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

| We now know, that the National Re-
publican party, on this side the Potomac,
are, at this moment, more firmly united
in the support of Henry Clay, as Presi-
dent Of the United States, than they have
ever been, at any former period. 1t is
the opinion of some Of the most intelli-
gent delegates in the convention, that
a. effort TO unite the party upon any can
didute, except Mr.. clay, would prove
abortivc, aud be instantly put down by
the people, who consider the proposed
nomination at Baltimore as nothing more
than recording their wishes and their
DEGREES.
We are sustained by some of the
purest and most sagacious men in New
England, when we assert, that MIR.
Clay's cause, in Massachusetts, stands
better since, than it did before the nomi-
nation Of Mr.. Wirt. The same remark
is believed to be true, in regard to other
Eastern States. We do not stop to en-
quire into the cause.-the fact is as We
state. There is, then, no division; no
doubt; no hcsitancy, north of the Poto-
mac, in the National Republican ranks.
Henry Clay is their choice. He will be
nominated-unanimously nominated at
the Baltimore Conven ntion in December,
and that nomination will be sustained
with a zeal and an energy, that will as.
tound his enemies, and the enemies of
the American System, for they are one
and indvisible.
Within a few days, we have com
municated on this subject, with numer-
Gus individuals, Of great frankness and
high intellectual endowments, and every
one of them entertains the opinion, that
the people will no longer submit to the
rule Of proAigacy, ignorance, and i'm
becility; and that Henry Clay is the
man whom they will delight to honor,
as the successor Of the present execu-
tive. The tervor with which these
gentlemen have spoken to US, and the
zeal which they evince in promoting the
cause of home industry, and its great
champion, is, to our mind, the prcsage
of victory.
We have thought that our friends at a
distance, after the adjournment Of the
Convention, would expect to hear from
us as politicians. We should have
been falthless sentnels if we had not
made the effort we did, to ascertain the
sentiments of our party ,on the all absorb
ing question of president. We should
be unworthy the trust reposed in us, if
we did not announce to the people, that
we possess evidence, strong, irresistible,
and unanswerable, that Henry Clay
will receive the united and undivided
support Of the National Republican par.
ty; and that any attempt to substitute
another candidate should, and will be
viewed as arising from total misinforma-
ton, in regard to public feeling: or, as
one of those devices to distract, which
originate with desperate party, whose
intolerance and misrule have filled with
sorrow and modification, every patriotic
bosom throughout the land
We cannot close this article without
advcrting to one Of the petty slanders,
which our enemies have industriouslv
circulated. They have stated that Mr..
Webster had either changed his views, or
had become Indifferent to the elevation
of MIR. Clay. We feel ourselves au-
thorlsed by the personal and confidential
friends of that gentleman, to say, that
every part and parcel Of the tale is an
unprincipled fabrication. Recent events
have only tended to increase the zeal of
Mr.. Webster. They have operated upon
him, as they will operate upon every
high-minded man, who claims to belong
to the National Republican Party.
The public mind is fast recovering
from the astonishment which the nomi-
nation of Mr. Wirt at first created, and
IS now more firmly than ever settled
upon MIR. Clay. This was to have
been expected, as well known old
friend always stands better with the
people than new one without claims.
We believe that there will be full re-
presentation of the States in the conven-
tion at Baltimore, and that Mr.. Clay, as
we have before said, will receive their
unanimous nomination for the Presi-
dency; but if any State has as yet
omitted to appoint delegates for that
Convention, we would remind our
friends that the time of meeting is close
at hand, and the utmost activity should
be employed in choosing firm and faith
ful men, whose hearts and voices will be
for the great CHAMPION of the American
System. II there should be any vacan-
cy in any delegation, the same advice
will apply.