Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1839-06-25
VIRGINIA roIrlcs.-nENnY CLAY.

AL.ie nsmber u he R.shmupd Wing has
rltaee 81 the late osnrsss Ia Virgins from ~Lich
the anncKed snlcsi - "a rs'ttri The contest
bsing oye' snd the result Fsco''sircd. q VAS well
10 sdfer "a fcw ~ the pefmircui neidcnls hnd
ehsnrteusues developed datag tho tsmpaiEn. -.
The opPos.uon had bard labor 20 perform. In the
several counties d.ssaisfaelon Ard distraction OK
,sio5 in the ranks Of the whigs. Bot STILL the
Tors forces ~erc beaten ,hc,, hlssioung and bal
lying were beaten and ,bcy have nothing 10 Do
bot 'eno- their slreae,h ior smother year.
ops q the upti sinking ies'urcs q lhc canvass
th'osghoui the State. and one which the result IN
d'eslss IS Of much consequence, was The bitter
vehement. and unsofsal dcnsucs,ion q Mr.. Clay
by the psrliIsns ef the AUGMENTATION. Falsc.
hoods sDe missfepfessBisinnf IN regard 10 various
other questions were isdueiuously employed here
aud there local questions ~crc seircd upon and
turned 10 The bene6, Of the pauy--snd in Lower
Virgins. the Wings we're charged with a design
10 embark 10 a wild aud rsifaysgan, scheme Of In.
tc+nal improvement snd 10 increase the taxes Of
this State. Bot every shere in every nook and
corner, som the ses-bosfd so the Ohio. there wss
ens nnsct.al ou,-pootng Of defamation the
head Of Henry Clay. From the hard money Bank
Presidents and PolIiics Judges down the drliesi
pSiboo~c deusgerac 40 The Commons esh, Gay
ard ne BSNk' was proclsned the 'Hrc isspc,' ood
che great and distinguished man was held Up n
monster 10 i,umsn form. In every county that we
have heard from. tie sink saim' psftizans II
hsusa Van BOtcn charged Henry Clay with oil
maarcf Of political and moral deprovity. and his
imputed yices constituted the constant heme Of their
eloquent invoctivcs. They range the changes
npon every act Of his life. which they distorted nd
tnsested 10 suit their disbolical ends. lie is re-
presented as 'Fedetasts an 'Aboliiionst' black
leg. bosry Diq1ily.' and he Most ifightful pic
lures Of national rom and digthcc were presented
as the inevitable consequences Of the bare possbi.
iiy Of his elevation TO the Presidency. With bid
eous erimaers, and all The sbiserng aud affected
fury nj Pbyihoness, Van Buren, candidate not
hundred miles from this city, declared that he
woId rather see the land laid waste with fi.e and
sword than see Henry Clay President, whom, his
hand upon his heart, he pronounced to be the bsses
public man ever known IN this county a reproach
to the sge--a disgrace to the species. lie wished
ioGod he had the capacity 10 depitture his slupen-
duous vices as they deserved. They would startIe
every man. woman and child in the Cunfederacy
particularly when borne in mind that he will be
President.
This is a specimen OF the whole. After this
fashion has Henry Clay, the sho fills the larg-
O., space in The eyes Of his country and the world
whose mighty talents have ever been at the service
81 his coontry, who has borne a prominent and H.
les,fious part 10 The history of the government for
the last thirty years, whose eloquent voice chccted
his countrymen in the darkest hour Of war and
whose sage counsels promoted the national pros.
per'ty 10 peace--,hus has this imam, this patriot,
statesman been DETAINED by the par,izaus of one
whose chief glory consists in having served under
General jackson.
Ba, lhcse. "sink or swim gentry have ovcrshui
u'e mark. Their bitter hostility, their wholesale
eslumnies against Mr.. Clay have produced nausea
ond disgust With the honest and rejecting portion
OF the people, who wisely concluded tina, those who
"inked at the piuader Of the public treasury were
mol too good TO disregard the trammels of truth
They have accordingly set down tho bitter out
poutings OF the Office party against Mr. Clay, in
Tho list of hc,oasthe offspring Of fear and hatred,
hatred OF his virtues. and fear that his elevation
would lead 10 the exposure Of their oilc iul mis-
DECIDE.