Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1844-10-10
RICH MOND, VA.
"wednesday Morning. October o,
THE CAT OUT OF THE BAG

not materially vary from the version which Nh
| Kendall has given OF the first Leiler-nor docs
! very much change the commentaries which il ha
/ hitherto produced, nor shake the conviction Whcl
! his version and the commentators have impresse,
upon our mind. They only strengthen our belle
in the several propositions, which Mr. Kendall
/ recently put forth in the Exposition"
They show three things, viz:
"FUa. An appeal 10 ms future interests" b.
Mr.. Adams friends as motive for giving tina
gentleman his support.
".Stcondip That his friends had determined :,
TO vote, as the mast hkcly means NJ accomplishing.
Mcir kind riSiCS tor0ydS Inn.
''IHGGip. That Mr.. Clay not only concurreC
with them in this conclusion, bu; WAS secretly en-
gagged in attempting 10 secure votes for Mr. AG
. ans, through Mr. Blair and Mr. Criltenden's in,
fuence over their representative
Mr. Clay has no, published MIR Rlairs letters
10 lmSelf-but We scarcely want them 10 show
the light in which Mr.. T. viewed the first letter
Of Mr.. Clay, al the tllnc he rccctrcd h.-What he
told hcndaN anil DWdL1V. on receiving it, consti.
tutcs what the books call a "concmporancous
exposition" OF the letter. He told Mr.. Kendall
that "if Mr. Adams were elected, he would make
Mr. Clay Secretary Of Statc'-ard he told Mr.
Dudley, that if Mr.. White could he ,pInced To
vote for Mr.. Adams, he (A.) would obtain The
rotc 81 hcHtHcLH. and 5ruh Il the votes OF most
OF the Western States, rttc5 wOuld ci,ci 6im: IN
mhlch c0sc, Mr. Clay world receive the appoint
ment Of Secretary oi STATE" Upon this idea.
NeSsrs. Blair Cruendcn and others acted. when
they wrote 10 White, Ia induce ham 10 vote Tor
Mr.. Adams-I' pom this idea, Mr. White G3d rnte.
when he voted tor Adams: because be- SAYS in
his letter to The Frankfort Argus, OF June, l,2s.
THAT was confirmed in my vote lv heir sug-
ee.tionS. do freely acknowledge, ard therefore,
as have heretofore frankly avowed, now stale
that voted for Mr.. Adams with view 10 pro-
mote Mr.. Claws future prospects for the Prcsi-
dcncr. Is la say. lo make him Secretary
OF State, and thu, pm him in the line OF safe
prcceCcni>' Tor the succession. II was upon
similar idea, lha, Mcssrs. Trimblc, Francis JOHN
son and Melcaf Gall members Of Congress from
kcntucky,) acted upon their own confessions.
But whether Mr. Blair will now think proper
To publish his portion OF the Correspondence. i.
Of course Il question for his OWE consideration
Ie, certainly We hold him entirely guililess Of the
in>nualipn. which The r. Whi9 has thrown up
on him, that he has laid by, and suffered SuSp-
con 10 iasten upon Mr.. Clay whilst he had it
in his power In contradict the runo.s atoat OF 10
clear him BY publishing This Correspondence.
We do mol now wonder lhat Mr. Clay has
been go chary in Withholding his letters Tell
not tie Public, that j, Is becaIlse he did not sh
10 violate the sanclilv OF private correspondence
because lie might At any moment have
stricken out the names. &c. &c, a. he has
mar done. and published his own Letters
whenever he pleased. Tel rs not aS Mr.. Bolts
told the Charlottesville Club the other day, when
he read them Gays letter 10 +. T. Bar 'taai
there is no honest man OF either party who would
not say, after reading that letter, thai ii col.ter>
credit upon Mr. Clay. instead ri conviciing him
- l..
Crcdi,a!!c, Why. then has Not Mr. Clay pub
l>hcl long asohi, own leucis2 And they would
have seen the light and passed into the public
press. in 1923 il Mr.. Clay had not dreaded their
exposure Can Mr. Bots I've serious? Can he
rlieve that no honest man can consider il ds dis
crcdi,ail c in him Ia take such measures 10 elect
Mr. Adams, and then owe to his hands the first
office in his gill! No-lhe friends of Mr.. Clay
found that the house was becoming too hot for
hm-and thcy, therefore determined 10 risk The
publication OF the letters themselves. with such
glossaries AZ their own ingenuity cGlild suggest.
There time. when We did not believe il
possible Tor Mr. Clay 10 fa into line esrcgioGS
blundcr, OF which he was guilty in 1928. We 10
no, mean his voting for Nj Adams-that is one
thing The di>inlcfc.ic!ne>> uf bis motives
might have excused bin from the consequences
of that act But that. after having made Mr..
Adams President. he should have taken Office
from him. ard the hest Office in his git and he
one which he considered 10 be the Stepping stone
10 The Presidency, is = very different question
and no plea oi Ia,to'iSm could furnish excuse or
pallaion ior the hlundcr Ii is the second act OF
the drama indeed which casts suspicion uron The
first II would be amusing, II i, were not dis
GUSHING. 10 hear Mir CLAY talk in his sccouG lcer
about his conscience telling him, 50 that public
man i. undescIving his station. who will not, re-
-
>,lt for his country Mr.. G. might have deiicd
.asnci>ionS and calumnic> il h. had been regard
nj of tie POSITION which he cNgH 10 have
occupied En-. il doe, really appear, a. il Mir.
Clay considered himself entitled To some Com
rcnsaion .ur the risk he wGS about Ia cEcoun-
icr-f,raeiting. in The midst Of his confidence i'll
his own fortunes. ahi in The blindness OF his own
ambition that it was he la> act, and no, the FIST,
b. which he ris!icd his own reputation, and The
qualification Of his own wishes.
We feel oursc!y,. bound, bv the appeal in yes
.srday's Wing 10 make i;iesc declarations N this
time. Wca not 80 Indifferent rs IL think, that
40 honest man can believe Mr. {. entirely clear
ot all spot III suspicion for the course he pursued
in ls25 We shonll do violence Ia our own CON
science, if we could express such sentiment
But We also owe il 10 ourselves 10 declare out
sincere" conviction that when Mr. Clay wished
v u.
OF the United States, he was ea;isie'! IN has o" u
mind. thai Nj A. would make him Secretary 81
Sta,r--and that this idea constituted molivc,
yes. We must say, the leading motive oi his IN
fortunate cour<e. Call this an understanding, co.
aIiiinn, bargain, or what vOu will. We will not
hig.lc about terms. We bat express our convic-
ton # the fact.
The r. Wing speaks more freely, Than il is au-
horizcd 10 do by the facts The case. Why MI
Blair has had these letter: in his possession toI
nineteen wears and not published Them. we Know
no., and we profess not Ia know. We lave had
no communicated with him on the snheel-and
We understand, il is 4 subject nn winch ne G"eno'
like 10 converse. Whether he will be more com
municalivc row. or not, We know not. lie mns
decide for himself That Mr.. Kendall has had no
access 10 Them. we have his own word for IT,
Certainly, hi, "ealt,cl extracts do no' prove
that he has ever seen them, * the " hi@ boldly
asserts That arc have never seen The letters -
that we have not had ''tlc opportunity oi cong
So" under circumstances @! which we cona pro
perly avail Ourselves is equally certain That u
by SEEING them We could have cleared Mr.. Clay
Of what the Richmond Wig is pleased 10 tern
ISLANDERS" is now con,radc,cd by the iinfrcs
sions which the publication Of these Letters has
pro,ucrd uuon our mind We repel, with The
scon and defiance which IL deserves, me Imrnta
rons of the Richmond Wing. We tell him bold
IL that we would have scorned 10 do what Henry
clay did in ls25-hat no man, who coolly ans
properly appreciated what was due to his conn'
irv or to himself would have stopped 10 CONVEX
such crisis 10 his own emolumcnt. We lel
him,oo. tina. we earnestly advised Mr. Clay asains
taking office under J. u. ldams. We saw lh'
cloud of impr,a,ons, in which he wonll involve
his own character H. 50 indecent undi@HiIed an'
siIsDiclDUS I course.
ORGANIZE! ORGANIZE!
| In less than four weeks, in scarcely three
weeks and hall, the great battle Is TO b
| ..,,rht prnrr1lcANsi OF VIRGINIA. are yOl