Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1844-06-14
RICHMOND, VA.
,,,pAY MoRNINc, JUNE II. 1874.


qr, Richmond Wing attempts TO break the
.,Is oi the passage in the Enquirer OF February
=, 49, which Mr.. White omitted, BY aSSump-
~ n,,nnallv sratuiiouS and ridiculous. The omit
usage was this: I'VE arc fully prepared 10
~ ", The committee acquit HIM (Mr. Clay) OF barter
~, his vote for an office Yet il he does vote Tor
~ Adams If lac does war ~ violently with his
.y,, mas, declarations. and those of his friends,
=, sbal find il difficult 10 witness il without the
.,,,s>; as,onishnent and regret. or all the pie
..;.,o ol this Presidential contest THAT would
=, M. mos, unexpected and surprising
%nw the Wing SAYS when we SAID MIR. Clay
:. ;nnorent. we knew perfectly well, that Il was
-. ;n,en,i,n 10 vote for Mr. Adams. The lat
.r n,riion therefore amounts 10 nothing. NOW,
&C. ia MOI certainly know ,ha, he intended 10
We VS., ~, Nlr Adams. This circumstance alone
-, ,ro,ouucc3 would be we'll calculated 10 excite
.h. .,i,epest a>,on>hmeni and regret II would
Nv. he,n the most unexpected and surpris-
:, ,b.,,nanon ni that Presidential contest. -
p3n,orS ha1 reached u> Of such an Intention
-, - ~. cnuld scarcely credit them-and we might
To-, desired 10 recall Mr.. Clay To his sense of
I,,,,. br an expression OF the feelings which ii
must inevitably produce.
Burtiis is nothe only, northe principal feature OF
This shameful transaction. To vote Tor Mr.. Adams
v.1S one thing-thea 10 take high office from nm,
va, another ana a more reprehenslble thing
because it threw cloud OF suspicion over MIR.
Claws character, and subjected him 10 the impu-
,atGn Of coalition. understanding, bargain and
sale. from which he could never clear his skirts.
We could not believe il possible, al the time We
n,nned or article of February 10, 1925, that
Ns. CLAW would have been guilty Of such gross
nii>creiion, as we'll Is apparent corruption, as TO
accept the State Department from the hands OF the
man whom he might promote 10 the Presidency.
The very idea OF such a SUppo>itlon does not
enter into the paragraph. which was written mol
only before he was made Secretary OF Stale by
Mr.. Adams. but before he had made Mr.. Adams
President OF the United Sta.eS-noi only before
either of these events had taken place bu, before
we could reconcile our minds 10 the belief OF
either orthem When these twoevents. however,
followed each other in such rapid succession, as
10 make the last appear the torcgoae conclusion
of the former" then we did hot hesitate to change
orr tone and TO avow the suspicious ne mao crel-
led Nothing occurred tochansc these impressions
we declared that his MdScqW"E: elaborate defence
of his conduct was unsatisfactory. Ana when
the Senate of Kentucky undertook The lnVesilSa-
lion, and collected the evidence 10 Which Col
BOYD refers, and which we shall spread ont in all
lis details hereafter we insisted upon il that until
Mr. Clay had produced the copy othis letter TO Mr.
Blair, and thai letter was sufficient 10 clear him
o! the guilt, the blot would remain forever upon
his escu,cheon MIR Clay has recently declined
- call for, or produce copy of that letter, and
therefore, We cannot hesitate 10 find him guilty
upon his own confession.
Bu, the Wing asks, why talk OF hargain!--
WHY did Mr. Clay wish 10 make bargain (!
Where was the necessity Tor IL lie would have
been offered the post, let who might be President.
What sage critic is this When the evi-
dencc is spread before the public, thcy will see
r. iri D,gc ca,
cerain OF obtaining the Office, either from jack
son or from Adams lie WAS very anxious 10 get
il: TIA is every evident BIT who was t. ei"e Ii 10
him--and how was he to win i'll vas the question
l. appears. from the evidence, that his confidential
friends in Kentucky had set themselves Ia work
10 obtain il for hin-but that they had some diff
iicul,y in overruling the objections OF some oil his
own colleagues-,halt the only way he or his friends
could take to persuade, Mr.. White Tor instance,
70 vote with Mr.. Clay, and give MI Adams the
vote of Kentucky, was 10 have letters written
10 White from Kentucky, 10 persuade him.
that in spite of the resolution oil the Lrgisla-
ture Of Kentucky 10 Vote for General Jackson,
is members and others would he more pleas
e,i 10 see Adams President with Clay Sccrcta-
rv of State than Ia have Jackson President aud
Clay not SecYe,arr-ani thar letters Were thus pro-
cncei 10 override Whites objections, 10y The plea,
il.f they wishc:! 10 sea CLAY Secretary, the Ken
tucby members must vote ior AdanlS--!n tact
rbat IL was understood if CLAY gave him The vote
oikentucky &c. why that Mr.. Adams wonltSivc
him the Department, Of State. Instead 81 It's being
50 easy a matter as the Wing pretends. u make
Gas Secretary OF State. ii appears from The whole
stream of evidence that it was very difficult 10
PERSUADE the members to 90 against the reSou-
ion, of the Legislature, and 10 unite with Clay in
voting in Adams. Mr.. Clay was anxious 10 he
.r,,oin,,1-hut !, eos, him and his friends nany
efforts 10 pay down the To-the purchase
money f,r tie oiticc--viZ: the vote OF Kentucky,
and his influence with The representation OF Mis-
soaii, &c, 10 give her vote 10 Air. Adams. Bu
all his efforts and those OF the knowing ones, did
finally prevail over every difficulty the Goa
liion was duly consummaled by the usual pro-
cess of the QHid Pm Qao.
The Baltimore Patriot and others are pursuing
The same game with the Richmond Whis;--Tc-
publishing the sarbed article from the Enquirer
Of February 10, lS25-and >uppres>nS the most
important feature in it. Have they the iberalily
10 do US Justice NO! Will they be just enough
10 republish the present article? MONO!