Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1848-03-17

will in a short time formally announce tnis ueua
limitations: and The convention, ihe'ri0's, VeiJ p'o.
rerly. IRON motives Of deiicacy 10 him. iof'o'e y
nominate General Taylor u,s
81 Yss one OF The Wing Conventoh-iH Wa
present during he whole time ii was ~ SsS !,
and heard all Of the speeches mace W = ono
your correspondent meant 10 stale 'hAl " 10
OF The friends OF MIR. Clay sailed IN duu !" 10
convention, that he will not allow ms na'ae 49,,
used az a candidate, and that ne VIII ~ d 'n
time formally announce his determ'iesn'u ~
,hat in conseouence ct this statement made 10 The
conycniiop. from motives oil delicacy 20 MI. y
Gen. Tayior was not nominated, then Pronounee
lie statement, utterly and without quae,ncs'.on
false; and | can Prove it 10 be false oy i've "un
drtd men. Nay, so far from It's being "ue'eA
actly the reverse is The TACT. r.l
"ln reply 10 a question BY Mr.. rage, oene,a,
Combs stated substantially, II not ~ ~ 49,
words, that no man was auIhoriz q 10 SOY .nean
Mi. Claws name would or would mol ne piessn
ed 10 The National Convention; that MI. LAY le.
served 10 himself, and 10 himself alone, inc .lsn,
10 determine upon hat suhjec, atlht proper . M"
And | will further say, that il The iIiends o. iaS,
lui'> nomination had offered a resolution = =
Wing Convention nominating nun, y 80 80
have been r%eiecied by an nverWhelHinS m'Jo'",,
lhar he wire-wolkers knew this, and lha' ~ my
u,i.I.lUN u was iOi tI!lS dUu Ib' ~
such 4 resolution was not offered. ronu
"FchIuary IS. IL. ~
"Thc following comes 10 rs signed win vac
Names Of five gentlemen OF the hisaes. IcsPec'a-
hilny-lhree Of them members oil 1.-THE Legislature
"I0 he Editions Of he Louisville Journal
FRANKFORT, Feb. "a, 1919.
"s,Rs. In The Daily Journal Today We find an
editorial account Of the Wing meeting 10 Inc Ca
n;tCl ,p Si,pIav piohf ,rhiCh states inaI NPSSTS.
G. Davis, Z. w. Andrews and Gen. L. Collins
made speeches in opposition 10 The Taylor leso,,
la,ions introduced III that meeting, bu! aVoWed
themselves Taylor men. This is not a lar safe
ment. They agnwtd themselves, first and iefe'
most, CLAY MEN-CIay men, as MI. Andrews
expressed il, against The world; buI 1apor men
in lie event Gen. Taylor should be the nominee
oi the patty.
IN The leuer Of w. from Frankfort, in Inc
same number Of The journal, written from here
on The 22i instant, there is this other statements
There is large majority here in favor oi Gen
T'aylor's nomination by The National Convention.
''We do not know how W. proceeded 10 as
ccr!air he supposed majority, bul Ne do Emo"
that tie immense meeting held in the Capitol on
Monday night was one OF The largest consreSa'
ticns Of me delegates al any time assembled 10
ce,tcl; hat il vas The onlY meeting in which The
I'M II Mr.. Cay and Gen. Taylor we're men
toned in connexions; and that never al any time
in that very enthusiastic meeting Was The cheer
inc So tremendous, 50 prolonged and so deaien'
ing, as when Mr.. Andrews declared, that II fesolu.
lions nominating Gen. Taylor were offered IN Inc
Wing 5 a;e G me- ntion, be would move 10 s'tkt
oui lie name Ct Taylor ard insert The name ol
CIaU. The cheering ieie was absolutely over
wue. ming, ami continued for many minutes, lne
- -. ....u ,a,.l ,. (. .,o 4, th.Ir Fac, - M min.
ing il The applause. And when The Taylor men
requested The immense crowd 10 cave and III
Them attend 10 their business, The meeting al
burned Nth three hear.y cheers for Heary Clay,
aad al least four. flilhs oi The meeting LEFT The Ca.
pi!ol.
III was never doubled BY H!r. Claws friends
that if he vote between Clay and Taylor hat
been taken in that overwhelming meeting i
would have resulted in Inc preference Of Clay by
an immense majority
"ln Justice 10 Mr.C Clay and his friends through
out The country. We beg you 10 make public these
statements. They will be sustained by the united
voice aim 81 OF lie great crowd which assembled
in F.ank.ur! 1t on! Wing STATE Convention
AVAILABILITY OF FIR. CLAY.
Aye, h. is moi only stronger in Kentucky, hul
10 i stronger in every STATE Than any man thai
can be started ar named IN the Uniei States, rs
Va, shown in invention by tabular statements
lie outran, in lS4i every man u The Wing par
u, in cyfrg Stale, before and since, whether Tor
President, Governor, Congress, q; anything e'>e.
His vote IN 1871 beat General liarrison's IN 1910:
In PENNSYLVANIA, H., 1872; in New io:k, G,637; in
Ohio, G,9l0; III Virginia. | I'D; in New jersey,
4.g67; in Maryland, 2,5l6; il Rhode Island, :,
ia; IN Conuct;icu', xxi; in Georgia, ,s12; IN
Delaware, 300, in Kentucsy,2 :, 100; in Michigan,
1901: ii Intiana, 2565; in Louisiana, l,5II; 10
Missouri, 1902; ana yet hey TIL us he IS mi
5 yOsc caouet IL iEn again, and IL is proposed 10
ib,ow away, a second ii;mc, such a chance as ne
had in 1910. In lie otter Safes where General
Harrison baa, .Alr. Clay, they both carried them
ar BON los! hem, ard Therefore il made no differ
ence. And when gentlemen ask II hi3 chance IS
any better now than we thought il in 1871, We an
swer. no; but il is a great deal better Than we
thought HarIisnn's in 1910; and the condition OF
The county, an! the sale II The pubic mind, now
corrcsp. nd, wi;h that Of 1910, and not OF 1871
The people now Gas lhen) are 'iPe far change, and
delcymiacd IN ,tforn, ara VIC can cleo! any good
WING we choose. 20 III Virginia, where il was
claimed in cumgen.ion that The great accession OF
Wing s,rcn. il, IS exhibited in The result Of The
election. Tor mcatc;s III Congress and OF lie
stale Legislature, last sPflns, had shown his
weakness and General Taylor's strength, II wa>
demonstrated that Mr.. Clay oul.an every men,
Der ol Congress, in their own districts, except two,
and his aggregate vote was between = and 1000
more than that Of all the Wing candidates iof
Congress put together; and This IS what they call
v~eqkues. We wish he would impart some Of
hi, weakness 10 n few more Wing candidates Tor
Congress before The n"xi election.
There i, another eicncn, in this calculation
which seems 10 have been overlooked, ard that
is: that the vote oi Mr.. RirEey, aided 10 MIR.
Claws, would have made his majority, in 1874,
IS AL over VI. Polk, and the probability is that
that vote will no be ca u as heretofore, hecausel they
are now satisfied iir. CLAW was righto on The Tex.
as question, which they dad not then beiieve.-
And i; only requires a change 81 three thousand
woes in Prnn,ylvania Ia give him that State; NE
.yon Interest aioue con do hrs, 10 say nothing oi
the Catholic and foreign vote, which may b.
changed, and is certainly 10. as hostile 10 Mir.
Clay as il was in 1911.
MIR Fillmore was regarded as a strong man il
New York. and % was Gov. Young al the time 0:
IL o,cr,ior. Let MS see h,w The account stands.
L,asiia Mr.. FI:i,un IS vote was la, 756, and his
majority in tie Sac Wa 80 729; and il 1916,
Gov Toung's vote was 1875 SIS, and e. Mr. CIay'>
zoe in 1915. was 232, 4o2. What evidence d
weakness his!
In PENNSYLVANIA, in 1914 Shunk's vote was
100 O3, Maikle's vote l56, l20. In 1917, Shunk's
vote was li6.ll4, Twins vote tLnnnias on Gen.
Taylor's s.rerg;h) wa I2S 1873; ami in lS4f,
Mr.. Claws voc was IGl ,203; in Maine, The 70
:ns Governor, in 1917, was "a 304, for Mr. Clay
1913; in Connecticut, Iof Governor 3o,l37, for
Mr CLAY 32.s32; in Vermont, for Governor %
1913. ior Mr. Cay 2677o; IN Massachusetts, for
Briggs. Governor, 537i5, for Mr.. Clay e. 0C9
in Rho!r Island, lor q vernon 6 S63, for Mr. Clay
1922; in New jersey, for Governor 81 25l, Tor
Mr.. Clay 3S,3lS, in Delaware, for Governor g.
Oh. for M. Clay 6 25s; in Georgia, for Govern
or Al 93l, for Mr.. Clay IL loo; in Maryland, fol
Governor 80 $50, for Mr.. Clay 35,95i; in Norm
Carolina, lie greatly ou;ran the Congressional
candidates; there was 40 election Tor Governo,
in 1877; !kus every whc;e outnaEins all loca!
<aadid0ies No,hinI is hen proposed 10 be
=, down l. lie questions 'hcn al ISSUE
but all 10 Mi. Gays weakness; nothing
/, 10 Kane leucr, BY which MIR. Polk wa
made 10 appear a better Tariff man Than
Mr.. C,a;; po.hing is SC; down 10 the Texas
aues;ioa; nothing 10 lhc Catholic excitement,
uhich no hanger exists: nothing is SCI Town 10 The
t,rpiuD irnurpcr ,phirn is now win IL: nothing