Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1829-10-08
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FROM the Culclnnati Gaz.tte.
SIGNS OF THE TIMES.

|,xpectants of Office from the presen,
powers that be, set afoat an assertion
hat great intrigue was in action &c
procure Mr.. Clay to be nominated a
andidate for the Presidency, by the
sislatures Of the Western States. the
gsuing winter. The assertion had M
undatioo in truth, and was evidently
II forth TO be used for party purposes
repeiling this falsehood, took occa
oa to remark that it did not necessa
follow from existing facts, that Dir
(lsy, st the proper time for making a
onlnation, would be. selected as the
andidate OF the friends of the Amer
an System. iaIded that another .eveo
10 other western man, might more
bfectGally concentrate their suffrages--
bat Mr., Clay might even become the
upperter OF one who was now repre
sntsd by some as bis dreaded rival -
These suggestions have produced a
Fsgree OF sensation that certainly
beither intended nor expected.
In the first place, oil parties have
lreed that The reference to sanoihe,
t"i"n man. points uuequiyocally al
Nudge Mclean Is this a legitimate
pierence3 Is there no Western man.
ssides Mr. Clay and judge Mclean.
DO might be thought of for The presi
tncy' Is there none bu, judge NC.
san, whom the friends of the American
y'tem might possibly look TO, If il
Fere deemed unadsisable TO nominate
iE Clay? Really bad not viewed
hings IN this light. Heretofore, the
ams of Ged. Harrison has been before
be public as one who bad some pre-
Fnsions' AS an able defender Of the
msrican System, that of Henry Batd
IN might occur to some men. Since
ndrew jackson has been chosen Pre-
dent, and samuel ID. ingham, John
ranch ard JOHN III Eaton made heads
departments, take il that the stand
OF gna'itic alton for these high off
is let down to the capacity IF many
stern men. There was. consequently,
proprlety in identifying judge DC
an with n.y suggestion, as the only
rsen that could be alluded to. The
'st that cou'a be fairly said would be,
at he was one of those from whom the
setion might be made Can am
En now say that this may not be the
se' II is time enough Ia decide this
estIon when II comes Ia BE- acted upon
MI the proper period, i, Is unwi.e to
state il
THIS suggestion has nevertheless pro.
iced some good 1t has ELECTED
Ftl'y indication Of public sentiment
mcngst both the friends and the enc
mes ot MIR Clay and Judge Mclean.
ne expression Of this sentiment may
useful to both, if properly improved
From the Pittshurg Statesman.
Cincinnati Gazstfe In speaking of Mr. Clay
I'd he next Presidency, the editor of the
iz,tte Says
1T does not necessarily follow that
leY THE friends Of domestic protection
% internal improve ment) will select
ieE'y Clay Ter their candidate: An
'net man, even another Irests' =: man
Jay more ehectualiy Concentrate their
(GGagesp'
We find that this eguivocate and co
ef paragraph. has excited some spec
'1Aoa in the Jackson papers, And no
nler, for The hint and allasicn are as
"'h oal al itme as they are certainly
81 place VIXEN they are found in the
"uhns OF the Cincinnati Gazette.
raaps Mr. Hammond wished merely
'"'t The pubic yulse! lie viii find
ibid and even languid as it respects
~ Mclean, but quick and indicating
''"N' fever heat in favor of Mr. Clay,
'hlpk that IL does necessarily fol
= That the friends Of the 'prote Give
y will select MIR. Clay He has
2'en approached and abused for his
l-i''y to that policy. He has been
RED as IT'S cbampion-and by way Of
ng him unpopular with his south
ITO inends this protective policy ha'
D9ea called the Clay System II II
~hl That such msn as Mr. Mclean
10 was three years in deciding who h'
"'i d vote for as President-and t.
-rr'a'n whose policy and views II
7'~i'o to the Tariff, may require three
as more. We asks it right tba
man should be coBplimented q
~~ expense OF Mr. Clays Mr. McLsa'