Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1850-05-03
RICHMOND ENQUIRER.
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THURSDAY MORNING. MAY 2, 1850.
HARMONIOUS WHIGGERY.
The accredited Washington correspondent Of the Boston
Courier writes as follows:
NIL lie nlaste ali mnsers

| HARMONIOUS WHIGGERf.
The accredited Washington correspondent OF the Boston
Courier writes as follows
"wc canno, all be masters. all masters
Cannot hc truly followed -
Insubordination is catching Like mastc- IKE man. li",
Greeley was never right than when he described
the Wing PARTY he - loos" aggregation o inacp,"d.ht
thinkers 1t is infinitely anusin. 10 witness me lis"-
ton OF this observation just ntw in relation 10 the .Sict
of General Taylor There was great disaectio al us rs'
selection Of course there was There would have been
| such under any circumstances OF choice
In subsequent letter this correspondent Of
the Courier drives his rowes deep into the flank oi
Henry Clay who has dared TO differ with his ''uas-
ter White House We give long extracts because
i, amusing ITSELF indicates the deep seated dissension
in the Whig ranks shows that the honor and feelings of
the Regency pledged against the compromise of the
slavery question fair grounds The administration is re-
gardcd fully sod the free soil interest This revelation
is bu, Of tha many striking signs of the times;
WAsnlsGroS APRIL %, 1850.
Mr Clay is great actor. i he had gone uron the
s;,gc he would have driven the kcaus and E,cics OFT o!
the field After the final vote appoint Foote'S committee
of thirteen taken he with great polp and so
the arrival OF this auspicious hour congratulate The Scr
ate c2aa!ctuate the country congratulate MASKtSn
npon hs hopeful prospect Of happy issue out OF the per
of this committee This is certainly grand flourish
But reduced 10 sober prose, what does il aoun. TO Why
that Senate committee has been appointed TO report III Ia
and Deseret This is the whole sory-thc beginning ana
end the Alpha and Omega the head stomach and bowels oil
the entire subject. There is nothing else in the case
And should like TO ask il this matter for which
the Senate the country and MANKIND should be thus POM
ously coSoRATrLATEp? All when will The world cease to
he humbugged? The solemn farce through which
now going is profoundly humiliang Mr.. Clay is the
genius Tia. guides it, He is the Napoleon of the move
His swelling d.clanaton reminds OF The Napoeonic
bulletins of old He is playing another grand act III The
drama OF life. He is starring it, magnificent scale
lie goes points ani hits which shall bring down the great
applause from iii and gallery We! this is his nature
IL but fuiis his destiny lie was bolnto Play part and he
peolmsi: beautifully We cannot quarrel with hin or ts
Bu be allowed express chag' that in tie
part he playing for the benefit of slavery (o c9ulse
daring his engagement he take bench; for h:lse,i
he procures cadc snules AID sceneshiiIes ro among
agents ol freedom, who were sent down here from TIE
North 10 hiss the whole performance of tho stage
So be it. Pluck quality and man like Mr. Clay
coa2 drive, scare lnnbug almost man on! ~ S
opinions, that \; really sets upon in earnest Il tn. 'n'i U"
ti is carried, Nj Clay IS the man who carries It, H.
dead certainty that goes through the Senate al Is Eke,
pass The House There is great lcacc there who Can
stand up successfully against Mir Clay backed he hy
so much Northern detection Mr. Clay takes this l,r by
the arm, and pats the other The back and by means OF
Lis magnetic power his r!ncrousness OF temper MS dica,
toriai bearing his sueciouSncss OF ore, ms NnnwEc :"
and sympathy with men, hi persuasive Ianners MS "y an!
delightful iuency the incypress.be chal oi las cc2lHmi
powers, h5 overbearing assumptions, has erce and iic
lie temper his lofty ard generous impulses ms noble sent
ments his impass:oned eloGuence- ca!.ousy copoun
e and blended until ;he form Of the most 'earhaSe
md influential characters that ly.d,5ans such
man. we say he will almost certainly break down the House
and o.cc his grand compromise h.3ugh And ohin. f 10
any Wg) will rebound all the glory and fnnre all the p'-
litica advantage of this most notable TRANSACTION
Mr. Webster is on, of the His independent vote
~ Wednesday las. lost him ,he mushroom Southern
friends he gained by his speech and Clay is now I'll sa
God of their doatry He is warmed up % fever aoat al the
prospect before him. and having sprung upon Ac ooN enc
sraspcd reins he dashng ahead Jchu IKE SIX n
hand boldly ngng his old mot motto to G the m asa Sre1
must get out of the way But if there to be victims IN
the race there will be if this triumphant charloeerng be
arrested, say 10 Mr Clay ana MS coaau"r III i'
language of the seer:
Woe woe 10 he riders ,ha, ,rample them down.
And now having suggested the probabilities of the case,
we have word to say about its possibilities and the duties
of the friends of the administration in their present ener
gency The administration hare pocy j6r ne seHemeh'
f The question: which is coaciato:y wise, prudent and -.
t;sfacto. Let be upheld with uEtnchins ir'ness Let
tie organs of the administration at Washington discard then
fsars of their attachment to- greai names ana come oo
IS plant themselves upon this policy It's no ii'i'e
Tar shly shalyng Let US have sorc looking one way
and rowing another Let have an administration party
supporting an administration policy And let the prominent
Wings of the House rise up and obey the instincts oil their
nature, and the promp5s OF their understandings, anu
manfully lead in this crisis.
-" "There is a tide in ;ie affairs
Which. taken The flood. leads on 10 orune'
There grander opportunity Tor man. or Tor
men, in the House OF Representatives, 10 win distinction
and achieve honorable fame The hour is come; VINO VIII
associate his with it, and acquire an impersaoe r.
nown? The administration will fall into contempt, and The
Whg party into dissolution, unless combined, powerful
hearty stand the Presidents policy in the House
Washington by being hesan and dainty in supporting
that policy and mea nouthed towards those wio are
to thwar s action and b:sat down lis charac
ter and influence raicng vital Injury scarcely Gs' ihn
10 abandon its support altogether We are pained at the
,orpor of these journals this subject we viii moi term
i, But hope them arouse from their
smbers and fully discharge their duties ~ et US a.
have nanul defence of the policy OF inc administration
they profess support II is not becoming tie en'enan
If The hero Bucna Vista tamciv make terms win ING
enemy or 10 ingoroLsy surrender at discretion IL WOULD
be far more in Keeping with the character Of that
man. fof them nail their colos 10 the mast and 90 down.
if they must 90 dowa with their i'ag flying.
For safety o. the Wing party Tor The honor 9 hc RE
siJen for the credit Of tie Administration for tie glory o
the cause of eedon hope within the t"o weeks
that are 10 edpse before get the report oi inc oo
committee something like an intrepid ana aeieIn?a de
nons,rnon on the part OF General Tayors friends IN inc
nress and in Congress The administration force WIZ soon
get the reputation Of belonging to the class IN
ss il soon exhibit signs possessing back bone we
do not think it al all becoming that The conduct OF ts pro-
ssed supporters should be such give color TO the lp
taton that the policy of General Taylor in relation 10 te
c, question agitang the country as flexible as cXi
hat and can De laiilicd out VI shape "i' - M ~
trimert. ;.;
,citaons But hclp seeing ta! in the present
novemei he is also stimulated by Other considerations te
is evidently rcuy enated End nvsoatcd by ms hopes
DO him no injustice in saying that he has his eye upon t
Presidential canvass of lS32 Ii he has n0 we VIII l&ns
any dubter to rive us why he back TO the Sc
nate after his formal ouvetaking! yet TINS Is not tnc o
reason We may we'll out with the truth and say
,na believe Mr.. Clay has no torcJo General idyor Or
he Administrations and that to successfully thwar thelr io-
licy on the territorial question rond aTord hi no M Ta
tifration And nothing of this Is inconsistent win me
belief that Mr. Clay really considers ms own pan or III,
scrutiny of mans motives for his Judgments noWesel'
sometimes has tendency shake our faith in those JUG
mentS.
VIEWS OF ARISTOTLE ON SLAVERY.
We have read with much pleasure in the April nanbcr OF
the Southern Literary Messenger profound and lucid