Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1845-10-10
THE ENQUIRER.
RICH MON ID. Y A.
Thursday Morning, October ., 1915.
UARNONI0TS WulGGEEY

As soon as the melancholy result in New
York ard consequently in The Union. was as
cerIained, The Wing press, North and South,
ponnced down upon The Abodionsls for
their lreachery 10 implied pledges. They handled,
with severity, the Aboilicmis's, not bccarsc they
voted for Mr. Polk Gas they did mol, nj because
they did not vote for Mr.. Clay. As c,ssius NJ
Clay and Daniel Webster had, in honied terms,
coaxed them 10 90.
A beautiful quarrel was gotten up some weeks
since between The y. Y. Express ana the Alta
nv Evening Journal. In The heat Of lfe confess,
they Violently denounced each other f,r having
caused The loss OF New York 10 Mr. Cl;y. The
Express laid the blame entirely Ia The door ol
Governor Seward, The Albany EYenin. Journal
and 'the faction of which they were aid arc The
leaders" Among The specified charges are the
hostility OF "lhe faction" 10 Gays nomination in
1910, 10 his being candidate in lSi. and also
the abolition, iariii and anli-CIay speeches OF
Gov Seward, designed 10 drive The Wing aboli-
ioniss and Wig manufacturers inc The sup
fort Of Birney, 10 Inc injury OF MIR. Clay.
The Journal retoris with violence md throws
The whole blame upon The Wings of New York
city and M,. CIR. himseI We makea few pre-
cious extracts. 1t is cruel, indeed, lhar Mr.. Clay
should be thus severely denounced isr commit
Ting political sucidc-t ush his equiv1cal course
upon he Texas question resulted, as he Demo
crat> predicted, in the most extraordinary defeat
which ever occurred in This coun;ry:
"Nilhout The united JEALOUS AMI persevcrins
efforts Of Governor Seward and his lrtnds. Ibis
State would have been lost hy iptnty. i!slead Of
ire thousand majority. They did ih.r whole
duty, regardless al the score, SANDERS Q those hy
whom they are openly calumnia:ed nov. The
campaign was planned and directed BIZ others
Governor Seward and his friends fought, and
fought faithfully, in The ranks. Ii he insult was
inau>picio,S, The responsibility must r,st where
il belongs That The battle was lost b, madnsS
and tohU. is loo true 10 bc denied Rnl The mis-
conduct ami h'UndeTs ii others shall nj be laid
al our door. The loss q! his Stale 10 Mr.. Clay
i, attributable 10 Two district and independent
causes Oac 81 rtiti is eiqrgc0bh "a las 'ricddS in
Ete CTR ~ Ncir York AMI ne oii,, IL kr,s.}E
"In ih- Spring OF 1911, The Native American
Party then composed Of men from hoh parties,
carrie The City OF New York. This vas claim
ed, with demonstration Of JOY, by the Express,
American, Courier and Enquirer, and CONNER
cial Advertiser as Wing triumph. The scenes
ol intolerance, prescription, rioting. &c, which
followed, mo-! only stimulated Loco i'oco adopted
citizens 10 greater eYertion> against us but Grove
thousands OF this class, who had been Wings.
from orr ranks. This miserable crusade cost us
more than The 5000 majority against Mr.. Clay
in Ibis State. And for this, those who claim eX-
elusive devotion 10 him are responsible.
"'rhe p'tr'otic, independent letter Of Mr.. Clay,
from Raleigh, \. C.. against The admission Of
Texas into the Union. made perft1ig safe issue
Tor Us ~ New York. The Abolition newspapers,
and The Liberty Party leaders, endra"ored 10 agi-
tate against US, but The grcot lO6y 81 he Ab0tion-
ISIS with clearer and better view Of their duly.
rare GIN. w'n ac Hii.s against Ittas and
.S1arcIs IL an er,l hour, Mr.. CLAY wro,c .ei!er
To Alabama, saying that Sla"cry had nviiiins 10
do win the Texas question, and that personally
he hal no objection 10 lis annexation. That faiaI
lciier palrd Ais fatc and deprived the country OF
a Wig President. The nomenll was received
The is,ne and lis aspects were changed. J.ocoiu-
COS and Aboitionis,s, inspired with confidence
redo,bled their efforts oar Chief alter the re.
speciee armies we're in the field had e'an"eJiro
Til, lost us our vantage ground. But no man
fallrrel. Every Wing tho his flint was drawn
ana It's weapon dul'ed, fought il ont with in
doniiable and unshrinking courage and devo-
;iol That ill-omened letter, 10 SAY nothing d
tic lierS, tqaaRy W-timcd md grafuitonS, cosl
us more than the tlqe thousand majority
which Polk received in this STATE. We pre-
ser these facts reluctantly, and only IN vndica
tiol OF honest, faithful, verninching Wings
won malice and laIsehood seek 10 hold respon.
sic fora calamity produced by the two causes Il
,,,;.., ,ra IL 80 hepn forced Ia advertD
The Express responds, in the following strain
"This article, in its tone and spirit, so vel! dis
laws the lurking animosity OF the Evening jour.
tal and of lis proicsc Gov Seward, Toward Mr.
,lay thai we scarcely need add word ofcomment
Thc loss of this great stare, we are Told, is attr
,u,ab'e 10 Mr.. Clay himself His Alabama Tex
a. lc,tcr sealed his fate. Why not rather say lha
letter was seized upon 10 give him the fatal stab
Eminent and well judging gentlemen from lht
Western counties have assured MS, that large
majority OF his speeches were Of ma character
which did Mr.. Clay more harm than GOOD, ant
which seemed 10 be intended 10 harm him. IN hi
,bcre weakest poin, The snhlcct 81 sla:er, slave
holding, Texas, anneXall"n, nc, &c. l''' sew
ard also in one of his Western speeches, wh!c!
we will hunt up attacked Mr.. Ciai lnliIeciiT ol
his course on the Compromise bill! Again IL is
notorious ina, The editor al The Albany Evening
Journal (and. Of course Coy. Seward, 100 never
i:i believe. thai Nh Ciay cDri1 be ELECTED Pre-
s;,lent and did mol hesitate al lines 10 declare 50
II then ,hey went into the canvass, as The Jour
nal sIaies. il was without spirit, prejudgng The
cause and pre!oomirg Mr. Clay 10 deleat.
ar GOV. Seward had mol made couneracin.
sncechcs. and his friends had gone into the con
,,., with shirt and faith, We have our doubts whe
her The 5000 Polk majority would have existed
u'rhe Native American question wc shall ~"
discuss. The Albany Evening .lon,nal and iht
Tribune, in this matter ul our foreign Population
Rrneal The Bible in Schools Registry Laws, Ca
lhoIicism. &c, play into each others hands, and
therefore. The other Wing presses OF The city ar
necessarily attacked. Against any array OF
Native american pa'iy, no press has been 'noT'
earnest than ours.
The Oneida Wing could no, bear with ccmpla
cencv lie manner in which The Journal and Til
bpne pclnmelled lie great Wing Idol, Mr. Clay
,r1 s,ens inlo the arena with the following boil
defiance:
uThe circle Of The conflict wdens as il progress
g and now HENRY Clay is dragged into hi
low brawl, and The Evening Journal, iorgeinl Q
,vh., i due 10 lis position, and more torgeinl Q
=. arr, douor. deals fell blow al that honore,
chief II sense of what IS due TO one who Ia
been identified with The Wing party always, ar
trmc as steel 10 il under all circumstances, cnn
mn, restrain The parr,lidai iahd Of The Journal
rsg.rd for lis o,ra character md reputation shon
haze done So We regret for lis own sake 10
,he sake of a paper conducted with 50 mnch 0
Militant ability. and SO deservedly favoriIe viii
All readers, thai ii could not refrain from stamp
inc jelscaood and hypocrisy upon It's own conduc
nn : aine months ago! Alter battling with in
Jomilablc and unshrinkiDg courage and devotion
AGAINST the base misrepresentation Il Mr. Clay
oninions BY The Loco!oco and Liberty parties
flmn The hour the misIepresenlcd letters came Oh
I'M Inc end Of he conilicl, The Evening JouTha
nav turns round and endorses The calnmnes
then pretended 10 disbelieve! What must reader
think Of the honesty aud sincerity ofsnch paper
or wha, value can lis declarations and protesla
lions be in future contests, after This nn6lnStin!
aronal NJ political prcd,scen'"
And vet these Wing gentlemen, whose honest
and fair dral,nc in The late contest are 50 richl
COMMUNICATED by each Other, are among The loud
csl brawcrs aganl the corruption. deception
and tyranny" Of The administration With lhei
hands sill stained with the lrickcry and double