Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1847-11-23

RICHMOND, w.
monday Morning, November ~, Is47.

The very extraordinary positions taken by MIR.
Clay have called down the denuncia,cns OF The
whole neutral press OF The North, which are pre-
sumed 10 speak impanaly The sentiments Of the
great public. They have, moreover, aroused the
spiri, of the Democratic press, which has come
forward maniully in support OF the true honor
and interests OF the country. We content our
selves this morning with The following stirring ar.
ticle from that admirable paper, The Pennsylva-
Man. We agree with that journal, that Mr.
Clay's Resolutions contain abundant materials
10 Justify The most solemn and severe condemna-
ton by the whole country. The more we study
these resolutions The more ieason have We 10
censure their pa pable contradictions, their bun
Cling attempts TO make party capital in both d.
visions oil the Union, and their studied evasion
OF the great and difficult questions, which Mr..
Clay was pompously heralded in advance, as de-
signing 10 solve satisfactorily TO the peace and har
mony of the Uniun Has he thrown any light on
the subisct2 Has he pointed out any mode OF ad-
jus.ng The vexed question: On The contrary,
as far as his friends are concerned, he has made
"conlusion worse confoundcd." His own Wing
organs differ as 10 the meaning OF his resolutions;
YET they seem 10 harmonic upon the important
point, that he is arrayed against the adminislra-
ton, and is therefore "a good enough Morgan" Tor
their purposes. But We shall moi longer delain
our readers from The elegant but scaihing crili-
cism OF the Pennsylvania:
MR. GAYS RESOLUTIONS. The midst Of all
the protests OF the North American, that The ver-
sion of Mr.. Clay's lale Lexington speech, now
current in The Federal papers, is perverted and
Unfair, The resolutions offered by himself al The
same time, plead, ,rumpe;-ongued, against him.
II these resolutions could BE explained away-ii
these resolutions had beer subjected TO pass the
"eaden aembic" OF the brain OF some reporter,
no. wholly worthy OF The great Wond.all-ihen
the plea OF The North American might stand 10
cx,enua,ion of The motives and ohjec:s OF MIR.
Clay, in his assault upon the war in which we
are now engaged, and in his deliberate miste-
presentation of the notorious and accumulated
wrongs which provoked and precipitated il, Bul
for these resolutions, the magnetic telegraph
might admonish the Sage OF Ashland in a lew
short hours-coun!ing lbe ric from Louisville
TO Ashland-lo use The knife OF The political sur
sson in cutting Of these features which have been
condemned in The mere rcp,ri, so that they might
not be made 10 assume their natural proportions
in the speech itself These resolutions. however,
f. the authenticity OF hal report and show that,
ii il is only the skeleton CT xha, has been, a few
days will show lha. The political magician al Ash
land has clothed il with flesh and blood and
brealhed into ii The breath OF his own imperial
nosrils. They efectually close the door upon
the hope that Mr.. Clay has been sci down in ma
lice. They show in themselves where he and
his party are 10 be found in the future, On The
creates, question Of the day-we mean the
war with Mexico. He has marked on a
line of policy in these resolutions, (Which We
copy in another part of this mornings Penn
syvanian,) which does not possess the merit OF
originaity-lel alone oil consistency. II is mere
rehash OF The separate though moi incoBgruous
projects OF Benien, CorwiD, and Webser The
voice lha, rang like lrumpet-blasI for The late
war, now croaks lis opposition 10 The present
The fine perception thai saw no path in 1872 aud
1914, but that OF duty 10 country and 10 patriotism,
now with all The peTtinacily OF second childhood,
seiss 70 snnynis aa hs na a h du taaDfe
in those who supported The last 10 oppose The pre-
sen. war. "Galiant Henry Clay" bccomrs the
mere index and compiler Of Corwin and Web
sier and ekes on, speech intended 10 illustrate
an important question with recommendations at
which the honest and liberal men OF his own par
~ blush. See how hat extremely bitter Federal
paper, the New York Tribune, greels his speech:
"ReJoIce win us, 1TlenGs OIL fedCe ioi I1euly
Clay has spoken and The War has received iis
death blow II will no longer be denounced IS
moral treason, al least among Wings, 10 or
pose in all lis length and breadth the farther pros
eculou Of offensive hcsliiiiics in Mexiro."
When our space permits, We shall take UP me
main points ci The resolutions AMI The speech,
and discuss them al more length. Now that te-
deralism has resolved 10 make Mr.. Ciay's DIS.
course its great platform, for The next campaign,
it may serve good purpose 10 show how wide IL
is from justice and The ruth. and how dangerous
!, must be il ever carried into effect.