Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1844-10-17
CLAWS LETTERS TO BLAIR.


concdr With the journal and who only declare THEN
entire confidence In The innocence Of Nh Clay ii the
charge assuUusy pressed by Of their coafhor.
but who hold IN The mind which can be so warped
by prejudice TO be eve IT, and in delesa,ion the man.
who, not believing il. still utters the nnl calnmhy. Fur
part. we will not say that Intelligent uppo
nent Of Mr. Clay dues believe the charge because
whom know 10 be intelligent profess 10 credit
it, but will say that the instances very in
which we would believe such man On oath. There
are some cases however, in which prejuiiee
powerful an lnllence as To control the ngment and III
such cases while would question the veracy Of
The individual should feel respect FOR his opinions
in regard 10 any matter in which thai passion could pos
sbly be called INFO play
Look at Mr. Gays Letters to Blair IN them he
expresses decided preference fr WIN. II. Crawford
over either OF his opponents and. by the way. had he
voted ior Crawford, the Richmond Enquirer which is
eproachng him because he violated the will Of the
peoply by voting for Mr. Adams, who had received
few electoral less than Gen Jackson would have
shouted hosannas 10 lin, although Mr.. Craw ford's cleo
ora vote was only about half that Of Mr. Adams -
Why did lie not vote for Crawford? Because that gen
eman, long afflicted by disease, then feeble and
PROSTATE as, III Nh Clays opnon (the correctness of
which demonstrated by Subsequent events to be in
adequate to the performance Of IFS duties. Parayzed in
body and mind lac after sunk Into the grnye-a q
which he himself afterwards admitted would have
been prec piiat,d. had the duties Of The Executive Grvl
we'd upon him. And then. (by way of parenliless }
would be curious 10 speculate upon the slate If lhn3s
which must have followed. John C. Callnnn then the
Vice President the deadls enemy If Craw ford aud as
the Enquirer Will ssl admit. fed1aiit II HE dccpca
due, would have succeeded 10 the Presidency and in
that event. ,rho believes that South Garna wond have
nulllfed the tariff dreamed of such thing either in
1882 at any other llme-of tlit the t. $ Bank char
ter would have been veloedl Calhoun would probably
have been reelected in 1928 and his administration
would Rave covered the period in which nui alton and
the renewal Of the Bank charter occurred What vast
change would have resulted from the happening of thai
contingency! Bot have space Ia trace lis prot,a,
BILE results and II we had, do not knew that would
not be profliIess enquiry We reiur n, them from this
depression.
Mr.. Crawford being manes,'y ncapacitaed, the 1nes-
ton occurred. what course II became Mr. Clay pnr
sue on so important an occasonand, although person
ally nlmca to both Jackson and Adams, he 10 The
conclusion That II his duty 10 vote r the latter
Why For the reasons, graphically stated by him sell
III his letters 10 Blair, and rhich had long bpf0re bern t
gently pressed upon the country by he Richmond EaqG
rer, that the iurmer who WAS "oo ignorant TO cos,rue
the plain provisions If single law - could not safely be
entrusted with the administration Of all the laws-that
he on head strong, rash and vuenl-and that was
too early 10 establish the heretofore uniformly fatal prece
dent of eleyating 10 the Off e OF PunttX Max mus MAJ
whose claims We're based merely and erclqs~v upon
military explos,-whle, although hav;,s objection, 10
Mr.. Adams he confcssedly Statesman If the os
enlarged mind and patriot Of Then unsuspeced loyalty
to the whg,u Unlon. Was not This sufficient
without seeking for base motives for the act Suppose
Mr. Clay he'd voted for jackson, whom he had bitterly
denounced aud suppose that jackson had urutiired
him, and Mr. Clay had accepted the Office of Secretary
OF Siate-wonld he not have been fercply assaulted
and his motives Violently inpugEed they are new
Unquesonahy they would have been. Nay-had Ad-
offered him that posun, or if The uil,1 hay
ing been made, Mr. Clay had rejected it he would have
been none the less calumuiated-for it would then have
been said that though he had sold himself Tor an office
inferior in dignity to that which he held (slapne rro>
ceeding, tilyD yet that, having been detected IN the
fact no lacked courage To accept stipulated reward
W ho does not know that this would have ente course
pursued towards the great Kentucky statesman by those
who had pfe-deermned aVo"edy that they would ',rut
down the Administration" Of which he member
"i il should be as pure the angels OF heaven -
But it is said thai Mr.. Clay in his private letters To
Blair avnws, that in voting for Adams. he vas aciua-
ated chiefly y the SUPP sed Effect oil that vote uon his
iRerestsand that, IN adveriing those interests
he had special reference 10 his appointment Secretary
Of State in the event Of Mr.. Adams deviation Such
version Of the letters is utterly ialseand is known to
be 50 by those who give it. What does he say Mn
friends," (says he. not himseH) 'enieain lie helel
thai iLtir kind trss o,eatds me-" (no, bis own aspi
raiiuns, will IN He end. be more likely 10 he accoi-
pllshsd by SO hesnW M their votes, (nat his Bu does
his letter Blair say tina Mr. Clay had ever addressed
such arguments ''is friends" tr The purpse or IN
fuencirg their course Not at all. so far from it,
Mr. Clay adds: hare hoperer, most earnestly en-
he@ted then 10 Mroic me ont Gf then consideration IN
bringing Their judgments 10 final conclusion. and 10
LOOK AT, AND BE GUIDED SOLELY BY
THE PUBLIC GOOD. III tnor myself That has
determined NE" Now is not here in tins frank up>
bosomng ol himself in private correspond, nee not in,
tended for the public eye and to the publication of which
he has So long refused his assen notwithstanding. the
wrong which the tals cafion IF their cunieuts by Blair
Kendall aud their coad nurs Hersecuion has subject
hlin-ls not here, We say, evidence clear as the
sun at monday, not only OF his innocence Of the crime
imputed to him, bnt Of lofty disain OF self and holy
love ct country which not Of hs assaIianls high or
low, honorable base, would have had the mapnanm-
iy and dsn,eresedness To display
10 what, however, did The ''tud wishes of his
friends, which IN The eRd' ihey hoped TO accomplish
10y voting ior Mr.. Adams emphahca.iy point Was il
10 the Secfearyship Of State1 Never. 1t was for that
oihce l'F which they had supported Mr.. Clay in that
csmpa'gn-Me PRESIDENCY. 1t was naturally supposed
mat the trends oi Mr.. Adams would be grateful To Mr.
Clay for his surpor--aud 'hs friends" therefore had
reference 10 the Presidential contest Of 1928 They
desired the election Of Mr. Clay because they telived
ond be btneheal 10 the country and they deemed il
proper to promote his election by adding 10 his STRENGTH
IN the Nest the aid Of those States which in 1894 Ind
voted Ter Mr.. Adams The "head ard front nj h;s Of
| eiding hath this tXtent-no more y
Dut we deen 1t unnecessary. as we have lone done
ener 10 argue the subject, present evidence in dis
PROOF u me Infamous san9er We believe il is u1ced
III most instances by those who know 10 be calumni
uoS' "r parry elect Upon such mea arguments, and evil
aehce "'oii he oi course wasted Another class NAV he
honest IN men convictions, but if they be- they are the
saves Oh strong prejudice, which no light however DOW
e''' ana pervasve can diSsipale. third class con
s's's W 'nose VINO read bat side or who if ihev
,eau oo' are 700 ignorant TO learn, though unfortunate
" 'ieV ueem themselves wise enouuh 4, ,e,cb ,,d 49,.