Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1831-10-27
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for encouraging manufactures, must support
Gen. Jackson, from policy rather than affection
Nor docs IL comport with the general character of
the people of that state To prefer doubtful and
quivocatug friend TO II frank and manly adversary
like Henry Clay.
i;coryia will vote against Mr. Clay because she
is opposed TO the tariff and she will vote for Gen.
Jackson because lac is against notification. The
of t.c three last mentioned states, amounting
to 80, whichever ratio is adopted, must be set
down to Cen Jackson 1t may be doubted whe-
ther at this time Mr. Calhoun himself could deprive
him of the vote o. South Carolina
For two years the elections i'll Louisiana have
shown that Mr.. Clay Will receive the votes OF
that State.
Gen. Jackson is believed TO have lost ground
both in Alabama and Mississippi, yet he may still
be expected to receive the votes OF those States,
unless Mr.. Calhoun should be Il candidate, in which
event the issue may be more uncertain, we VIII
however set down these votes, being III according
to either ratio, to Gen. Jackson.
In Tennessee, the Ii or Is votes it will have,
after the next appointment, Will all be given to
Gen. Jackson, unless the district which has lately
chosen friend OF hr. Clay (Mr. Arnold) and that
lately represented by Mr.. Crockett should prove
exceptions. 1t must not be supposed that tho OPP
position the President i'll his own state is insight
tcant. lie has, the contrary, always been
gardcd unfit for high civil Office 10y large por-
ton OF her most intelligent and Respectable cit-
Eens, and no where more than in Nashville, which
who his friends have either become
lukcwarm, the secret supporters of Mr.. Cal
houu. They have been mortified to find the admi-
uisIration which they pri6cd themselves
made the wonder and Jest of the nation; they have
been offended To find their disintcrcstcd and whole
some advice treated with naughty contempt, and
Disguised at seeing every consideration OF prudence
forgotten fer tho qualification of one little knot OF
tavoritos. The seeds of discomfort have thus been
thickly Rown here whore all seems fair and smooth
TO the eye, and they wait only for favorable
son TO spring into life.
In tho state of Kentucky the friends of Mr..
Clay, after having been completely ovcrpowered
! by their opponents, may at least claim half the
state. The offence which the pcGPlo took at his
prctcrring Mr.. Adams to Cen jackson is in spite
of the unwearyjng efforts of his enemies to keep 1t
alive, gradually wcaryng away, and he IS steadily
reganing the ground nc had lost III their affections.
Since the election in 1928, when the state chose
electors by three districts, the general ticket has
been adopted; and by numbering the actual MAORI
tics nj the late election in the Congressional dis
trictS in which there opposition, and the rGpu-
! led nlaoTitios the two districts in which there
was none, it appears that the friends of MIR. Clay
| aZcccd his opponents by moro than 2001 votes.
But when it is farther considered that the change
winch has been taking place Tor enetifnc likely
TO be progressive, and that the pride of giving i
| president to tho Union will have operation in
the presidential contest which it could not have in
any other election, it seems impossible TO doubt
that MIR. Clay will obtain the Il electoral votes o!
his state, and that too by ago majority.
Ohio, it seems to be generally conceded, will
vote for Mr.. Clay in preference to any other indv-
dual She will be entitled to 20 electoral votes il
the ratio Of $4,000 be adopted, and to one il
the ratio be IS, 900.
In Indiana, the majority in favcr of Mr.. Clay is
still more decisive notwithstanding the fact that
his friends, by splitting up their interest among
several candidates. have suffered three jackson men
to be elected to Congress. The late elections far
nishcd evidence at once of the strength of Mr.
| CIay's friends and Of their msnana cement. This
! state will have or electoral votes, according tc
that ratio which may be adopted.
! In Illinois, the Jackson star yet has the asccn
dant, and will continue to have il lorg as he i,
successful in other states. As MIR Clay is not like
/ ~ to obtain her support except when he no longer
needs it, her electoral votes may at present be
! placed to the account of Gen. Jackson.
/ The votes of Missouri may it seems be count
Cd in the same way, though it will not be without
struggle that she can be brought to vote against
| her great advocate and benefactor.
rordin" 70 ~" preceding views, the votos
F.'ea ht Clay ma now consider ~ certain axe
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