merely a splendid orator, with
out any valuable Knowledge from experience or
study, or any determined public principles,
founded in political science either practical or
theoretical"
H;bs'cr,s Or,nioa nj III. Clay
Henry Clay has too many hercsics about him
ever 10 gain my support
Urn. Harr,unS Opinios of H5uu Can.
II will dc my duty even if Mr.. Clay is 10 le
benefited by il from whom have experienced
only unsenerous treatment, in rcqui;ai for years
of devoted service"
della WARE-B0ot on tic Riqdt Lec!
DEMOCRATIC LITTLE DgrAwARE-The Why's
have losl their Bdan,r State and Delaware is re-
deemed from Hug dontiuation and BonL l0rcry.
The Democratic triumph in Delaware is en-
tircly aud conclusvelv confirmed by the official
accounts Our friends in Wilmington, on Sa-
,urlay, fired a national salute in honor OF their
victory Mr.. Clayton is non cs,inrfafuS.
(Eroa Hic IJoLsrqrc Ga-ct,c. Etiya)
"WuMSGroN, Oct. ), II o'clock, NJ.
DELAWARE o. X.
BIZ NOT Deceived, The Coons are scattering
an extra Delaware Republican, in which they
claim Wing majority in this State. IT IS FALSE,
and ,hcy know il II We allow them all they
claim in New Castle and Kent, on the Inspectors,
and take the ticket for Inspectors in Sussex, the
vote will stand d, follows:
New Castle county, Wing majority, %
Kent DO. do. III
Sussex do. Dem. majority, 2GG
Democratic majority i'll the State 81.
. But i! we take The average majority through
ON the STATE the true test rs near il can pos
sisiy lie asccrtainsd il is as follows:
New Castle county, average Wing majority,
50 laras a.ceraned, including city OF Will