Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1844-07-30
RICHMOND, VA.
TUESDAY MonNING, JULY 80. 1874.
THE ALIEN AND SEDITlON Law FE-
D:pAIlSTS OF RICHMOND.

DERALlSTS OF RlCHhOND.
TLc lactious movements OF the Clay leaders al
~, CIR UouSc in reference to the m0aEjacfHfcd
cry Of ..disunion" agaius! the whole Democratic
par,y. are almost too silly and ridiculous ,or ~
| iious notice The clique taN very laiecH ''l,'
they kuoic that il is all talk. They lncuiSe lool-
| ish hope Of raising pdRlc ana iheieny iiisi.cn-
inc Crccmen into the supper, Of the Dictator. -
Their arrogant brayadocs will prove 10 DC iiiPo-
tent and, ere long, they will become the Laughing
stock of the whole nation. However ridiculous
the present movement il is still strong evidence
OF what we have all along asserted mat me pteSe''
NEhin. are OF the same kidney Is The Oh feGerai-
isis and we NAV argue from H. what we may
expect them To attempt, Whenever they HAY Sel
string and brarc enough To destroy one III .ne
brightest safeguards of the Constitution, VIZ Inc
right of the people, pcaceaolF 10 asS','li9e anu
calmly Ia discuss their grievances. n lew re-
Arctions upon the true character OF this modern
Federal par,y will inform tie People OF the ia'al
! Nov aimed at their dearest prvleSeS-;he libcf-
~ of speech and The right OF criticlSin3 the aclohs
of their Representatives, and of setting lorh iheir
grievances.
by the election ot Hlr. Jefferson ana his Demo
cratic successors tie elIols oil that paly Tor the
restoration of their beloved arisocracy, nave ne
yer for an instant been RENTED. Up TO Inc pre-
sent neriod. good Providence has guarded the
public liberty. by leading lis enemies, despite OF
all thei treachcrous diSguiSes, 10 The peIpclraoh
of some gross folly by which their real designs
have been BETRAYED An Oil-lepcaicd device OF
these len has been The assumption oi lldiiics III
dicatiyc OF principles they knew 10 be dear 10 me
Pcopic. whilst So glazing III ever instance mas
been the incongruitv between those names anc
the conduct oil the party who assumed ihciil' aS
soon 10 expose the meditated cheat, and 10 BRING
= Il men OPS ,,ft
nrrity. Yet blinded bylhe hcadlong appetite for
bower. they seem 10 be incapable OF learning
from the past, and rush again with equal eager
ness and ndiscreion upon the same or similar alb
! suptiiics
II proof of these positions may be nstanced
tbr las (as always being the worst oi the extra
yaqanceS acted al the Clay Club House in the
Civ of Richmond, wherein il has Ecen resolved,
on the motion OF the Clay Elcc'or, that the Demo
Gratis of the South shall not assemble III Elch-
mond 20 consult upon the grievances undef "ilich
they labor, and Of the remedies proper 10 redress
them because by The nigh determination OF ms
same Club, the opinions Of Tie Southern Demo
Gratis touching these matters are ad':dged To be
moral. TREASON ard the men who entertain those
opiniops TO be TRAruRs Here, then, is an ebu-
lition of the old Federal spirit the spirit OF into
lerant and insolent ariStccr.cy, which cannot be
restrained: which has ever proiruded It's GeloTincd
yisagc through all the DISCUSSES thrown around
in order 10 conceal il; which formerly attempted
to stic the liberty OF speech by standing Amy
and bv Alien and Sediton laws, and now is seek
ine the same ends by the machinery OF CLUE LAW,
v hch first falsely Siigma;iscs a numerous class,
if not Il majority, OF the people OF this country
then audacously and pcrcmp,orily orders them TO
silent endurance OF ills, however inloicraDle those
ills NAV ;t Frcenen oil Virginia American
citizens throughout the nation il your feelings
heat not too high for dcibcration, pause and re-
fec, on the character 81 these excuses You
have here not only brought back upon you The
rigors of a Scdiiion Law; you, or portion oi
you. are condemned and proclaimed rs TRAiToRS
ami FEloxs, And for what; by whom and III
what manner are YOU thus condemned Not FOR
offences defined or forbidden By the Constitution
and laws of your county-not for offences
broush, home 10 YOU upon tnc proofs and by The
forms Of judicial investigation. Oh 70, such
an.iqUated notions OF right and wroD2-theSe tar
dy modes of law and justice suit not, but enbar-
rasS the ieror OF modern Clay Federalism. But
amidst the howlings of .Iacobin assembly, and
under the inspiration 81 ..lcs sun" la line glory oi
the great Federal IDOL, the in!ailih'c decree has
been passed ~ accianalon. and core forth 10 HE
worlj that Won are TRNTcss, guilty ii a newly
invented tscjsor graduated u"on = to OF mo
rails which ca. ses al crime ard all merit ~ the
tones of ni2,v yuc!erati0ns Of ttor the way I
for Harry Cav'l ana in lie proposed or threat
eneC execution of the above decree, perhaps some
amateur song>tcr Of the Club is aiTcady aE!Ic!-
patins rich variety i'll these s.ccS from The cries
and shouiS which the occasion may produce
The death shrek and the peal OF triumph may nc
both in reserve ior The evenings entertainment Of
The high tribunal, which. having decrecd The in
famous offence may naturally unite in The cclc-
bralion Of lis signal suppression. This newly /
devised treason, Tor which an atiainder has been
proclaimed against the Southern Democracy !
against al! rcn indeed mol ready for Geb2s!ng I
prosi!alion before the Mooch Of Parry IS con- /
icsscdlv not aimc at the violation OF any known /
law, Tor of any prohibition or injunction con /
tanned in the Con,iiuiion-Thc offence II assumes (
To dencunce and 10 punish, is DISCUSSION. THE IN !
TYRcHASGF OF OPINION AMONGST THE fREEMEN or |
THIS LaSp!l Bv The eagcs who formed both The !
Federal and State Constitutions, the power III
any degree To control discu sion. either by
speech or in writing, was regarded rs too
portcntous to be ever entrusted TO Governmenl;
i, was accordingly expressly Withheld; and
in our own Bill OF Rights it is declared 10 be an
attribute of despotism only. We all we'll rcmem-
her. tina, he u>urpaion Of this power by The FL
der Adams, caused him 10 lie driven Indignantly
from Office; yet ths power. loo dangerous III the
opinion of orr fathers, ever To be vested IN Go
vcinmcni>, is now arrosatcd by srll-created
squad, who impudcnil; threaten lis enforcement
upon the people Of the American nation. But II
is doubtless an error 10 ascribe the origin Of this
assumption 10 the CLAY Club of Richmond; il
would SEEM with stronger probability, to ne the
transmission of the Federal spirit OF 9S-9, 10
the Clay Fc,ieralisis OF DIR own time Il spirit
informing anG actuang the party, from lis bold
and reckless leader through thc entire tail of ms
relnuc; for, ii is found, that the daring rretensIon
here reprobaca. was announcedby one who ranks
iii 1f rho t.lpctDr. crack
Orator and leading SuGgStcr. cried up by ms
CLIQUE as almos, n prodigy. Proclaimed Is ihiS
spirit has been from Il quarter so distinguished
wh3, 2 torcasic does il give OF the constitution
aly the js,icc mildnes> heEigniiy and libcraliiy,
in The rule ola paliv ol which this fell this iratii-
eide spirit is 10 form PREDOMINANT Principe =
.lf these things are done IL the green Tree, What
will mol BIC done in tho dry p II. whilst he Is moi
We, mounted We arc threatened, by the bold and
reckless leader, through those who represent and
nroless 10 speak his opinions and purposes, with
icing tramped beneath the dust, what may he
expected, should he, in fact, ever vault into HE
saddle. booted and spurre,I, ard still chalinS from
the conflict? Some solace, under such view o!
the future, forces itse! upon the mind, by The re-
collection of homcly. bu, not inapposile pro-
verb that assures Us who those are who soonest
ride to the Devil The American people, under
even the goomiest aniicipat:ons, may Ind some
consolation IRON the lropapie idPfIt. ahu Hi''"t
termination Of second FEDERAL race. They found
relief from the evils Of the first, from similar
causes. Every intelligent Observer Of The public
course of Henry Clay, is familiar with the ex-
cesscs which have marked i, through all its pro
gress. Passion, vitnpcraton, personality, indie
licatc boasillncss. have always stood ont as lis
prominent traits One illustration OF this picture,
amonrs. many tina, might be given, is seen nthc
Incorporate coarseness, which, in a letter to the
citizens Of Fayece county, (virsnia,) he has
vented against The Presden, of the United States,
whom, at the same moment he was cndeavoring
to supplant for his own advantage Bu,thcrc is
still another feature prolruied upon the same
canvass of far more offensive deiormiiy. more
impressive of DISCUS, and odium upon the mind
OF every lover Of public Liberty or private viz
tue. than all the violence. and personalities, and
strfcs and housings OF this man. and tha; IS the