The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1842-04-25

himself owes his situation 10 Mr.. Clay's inHp-
ence "The President" says the article, SIS
the child of the affections of the People for Mr..
Clay Surely, this is little odd. The Con-
yenton rejected Mr.. Clay, himself, and yet
elected Mr.. Tyler through Mr.. Clay's influence
Mr.. Tyler, as we know, was agreed upon, in
full convention, by vote perfectly unanimous.
There was not a dissenting voice. Mr. Clay's
friends could not obtain for him majority, Ell
ther numerically, or by States; and yet, Mr.
Tyler is "a child of the Peoples affection for
Mr.. Clay p This, as MIS-. Quickly would say,
passes And YET Mr.. Clay says all this with
a grave face. Nay, we owe our own humble ex-
istence, II seems 10 the. " generous llberaty" OF
Clay men, voting for Z" Harrison and Tyler
And pray what particular stretch Of liberality
was there, in Clay men voting for Harrison and
Tyler, when Mr.. Clay had failed to be candl'
date himself? Did he not expect, that Harrison
and Tyler men would support him, if he should
be nominated, not as matter of generous libc-
rality," but Of duty TO the party and the coun-
try? Yet his support of them. when they were
nominated was all generous liberaity." T he
arrogance of this sentiment is characteristic of
Mr.. Clay's whole feeling, and of all his conduct.
He has assumed from the first, that he had
right to be President that his support for that
Office was a positive duty, resting on others
that it was doing him clear wrong, to sci up
any other candidate and that when this wrong
had actually been committed, when anoth er
candidate, in violation of his rights, had been
proposed, that such candidate should receive the
support of Clay men, appears to him an effort O
magnanimity almost more than human This
is the tone, which was assumed at the time, and
has ever since been continued
But we now come to the real object of this
publication in the Gazette, and that object is
clearly enough stated in the last paragraph.
That paragraph is this
"The Harrisburg Convention, composed as il was,
of large majority Of sound, patriotic Claymen, and
also of a portion of those calting gentlemen, who
thought there never was worthy candidate as
MIR. Clay but {" we can't elect him." will be beacon
to the Wing party hereafter, The people are now
nominating Henry Clay, and National Convention
will be only necessary, like that at Baltimore, to
show public feeling and give foretaste of the action
at the ballot box"
These are Mr.. Clay's GENERAL ORDERS, and it
was chiefly to get an opportunity to issue these,
that Mr.. Clay honored this paper with his no.
tce
Here is not only the object stated, but the
mode of pursuing that object is also clearly
pointed out. Mr.. Clay is to be the Wing can
didate at the next election at all events. There
is to be NO NOMINATING CONVENTION! Clay
Clubs, called by him the g People' are to
do all the work of nomination, and are now do
ing il; and the only use Of Convention will
be, like that at Baltimore, "to shop public feel
ing, and gire a toretdste Of The action al the
ballot bor.n
Here is programme Of the whole campaign;
it was TO commence and carry on this campaign,
as we have repeatedly stated that Mr.. Clay left
the Senate He retired, that he might at once
rush upon active operations. The repose which
he sought, was the commencement of new
strife; and he has left behind him, in this arti-
Gle, GENERAL ORDERS, issued by himself, |
for the observance of his followers. No no.
minating Convention; no comparison of OPT
Mons; no mutual consultations no calcula
ton of the chances of success; no, no.
tnlng OF all tneSej nOtDlQ6 out .Ctdy CfUOS 20
nominate and Baltimore Contention to con-
firm. "A Baltimore Convention However
high he attempts to tread, it is Mr. Clay's ia
tally to stumble. Another Baltimore Conven-
lion! What predestnated ill-luck, could have
driven him to a reference to the Baltimore Con
vention of 1881. Why, does not all the world
know the utter rout and ruin which overlook
the whole Wing party, when the first Baltimore
Convention assembled, not to deliberate, not to
nominate, but only "to show public feeling, and
give foretaste of the action Of the ballot box"
and echoed the nomination of Mr.. Clay as the |
Wing candidate? Does not everybody know
that the consequence to the Wings was sort of
Afghdnistdn massacre THAT the party was
cut off, almost to man? And yet Mr.. Clay
will have nothing else than another Baltimore
Convention Certainly certainly, a great
mans faults, great mans follies, great mans
infatuaton sometimes, as far exceed those of
other men, as his talents rise above the common
level.
ANOTHER CLEARING AND SHAMEFUL |
ACT OF PER SECUTION