Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1844-04-23
POLITICAL.
(From ths Raleigh Standard, .7pril Il }
A. N Az "a d AL SIcl

o'clock and took lodgings at the residence OF Cover
nor Morehead. He was met few hundred yaFos ot
yond the Depot, by five SIX hundred persons ano
welcomed as the guest Of tie State, by Mr.. Badger OF
mi, CITY; and Saturday he made The speech, to an
assemblage Of twelve fifteen hundred persons, ex'
elusive OF those who were present from the CITY IL
ia our purpose give PLAN and correct an outline
of thus speech can, reservng our remarks un'i
the outline shall have been completed.
He commence by cnmplimenung the State Tor us
b;yb md sober character alluded TO he Neck enburg
Declarat,nn; pronounced the State House finished
and elegant specimen OF architecture, and express
great pleasure having, for the hrst time, set !oo'
Upon the soil Of the capital Of North Carolina ne
said he came, not electoneerer, but as private
CITIZEN to crafty wish he had long cherished; ana
that he desired break from his allegiance 70
his party Indeed he held party fealty subordinate 70
the great interests of the county, and not 10 oe pre-
served when it came in conflict with those dutes o'
the citizsn which are higher and hoi'er IN ther ma
ture He then proceeded to draw what he conceived
to be the lines between the two great parties tie saia
the great and radical difference between Them seemed
to be, that the Wing party was aw-oVing ano law
abiding party; whereas, the Democratic party was IN
clined 10 dsobey the laws and to set the regularly
constituted authorities at defiance To prove this
charge upon the Democratic party he alluded to the
action Of the present House Of Representatives IN re-
aton 10 the law Of the last Congress disrictng the
Staes took up the OF the suffrage men OF hhoue
Island and pronounced them rebels and d'so!ganzers
In addition TO this he alluded the refusal OF certain
States to receive portion of the land money and charg
ed them refusing with having violated, at the m
stgation of the Democratic party the established law
OF the land.
Mr. Clay then proceeded to enforce his measures,
and the most prominent and important oil them all,
he took up the question of the tariff He said The coun
try ought 10 encourage its domestic industry that It
ought not be dependent upon other countries Tor food
and raimenl; that we ought to encourage manufactures
in order prepare in peace for state OF war; that we
could do this By locating the wealth OF manufactures
in particular Spots or that, in doing it, this wealth
would be so located; and that as England took no
bread stuffs from US, ought to retaate 10y taxing
out her products. He said he identified with the
protective policy; that he wanted to it kept up
and that he should hold TO h because it enabled Us
to compete with other nations in the manufacturing
arts, rendered independent of foreign supplies and
built up market for US at home. He not, how
ever, for the system Of prohibiting. He was as much
opposed that he 10 free trade, which, he SAID
was the fayorte system Of the Democratic party
Protection he said had been the settled policy for thirty
wears, and the issue between protection and free
trade Eie justified the presenttari said it was she'd
ding its rich blessings the people, and exhibited
silk handkerchief manufactured in this State, and ask
ed the people what they thought of party that op
posed a system which dfusng many benefits
and blessings He was wiling, however, to concate
and compromise. We had great and varied country
What suited one portion might not suit another; our
Constitution itself based on compromise, and com
promise the great thing for after all lie acas
for q tariff for rerenue Discriminating for protection
Mr. Clay next took up the question of the currency.
He said national currency was as necessary as any
thing that national that other nations had their
navies and armies and we had navies and armies TO
match them and that, England bad her Bank, so
we ought to have National Bank TO enable US t. COM
pete with her in commerce, and in regulating the ex-
changes of the world He said, moreover, that Ma
tional Bank necessary to CONTROL guide counsel
and correct the Stale Banks and that the great issue
the question of the currency was, between sound
State Banks controlled by national Bank and sPe-
Gle circulation he also indirectly upolog'zcd for the
conduc, of the late National Bank, by asking when and
where the liberties Of nations had been endangered by
similar institutions.
Towards the conclusion Of his remarks, banner,
with upon il, with his claws upon the throat OF
Chapmans Grower, was borne before him This gave
him to allude to coon.skns songs, and hard
CIDER which he did in manner that must have panied
the more intelligent portion Of his auditors He said
it WAS that same old coon told his followers tina,
these thngs-tlese pictures Of coous, and the songs
and the hard cider, Innocent instruments !; and
wontd have their fun aud Jolty. The coon, he SAID,
~as the emblem cf the Wing party but he had heard
il sold that the fog, subtle ANIMAL The idol
of the Democrats Ia conclusion, he olluded to the
la,e Judge Gaston-read out his principles his fol-
lowers-promised them brilliant and 81 rous victory,
sad that only States certain for the Demo
cra,s in the present contest
How your great men diminish as you approach them
Is this Henry Clay, Was that the voice Of 1912; Is
this the way he won the laures Of his eoquence Did
he mako himself heard and felt before the people, and
in the councils of the country By arguments such
these. How are the mighty fallen We expected to
see and listen unriyalled orator. We looked for
the lightning. but it came not we paused Tor the thun-
ders Of his eloquence bot they slept all onsnecss in
the treasury Of storms At time, it is true, he
g., ;,lr FIJI fba he a old Demo-
cratic principles yabled again, and that was when
he spoke OF The Union and of the importance of trans
uniting it unimpaircd TO all posterity We Join him III
prayers for its continuance May children TO the
thousandih generation walk and be happy IN The light OF
its gorgeous ensign; may its laws be respected and its
authorities obeyed may faction wher the eye of its
unallen eagle; and may the golden chain that encrces
grow brighter and rmer link after link il added to
it, and be broken only by the baud which shall arrest the
earth itself and ntepose an eternal tarrler to lis pro-
gress. But how shall we demcan ourselves so to
suspicious answer TO these prayers: Ac We 10
be kept are? Is the country 10 be benefited and
the Union strengthened by odious and oppressive laws
Is The Tariff, which taxes portion for the benefit Of
another and which makes portion contribute to the
wealth Of another, in the vain hope OF resorng for
cor to this wealth in time of warts this TO perpetuate
the Union and 10 bind together the North and the South
in common affection and common brotherhood Is a
high state Of moral feeling to be preserved by reveres
by violations Of The Sabbath by skins by hard c
der, or by nhammsiory songs Are these The "asru-
ments" for making great and happy people,
We regret that we have not mo,e space and leisure
TO devote this speech Of Mr. Clay It's on record,
however, and will be taken up hereafter In The mean
time, the people cannot fail TO see, at glance, the
utter unsoondness Of the leading arguments of Mr..
Clay, and the papate lack Of fairness and generosity
he exhibited in his attack upon the principles OF The
Democratic party.
The peopl. were also addressed, among others,
by Nessrs. Shelton and Leigh Of Virginia, aud
MIR. Badger, OF this city. Mr. Shelton seems 10 be
plain, straightforward, sensible sort OF man, with
the organ Of hope strongly dew loped, and endowed
withal with the disposition to promise Virginia
to the Wings. He said the Old Dominion would Ger.
tanly vote the Wing ticket. Democrats of Virginia,
do you hear that Mr. Leigh were not 80 fortunate
as to hear he travelled in the old track
exploded hua bugs and took especial pains in attempt
ing to cast slur upon the great name Of Jefferson
But Mr.. Badger, what shall We say Of him? Never
have we heard any man denounced and ms,epresent-
ed as he denounced and m'srepressnsd Mr. Van Bu-