Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1844-06-07

night of the transactions at Client, the statement
| both of fact and opinion in the papers which
| have written and published in relation 10 this
controversy, will, in every particular, essential or
important 10 the interests OF the nation or 10 the
character of Mr. Clay, he found 10 abide, unsha-
ken, The test of human scrutiny. OF talents. and OF
| time JOHN QUINCY ADAMS.
"WAsnINGToS, 18Th Dec. 1922"
| Mr. Adams here evidently considered Mr.
Clay an actor in this attack upon him, from
| the seed time of 1914 to tic harvest of 1922"
| and he seems 10 have been inspired with Il pro-
| phetic spirit as 10 Mr.. Claws exposition. Il i
! likely 10 lie postponed not only until those gentle
men, but all OF US shall he summoned before that
higher tribunal Whether his opinion of Mr.
CLAWS conduct, was we'll or ill-oundcd, may Ire
| inferred from the following circumstances:
| In the summer Of lo22, a somewhat elaborate
attack ON Mr. Adams was prepared ly the Edi-
tor Of tire kentucky Argus alter, q he stated to
the public in 1925, consultation with Mr. Clay al
| his house in Frankfort. The manuscript was
sent 10 Mr.. Clay at Lexington, and By him trans
| mitted 10 Cincinnati Ohio where il was publish
| ed late i'll the summer, or early in the fall, in
newspaper called the Liberty Hal! and Cincn-
matt Gazette" over the signature OF $ Wayne"
Mr. White desired 10 know who the writer o;
WAYNE" was?
Mr. Boyd said he hal always understood him
| to be Mr. Amos Kendall
| Mr. White. Certainly
| The numbers Of" Wavne" were written with
the Obvious purpose Of promoting Mr.. Clay>
views upon the Presidency, particularly IN The
| State Of Ohio. How they speak Of Mr.. Adams.
! then considered his only dangerous rival in that
State 4 few extracts will show. In the third No.
are the following passages, viz;
"Ohio presents no candidate for the Presiden-
| cy al the approaching election. al The
head OF those whose preien>ions are entitled To
our serious consideration is John Quincy Adams,
represent Secretary Of State. Will Ohio choose
| him :"
Instead OF opening new avenues for our COM
merce, is il not hc feared that, in some future
treaty To secure some pary privilege 10 an Las
tern interest. he would render those which AREA
! dy exist curse, rather than a blessing? Our
| frontiers can testify that We want rot those men
| at The helm of the Ealion who would, FOR any
| consideration, open rev channels Tor British IN
! tiuencc among our northern and western Indians.
| he horrors OF past wars are not forgotten: ana
! you will pause and count the value ot many
a brave mans life, before YOU raise to power one
whose unceling pocy would crimson Your fresh
fields with the blood OF yonr border brethren. ana
light the mi might forest with the flames OF their
| dwellings. Men who would think OF concessions
80 al aStrorls, are unworthy the support Of Ono
much more So are those who reduce them 10
serious proposition. The navigation oi the Mis-
ss>ppi is too important In hc banercd ipr the
privilege OF fishing in British waters. IL is Civ
ing our wives and children for fish. and barerng
the blood OF our citizens for money. Conceal
explain. and solhislicale as lie will, this was the
! tendency OF the proposition, which was agitalcd
al Client But was This surprising! Under the
| same auspices, one Of the most fertile and extern
sve provinces ot the West, adequate Ia TIE for
| nation of two States was given 10 the Spaniards:
| the State OF Louisiana. one OF the most lmpor-
iant and weakest points i'll the Union, was made
q frontier, and exposed 10 sudden INVASION from
the adjoining empire Is il a matter OF deepest
concern with us Ia eXterminatc the British niu-
ence among the Northern and Western Indians!
The blood of slaughtered friends cries aloud TO
us from the ground. It is The policy of Mr.
Adams introduces The British trader TO their wig
wan by opening 10 him. under the guardianship
| of treaty the navigation Of the Mississippi
| Shall We sanction this by sustaining him Is 1t
| matter OF TIE last momcn, 10 us IN protect oul
own navigation of Tie Ohio and Mississippi ,
OF what value is the Ohio or Mississippi 10 us, if
Louisiana I've occupied by an enemy Yet, Mr.
Adams is Of The Administration, which, in The
traffic of territory, has made Louisiana IRON
tier With such principles. John Quincy Adams
! can meier receive the support of Ohio. lie i
two ignorant Of our Interests, OF he diSregaid>
them
Wayne" No. A. contains the following pas
sage. viz:
"rhc importance of having Western man
in the national councils, as well as IN ell those
| situations where the interests OF this section OF the
Union are brought in question, was never 50
strongly cxempfcd, as in the transactions al
tending the treaty Of Client. 1t was proposed 10
open the Mississippi through lis whole extent, 10
the navigation OF British subjects thus giving
| IL. a.. IN
ard wariikc tribes Of Indians which border on ON
Northern and Western frontier. That any Anne
| !can statesman should, for a moment have eli
| tcl,aincd so fatal project, is as strange as The
| fact is alarming. To the presence OF an ahh
Western man, may we attribute the defeat anc
abandonment OF that atrocious proposal But ioi
! the excrtions OF Henry Clay. the seeds of wal
might now have been sowing along orr Northern
ard Western borders which. al no distant day.
would have produced an abundant harvest o.
tears and blood. He found that a majority haG
resolved 10 make the fatal proposition. With
firnncs> which should cndcar him 10 the people OF
the West. he protested that he wouhl sign no trea-
| ~ which contained stipulation 81 repu@nant ID
his coun;rrs honor, and 50 dangerous 10 hcr
peace This !:rrnnc>s had the desired effect
! The illu.tions and lamcnted Bayart changed his
mind, and then the West was saved. The dan
ger We thus escaped, should sink deep into on
heats, and teach MS lesson as lasting as our
| lives"
| That these numbers wen, through the hands OF
| Mr.. CLAW before they were published, is p.ovcdhy
his own letter TO the author. which appears among
| the developments of 1928 dated Lexington. 23d
June. lS22 In that letter, he SAYS
"Dcaf Sir: | received your oblising favor OF
the 29il, instant, and thank you most sincerely ioI
the friendly sentiments towards me which II CON
tanS Mr.. J.. C.itiendcn has retained the pro
duc;ion which accompanied il, and which he has
undertaken 10 divide ana todiSrosc o! in his place
ofrcsiieacc Cincinnati according to our wishes.
II was therefore Mr. Clay. himself, more than
any other man. who caused these heavy charges
again. Mr. Adams to be brought before the pub
lie. He. more than any other man, knew whe-
Their they were Just o: not, having been The able
Western man. who at Client. WAS aedsed IL
have saved the Yves, from these dire calalnltles.
Did he not believe tie charges? will not stol
to inquire whether he did or did not Others
were induced to believe them through ms agcli-
CIV, and this was what Mr.. Adams called sub
sidiary SANDER which had performed It's part
of pointing all the gu and fastening all the re-
Spon>ibility upon" HIM .
WAYNE" was published sometime before MIR.
Claws Letter appeared in the National lntclll-
oencer in which he expressed so much regret al
the controversy which had arisen between two oil
his colleagues about This affair at Client ana dc
cIared he would not be even provoked at that
lime "to enter the field Of dsPnlation with either
Of them. But he dbl no, ai'erthose publication,
cease privately TO encourage and extend the al
lacks on Mr. Adams, growing out OF that neso-
tiation. and by Mr. Rnssels letter brought before |
the public. in consequence of information re-
ceiyed from Mr.. Clay, as stated by the author OF
..Waync." he wrote series o; letters addressed |
10 MI. Adams. reviewing his publications in re
ference 10 Mr. Russell and Mr.. Clay, which Were
published in the Frankfort Argus IN 49,: me
irnir;t nc tbase letters will be shown by few ex-
tracts. In the second letter are the following pas
sages, viz:
Either Won have never taken the trouble to IN
form yourself relative to the great national IVES
Tern interests. which have been committed 10 your
charge, or you have misreprcscn'ed and conceal
ed facts. as YOU knew them to exist. II VIII re
admitted by all, that your acknowieased haoHs %
industry and research leave little room for you
IN corar vour errors on this point with the mantle