Richmond Enquirer

As Honest Whig Editor.—It is gratifying to find, amidst the mercenary idolatry with which the Clay leaders and Clay journals advocate the election of the man who 'Throttled the Tariff,' an occasional exposition of truth from the Federal press. The following paragraphs we copy from a leading Whig organ, the editor of which is one of the most decided opponents of the Democratic party of whom we have any knowledge, the Newark Post:

'Where defeat in support of principle inevitably occurs, it is always dignified, but when it follows the determination to support a certain individual whose moral character and peculiar position in relation to a great moral and political evil, renders it impossible for tens of thousands of good Whigs to support him with a clear conscience, we cannot see its dignity. Were there no other men in the land fit for the office of President, free from the great objections which can be urged against Mr. Clay, there would be some show of excuse for his nomination by the Whig party, but we confess we cannot see the dignity of courting defeat in the cause of a man, and not of the country.

'That portion of the community who seek a candidate for the Presidency whom they can conscientiously support, are not a class that can be coerced into the traces or be led away by mere political enthusiasm. They are governed by higher motives. Arguments must be addressed to their reasons, not to their fears or passions.— Their conscience, their moral feelings must be satisfied, not their secular interests alone. Many of these persons, though warmly attached to Whig principles, and anxious for their success, cannot believe that Mr. Clay is the proper man to be supported by the anti-Loco Foco party at the next election.' They have STRONG MORAL and political objections to him, and these must be removed before they can conscientiously support him.'