The pilot and transcript. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1840-1841, 1840-09-02
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His Fellow-citizens, he presumed, would know
Ia VIII, m be alluded
M 1,lav here dwelt for some minutes upon
a, "a: :.,,.r3t tendency to which such course OF
Neutrality-suspicious. as he had been alludlng TO, would
I'D But he trusted it would be checked-that
shvsician, the Ballot Box, was near at
S ~ a,,d tIat by November the. disease would
10 r,st Inv an effective and most salutary remedy
ySJben bsfore had such state of things now
-. been known? When before such disre-
- nf obIieations9 When before have sd out
of 67 Land Officers proved defaulters? When
before have delaulters not only been retained III
ofI;ce after their defalcations were known, but
ohsoIpteIv re-appointed? He referred TO the APP
,,o,ntment of MIR Livingston as Secretary Of
SStats at time when he was a defaulter, but
"a Re presumed the President did not reflect
s,,ts;.;entIv upon the tendency such an appoint
ynent would have He referred to the Moore
and Letcher case, and to the appointment OF
Hooker to the best office IN the country for ms
services in that dark transaction. He had heard
fiat Hooker had since proved defaulter.
Mr.. Claw said he would like to address him
self directly to the Democrats within the sound
of his voice. He wished to address them, not as
enemies, but as brothers, as men equally pa
triotic and equally devoted with the Wings to
the best interests of the country. We differ,
said he, but upon what subject do men not differ:
Have all your hopes been realized in regard to
the administrator of the Government Have
the pledges that were made you been fulfilled!
Take for example the one term for the Presiden-
CIV. Did not the great Captain promise you that
one term was enough for President to server
Was it carried out? How was the promise not
10 appoint members of Congress to office, carried
| outf HoE was the promise to reduce the ex-
| trayagant expenditure fulhlleds What princl-
pie was carried out? what promise kept what
pledge redeemed? Is there an Administration
man in this vast assemblage that will answer,
shouted the Kentucky crater in the leudest tones
of his musical voice.
MIR. CLAY said he had eallad the present vast
| assemblage, and he would take that ecaaslan "a
/ declare, that there were more people and more
banners there, than there were at the great Bal
timore Convention. And why are there so many
people here coming together from almost every
| State in the Union'
| Mr.. CLAY said he claimed to be Democrat, in
the true sense of the zTord--a Democrat ready to
stand by or die for his country, lie referred to
the great contest now going on, and asked that
nothing should be done to the injury of our OPP
penents. All, he said, were interested alike, in
| the eIccess of the voyage. But there were ex-
septions TO ths general rule: there were beings
| in the lead of the parry wh3 could not be hung
too high-beings who set all the base passions OF
men at work-and labor constantly and solely
| for no good. There was another class-the
boisterous Office holders, the Pr@torian band, the
palace slayes-he was about to say Oh htarun
| Van Buren, But then to call such Q man
King over such people as this coneourse! oh,
he would not insult them.
| MIR. Clay in conclusion addresses the Tonnes
seeans He reverted to the position
| OF Tenaessee and Kentucky. They stood side by
side-their sons fought side By side at New Or
leans Kentueklans and TeHeceaeeens now fight
another and different kind OF battle bqt taey
are fighting now, as then, band of mereenaFies,
the cohorts of power. They are fighting band
| of office-holdsEs, who call Gen. Harrison cow
| ard, an lmbecife, an old y9man
] Yes, Gen. Harrison is a ceward-but he fought
more battles Than any General during the late
war, and never sustained defeat. He is no
statesman-and yet he has filled more civil Of
fiaes of trust and importance than almost any
other man in the Union
A man in the crowd here cried out, "tsli us OF
Ven Byren's battle~
All said mar. clay. viii have to use my col
/ leagues language and tell you o. 4lF. Van Su-
ren's three great battles! He says that he fought
General Commerce, and him-that he
fought General Currency, and conquered him
and that with his Cuba Allies, he fought the So
minoles, and got conquered
MIR. Clay referred, with great good humor, tc
the II 900 Wing inajoiity N kentucky, and
asked IL generous, ehivalriG FRnnassea' Ezapla
not enter the lists of competition with her. lie
doubted not she would make gallant effort to
| not only run up alongside, but to come out ahead
Of her