Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1844-10-29

friends, who have wrested al empire from worse
than eastern despotism. In behalf OF the Com
promise he stood forth The advocate OF moderate
protection: now. he is welded 10 system of COM
mercial restriction as absurd as the Chinese poll
cy OF n-inlercoursc He Ia, been on all sides
ofevery question. He commenced his political
career radical Democratic will end il Il con-
hrlued Fc,era>t.
Mr. Jefferson spoke ofhm as "merely .pen-
did orator. without any valuable knowledge from
experience or study, or any determined public
principles, founded in political sciencc-eilher
practicahor theoretical"
John Randolph's description OF his shining
and Sinking" qualities, is more pointed, rs we'll
as more exceplionabe-bu not less true than
Mr.. Jelferson's
Daniel Webster has spoken Of his "heresies,
as too numerous evert 10 gain him his (Websters)
support.
W it'll this array Of authorities, who can doubt
that Mr.. Clay is 4 brilliant, rather than sound
statesman, and that his ''heIesics. should he be
elevated 10 power, would lead The government in
10 innumerabe and serious dangers. from which
ns would not be able 10 exiricate ii in safely:
But the Senator did no, confne his attack to
my conduct and motives in reference 10 the pre-
sent question. In his cagcrness to weaken the
cause support, BY destroying confidence in me-
he made an indiscrimnate attack on my int llec-
tual faculties, which he characterized as meta
physical, eccentric too mich of genius, and too
little common sense and, Ut course. wanting in
sound and practical Judgment
"Mr. President according 10 my opinion there
is no.hing Of which these who are endowed with
superior mental faculties ought to be more calI-
tiou>, than 10 reploach those with their deficiency
To whom Providence has been less liberal. The
faculties OF our mind are The immediate gift oi
our Creator, for which we aIc no farther re>pon-
>ihle than for their proper cultivation, according
to our opportunities, and their proper application
iocOnifol ana regulate our actions. Thus think
ing, trust shall bc the last 10 assume superior
ity on my part, or rcproach any one with nieri-
GRITTY on his; but those who do not regard the rule
when applied 10 others, cannot expect il to be oh
serted when applied 10 themselves. The critic
mus expect 10 be criticised, and he who points
out the faults OF others, to have his own pointed
cut.
81 cannot re,ort on the Senator the charge
Of being metaphysical cannot accuse him
Of possessing the the powers ot analysis and Sc
neralization, those higher faculties Of the mind
Called metaphysical by those who do moi possess
ihcm) which dccompose and resolve into their
elements the complex masses oi ideas that exist
in the world Of mind. as chemistry does the bodies
out which those deep and hidden causes which
are in constant action, and producing such mighty
changes III the condition OF society, would operate
unseen and undciecled The absence Of these
higher qualities oil mind is conspicuous through
out The whole course of the Senator'S public life
To this il may be traced that he prefers the spe-
ciolisto the solid, and the plausible 10 the true.
To the same cause, combined with an ardent
temperament, il is owing that we ever find him
mounted on some popular and favorilc measure.
which he whimps along cbccrcd by The shouts OF
The multitude, and never dismounls ill he has
rode il down. Thus, a; one time we find him
mounted on the protective system, which he rode
down al another, on internal improvements and
now he is mounted on Bank, which will surely
share Tie same tate, unless those who are immc-
dialely interested shall stop him in his headlOng
career. 1t is the fault of his mind TO seize on a
few prominent and striking advantages, and &c
pursue them eagerly, without looking 10 conSe
qtlence>. Thus in the case OF the protective sys
ten, he was struck with The advantages OF manu-.
lures; and, believing that high duties was the pro-
per mode of protecting them he pushed forward
the system, without seeing that he was enrchng
one portion of the country al the expense Of the
other; corruptins the one and alternating the other
and, finally, dividing the community into two srea
hostile interests, which terminated in the over.
throw of the system itself So, now, he looks only
10 uniform currency, and Bank as a means o
securing il, without Gree rejecting how far The
banking system has progressed, and the difficulties
that impede lis farther progress; that banking anc
politics are running together, Ia their mutual de-
>truciion: and that The only possible mole of say
ng his iavorile system is 10 separate il from the
Government. II 1Nscaiooya Flag.