The spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1840-1844, 1841-02-26
THE NEW BARGAIN.

This revolving arrangement seems to be sn1i-
cinnilv known ~ present 10 spoken Of publ,
Mr. Clay Of kcniucky,is to succeed Gen. Harrison;
and TO effect that object, all ,hc movements and
appointments of the new administration are TO be
subordinate and subsidiary. The old bargain sure
" was had enough, but the new one is far worse.
The old one was 0gaipa military chieilain the
new one is ,rih chician; and thus; in the short
space Of dozen years the public has seen Nlr Clay
weeping and waiting the fate of the Republic in
having General chosen President in the person Of
General Jackson, and then going into caucus with
two Generals himself (s'cott and Harrison, )to take
his chance for nomination TO the Presidency IL
mong them: and ijiling in thut,wr seen HIM given
in his adhesion to the successful CheItaln-travcl
10 Nashville TO praise and cNtol hn--and NOW open
" appear as his Sp0HSOr in the Senac-and with
every indication ola title TO the succession after him.
Thl, is what the public have seen; and what must
they think Gift; Must they not think that either the
weeping aud wailing about General Jackson c'cc-
ton was sheer hypocrisy, or that most marvellous
change of principle has come over man at the nd
yanccd aye of sixty odd years One or the other
or these conclusions is nc,ilablc: aud as we have
no faith in such miraculous changes ofpolilicul prn-
clplcs in grcy-hcadcd politicians, we must SET down
Alr Claws former opposition to chiciains AS sheer
hypocrisy and his present love of cheilalns as
nothing but love Of self 10 be gralhed by the aid,
comfort and assistance which these two chicItains
(Scoll and lIHnsOn) can give him. The old bar
gain was bad cnough it was with an enemy, and
was followed by reward--the Department Of
State and the nomination for the succession. The
new one is worse: II is with m enemy with chief
tain, with an indication for the succession, with Il
Surrender Of the rc'O power, to give foil play 10
( the legislative doings of the cNpeclan The new
bargain, Them has every bad feature Of the old one
with the addition Of having been made with chief
/ tain. That Gen. Harrison was dislihcd and con-
| tcmned by hlr Clay, is known 10 every body, and
that not only for general rcasons, which made him
oppose his solicitations for office under Mr. John q
Adams, but also on account of the massacre Of the
/ brave Captain iat (Nr C's brcihcr-n-aw) and
| companions ut WmChcscr's deieat--a dGiuat and
a massacre solely owing TO General Harrison re-
/ fusal to send reinforcement to Winchester. Win
chester wanted but five hundred men TO convert
/ that defeat and massacre into decisive victory /;
| Harrison had several thousand men in one day :
march (lcss than one day of some of Jackson 5
marchcs0 Winchester had right 10 expect, as
Harrison admits ,rciniOrcemcnts, and got moi u man.
On the contrary, HARRISON burnt his provisions aud
crossed the black swamp into Ohio on hearing Of
the defeat and for this the friends of Captain Hart
and Nr Clay amongst the rest, as all Kentucky
knows, bore Harrison the strongest resentment I'M
| til political combinations have suddenly cNtnguish-
ed all objections TO military cheIlalns in general
and TO General Harrison in particular.
The old bargain would not bear the dissccting
knife the new one will bear it still, css.-GIoBc.