Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1842-11-11
From the Ohio State Journal
Our Candidate for the Pre-
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leaders, editors and orators are congra
t~uIating themselves upon having sealed
Mr. Clay's fate in regard 10 the Pfesi.
dency, He is already dsfunct, say
they; horS du combat! He canDot be
elected. He cannot even run How so,
~s'my masters2" How does the issue OF
the election determine this point, espe-
icialIy7 IL it 10 decided thet Mr., Clay
cannot now be elected, the decision
must be predicated on the assumption
that The principles with which he is
identified do not and will not meet the
favor of the American People 1t is
equally a decision against the Tariff
against the Protection of HOme Industry
Against The establishment Of a
sound National Currency against the
wise and enlightened system Of policy
recommended by every republican Pre-.
sident we have ever had, including
Washington, Jefferson, Madison, Mon.
roe, J @ Adams, and even Gen. Jack
sou. Ii Mr.. Clay can be elected to the
Presidency, it will be on the strength
O: these principles, Ii he cannot be
elected, it will be because the principles
which compose the platform on which
tho whig party stands, are not the princi
pies on which the people desire the gov.
eminent 10 be administered. Who is
prepared tosay that the odious doctrines
Of a "hard money! currency, OF free
G0de, and di eel tOT0tiOR, are 10 meet
the public favor, and that some one Of
the Representatives Of that system can
command a majority Of the votes of a
free and intelligent people2 And ye,
this sequence follows the presumption,
implied by the opposing ~postulaIe.
Doubtless the Loco(oco Federal party
would be glad TO see Mr. Clay abandon
cd by those whose principles he has SO
long upheld and so ably vindicaIed in
the public councils. We do not vel
know that Mr.. Clay will permit his
name to be used in the approaching can
vass. lie has not yet accepted Inc no
limitations that have been rendered To
him by several Of the States, ard proba.
bly, will not, until they shall have been
reiterated in a National COnUeatiOa; but
he seems to be- the individual towards
whom all eyes are turned, and who
more than any other embodies the sen.
timents 10 which the intelligence and
patriotism Of the country pays homage.
II may not be in The power Of the Wing
party 10 command success; but if they
can elevate any man TO the Presidency,
and snatch the reins Of power from the
feeble hands Of those whose corruptlons
and profigacy have we'll nigh plunged
The country into irretrieVsbIe ruin, it
will DO by making the name Of CLAY
their W%Stchword and ralIylDg cry, and
staking the principles which can alone
restore the prosperity OF The Republic
upon the result.
We would advise our opponents not
TO make themselves too oticious in our
affairs. Thus far the indications are
pretty conclusive that Mr.. Clay 10 the
favortte candidate Of the mass OF the
Wing parry and that If he should not
himself decline the honors which they
propose 10 bestow upon him, they will
unite as one man in his support. Let
them look 10 their own concerns. Let
them settle the conflicting claims OF
their aspiring chiefs, one Of whom al
least gives them TO understand that no
shall run, denomination or no nOminG
SiOn!' Lei them compound with Van
Buren,. Calhoun, Johnson, Buchanan &
John Tyler, as they shall End means.
Let them unfurl the banner OF no Ia
,Tif-no CuFrency-no markels-nb 70.
lief TO the States-Low Wages-Low
lPuiees-.no recognition Of principles Of
Justice in our dealings with foreign na-
lions-and write the name of their can
didato above, and they will find US res.
dy 10 enter the lists, united, onthusias
tic, confident and strong We shall
then be ready TO say in the presence of
all, fainl.hearled friends and inso lent
ioCs,
"Who hath no stomach for this fight,
Lei him depart; hi' passport shall be
made,
And crown for convoy put into his
purse.
Who fears his fellowship TO die with US,
We would not die ia that mans con-
pany."
And if our enemios do not find a
Bankers Hill, a Saratoga, a Monmouth,
u Kings Mountain, and a Cowpens, in
every State, aud a Yorktown in Them
ell, we will resign the gift Of prophecy.
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