Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1844-10-15
eons,i,nllnnal ditlicnlly from lle adoption Of any


measure recommended 10 him. by temporary
.ypediency OF an imagined interest
CLAY. with all the monstrous political helcs'es
and crimes which have made his name 80 io,io "
yerv stenc, iii the noslrs OF the great lePup'san
parry of the country. and OF which, even VI
Webster Gree declared, that they must forever ioi-
icil for him his support ,a;o
CLAY, with all the vehement passion, anu ul.-
tatora pride of will and rccklessness OF means
which coud moi fail to make him the most an
scrupulous, vindictive and purely parlIzah ffcs'-
dent. that has ever filled the Executive chair
CLAY, with all The shuliling tergiversations on
some Of the mos, important questions OF ,''c u",'
which have placed him, by this time IN The posi-
ton OF being satisfactorily pledged 10 almost eve
~ side of almost every opinion.
"Clay. with his narrow restrictive commercial
policy fatally oppressive 10 the broad ha'l",'ai ~.
duslry and interests Of the country, ior Inc n'c''
OF comparatively petty amoun; oil m"hu'"c' ~
ing capita! in few of the Eastern cities oil u"
Union.
CLAY with his ineradicahlc error oil lnahcal
policy. which could not iail tn cause him 10 plunge
The Country again deep into IL those very nor
rol. OF National Bank, regulation oi winch II
vet retains and will long retain >hiddcfih9 'i'c-
mory
CLAY. with his pcrniciouS constitutional error
in regard 10 the Veto principle, which would !cal
out from The grand structure oi our lhs'i'lllols
one OF lis important and most invaiuapic ioui'o'-
ton stones.
"Clay, with his Identification with some prac-
,ices and principles of social morals, OF chafac-
ter which ought Ia he severely i1owhed upon ra-
Their than caressed honnred and elevated INTO
position calculated 4 hundrcj-iold To multiply the
injurious influences OF thci. sanction ana exam
pie.
an word. CLAY. such as he stands confessed
in the ful glare OF all his past political history
and present position-it is upon him, in his aspi-
ration for the Presidency that the people arc call
ed upon 10 pass.
rs The currency of the country TO be again
thrown into the confusion which must ever be in
scparabc from the existence Of 4 Naliona Bank!
Is lis business again 10 be dragged down into The
very middle arena Of party politics, 10 be The HIST
victim of allthe blows dealt 10 and fro By the com
batarts therel for, Is we'll may The whole Amerl-
can people be expected 20 forge, their revolution
ary emancipation tiom foreign dominion. ana
coulta Submissive gelurn 10 the Yoke oi Engli>h
Monarchy. as the Democratic party ever Ia t.
concile itself 10 the r,e>tabishneni oi Nation
al Bank or c:er In cease IL wage against such an
institution war of uniolgivng determination.
~ 7, all lis manufacturing and mechanical IT,
dusircS too 10 he kept forever in state 81 asi-
laion and uncertainty, hy The vain attempt 10
force upon the country suicidal extreme oil HE
protective policy 10 which The country never
can. never will and never ought 10 submit with
ont perpetual resistance and perpetual struggle
! Which once gave TO the Union The most serious
shock il ever received, and which may well, per-
hapS. he expected 10 lead before long 10 another
/ ii tia, policy and lhlt party should be placed in
the ascendant in the Federal Government.
1--WE should feel well assured ON these simple
broad grounds, OF what The people ought 10 De-
! L,. tod L., do
eide. what their decision would lie, even il we
had none of the conclusive evidences above adj
yerci 10. of whatIhcir decision already *.
'No, with all lis brilliant powers and bad
principlcs-lhe latter 50 much The worse Tor the
very bri!liancv OF The iormcr--Clay could never,
though he were to Outlivc the years ot MeihliSe-
lab overcome the profound aversion with which
he i regarded. ana with which. long IL he re-
mains Henry Clay. he must always continue Ia
be regarded h.. the American people. Nolwllh-
Standing the extraordinary continuation OF ee-
rncnis which constituted The strength Of the Wing
par,y in misunderstanding the many yulner-
able points on which we then lay all exposed and
bleeding under their fierce Observation-Disclosures
ing the Observation-Disclosures the pressure
Of The times The universal distress growing ont
II the recent COLLAPSE 81 The credit system TIE low
agricultural prices and all the Yet uute>lcd w hi-
promises OF rcci-nowh>iandln. all these, ami
more which we d. not pause to cnumeraic: We
do not believe. that il Clay had been the candl-
date. and the totally different isSue presented 10
the people. which his name would have expressed
he could have been elected. What tar and
faint approach to chance can his friends dream
oi for him MIR!
/ NO small par of the remarkable enthusiasm
/ now anma,ins the Democracy Is derived from
/ their deep repugnancc 10 Mr.. Clay, and 10 all
,ha, system and spirit of administration OF which
/ he i, the embodiment And when Ia this is added
! the dcep-seated determination iormed and vowed
/ by hundreds Of thousands in the very month of
/ November 1910 that 1914 should well atone
for all thai disastrous Disgrace ~ tic county NJ
self and 10 the general cause ot Tree hSillrten>,
we need hc al 10 loss Ia account Tor The nEumc-
rahlc gatherings that assembled in all sections al
the country. al the call ofihc Democratic trumpet,
| and Tor the glowing ardcr and high strung re-
solve with which they are all animated. This i
! 4 contest in which We all feel that we are con-
| tending for something more ami better than any
/ petty pccunarv interest. Ii i mol for more or
! less Tariff pro,ccllon-ior more or less OF IN
/ lucncc on prices and the reward OF industry
/ through measures of financial poiicy-ior more
or les of national extension Of territory. ON
these points. ana on all such poini>, the advantage
nigh, I've against us instead OF in our favor a. -
! and vet do we believe that the Democratic Spri;
W0UIG tSho les fo"t'u'iN 'tI"uN'ti' no ~ a-'''
! bent on the vic;ory which lis rising enthusiasm
has already assured We feel i, 10 he. indeed,
question between the Democracy and un-Demo-
cracY--a contest for principle, higher than any
personal interests. for The honor q our country
for the .!nih Of all our ino>t cherished political
ieas--ior the memories oi oGr most revercd
sages and patriots of the days. WHEN the iounda-
iion> Of our institutions were laid-tor the sacred
cause of tire very manhood, The very humanity
that is in us And in Such a contest, such
cause. we fight for no leader as slch-we fight for
no pay-we fight for the sake Of no laws OF dis
cipiinc or organzation-we fight, each on orr
own hook out of the feeling III our own heart
, and, therefore, we shall conquer a We ar slor
| ously conqucring, Is nations always conquer,
who contend in This spirit agansi the bad iyran-
MES which would al once Cypress and disgrace
them