Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1849-04-24
VOLUME XLV.-NUMBER 1902.

to IFS service. For forty years Henry Clay hi
devoted himself TO The development OF the e
: ergics and resources of this country, and we b
eycd that the nation would set its seal on tho
labors BY bis elevation 10 The Presidency.
few short months passed, and that hope VI
blasted.
III was not by the act Of God, it was not f
the want of aIection-instan,, pressing, arden
mnipresent-throughout the land 10 the b
SONS of men, but on account of maIiciou
malignant Kisses and loud calls for oihe
speakers were here heard Gentlemen, may
speak hercl (Speak out speak out II W.
on account Of deep.seated, malignant, ctern;
hostility that the nomination, that the man Wa
defeated, and The hope Of his friends, aud III
desire OF the Wings # the Union, swept ava
by one fell blow. Yes, and that blow wa
welded by the hands of traitors in The VIII
camp! BY that blow, Of the combined powe
OF treachery and OF money, the friends Of Nj
Clay were denied their home, and sent forth t
wander upoE strange ground; and then, as
Wing, Clay Wing, an ultra rhig Applause,
determined that whatever course others in IN i
+, judgment and conscience nigh. adopt, ! a. lcas
would not cave in and never have"
| Mr.. White concluded his speech with the fol
| lowing profession Of allegiance, designed, how
ever, 10 De construed independently Of the las
sentence above quoted:
bot owe word 10 our Taylor 'riends Wht
are present, and As they have listened with SON,
patience 10 my remarks thus lar, they will,
trust now bear with me while pay The debt :
Alter The election was over, and ! saw The Pre-
sident surrounding himself with a cabinet com.
posed OF such men as Jonn NJ. Clayton and Tho
mas Ewing, doubted no longer as 10 The wing
tendencies OF the government | gladly believe
mat Il cannot be anything else but whi2, nor d.
believe General Taylor 10 br anything else bul
whig. And while The administration is carried
on as It is begun, we are as wings, as Clay
wings, bound TO sustain il without reserve.
"Allow me also prediction: Henry Clay is
about 10 return 10 he Senate And in thai scene
OF his early triumphs and OF his mature power,
tell you, iellowcilizens, there viii be found no
more sincere, no ADLER advocate and cha mpion
OF this present administration, than Henry Clay
Of Kentucky.
"And now, | trust, that as CIayman, am
understood. | intend 10 make no faciious oppo-
sition. ! never had such an intention. II the
Convention had nominated Clayton, Cruenden,
Corwin, McLean-yes, or even Daniel Webser,
should have supported him with all my humble
ability and influence. But As il is, lei Us forget
our doubts as 10 the nero who has been chosen,
and shaking hands together on one common plat
form, rejoice in the success OF wing principles
Moreover, all is now over. Our TREND, and
the iavorile Of The whis party, YET remains 10 II.
May Heaven still preserve green and vigorous,
The laurel that adofns his venerable head And
in 1852. il that head be above the earth, |, for
enc, shall know no locality but Ashland, and no
name but Henry Clayw
np. r,Id h., ~ rnfor
sion ought 10 have satisfied his audience, bat so
did not think Mr.. While. He lell that he must
wash himself OF his Tree soil heresy which he
does in This wise. How Tar il will satisfy his
Wing allies al Washington, 10 be told that The
Buffalo platform was thoroughly Wing, and
how lar il will serve 10 make Mr.. Whites peace
with Gen. Taylor, Il is mol our business TO con.
lecture.
"There is (says the apoiogisD a secret chapter
in The history Of the Buffalo Platform, which has
never yet been written Tor public inspection. ]
will now give il 10 you, trlioW-citI2ens, in ex-
IRENE confidence, AMI in profound belei that il
will never find rs way beyond the walls Of This
room. (Laushier)
"When | went 10 Buffalo had no doubt that
Mr.. Van Buren, would be the candidate fixed
upon. 1 did mol 90 as delegate, but rather as
spectator, and Tor two days refused 10 enter Inc
tent where Inc business was being transacted
But subsequently, was induced 10 take part, and
was appointed upon The committee 10 craft reso-
now ohio Stnai ;;I:;" WciI nleb',.5: ha' pre-
nared resolutions decidc!!y rmbodyins Pro'ec-
1--we tariff internal Improvements ana payment
of the national debt, all SOUND wing aoc sihe'-
the doctrines of Henry Clay
urha n,ber members Of the Committee were
for free soil and admr,ed with Il small mea-
snre nc internal Improvement. offered my res
nlnt,ons 10 them; they refused 10 report those res
olutions. Subsequently, in COMMITTEE oi me
Whole. | rose and moved them again iney
were opposed, and The question was argued ahu
carried in favor OF wing doctrines. vi course
those doctrines were expressed IN manner 10
enable Them 10 be swallowed as easily as posi-.
HI, nv gentlemen who had previously oaIileu
AGAINST them. bu, they were there, and lney were
adonted unanimously The Buffalo platform
was Inns made sound and unexceplonabe wing
~ then said to myself, as don't go Tor men
In, for nrincipe, what ought 10 DOT ii MI.
Van Buren, plants himself on this platform mere
will he three alternatives 10 choose between
Cass with locotocosm; Van Buren, an Ola loco,
foco. indeed, bul pledged 10 whig principles; ano
Taylor. pledged and bound 10 no pr'nc'pies
whatgyer. concluded 10 take wing p.ihclpe'
administered by a locofoco, ralher man iocoioeo
principles or none al al, !, %
"Was This mistake 7 II any man eau :, ~
will in turn DEFY him to lake tne oundio ,a'
,bnr,nahly wing. concluded 10 go for Var
pn,en also because | wanted 10 beat Genera
Tavlor because | disliked his original sup
norIers and because preferred 10 see Inc WING
parly out OF power with principles, 10 Seeing
in mower without principles. 81,
AZ General Taylor's principles are ~ -
well defined, particularly upon inc suo!ee' !, -
,roodom in the new territories, aoou' VIM" -.
n ,anhI White affected once to ieel some 10
.o's I,. and a. he has selected cabinet, tn'
n;ao;,les Of majority oil whom are equaii.
Pa'u m 'Iosn.J. and as Mr.. Joseph l.. White ma
,eaosered that the principles OF both are entire
=. - accordance with the Buffalo platform, why
II course. Mr.. Joseph White could DO notf'
inc less than to give those principles the nece'
sary support Of his name and favor.
Willis Hall and Dudley Selden DO not aPpea
n have been present. Mr.. Greeley was, an
made a speech, to which the Iriounc MUS
| ludes: AZ, ,o,e, ;
,ome remarks of which The substance may y
no given. IN case they should De DESIRED or al
very badly butchered in some o'her paPef-
not, they may pass unrepoflee. ,hen
We wish some one wouiu ou'e"ei :
| once.
Tb. craven Rock and pert Jack dawI
! in T, .' nsi,bsr birds OF moral kind
Val when hanged or stuffed WIN s.ra%
show ns which way blows the "'hu'
1Wb.re was Mr.. Bolts Enqn'er'
CHOLERA AT THE "h0 : NC