Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1860-10-02

den under loot. The sovereignty " '"c PEor,-
was denied. The noble fabric of American lio-
crty was endangered by the example, anu lne
authors Of it owe an atonement. Ine hatonai
safety demands that their atoneHcnt shouloo "
their fall from power. Ii there hao peen Io
violation Of an important principe III l"e 'ate
election. I should lave been opposed to an all
m;nistration which owes its existence TO q
mnion Of discordant and hostile interests,
hrourht about by the ARTS OF POLITICAL
MANAGEMENT AND INTRIGUE. These
are arts fit only to he employed by the Ilnlons
and ministers Of princes, whose thrones are
supported by the prostitution OF pubic morals
When those arts reach their maturity i'll this
country the republic perishes. The American
mastcrs the people, who will decide for them
selves in the next Presidential election, will re.
;pct the services of those who win their way to
office BY PRACTICES THAT TEND TO COR
RUpTiON, and threaten destruction to the
Government.
"When such an administration is to he op.
posed, it is fortunate that there exist; sucA Il
man as Andrew Jackson, TO be the Instrument,
in the hands Of the people, of its overthrow
4 man whose purposes are admitted TO ne at
ways purc: whose mind seems formed tor
great emergencies, and whose splendid services
place him, in deserving public favor, at an III
measurable distance in advance 0! all others.
10 mid in placing such a man, from any part
Of the Union, at the head of affairs, particular.
~ 10 aid in c~levuting such a man from iny ma
tive State. is not only in accordance with my
nrivate incljnations, but would be felt TO be 4
part Of my public duty"
Rnt tbisi is not all. At 4 dinner given TO
Gen. Jackson, at Vauxhall Gardens, in Nash
vile, on the 18th of July, 1927, MIR. Bell pro-
posed Il toast, in which he designated Henry
Clay rs "the guilty statesman" The following
is the toast:
srrhc indignant mur,nurs which announce
a future distinct utterance Of a free but insult
ed peoples will-,norc terrible to the g"aHH
statesman that the battles din or the tclnpests
rage" 49,
But he was not yet done with Mr.. Clay. On
the 7th of September, 1927, he prepared ano-
Their letter for the public, in which, abiding to
Mr.. Adatns' election to the Presidency, and the
appointment Of Mr.. Clay as Secretary Of State,
he said:
IT have seen the highest and most important
office in the Government filled by means and
under circumstances alIording all the evidences
of a coalition formed upon the basis Of mutual
benefits to be received and conferred, indepen-
IDENTIFY of any controverted point in the details
that the Government can never expect the light
Of in any combination that has been or may be
entered into, to defeat the will of the people
Ambitious and aspiring politicians who have
great characters TO sustain, and sense enough to
Guard AGAINST the common plumbers Of less prac-
ticed adcuts in the arts OF intrigue and manage
mcnt in forming coalitions, will but seldom ex.
pose themselves to the danger of detection
from positive proof. tits not, therefore, IN my
view, of 50 much importance to consider whc,
ther a possibility of innocence can be admitted
in favor Of the parties implicated, rs TO deter
mine whether the presumption to the contrary
is not so great in the present instance that Their
continuance would he incompatible with the
safety and well being Of our political lnst''u-
tons"
s'Gen. jackson had been represented L candl-
date for the first Office in the gift OF the people;
may say, for the highest office in honor and
dignity in the world, for the reason, hat 1t Is
the gift of 4 nation Of lrcemen. The electors
of the people, acting in reference to Their wish
cs, had pointed to him rs the object OF their
preference. Their opinions had been fairly
expresscd-fully indicated-yet when the q1eS.
ton was fully brought to the consideration Of
Congress, the preference thus manifested was
disregarded, and 4 selection made contrary to
the wishes of those who had q right to direct
and govern-of this the lrcemcn OF the United
States had a right 10 complain, and they did
complain-nor will they, trust, cease to 90 SO
until they shall have indicated those rights
which were thus outraged and wrcstcl from
them"
Yet. after these dcnunciations Of Mr.. Clay,
and the most fulsome culogics Of Gen. jackson,
which we have not the space to quote, nc be-
-.u -, ,.t Lie ,rNocn tho most ardent adj
| mirer and ~eulogist Of the man nc had so grossly
abused. and the most bitter ~reviler and delamcr
of the other he had formerly despatched with
praise. 1t was not in his nature to continue
long as the friend Of any man, and accordingly,
after eulogizipr Mr.. Clay for a number Of years
he deserted him for Gen. Taylor, because ne
thought Mr.. Claws star was in its wane, as he
had done with Gen. Jackson. lie came out IN
favor of Gen. Taylor's nomination over Mr..
Clay, for the Presidency in 1913, and as there
were then Wings in Tennessee welded to Mr..
Clay. he made Il speech at MurlrccsborousEI,
in that State, which was published in his or
Gan, the Nashville Banner" to convince them
that they ought to give up Clay and take lay
lor. We have room only for a short extract
'He believed that hostility to Mr.. Clay had
become a fixed sentiment with many. Ills adj
miration Of Mr.. Clay's talents was not less than
that of those who thought his claims should
have been preferred. He had prcjudIces in re-
gard to him TO overcome like many others, but
many others had not yet overcome them. lie was
for TAYLOR because he thought the honest and
patriotic of all parties could unite upon him.
He had heard Of some Wings who had rather
| sink with Clay than swim with Taylor. That
was not his view Of the duty Of a patriotic
Wing. In giving up Mr.. Clay ne knew that
all did not agree with him. a movement had
been made in New York lately, by Wings,
who still thought Mr.. Clay the only proper repre-
sentative of Wing principles. lie did not think
the Wing party so poor that they could boast
but one man who deserved support"
Again, in 1850, after his extraordinary effort
to defeat the compromise measures, MIR. Clay
thought proper, among the opponents Of the adj
iustment, to class Mr.. Bell with the Northern
Abolitionists, and to say that all they wanted
was the Wilmot Paoviso incorporated in it.
Whereupon, Mr. Bell thus replied:
"I am aware of the vast control the honora-
BILE Senator has over the will and sentiments Of
men, especially in the Wing ranks and this
he has had for years. But, when the honora-
bic Senator so Indignantly denounces military
authority, Is nE UNCONSCIOUS THAT ne is HIM.
SELF a GREAT MORAL DESPOT? | know
something of those moral despotisms. | have
had to encounter them in my time"
Is there a man in the United States, who re-
vers the momory oflIenry Clay, can give his
vote for his most bitter rcviler-John Bell =
What say you, Wings Of kentucky, the legltl-
mate custodians Of the fame and honor OF your
great leader? You who chung to him in every
emergency, and never deserted him. lie sleeps
in tho bosom Of Kentucky's soil, among those
whom he so much loved, and who so much
loved him! What say, you? will the vote of
Kentucky be cast for his defaner? What say
you, Wings Of Tennessee, Of Maryland, of the
Union, who rallied around his banner so gal
lantly i'll days Of yore ? will you now cast your
votes for his caluminator. Answer in Novcm-
Der next.