Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1847-11-30
Tuesday Morning, November 80, ls47.
pEBEI.IIoN IN A HIGH QUARTER.


REBELLION IN A HIGH QUARTER.
The signs indicate that Mr.. Gays recent ex
uaordinary positions on the war will ne adopted
by majority of the Wing party and that hi
clearly manifested ambition 10 be once broush
forward as The leader Of The Wings will probably
be gralified. The N. Y. Tribune boldly leads The
CLAW forces in The Empire State, and seems re
solved TO stand or fall BY The orator OF Ashland
The old Wing papers Of The Union, which have
opposed the Democratic policy with uniform con
sislaucy-whch resisted The annexation of Texa:
and every measure that had The least impression
of Democratic support-seem 10 rally aroune
Mr. CLAW with renewed enthusiasm. Bu his no
mna,ion tor the Presidency is no! 10 be "con
ouered" without violent struggle in The Whis
ranks. The bo!dest, as il is one Of The ablest ant
most Influential Wing journals, has rai+el The
banner Of revolt W. refer 10 The n. Y. Courier
whose article we briefly noticed yesterday. we
should be most happy 10 transfer The whole
of i. TO our columns, but mus content our
selves with few striking passages. |! com
mences by stating that Mr.. Clay's influence with
a very large portion OF his party is so ovefpower
inc that il "induces them 10 question Inc slnceri
" and doub; The honesty ofevery Wing who pre-.
sumes 10 differ from him in opinion upon nation.
al subjects"
Ii gees on 10 say that since 1882, no one has
been more Jealous or constant in support oil Mr.
Claws election than the editor Of the Courier
vel "blindly 10 subscribe TO al his positions would
be ar abandonment ofour oti-p!oclamed convic-
TONS"
Starring with the consoling remark, "Forlu-
nately, Mr.. Clay is no longer a candidate for the
Presidency" which his Subsequent remarks show
he still apprehends, he proceeds al some length
10 protest against his selection as candidate, and,
with the kindest professions on his lips, slabs his
friend under The fifth rib. Mark Inc gcnteel man.
ner in which he s.nes the movement 10 bring out
| Mr.. Clay:
at is because hi, late speech al Lexington was
made al the nstigalion OF politicians who are te-
| lermined 10 force him upon the Wing party as lis
candidate for The next Presidency, that We feel il;
incumbent upon US TO raise our voice against The
speech ITSELF as hostile TO the spirit OF The Wings
and certain TO bring upon US defeat, II adopted as
our textbook. What may have been the chances
Of MIR. Claws success il lie could have been in.
duced to remain silent, instead OF being urged 10
lake The suicidal course he did, We will not pre-
| lend 10 say; but il is mol more certain that his
letters in 1871 destroyed his chance o success in
that great contest than that The speech which We
Yesterday laid before our readers has annihilahG
ere,v prospect OF his being succes>iu Candidate
| in ls46 We are opposed 1.-THE whole movement;
and not the less 50, that il has dtslroYe. wat
i L IN M, Mt m IT.
| cums,ances were combining 10 elect 10 The Presi-
dency one OF the ablest and pufest men Of ous
party.
.Bul we are mol OF those who, under any stale
of things, desired 10 see The great leader OF The
| Wing party again brought upon The political are
| ma Henry Clay in retirement al Ashland: with
a hold upon The affections oil the people which no
other man possesses wiihou, Office, patronage
or station, and yet beloved, respected and a!mos!
worshpped by large majority OF The Intelligent
and rejecting portion OF his countrymen-occu-
pies a position 10 which the presidency can nell
Their give dignity nor importance; ana 10 drag MN
forth again into The field OF party politics. either
with or without his sanction, wonId, in our lucg-
menr. be cruel and unjust-crue TO Mr.. Clay
himself and unjust 10 the great principles Of The
Wing pany. We do not believe thai, under any
| circumstances he could have been elected 10 the
pfesiCercy INC We believe siInt with the opinions
put forth in his late speech, eren hr s:m5lance u
cia,ne NJ success no longer eris!."
The Courier states that these are the sentiments
of "nine.lenhs OF the honest Wings oilh ccnn-
try" and il repeats its wellsctIled conviction, that
il Mr.. Clay is forced upon The Wing party as
their candidate for The Presidency, "a more dsas-
;rous defeat than that OF 1914 is in store Tor us"
(the Whigs) !, adds
"Wiih these views and believing as we DO, that
the people are DESTROYS Of rewarding lie great
military achievements of Scot, and Taylor we
shall labor increasingly 10 procure, il possible,
The nomination oil one Of !hem as the Wing
candidate for tie presidency, in The iul persua-
sion that either, if nominated, viii insure The ri
umph Of The Wing ticket, and the establishment
Of Wing principles, while, il defeated and mr..
Claw again presented for the support Of The Wing
party. We shall OF course give him all the sup.
port in our power, but in The full belief that our
abors will, as heretofore, be in vaDi and that
his nomination will necessarily pcrpeuale The
reign of ocolocoism and misrule."
We agree with The New York Herald that
the course of the Courier ioreshadows move
men, in favor OF General Scott, as The Northern
| Whis candidate. Gen. Taylor having ayowed
his refusal 10 be The candidate OF any party, the
| ant.Cay Wings OF the North will rally upon a
military candidate, Gen. Scott, whose opinions
arc known 10 lie in thorough harmony with The
Wing party, and who will scarcely decline The
championship Of their principles.
But we come 10 the eia Of the Couriey's article
ills powerful and scalhing review oi Mr.. Clay's
Lexington speech No comments from US can
give poin, 10 The sound logic and patriotic spiri
which brealhes throughout The Courisrs remarks
II presents in bold relief The mischievous, The Ia
tai effects of the course which large body Of the
opposition pursues in putting their own country IN
the wrong, giving ''aid and comfort" to The enc
nv. and ceealine the consummation OF peace
Ii i, in vain for laclious Wing journals, North
ani s nth, 10 vituperae their own Government
and hold it up 10 The ridicue and contempt Of The
world A large portion OF The Wing party, no
doubt, re-echoes The sentiments OF the New York
Courier, and will spurn The daily attacks OF The
Whis press upon The justice Of the war and the
honor and interest OF The nation. We ask auen-
lion 10 the CoureIs powerful views They show
that reaction is going on in the country, and
that patriotic resolution 10 stand by The nation
and obtain justice from an insoent foe, will over
ride The bigolry Of party:
TT is an upgralelul task 10 review unfavorabIy
, sn.s oh from one we esteem and admire as We
do Mr.. Clay; hui we do not hesitate to pronounce
his la,e effort such one as he would never have
dreamed oil making were he now OF The same
age as when in 1912 he noby sustained the go
yernmenl of his country in its war with Inc mis-
tress oil The ocean. That, he very Justly says,
twas war OF national defence, required for The
vindicalion OF national rights and honor; and YET
al The very commencement oil maj war; we lnVa-
dsd Canada. and carried desolalion and death 10
The homes and affairs OF the unoffendng Canadi.
ans, who had never harmed US! But this did not
make il war of aggression or OF conquest &C
cording to Mr. Clay; and Mr. Clay Is right. But
when Mexico gives orders 10 her generals 10 at
lack The American army wherever il may be
found in Texas, south Of the Sabine; and when,
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