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

Our IlIli]ilt Irl3HDpI> on lHc lOinlhicT I'dN us
the mpilncnt ot saying TIA; It is or ndclatiga-
blc" efforts. which have troueLt o@i the ianous
letters 10 NY dear Blair" There is more truth
in lhc rcmaIh perhaps ihan be intended TO express
1t was uchng but the irdci:;i"able call oiiie press
The excited curiosity OF the puhcnathn@ but
an apprehension on the pail OF Mr. Clays friends,
that lis corcealncnt would iulutc Nh Clay more
ihan il, mi !ca,iun that wrun9 the correspondence
from their reluctant hands. The "OH Coon We
do hot mean 10 spea. disre,rcc,iuily OF the great
Coon Embodiment, for he coon is the iavorile
emblem o the sect was literally smoked oni Of
the cum ireland when hc was assured, that his
friend. would throw their mort plausible we'd, over
the whole affair ;nd tia, they would "losS owe; his
EXPRESSIONS: that they would make il, il p,>i5lr
appear creGitai.c Ia his ytriciiAm ii writing II
and 10 his maoao6tw13 in hecpin" II nacf ne
consents 10 waive i'll Ire delicate -crup'e which b.
had ss.ned ioI cgh, years, tor conccaing II ron
tie rubliccyc. Here, then, are the letters. and Tor
the lite utus We DO no; The force OF the fcasops
which Mr.. Clay aud his confidential friends have
assigned, FOR their conceancn'. The Compiler,
for instance. speak, Of the perSoant Hi~fnfe
mace III item 10 gentlemen, which, Rom The nn>i
proper motives their author did not with L. make
pubic But il was easy for Mr.. Clay. al any
lime. 10 have dashed ont tie names. as he has
mar done, and strip his correspondence OF all
/ ''Nf>oHai' references" The Compiler avs. that
in ls21 ';hcy were rendered in Kentucky 10 the
inspection of all who had curiosity To see them.
OF all parties True; they were seen by some
lcrsnts. bat viii, the cypu Injunction. that nn
! copy al them was To be taken or puhli.hcd.-
Mir Is rnGail read them "aihird a passage or
Two OF one. and published IT. True, Mr.. Ken
dali did read them, hui he did MOI .arble them
( lesisncdly--and the wonder is, that lie should
! have - accHriicl, Caught is spirit AMI some -!
H. express ions. Let the reader COMPARE The i've
versions the copy aud the original, a. We have
/ atfavcd lien in parallel columns, i'll another ar
ticle Of his days paper ami he will see al once
! how lule injustice Mr.. Kendall has done To lh.
auihor. They have been accessible here for
some lime toall who chose 10 read them" True,
/ again; Int upon what Terms were ihcy acccS-
I slblc Were copies 10 he taken. or scntercr>
/ Ia I've copicd--or woHd the privilege he given
even Of comparing Mir. Kcndal's version with
! the original! No one knew. Nn! We shfew.'lv
/ suspect. that il was the expectation oi such
comparison being made OF Ks version with The
oliginol letter, which finally contributed TO lead
/ 10 Tie publication ol The whole.
/ Bun here are the lcltcr,-ilcic is &C filthy
/ poker" rs the other lri>hman SayS---and what is
/ their characrli Does ii turn out rs the ofacr
/ lt;Sllnan saws (accGrdiE" 10 the Compiler 10 be
"exaclIy what we dn mol want! The public will
| lcol al them through very different srrctac!es
from those Of the Win Of the Compiler either
! The Gentleman 10 whom they were aGdros>e,. in
| 1875. MIR. +. =. Blair.) certainly regarded them
! win very different vision What he M0DgH al
| Mr.. Claws views and wishes sufficiently appears
| from what he did Immediately after their rccep-
ton The fact Is, Mr.. Claws Devoted friends
were anxious Ia elect him The President IN ISL
! and they r.re"iotSy failed. Bat they were MOI
| satisfied with their dc:rat--nOr was Nr. CLAY
! They only became tie more eager Ia c':iich tt"
,rizs. They believed that the We>trln country
was anxious 10 Chain Western Prc>idru;-and
they wished Mr.. Clay, and no, Gen. Jackson to
he lie man. The cvcrtS OF the times gaze Mr..
CLAW controlling inAuenc. over tie election III
the iiousr-when he saw. mt with Gen. Jackson
President he stood lille chance at Supcl>cdng Mr..
Adams a the Secretary OF Stale: hnl with FIR.
Adams as the President. he could not oulv he
come The Secretary Estate, but thus upon his own
expression le pl.ccd in The line OF safe prccr
dents 10 the Succession" Mir Clay ahd his
irnl> could not resist the temptation. The
friends T.. ,!r Adams were the only PERSONS who,
came with promises ot reward in their hands
Crawiorl's and Jackson'> fought loo shy. Eut
Mr. AdaIaSS not only appealed 10 Mr. Clay>
regard for the public "oo3 '-lat, "H9Ef 0ra m
hre iaier,a'-decllring in the same breath, thai
MIR Adams has had always the creates res FEET
for YOU. and admiration of your tall!is-
There * no station L. which yen a!e not
/ cqual'-(Sccrclary at Stale, OF courSe)--no>l
undouhicdv you were the second choice oi New
England (uf course that reyt time she would lie
willing To- choose him IS her Prc:;tlcGi) MY
friends h,is runs tie letter. entertain The belief.
that their tint 1ri<isS :o,rGr.s ne will. in the end
(lI.c next Presidency Of course } ''bc more likely
to lie accomplished Is 30 lcstowlng their votes,
Cha. is, u:on Mr. Adams and then comes tie
/ flourish .boul throwing him out OF con>ijc!a-
ton and To look and he guided sosiy Lr Nc pnj-
! lie rood' And, finally like the moral 10 the
tale, OF rather like the postscript OF the lady bel
/ ter III | knox myself, that alone has deter
mined me Your Representative i inclined 10
/ concur with Us in these sentiments aid views:
/ AMI. il thev >houl! meet with vonr APPRECIATION.
! as know he has great respect for your opinions,
=! would hc dad il Won would b" the rc;iun mail.
address n letter Ia hia. 10 strengthen him III his
I inclination BE pleased TO show this letter 10
crillenden alone.
The ancient philosophers saw it is very hard
I for one Ia sknow himself but ii Mr.. Clay did
! not know himself his iriend> al least knew MS
wishes sufficiently. and they acted upon THEIR
/ knowledge. Mr. Blair SLOWS rs distinctly what
! he understood hy Mr.. Claws letter. He tells Mr.
/ Kendall. .s;hsr il Mr.. Adams were elected he
woui make Mr.. Clay Secretary Of Stale lie
ic> Mr.. DGGlev, lhat II MIR White could lc
induced 10 vote for Mr.. Adams, he wonId obtain
i The vote of Kentucky. and WITH IT the votes ~ tie
/ most Of the Western States. WHICH WOULD ELECT
/ him, in which case. Mr.. Clay would obtain he
appointment OF Secretary OF State Within Gle
! ven days after the date Of Mr.. Clay's letter 10
I Nj. Blair. Mr.. Il. writes 10 Whi,e, to prompt him
L. vote Tor Adams, and 10 disregard The resolutions
I Of the Legislature in favor OF Jackson, upon the
. ground, that il il had been certain that his
4 Claws future prospects would be materially al
tectcd hy it, do mol believe that the vote on the
resolutions would have passed" On the same
day, [also. 18th January, 1925, "my friend Crit
,endenn writes alsoto White. how ghly npor-
lant q; was) the public interest, that he (Cay)
should occupy distinguished station in the Exc
cu,ive Department although his first wish
would be, that Jackson could he the Presiden, and
Clay his Secretary OF State" vet Il really do be-
leve that The common good is more concerned in