Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1847-11-30

Nv no now shall circulate lies ABOUT MS Ueihe
an advocate of The Ware Who now shall dare
10 circulate fasehoods hat Henry Clay stated ms
desire 10 "say Mexican1" That viilainons lie
has been extensively circulated in The Loco foco
and Liberty party papers. VIII il now be re-
tracledl Not al ALT will be repeated BY those
papers, and his PRESENT NOBLE STAND VIII De
misreprescn,ed by his bitter foes who profess 10 De
The peculiar friends OF the slave. But the FcJ'
pie have The fame OF Henry Clay in their own
keeping, and they vii! do him JUSTICE. be
still the walchword of the pecple-JUsTicE TO
Henry CLAY'"
The Merculy may denource in all its anti
Southern bitterness this "villainous ie." bu; II IS
none the less true, Ina. Mir. Clay, in mis- New Or
leans speech, at The N.p England dinner, on The
Dist December last, declared thai lie was Nh
clined 10 look 10! some little nuoa or corner in the
army, where be might slay Mexican, and
avenge the acrongs done 10 his country" II Is
true that Mr. Schencs in Congress sneered al
this patriotic remark as an "afer dinner speech,
bu, Inc country did not The less rely upon It's an-
then,icily. In what an uhenviabe position does
not the an.i.Souhern Mercury nov place Mf.
Clay, in drnourcing his present stand as "nobIc,"
and his patriotic position Of las. Winter as aV'i-
lannon's lie"
We mishtgo on 10 multiply citations from The
Northern Wing papers, that MIR. Clay's last,
great" Effort has won the cordial appreciation OF
The ra5id Northern Wing papers. Il correspon-
den. OF The New York Herald, writing from bos-
ton, says:
"Thal speech is regarded as bold movement
towards ohiaininng the support OF New England
ard New York Tor the next Presidency; ALI! il
will, prcbably, be successful. Tie determined
tone aesius; the extension Of slavery pleases al
most every one, and the fact that The resolution
agains, The spread oil that form OF American IN
dustry was passed unanimously by large meet
ing composed in no small degree OF men inter-
esied in the prosperity Of slave labor. is regarded
as among the most significant OF The great 'ac's
Of the age do mol hesitate 10 say that in no
period Of Mr.. Clay's career, has lie scod bei!er
in New Eng ard, than Al this moment"
The N. Y. Tribune ridiculss the Taylor Wing
organs for their premature" rejocinss over The
fatal efforts Of Mr.. Gays speech and adds:
"As 10 Mr. Clay's killing him,eIt,' or inju'n2
The Wing party by this speech, iheie never vas
more noD>ensical jarson uttered by downright
lunalics Let this speech he read by or 10 the
whole population OF The U. States, and lei vote
be taken thereon OF all VINO ole nol case-haGehed,
thick and thin plrlisars, ready 10 praise or eser-
CRAZE a The pa:;y cue shall indicate, AMI we con
liien.ly hcicyc-uay, We ieel moral csr;ainly
that ninc-i:ai.s 81 the whole wou!,, sisc
hearty Amen its general scope an Tuipni'D
With few exceptions he genuine Hhig press,
No!lh "a; South, !e-ccno me sentiments OF M.
Clay. They ayow lh: If readiness, Il lis b'dc'ae
10 rally On Tie mo territory" platform ar close
The war with The most barren iruless and iaiai
result. Some Of them, however swallow The
nsuseous dose with many ugly sTimaces. The
Baltimore Patriot would not "cppose larger az
ti,:on Than the Bay OF San Francisco in that re.
gion"-ypt, il says "he only hing for Congress 10
do is 10 abandon The war and leave Mexico as
she is" The New York Courier, which once d.
lated upon The acquisition of California as INK
Ell Iacin which the country would never abandon,
now says-"We would much prefer the acGnsl-
lion Of al California and New Mexico North o!
SO or 81 degrees Norh. We desire California
but we desire peace AM harmony much more
and such We hope and believe are The views ey-
pressed by Mr.. Clay in his speech"
The Alexandria Gazette says:
believing as We do that the war vas unwise-
ly and unnecessarily brought on, and that ii has
been prosecuted, apparently, 10. unwise purposes
we vet never have believed that cur country had
no ca use OF complaint against Mexico; and there
fore think that, in the settlement Uf peace, we
stouh haze Sane indemnify; il il b., for instance,
possession on The Pacific for orr commercial
narroses, or in some other proper and just man.
ner. With all else, we go heart and had with
Mr. Cav, ANA trust that the Wings o! tho coun-
lry will raliv upon the bread platform Of honor
and right which he has presented 70 them"
There are some OF The strong Wing papers,
however, which speak anemphaI;c dissent To Mr..
Clay's extraordinary positions. The National
Wing says:
1--WE cannot take leave OF The subject, how
ever, without conscien.iously avowins it to be
our belief. that, il the Wing party make Mr..
Claws policy national Wing policy, and go be-
lore The country upon it, they will be signally de-
eated by the public voice.
The Nashville Wing, Ga Taylor paperl speaks
with decided disapprobalion
"Wi,h him, loo, we are opposed 10 The annex
ton Of Mexico; that is, Of ALL Mexico; but we
are NOT with him in his opposition 10 The reIen-
oue,ei from Mexico. WE 90 FOR KEEFING UP
pse CALF ,RNlA AND New MEXICO AT ALL
uszaEDs. We DO not think the people Of the
United States will ever consent, nor 90 we be-
leye they OUGHT 10 consent 10 restore these pro-
vinces TO Mexico We want something more
than IA Jus, and proper fixation OF The limits oil
Texas and have no idea that public opinion iii
this country will permi. The conclusion OF treaty
of peace. which shall secure no other and further
result than that"
The New York Commercial Advertiser, q
leading Whg organ, expresses the following
views, which fully justify The picture which &c
have drawn Of Mr.. Cays speech, vz-lhat he
he has failed to meet he great issues in question
and has done nothing 10 light the path Of his
struggling followers. Strange 10 say, we find
these extracts in The Taylor organ Of this city:
"We are impressed with sense Of the non
necessity for making The speech at ail-oi lis
wan, OF force and effec, as standard under which
any number of The people may rally as he expo
men, OF thsir opinions and feelings; and Ibis main
" because 10 the vast multitude who have moi
made III for themselves clear, de'ermiuale and
compact opinion, il presents nohing-n either
in proposjion or areument-while il ials short
of extreme opinion on either side, and cannot sa-
,sfy those who believe in The destiny OF con-
cues, on the one hand, or those who demand an
instant and absolute withdrawal trom Mexico
and the war; on Inc other. In short, the speech
adds nothing OF force or dislnciness 10 The great
parly issues Of the time, and cannot be adopted,
BY friend or enemy, as the poIen! rayins cry Of
leader"
|, concludes
"Wnat the country wants to know is, how The
war can be leiminated-how got rid of-suppo-
sing Tie Mexicans obsinatey 10 persist in hosIi-
li,y. This is The riddle OF The Sphyax. But On
his obscure question Mr.. Clay Mrors no itsht-
bids ont no signal WHICH, cuea ior loUc Of AIM any
man or number Of men can look upon and follow.
On The whole, then, while we believe tha, Mr.
CLAW will be forced by The politicians upon the
Wing party, his selection as candidate will raj.
" The whole Democracy OF Inc country and LEAD
them again TO a glorious triumph. His ami
national positions must bring down the opposition
OF the people and there seems 20 b. much force in
The view fthe New York Glube which says
'Mr. Clay has been en!Fapped into this sreccl
h,, yyhioS rho are in favor OF some one else ie