Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1831-11-10


to pursue: they must adhere to their PRIS-
cirLks and to their MEN as the only guar
anty OF final success. If they abandon
their men and their principles, the party
will lose its spirit and identity, and soon
IIbc scattered to the four winds. Let
them be firmly united, and if any party
can overcome Jacksonism ut the next
contest, it is the Nationals; and should
they not succeed this time, they will still
have been engaged in noble cause, j
will be embodied so firmly as to triumph,
without doubt, at the next succeeding
contest. Let them, therefore, turn not u
deaf, but cautious ear, to all the gratu-
itous advice Of tteir doubtful comparti-
Zans.
\ REMARKS on THE ABOVE.
From the National Integencer.
The Centinel has hit the nail on the
head. If there has been any mistake u
bout the Convention, it is the postpone
ment of it to so late day as the second
Monday Of December next. Have we
not seen the advantage which certain
busy politicians have taken of the cir
cumstance, by the aid OF the honest pref
udices of real Anti-Masons, to forestaL
the nomination? The political regraters,
to whom we here refer, at heart no more
Anti-Masons than we are, have taken up
with that party as the road to political
advancement, which upon the ground Of
their own politics they doubted the prac-
ticabilty of attaining. They have seen
Anti-Nlasonry, with giant strides, step
ping over county after county, in their
own immediate neighborhood; and fgur-
ing to themselves its universal dominion,
they have joined its ranks to become its
leaders. Some have done this, we are
afraid, upon the most cold-blooded cal
culation Of self-lntcrest. Having their
feelings very little, if at all, interested in
the cause they have sided with, they arc
better able to turn to advantage tho
chances of the fight which the honest
Anti-Masons have waged against all lex
cept MIR. WIRT) who do not renounce i
denounce they know not what. Persons
Of this description, we apprehend, have
been at the bottom ofthe Baltimore nom
ination. We the more incline to this be-
lief from the Convention not having nom
mated one Of their own party, but one Of
the National Republican party, as their
candidate. If such persons were the
prime movers Of the nomination made at
Baltimore, the ruling influence on their
minds must have been personal dislike or
Jealousy ofMr. CLAY. They saw, in his
elevation to the Presidency, perchance
no probability of political distinction for
themselves. They augured, peradven-
ture, the possibility Of different event
OF the attempt to force the National Re-
publicans to take up candidate whom
they themselves had never even thought
of for the Presidency. And the body of
the Anti-Masonic Delegates (good easy
soulsD suffered themselves to be made
use of, and are endeavorng to force their
party into harness, to support candidate
who told them to their face that he has
always thought Anti-Masonry fit sub
ject for farce!
i Now we can assure those who are in
reality not hostile to Mr.. Clay, but sug-
gest postponement Of the Convention
because, on other grounds, they are a.
fraid OF its consequences, that they utter
y mistake public opinion if they suppose
that any other individual can command
the votes which, if he be in nomination,
will be given to Mr.. CLAY. The pres
cnt ruling party would unquestionably
carry away the votes Of every State, ex-
cept,perhaps, VERMONT, MASSACHUSETTS,
RIoDE-lsLAND, and CONNECTICUT, from
any other candidate, though that candi-
date should unite the sufirages ofthc An
tmasons.
The Convention, moreover, cannot be
postponed at the suggestion of any one,
or on the motion of the party in any one
OF the States, any more than the Consti-
tuition of the United States can be set a.
side (postponed) by an act of the Legis-
lature Of any single State. The Conven-
ton can only be postponed in the same
manner as it was agreed upon, by the
sanction Of the National Republicans in
every State in the Union; which is so far
from being possible, that we are satisfied
the suggestion will not be approved by
the party in any one State. Let the very
suggestion Of it, however, be a rallying
signal every where. Let every district
in the Union choose Delegates, that has
not already chosen, and let eperp Dele
gate attend. For, to all true National
Republicans, we say, in the emphatic
language Of the Centinel: "IF THEY A.
"BANDoN THEIR MEN AND THEIR PRINCE
Piles, THE PARTY WILL LOSE ITS SPIRIT
AND IDENTITY, AND SOON DE SCATTERED
ITO THE FOUR wINDsO