Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1844-05-03

protesting Demoera could be found base enough 10 lay
The axe at the of the tree of liberty Yet strange
as il is it is not less true 10 give you full history Of
This transaction would far exceed the limits Of letter
shall therefore, ut once proceed 10 give YOU brief
account of such bargain as can only be equaed by
the famous Burr conspiracy Of 1901. For some time
mast the friends Of Clay have limited that they like the
Swiss would fight for those who would pay best Orer-
tres ere said 10 hare been made By the friends Of 7ams
TO The friends Of Clay efsring him The appointment Of
SECRETARY of State for his AID 10 elect adams. And the
friends of Clay gave this information TO the friends of
Jackson and hntod that il The friends OF JAG would
offer the same price, they would close with them But
of the friends Of Jackson would descend to such
bcr,er sale II was not believed by any of the friends
If Jackson that this contract would be ratified by the
memb.rs from the States who had voted for Mr. Clay
was of opinion when first heard of this transaction,
that men protesting any honorable principle could not,
and would not, be transferred like the planter does his
negroes or the farmer his team and horses No alarm
was excitcd-wc believed the Republic was safe. The
nation having delivered Jackson into the hands of Con-
gress backed by large majority of their votes, there
was on my mind, no doubt that Congress would respond
TO the will of the nation, BY electng the individual they
had declared 10 be their choice. Contrary 10 tins erc-
iatio il is ascertained TO certainty Mdf Henry Clay
has transferred his interest 10 Jain Quincy 7d As a
of this abandonment of duty to his cont
tuens is said and believed, should This unhoy coall-
ton prevail Clay is 10 be appointed SeoetGry Aate-
have no fears on my mind am clearly Of opinion We
shall defeat every combination The force of public
opinion must prevail or there is an end to LIBERTY"
To this letter Mr.. Clay responded in characteristic
philippe, as follows:
have seen without any other emotion than that Of
neabe contempt the abuse which has been poured
upon me By scurrilou paper issued in tins city, and
by other kindred prints and persons, in regard 10 the
Presidential election. The editor of one of those prints
.I,Ia Lob. lInI n
server for which do not subscribe, and which have
not ordered has had the mpudencc to transmit to me
his vile paper of the 2Sth inst In that number i, in
serted letter pnrportlng to have been written from this
city, on the 2h inst by member of the House Of Re-
belonging 10 the Pennsylvania delegation.
/ believe it TO be forgery but if it be genuine pro.
nounce the member, whoever he may be, base and in
famous caumnator, bastard and liar and ii he dare
unveil himself and ayow hi, name, MN
RESPONSIBLE, There adaH myscf iobe, TO ALL THE
LAWS WHICH GOVERN AND REGULATE MEN
OF HONOR. H. CLAY.
3lst January, 1925.
Three days thereafter, Mr.. Kremer made public the
following fearless reply ,;,,rn c.nn
George Kremer Of the House Of Representatives, ten
ders his respects to the Honorable H. Clay" and in
forms him. that by reference 10 the editor of the Column
bian Observer he may ascertain the Of the writer
Of letter of the 18th ut which, it seems, has afforded
so much concern TO III. Clay In The mem time, Geo.
kremcr hoids himself readg 10 prorc 10 he satisfaction c
uapreuiiced minds enough 10 s@fy them efte accuracy
n BE statements ch contained in that icer 10 the
extent that they The course and conduct OF Ill
Clay" Being representative Of the people, he will
not fear to cry aloud and spare not" when their rights
and privileges are al stake. GEORGE kREMER'
February 3, 1925.
Thi, manly and determined course of the honest Penn.
syIvanan unexpected 10 the Kentucky bragSar anu
induced him To hold his neacc forever.
II will be Observed that Mr.. krcmers charges rested
upon prediction merely How literally did subsequent
developments fulfil them We speak il in reverence,
when declare that the prophecies oil Holy writ have
not been more substantially verified Notwithstanding
Mr. Claws bullying and brayado, denial and duelo, the
original predictions contained in the communication that
appeared in The Columbian Observer we're one and all
fulfilled TO the syllable. We ask our readers 10 marx
this point. Henry Clays "card denounced the author
of the letter in the Columbian Observer as "basc and
infamous calumniaor bastard and liar The letter
was written in January ls25, about four 'ceeRs PeriouS
10 The election Of John Quincy .1anS and stated that
there evidence that Mr. Clay was about TO vote Tor
John Quincy Adams, against the special distractions 81
the LEGISLATURE Of his State, and that Clay TonG be
remayded by high office for his treachery lhs IS me
substance of the letter which called out Clays card
Of general challcAgcthis is what Clay pronounced TO
be .calumny" and "lic' In February, about four
weeks after the publication of Clays card, The fes
dental election in the House Of Representatives TOOK
place. CLAY VOTED FOR ADAMS against lhc III
,truclions of Kentucky, Tie letter said ne mom|~.
Shortly after that MIR CLAY WAS hPPoiN hp "h,
CRETARY OF STATE; thus proving the statements VI
Inc Letter wl ich CLAW declared to be lle." lilo"
much reason had he for the pubic challenge TIC put
FORTH r.
There was still another strong link in the chain oil
testimony which fastened TINS unhoy CO.
,li,ion upon Adams and Clay UnadJusted personal df
erences existed between them. owing 10 the treaty oil
;bent characterized by of them an "adjourncd
,uestion Of reracy and was not probable That they
souId suddenly enter upon such confidential relations,
,ness mpellcd By some powerful inducement. Would
adams have consented 10 call Clay 10 the post OF Secre
ary of State, if he had not incurred the obligation by
ONE previous favor conferred upon him by Mr. Clay
What Kentucky thought Of the matter at the time, may
estimated from the fact, that in ISIS 1t gave maJo-
ty against the Adams and Clay coalition OF not less than
904 votes. We ask our readers was there ever
aincr casei Is it within the power OF human eslno-
" to establish chain of facts with more unerrng GER
anty, Well might the fearless and farseeng M'Dut-
e exclaim al assert and am milling 10 stake my hum
be stock Of reputation upon The truth Of The assertion
that the circumstances Of the extraordinary coalition De-
imeen adams and Clay. furnish as strong ertdence
an abandonment IF political principle on ne pai Of
.fr. Clau, and Of a CORRUPT POLITICAL BHK-
G3LNb etrccn him and Mr.. .7damS, as IS ofdtnafHy
,eiyed 10 establish the guilt Of those mho are charged
in u Court Of Quarter Sessions ,ch the common cflmes
{ kROmR In The lar =!
What friend of the gallant Hero of New Orleans
what friend of the purity of the elective franchise
What enemy of wholesale bargain and corruption will
emembcring this infamous outrage upon the rights cl
he American people, consent 10 vote for Henry Clay
IN the catalogue Of his moral and political denquences
ark and formidable it is, there is none which equals
n atrocity this affair with Mr.. Adams-none which
roves him so clearly the BARGAINER AND THE BULLY
DAVID COPELAND RANDOLPH, COMMISSION MER
- CHf.vI' RICHMOND.