Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1848-02-08
THE ENQUIRER.
saturday Morning. FEBRUARY 8. 1913.
ANOTHEr. "PEAL' FROM THE JuNioh
uEMBODIMENT."
RICHMOND, VA.

Saturday Morning, FeD'ua y.
ANOTHER "PEAL' FROM HE 'ot'
EMBODIMENT"
We republish the following suppler'en'al w
fer Of Mr.. Bou, not only to DO justice to hin'se.i
and 10 his Wing colleagues, but also 10 emu =,
Tho las, emanalion from Mir. Clay himself me
"embodiment of Whisgery." we resa'' '"e u:'
claration of Mr.. Bolts, touching Mr.. Gay P'''
finn a, authentic and reliable as il ii came stamp
Cd with The hand and seal of the great marry
himself II is we'll known that these TWO aisu-
raries are in the most intimate reia'iohs"'i N
The same reception-room is used by oo'n' ana
that MIR. Bolts may be regarded as moi only 'ne
right-hand man, but the mouln'p'ece u 'i''
Clav MIR. Bots, as The organ, reveals INC 'ue
,esn,nses of the great Wing Oracle h'Hseii'-
VIA, then will the Taylores now say oil mat
le,.r which MIR. Clay ucas to wrile ~ithara"lng
in favor Of General Taylor Tor the Pfesidencys
W.. nronoupced i, an arrant "humbuS" at The
tine, and events have shown II 10 De So MI
Bots SAYS that Mr. Clay "realIy does not desire
TO he T. candidate (nsh y; YET he has not iell
himself a! liberty 10 Withdraw his name, because
rcp,escnlalions have come up 10 MIN which
DEPRIVE HIM or ALL RIGHT To CONTROL THE sUq-
JEcr and indulge his own personal inclnaiIons."
Can we ask stronger proof that Mr. Clay has
resolved, nOlus rOius, 10 stand The hazard OF The
die and once more breast the wave oil Democracy,
as the leader OF The Wing host, "the gallant
Henry of Navarro
l.. ~ 1Ie u - a
moi the least doubt. The Washington CORES
ponGent of The Charleston Courier, writing on
the 2Slh January, says:
1.-THE Wing members OF Congress took the
field, last night, in meeting at the Caphoi'
where they determined upon National Conven'
lion for line nomination OF Wing candidate lor
the Presidency. Some of The Taylor men op-
posed The measure, but il prevailed by very
large majority. The movement was made by
The Clay men, MIR, MANouM preside a Com
millee was appointed 10 report 10 subsequent
meeting resolutions fixing the time and place icr
holding The Convention.
The proceedings n,ay be riered as q Wig eau
Gus nominaiton Of Mr.. Cay fOr tic Presidency.
We learn from authority, on which We rely,
that MI Gentry Of Tennessee spoke for an hour
and halt in the caucus in favor o! running Ge'
nera Taylor as an independent "Peopc's canci-
da,e"-bui that his proposition was voted down.
100 to - more than eight 10 one and Wing
National Convention carried by acciamaion-
This is regarded as decided triumph OF Clay
over Taylor Indeed, in Washington, no one
dou5,s, we hear from The same authority, that
majority Of the Wings in Consress prefer Clay,
who in Washington, is sweeping every hing
before him. Thus has The "magneism' II the
great Ken,uckian put an ex'iDeuisher upon the
Spontaneous combustion" Of he TayloriIes-
They and the Scot.ites aud all CHER Whis-Hes'
will be forced to "sunenier" TO he Gay host, or
rally under The rebellious flag of the Republican.
The "Norhern Lights" point on, "ttis fork in the
road" Which path viii they lake2
But to Mr. Bolts letter, which is full Of mean
ing:
TO THE EDITORS CT THE WHlG.
was much concerned las! evening 10 hnd, by
The editorial remarks Of the Times and Compiler,
thai the Editors OF that paper had construed por-
lion Of my letter as denying the Whiseery OF my
colleagues. | certainly intended no such thing
and canno, perceive that any thing sad was
Justly liable 10 such construction.
Nv lrlier was induced by statement mace
by your Washington correspondent winch placed
me in The pnsicn OF ialious ana imFrdchcaoie
Wing, endeavorins lc rhwaTtlhe views OF = large
majority Of the parry, which thought unWarfahi-
ed and unusl; and lei; il due 10 myself 10 sus-
tain and iuslily my position. | certainly should
have written no letter on The subject, but for The
connection in which my name had been so unce'
tremendously Introduced into The public prints at
hcme.
hold it to be due 10 myself az well as my col
leagues 10 say, that nothing was farther rom my
intention, than TO arraisn or condemn them for
their Whgsery, Tor the position they mad thought
proper to occupy on This question; Tor neither
doubted their Whiggery, nor suspected their no.
neslv; hul differed with them upon the question
ot poljcy. and the interests Of the Wing party, IN
taking M General Taylor. So do with The
Wings OF our State Legislature, and so | 90 with
the entire Wing press OF M district 10htca seems
10 hare undergone a great change stnce ieit home
no doubt from lights that have been presented
to them. but the beuei!s OF which have been with
held from me, both as to Gen. Tayior's Whisge-
~. and his prospects of success, as well as The
wan, OF availability on the part OF Mr. Clay.
blame no man for thinking Mr. Clay cannot be
e!ec.ed! No man has a RICH! 10 blame me for
thinking hc can, and for cnteavorns TO pTore that
he can-especially 10 lhose who, IKE me, prefer
him 10 any olher candidate.
What | meant, in my reference 10 my co.
leagues was, that some oi them, representing
doubtful or Democratic districts, might very TAR
" come 10 the conclusion that whie nose u.s.
,ricts could not be carried for an op.n and aVo"-
ed Whig, vet they cond be carried for one occu-
owing he position Of Gen. Taylor-who makes
no public avowa on Inc subject, and Is held up
as a "no. parry" or peoples candidate and u
they coud not get all they desired they would
take The best they coud get; but that | was dill
ierenily situated and had different views on that
subeci, from which a. an individual, | could moi
be driven. should be very sorry for il 10 be sup
po.ed that was capable Of doing such injustice,
either 10 my colleagues, or O'her political associ-
aies here, or in The Legislature oil Virginia, or Of
nv friends of ihc press as 10 deny their Wheeer,
hecSuse they differed with Inc on tks question. |
would mol un.Whig any Of those gentlemen il
could | cuud not if womb: ior they possess the
confidence Of their constituents, doudess, in far
higher deg:ee than DO. They have done good
service in the Wing cause and are ready 10 90 il
again. We differ upon the question OF avaiia.
billy. Something should think was due 10 the
81. ec,ipof Nj ClGy himself, who really does not
desire 10 be candidate (if no respect is paid to
mine by your correspondent j yet be has mol
felt himself al liberty 10 Withdraw his name. be
cause representations h0re come up to aim ,ciith
dcpr,rc him Of all rightto control the SUBJECT and
indulge his own personal inclinaiions
Respectfully, JNO. NJ. Bolts.
Washington, Feb. ID, lS4S.
STRONGLY PUT.
Yesterdays Examiner, referring 10 Mr.. Ca
bells witidrapn resolution at The Wing meeting,