Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1844-10-29

THE COMPLETE LETTER WRITER.
Never did any man better deserve descriptive
e1pithet than does Mr.. Clay that OF The Com
plete Letter Writer" which has been SO happily
applied 10 Kim by the editor of the New York
Evening Post. He has written and published
letters upon all subjects The editor OF the Bos-
ton Morning Post thus enumcrates them: The
Mrs IIutchcrait Blanket let,er-thc cooked hat
leltcr-lhe Cologne leuci--lhc various Clay club
leilcrs-the Young ladies' Guilt leuer-;he Soft
letter 10 the Missouri IIanis-lhe Cay silk hand
ierchiet le,tcr--lhe deep interest IN the Latter
Day Saints leltcr-ihc kid glove lcter-lhc Cas-
SinS MafcelluS abolition repudaing letcr-lctteI
TO Cassiu> soitening The samc-tle ash stick cut
by nv own hand lcer-the anti Texas lcitcr-ihe
Texas etter-,he explanatory Texas lctier-he
Tariff letters 10 Meriwcther Bronson, ana 10
Clayiun-the anii-prolective agricultural letter
the Mississippi Magnolia lcticr-a medley OF lei
tiers on the subject al ducilins-anG finally, !
wont write any more letters letter. Il is to this
last we wish To- call the attention of our readers
1t will be found in another colur. II is the scst
production that any man Of MIR. Claws reputation
ever gave TO the public He would have done better
had he from the first refused 10 answer any letters
al all on "public matters" But bed blankets and
quilts. kid gloves, cooked hats and cologne wa
ter So iattcred his vanity, that, like the silly crow
in the fable. he could not refuse ID sing. Beng
found so ready with his answers, he was inierro-
gated w certain individuals respecting his rca
sons for not allowing his letter 10 Blair 10 he pub
lished This class Of letters he describes as those
that did not possess, in his Judgment, sufficient
importance To require an answer. The frequency
with which interrogaons upon this subject have
been pressed upon Mr.. Clay we take 10 I've the
reason why he has now adopted the non-commlt-
tai course. Yet ne pretend, it is because he has
been msconsirued in his several Texas letters
II this were indeed lhe case he has rather 10 COM
plain of his friends than Of his opponents; for
thew have been more earnest in representing him
"a rrcconcieably opposed 10 annexation than the
Democrats lave-opposed nos. and at all times
and under any possible condition OF clTcnm-
sances-poiiically aud individually. This is
the way he is represented 10 Inc people oi New
England br Mr.. Webster, and 10 those OF The
Middle States by the New York Tribune. Per
sonalv Mr. CLAY SAYS he can have no objection
TO annexation This is in ono of his Southern
letters on The subject. He is, on the other hand,
understood 10 be personally opposed 10 ii in the
North. Verify Mr. Clay does well in dctermin-
ing to write nothing more for The public eye II
will require seven Philadelphia lawyers 10 recon-
Gle the discordant and clashing sentiments in
what he has already published. He said, at one
time. that his rrspordence was killing him.
This was ungralefu in MIR. Clay; tor he has kill
ed too many of his correspondents. 1t would pay
well if one were 10 collect his letters in volume
They would form the rarest chapter in The Curl
ositcs Of literature.
(Tmscdioosd Democratic Gazette.