Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1847-12-03
RICHM ON ID, VA.
Friday Morning, December 3, ls47.

npRoGRESs" OF THE LEXINGTON MoVEMEHi !.
Mr.. Clay has visited Louisville, where ne was
received with great enthusiasm We ieain from
the N. Y. Express, that preparations are making
for a sssrand mass meeting in The city oil NE"
York, some time next week, 10 maniesl their ap-
nroyal OF the sentiments sci forth in The lesolu-
lions and speech Of Henry Clay, at The late
gathering Of the people al Lexington, KY, and
in The posilion which he has assumed in regard
TO The Mexican val" The "leeier" OF public
sentiment thrown cut in Mr. Clay's last resoln-
lion seems 10 receive cordial response in some
section. OF The Union In Kentucky, Indiana,
New Jersey and New York public meetings have
been held o. have been called TO re-echo The Lex
ing,on declarations. We have been surprized
10 hear of no similar movement in The metropo-
lis, or "lhe native county" Of Mr.. Clay's native
State" To Judge from the article in yesterdays
Wing, which paper, however, fully endorses Mr..
Clay's positions, il you'd be rather tcklsh al
fair 10 raise the Clay banner al This critical Pc
riod. But The Why's will again have 10 swal-
low The dose; Tor The Wings Of The North and
West, from plain Indications, will force Mr.. Clay
upon The Wing party as the candidate. His cum
ming bid for The aatislavery vo,e-his out Web
s,crins Webster himsel-hs studied silence on
the Wimol Proviso and The Missouri Compro-
mise (Which his frienls have lauded as The rich
est feather in his own cap)-hs rndissulsed de-
claralons against The Extension Of slavery
all these sklul maruWes have not been without
effect in propitialing The antislayery interest oil
The North The Wing journals in The North,
which have denounced Messrs. Buchanan and
Dallas, Northern men, for basely trucking 10
the nsave power" now hud Mr. Clay, South
ern man, Tor the favor he extends 10 their pecu-
liar notions of Southern rights. In addition TO
the evidence already laid before our readers, we
present extracts from two Boston papers. The
Boston Atlas, Mr.. Webser's organ, says
1--WE cannot Withhold our admiration Of The
ground taken BY Mr. Clay, in relation 10 this
great matter. We admire the bodness with
which he speaks his views, not only upon the
war. bul also upon that most delicate OF all cues
,ions-,he question OF slavery. He is not afraid
10 speak out. He does not speak OF The "peculI-
ar institution" or OF "in,olunlary servitude," but
he uses the word slarer., and says unequivocally
that he is against exIenling il beyond its present
limits; and, alter making his speech, he gets
unanimous vote Tor his resolutions, in popular
assembly in Lexington in slaveholding COM
munily. This simple fact speaks volumes -
What lesson does il teach 10 those miserable
Northern doughfaces Who dare not lit their vol
ces in favor Of freedom, lest il nigh, lose them
The favor OF Mr.. Polk, and render hopeless their
aspirations for place"
The Boston Wig, which represents The ultra
An,.War and Anti Slavery Wings OF Massa-
chusells, cordially hail, Mr.. Clays propiiIatory
offering:
$50 far as we understand the purrort OF The re.
solutions. they occupy almost The identical ground
which this paper has taken from the onlset-and
The speech views lhr action OF the Wings IN The
House ot REPRESENTATIVES. who voted Tor Inc wal
bill, exactly as We viewed il. We are exceed
inely graliied intending This confirmation OF our
position from SO distinguished source. Most
particularly sraliGcd are we 10 know that 1t
comes from Stakeholder who is willing TO give
p %esu Of var ara "hS smCvc it. :" We
are rcioced al This, II gives us confidence thai
all may yet go right in the Union"
Il must be apparent, even to our neighbors Of
the Republican, that Mr. Clay stands forward
the most prominent OF The Wing candidates for
Presidency, by his own action and by the mani
tesialons Of the lhorough-going Wing organs OF
the country. The New Orleans Picayune Justly
conslrues the famous "Secret Circular" To mean
that MIR. Clay will be candidate. if he thinks he
can be elected and when the grateful incense
Of adulalon from The Wing press gathers around
his brow, can he suppress the PuSaIions OF his
master passion, ambilion2