Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1830-06-03
'.a ~ 2:es aoai Va. .srra
MR. CLAY.

buisheu WuJt faoly opposed 10
Mr. Clay for the Presidency, are now dlspos
cd to support him, and expresses a coat lent
belief that that State will hoist his color. Ths
late disrespsot and abuse with which his name
was mentioned. have given place to eoneii.
tory and moderate, in many eases to spsa
admiration and applause. The last whisper
OF bargain" has dad away. kome uho for
marty pretended belief, have recently taken
Opportunity TO declare they nsver did believe.
The history Of the "bargain" is like that of
all ether slsndsr. The purposs effected, il
mas osen psrmIttsd quietly TO descend. aRd
siespi the grave ofsxpioded cslumniss The
intelligence 10 which we refer from Alabama.
Is equally trus OF all parts of the eountry-e-
yea OF Virginia, where two or three man sea-
med ITO hatesMr. Clay for his plealaa origis,
eenlrlvsd to inflss into the pubic fsslag,
much OF their own personal rancor. Wall
informed persons have expressed the opinioe
that nj this time he was more powerful In the
interior OF New York than Mr. Van Bnrer,
and the friends OF the tariff, alarmed at tho
late demonstratons, and the avowed des;ee
OF grand attack on the svstan of prntscti1n
as soon as the Public Debt is paid off, must
necessarily rally around him as their natural
head. Possessed oil the affections and COAT
deace oil tho great party which supported
Mr.. Adams, and which almost numsrisslly
olVtleh the nation--streng tlenod certainly
by Kentucky, and in all probability BY Ohis,
Indiana, Illinois, ard Missouri aided by tse
miscarriages and e1ormi;ies Of a fssbls ard
vinaichve administration, which 10 daily eri
Nirg its friends into opposii,on, Mr. Clay
should he he nomlnatsd) viii begin the con
test with advantages which no otAer csadi-
date ever possessed. A ksntgsky gestlemaa
publicly SAID at Washington, it was useless
10 deney that Mr.. Clay wosld get the vo,s of
the united Western country, with tha sxsep-
ton Of Tennessee. that if Gen. Jackson
was out OF the way, he would get u.~t He
was a political. if not a personal, onemy-
we believe both.
These facts explain the solieituds 10 run
Zen. jackson again, msugrs that rotation"
Which Mr.. Peter V Daniel preached up 10
1873, as "tsndiag TO purify, and by cease
qiencs preserve, Republican Iastitutioas"--
maogrs Mr. Rtehle's recognition OF the "dan-
ger" OF elssting tina same individual twice 10
the Presidency - roaugrs his ows professions,
that hs only desired to be President for a sin
gle term. Let fAem animate Mr. CLAWS friends
with confident hope Of re.scing ths Govern
msHt from tho hands Of the Barbariass who
now possess 10 Lot than be constant and
true TO cause which they believe honorable
and patriotic.
years, 10 infalihle.
Prom tm Alexandria Gazette. May 81
HENRY CLAY.
How sHviabls is the retirement Of this H.
lustneus man! In the bosom of his adop,ed
State, and surrounded by thousands whose
hearts are full Of admiral ton for his talents and
public virtue, and gratitude for hs faithful
services. he pow calmly aad proudly smiles
on the low and feeble efforts Cf faction, TO
tarnish his fame, or shake the 'coniidsnce Of
the true Republicans and Patriots Of the land
OF tis fidelity and devotion to the glsry and
liberty of the Rspublis. All that industriou.
faisshood could devise, or msrecnary presses
circulate against him, has had its day and in
fusnce; but, to the credit of truth, honesty
AMI justice, is fast sinking into oblivion. 4
struggle, unparalleled in The history of the
world has terminated in the elevation Of tho
MAN OF Party, whs filing thu station
WASHINGTON adorned, 10 administering tho
government on principles unjusti6ed by the
examples OF his predecessors, and unaderned
by their wisdom and virtue Driven isto sx-
lie, as 1T has be en ssid, by his victory OF pas
sion asd iaisehood over the reason and las
tee Of dsluded people, Henry Cray is still
fsllewed and hunted by tho vensl pack that
iawn and are fad at the door OF their Chief
And why rs this distinguished Patriot thss
feared, hated, and abusedp Because, while
he lives, there is hope for the cause Of public
liberty and public homer; the retarrins reason
and justice Of the people will end in him their
loader and their advocate; and frssdoa Of
epinien and Of the press, pros1sto and en-
caantsd, az they ara, rise on the dowsfall Of
their enemies. Throsgh tse eiomds that CO.
yer the lard, thsre is light breaking, SLOWLY
bat certainly; and shis 10 the light sf Trsth
[Bosto. Patriot, Nay 81
tits suggested in the Cincinnati Anasrican.
that Mr.. Clay the approaching semmcr may
visIs New York aud the Nav England States.
We hope the suggestion may not be dsrszsr-
dsd A II has been givea out that the Prssi
dent is abost TO make q pslitceltmovementi in
this direction, the next summer I've presume
MIR. Clsy,a private msa, may visit his friends
here without having bis motives nisreprsssn-
ted aad illuminated. Unl.ss we wholly mis-.
take public sentiment, Mr.. Clay would be
most heartily welcomed. Hip progress from
New York, through New Eagland, would
DO session Of tnumphs; the homage Of freq
nsa 10 issgrity. patriotism and spleadid TIA
lsnts, unaidsd By tho patronage or sphemer-
sal splendsr OF official power. Shsnld Ar.
Clay visit us, We might hope again 10 hear
in the "Old Cradle Of Liberty strains of slo-
qusnes that would recall the bsst DAYS, and
equal the best efforts, Of James Otis, and
81 Samuel Adams, when they reused. by their
more THAI Roman or Greeian slequsncs, our