Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1848-04-21

c1CeSSO Vi lS iIuulUCIS OuCC SpIl mo ut..
ly separated fragments. Messrs. Cass, Calbar.
Van Buren,, Tyler, Polk, and others, were ;.
pressing their claims with a bitterness before ~ NJ
known to the party. "Whom The gods wish :,
destroy, they first make mad" They teterm;os..
10 bring Texas into The Union auowedly 10 bro.
down the power of the Tree North, and 10 MAJ.
this nation a slave empire. The friends Of lihs,
W rallied once more, and in spite Of your Miss.
ri compromise, and your consistent denunciatiS.
OF all real anti. slarary acton, your Raleigh len.
made you by some fatality our candidate ~.
more. The Democratic teuds were a, once en-.
up BY the greater haired of Henry CLAW. v.
Van Buren,, who had taken similar ground a.,
yourself, but who could no. unite he narv ;.
overlhrown, and Mr.. James X. Polk suhmi,. a
Notwithstanding The claims OF o,ber Who.
will not restrict myself 10 saying your sos..
were postponed, who 10 one now tonh,s -,
have been elected, We, The Wing Par,y, all mn.
on you. We fought with the ardor Of bro',..
hood, and with the moral pousr O, 4 1T
cause. Our success seemed certain. y.
once more, by thar fatality which attends y.
you come GU. in your Gazeue letter. art !.
claim any sympathy yth emaneIrahon. |, is.s
there was a lille inconsistency in This. inssrr..
as you had always avowed just The oppc sits !.
trine; bu! as you wrote 10 me "go on. GOOD Ces,>
| lhough, a, last all things would come on -.
This, however, was a small affair be,wep, :
and lne and our abolition friends. Bur H..
once you came out in your Alabama Letter W..
you would mot rgect a permanent a<qu,aIor
feriitoy on acc0unk Of a temporary ~tasi,afon =
This was a very different affair. Il Ian 3D..
foundation OF the whole contest. You ac1sss...
'front.'" The Wings OF the North were Gisor,..
They had nothing left 10 contend for. Tbs IT,
lie was lost. We fell our counlry's won,i, /,
your person. We paid your debts, We Conc
with you in your retirementonce more, and rs.i
monuments 10 your memory! Once more Il,
excuses OF the Democratic Party began 10 -.
hibit themselves. The unconstitutional anne.
ton Of Texas, and the Presidential war, began.
stir The souls OF indignant treemen. Seeing h,
we were in a minority, and without he symo,
thies OF the people-haviag experience Ina ,
peace party can never have The confidence 81 j,
Republic during a raging war,-our rise WI,
leaders voted supplies, and the Wings turned d,
TO the war, aud once more We steadily blcu:s,
ourselves up from a minority where you IA.
again left US, into a majority.
The Administration had all the responsible
of The loss Of honor, men and money, BY The ";
our Wing generals reaped the glory. The succ..
OF our party was certain. The public, VIII /:
unanimiiy never before seen in this colaNy.
looked TO one man; a man who, growing loo ara.
Tor the roTers a. Washington, was leil 10 p.r,t
with a handful Of men before twenty ihouss,
troop. in the enemy's country. But Zaea;,
Taylor was not The man 10 die, 10 accommoi.
President Polk or his ally Santa Anna
The battle OF Buena Vista fixed General Tay.,
in The hears OF this people, Neither you, 4 III.
wireworkers 81 party, nor the President, ca:
cause him or his friends 10 Surrender" II:
homes, old soldier was generous enough 10 give
parting compliment! 10 your name, By saying !:
would have preferred you 10 himself 10 lead !
on once more 10 the battle. You have taken b.
al his word! Immediately your friends OF Q.
~''sccrst circular" under The p!elence OF being -
OF General Taylor" stab him 10 The .
lals. Then, sharp sighed patriots found outIt.
General Taylor was not The choice Of the VIII:
that this Willingness OF the grateful hear
the people was all a sham affair: in a wort, u.
you roula reluctantly consent 10 run again. Ian
a plain spoken man, sir; | tell you | know !tee
men. they would not have ventured 10 lake Us
step ritiou y1ur consent. IL is true this sti
fair play! 1t looks to me like political Ga4a,
nation! Nor will il be cured in the eyes o. 81
.isinleres,ed men by the spirit OF r~iolence, which
your friends in FrankfoIt-in BaliimoN-in
Cincinnali-and in New York, have venIU,t
asains, The friends Of Taylor and "the hb1i! d
The verdic. OF a jury against your -
lately 10 Kentucky, ought 10 leach you ami 'He1.
that We are not yet slaves even 10 Henry Clay,
Ii is true that this is in you deep ,ngratitaft'c
Gen. Taylor; but you are just playing out yor'
lifelong game: for when did ever HENRY Clay
spare an enemy or a friend? | congratulate ycg
upon your determination al last 10 denounce z,
American parry, 10 whom you wro;e e.
rourasing letters during the last canvas az.
which they were kind enough 10 suppress; V.
can Go 50 with impuniiy! The Native Amer
ran party i. dead But whether The memory {
irish and other foreigners will be AS easy in III
getting a icr0Es as you are IN remembering a "a
remains 10 be seem! Space compels me 4
pass over the long roll Of your seli-advocacy, IN.
rontine myself 10 two specifications. You seer
10 lhinkthat Ohio will mol go Tor any zone resi-,
ing in The slave States" but you; and that Mex
York would more certainly bcstow her voc %
you than any other candidate"
Ohio went Tor you, by the Western reserve
vote, which | assisted 10 getting for you, because
you were suspected Of truth, in declaring again
Slavery! had too much respect Tor your talent.
TO suppose that you would again altemp, The same
shallow game! No, your Judas.faced tesclr.
lions al Lexington, deceive no longer The b.ndrss
fanatics" Besides, il the free North would %,
lake you when he question was Clay and no SIR
tcrrrto,y, will they lake The issue which you o..
verify lender them, Clay and no FREE TERRIToss'
With regard TO New York, you seem strange.
" to have forgotten the fact, that The Wing men.
bers Of the legislature have declared that'he S'ae
go for 'any other Wing" 10 close The mou Is
Of your partizans here! The city election q a
Democratic Mayor in New York, whilst your
put The election upon your populary
here, demonstrates that your name is indeed "a.
powerful" 10 change a Wbis majority into a nj.
nority al least! If the Wing party are capal:
,f learning, in This, they will read the future !
The strength OF party organization, AM ihs
desperation OF those who have life estates in VOC.
may succeed in pushing Weo>e,
and Mclean, andSeward, and Corwin, andSco1
and others from the track once more-Ihe dagger
# your %"seclel" committee and your pubic ,rqsi'
may kill off Gen. Taylor just nor-bui n
may be himself deceived Yes, Hear
Clay can never be President OF these Staics!
have the honor 10 subscribe myself,
ever a Wig, and your ob'dt @setsi,.
C.. Nj. CLAY