Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1844-04-26
THE COALITION.


Mr. Speaker White of Kentucky, in h;s strange
speech in the House of Representatives. on TUESDAY
last has attempted to defend MIR. Clay against 'he
suspicion of collision and coalition with mr. ADAMS
Among other witnesses, tMessrs Benton, buchanan
&c /, he has brought up the Richmond Enquirer Of
February TO- lo2! when the charge was iirst limited
and Mr. Kre,nets letter came out, that Mr.. tiay IN
tended to vote Tor M. Adams, and 10 receive as
nm equivalent the Department OF Sta'e-anu men
i ,cos that coaiidng in he sel;reepsct, discretion
,,d apsn ,n,ee,,v Of Mir Clay, when he threw down
The gauntlet in the House. and called Tor Committee
ha, we expressed doubt OF the truth o, the cnaige
We demanded that The whole matter should be prooeo
to lin. bottom loophole to hang DOUBT on Dur
stated ha, we believed Mr.. Clay "lS innocent OIL .ne
CHARGE" But why did not this vrtuous MIR White tell
Tho Tu;h the whole truth and nothing but the truth =
Yhv did he g0rb the very article from which he quoted
and suuDress wfully suppeas, The very next elos'ne
sentence OF the whole article, which ioi'o"s ih"ie
diaely what this honest candid gentleman oio qno'e
Here is what We then SAID ~ the very next sentence
"Yet if he does vote for Mr. Adams-f he does war SO
violently with his own past eclaratons, and those OF
his friends we shall find difficult to witness II, WIN
out the deepest astonlshment and regret vi ai' .e
phe pomena of this Presidential contest tha "ouu Ut
the most unex peced and surprising mus, appear
that We did not believe at that time that Slt' eiay
would do what Mr.. Kremer charged him WIN ao'hg-
viz : voting for j. Q. Adams-und that II we hau W
lie we'd him capable of so roting and then receiving INC
hiphes, Office in Z Adams s gilt, the Whoie zone o'
our impressions would have been changed anu ae ~
tcle never would have run as 1t did, as quo''a ny
Speaker White. 49,
Blu, further, after Henry Clay had thus voice
for John Quincy Adams, and then received Inc
highest office a, his hands, md after the matter was
sled in Kentucky, and Kendall had drawn ms leaiu
culver upon him, and the Legislature oil heh'uchy
had sed the matter for itself, [as lately qno'ed oy
Col Linn Boydl what did we THEN say we gave
sYnopsis Of the evidence in February 1879, winch
opens with this remark
"Isyrsr,e.rIos IL KEsrCcxI-The Administration pms'
To force of the testimony "he
lored senate of Kentucky They tpeak 81 Of ,c
complete calculated TO bring the rhn s
into contempt aud to clear Mr.. Clay oil every sur W w., az
II has produced different effect upon on, ,"" ~, e..
that unless Mr.. Clay should hhse WI III 49,
10 deny The Of colluson with lhe . w. Gus
pciun which hts gathered about his ehafae'ef' WI" ''
thicker than ever" ., a,
Mr.. Clay stood mute. lie never called on WI
Blair to tell ell that he knew about his alleged ih'
,ripues SUSPICION grew thicker and thicker. linen
the Committee of the District with Mr.. van NeSs al
their head came out With their powerful report OF
all The evidence against Mr. Clay-untl increduy u
self was staggered, and we could not be satIshed
that Mr. Clay was ignorant of all collision ana nno-
cent of all coalition These doubts continued 10 ex
press-and now Mr. White takes the first aItice we
published at the first shamefully garbling even
fhnt-st.king the most material circumstance on
which we founded first impresson-and utterly sup
pressing every thing that we afterwards said, when the
evidence had rpened into maturity and doubt and sus
pcion could no longer be suppressed. Such IS Inc DE-
fence of H. Clay! Such is his "candld, "honest
defender, Heaven defend our friends from such de
fence and such q defender