Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1848-07-21


"W.HirGroS, July 1915
"The Hon John Bolts, mei,,brr Of Con .res. ,,o,o
Virginia, has received 4 letter from tho Hon rru.g
Clay stating that he had not authorized Mr. L,sl.
Combs al Keo;ucsy 10 say that lie tMr Clay wou,I
support the domination OF Gen. Tay!or."
A version of the same letter in a communicative
from Washington the Enquirer, represents Mr clay
saying, substantially though The precise Language
Is nnf tempted 10 lie gwen y
aihal the r-roit puI IN circulation, that he had IN
iorsei the nomination OF Gen lay "f, Is aGt hue l,t
ht had not authorized any man, orally By written
statement, 10 make such an assertion and that ais own
| sefr-.reet forbade IT,"
As Sir Bots has allowed The rurpou ii his e,t-r
par,iay reach the public. we hope he VIII publish
The hole make some distinct statement II il. s,b
stance. We shall submit no remark upon tie sui-.;
for The present, except that the course winch wGnld
have most exalted Sir Clay in the minds Of ms com
trymsn was Iaat which he pursued Ia ls49, when liz
hn. ypr-.sed his patriotic views Ia letter concern
| ing the Whis nom n lion for the Presidency:
'Saoud not (he said Justly su9.et oursciosto e,er
nai reproaeh u ec permitted difference about n.y,
men 10 bring tstegt and disaster upon cduse o.,
principles mper,sha6ie, but men have bu; r-rns
existence, and are themselves liable Ia chingr and a..
| ruption during It's brief continuance.
stlf m creates any obstacle 10 unipn and lar.
mony array II, and concentrate upon fil
more aeerp able 10 all brGnehts 81 The opposition Hha,na
public uor rho IS not ready 10 sarrfee hlmsej for
IA, rood cfhis eountry7 have unaffectediy desired
t!remen, yet de ire II, when consistently with tie
| duties and obligations which owe, can hono.ab;
| retire.'-l Richmond Tunes.
We lru,l iha, Mr.. Bots will come on, win -
/ whole
lories. The Times is evidently pre2arin, y
fire away al the "Embodiment" AZ soon = !,
shall become satisfied that be will not pfomnlv
rarity The nomination OF The available md.
datc." II is none II our business, bI, We carrc,
agree with the Times, that MIR. Gays lel;e. oc
1910 will sui, The present period. Thcu, Vi.
Claw based himself npon the imp, iStQJic nm,
ciples" Of The Wbis party. Noir Msssrs. w. d.
Riyss. Of Virginia, AMI Pren,ss, Of New ORLEANS,
leading and influential members Of he "l.h.
tails" proclaim 10 The world hat all The "a us.
sues and principles have been lait aside ana
become obsolete. Where, then, are the 'inpc.
ri>hsbl4 principles" OF the Wing patty. which
Mr.. CLAW was SO anXious 10 eslablish7 The
Wing party is dissolved, and Wing principles
obsolete, las The leaders ny;) why io,ce Nr.
Claw into such Notifying and unnecessarily
cruel "sacrifce2" For The bencf Of III: Tim,s
we annex an anecdore OF MIR. Clay and an "avarl.
able" committee:
(From the Detroit Free Press, .Juiy IL
| "Our FROM THE Foul PARTY Joseph Il.
Williams, leading Wing of the State Of Nj
chean, and delegate at large 10 the Philadelphia
| Convention, has written letter 10 the anti.
TAYLOR Convention at Worcester, Massachusetts,
| in which he says
81 think that every consideration Of justice
and policy were trodden down by the nomina.
ton at Philadelphia
Mr.. W. has been the Wing candidate or
Congress, and various other Offices, and is con
sidcred the most prominent Wing in the second
| Congressional District.
/ HEsRr CLAY AND TAr LoR COMMITTEE
| Three weeks ago, last Saturday, committee Of
three gentlemen waited upon Mr.. Clay al Ash.
| land for the purpose Of getting a letter entor.
sing the nomination and prime pies j Of Gene
| raj TAYLOR The old man heard them through,
| and then remarked. that it was "rcrg strange
nat the friends Of an oraiia,tc candidate Mcud
ask an unavailable candidate tor an endorse
ment The committee again urged him and
gave as a reason for their anxiety, that The old
Wigs were not coming up TO the mark sr.
| Clay replied, ~ MinL; his availability ,rW carry
him along uithom any assistance from redrda-
| able men"
Mr.. Clay may yet endorse the nomination,
but if he does, il will be on account Of his pecu
| liar positon-beng candidate himself not
because he approves Of the dissolution Of the
old Wing party.
COMING BACK INTO THE RANKS.
The Wing committee having failed 10 publish
the excellent letter OF Col II c. Nicholas nap
pears in The New Orleans papers at the ieGrs.to;
the friend 10 whom copy was sent p 'be
author, in order 10 relieve him from the tiscp.
ton in which be va. placed By the Whis parvr'
| II does him high honor; and shows 10 all Demo
Gratis who may have been disposed to support G..
neral Taylor as an independent nc-pary caa:i
date, that iheY musi choose between he principles
and associations Of the one parry cr tie otacr.-
| How they wiii finally act, We cannot doubt-.,t
he New Orleans Delta assure, Us that even Al
| Baton Rouge, The residence Of Gen. Taylor IL
pa,tgiincs arc drawn a, closely as elsewhere, an
| Taylor Democrats and Cas- Wings Is
ssarcc IN Baton Rouge, as in other parts i lie
country:
ST. JAMES, July 2i, 1915.
NV Dear Sr-l had the pleasure the day IL.
| tore yesterday 10 receive Your very polite invita-
| lion 10 attend TAYLOR meeting on Friday The
| iii July, in Pla9uemne. Ii is true that ve;y
| early was, as You in very fa,iering manner cI.
| press il, jealous advocate II Gen. Tarlcr's
| eeclion-a desire hat was fell by me al tina tine
| in common with many other Democrats; bui The
| position given him by his friends in tie Wig
| Convention together with The character 81 10"
| gentleman associated with him, gives the ticket
| purely party character, aad as such is not Ke.T
| 10 find favor with those long connected win The
| other party. With Inc highest admiration Il
Gen. Tay lofs character, and The deepest sense Il
| the value oil his public services, il is impossible
| nr me TO unite with party, even in his sup =,
| who are ami have been 50 long warring a.aas.
| principles that have received my warnest sup.
poii. cannot bring myself 10 believe hat lh.se
| principles, on which The government has been
administered ever since is formation, with ,r,r
! short intervals, have produced A "downtcart tn
| dency nj onr national aFaus" Equally unwilling
| should be 10 unite with pa-ly one oi whose
favori,e weapons Of offence seems likely % b.
rcviiins and casting cdum on he late Mexiean
| TAR. Believing tha; it viii be one IL The hreh;csl
pages in our history. should not b. wiling u a.
II soilcd or dlslignrcd.
] should have heartily united in support OF an
| independent ticket, such as was at first contem.
plated and believe the high character and pubic
| services of General Taylor would have united
enough from both parties TO have insured nc
cess. Among the considerations that induced me
| TO desire such result was first, the hope III,
such an union would break down the asperiiies
Of party, and give more Of a national character
10 our political opinions; and second, that polili
cal machinery, conventions, Sc, would be
| broken up, and that the election Of our pres
| dents would be resumed BY the people.
SEEING noting in the present cont ST 10 di,'in'
gmish il from all tant haze prec DID It FIR Me iast
tusniy years, my position must be, where i. al
ways has been, with my party. With these
vicws, you will see that il becomes my duty.
| most respectfully do. not only TO decline at
tending the meeting al Plaqucmine, but 10 act IS
Elector. am with great respect, ~
ROBERT CARTER NICHOLAS
Messrs. - -, Of Iberyic
ERRORS CORRECTED.
We find the following clincher in the Ia.
Weston (Lewis Coz Sentinel: