The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1842-07-19

mitted that Mr.. Clay was the best man. If there was
such an one should like to hear his name. l know
that some Of he personal as well political friends
oil Mr. Clay after having fairly scrutinized public
sentiment and finding that there was not the remotesl
chance Of hs success did make use of such remarks
TO saive over the modification of Mr.. Clay and his
deyotees, so as to induce them TO submit with be-
coming grace to their disappointment, in the hope
mat by playing the hypooiie, which they charge
upon us H@risonians, MIR Clay, at the expiration of
the old Generals term, might fall heir to his popua-
rity, and succeed him in the Presidency. But what
friend of General Harrison made use Of such
argument to induce friend of Mr.. Clay to vote for
HIM | venture to say not The friends Of the
Hero OF Tippecanoe never made such an admission,
and for the reason that they did not entertain any
such opinion They considered his sterling integrity
his indomtable courage, his well informed mind, his
sound and discriminating judgment, his distinguished
services in the field and the councils of the nation all
as pre-emnently qualifying him for the situation
They would not acknowledge him, taking him all in
all, as inferior to any living man, and only second TO
one who was no more. Z" the Father of the Country"
But The nomination Of General Harrison for the Pre-
sideney Is denounced aud heachsry, and in
stt to the nation! This accusation has no parallel
for downright impudence and vile calumny, with the
exception of the UNANIMOUSLY celebrated story of his
having been confined in iron cage by his keepers TO
revent him from exposing his imbecility. Did the
nation show by the vote that was given to General
Harrison, that regarded his nomination as an insult
Mr. Clay would doubtless gratefully receive such
manifestation of the countrys displeasure at his
nation But in what consisted the treason and
treachery' Was General Harrison ineligible to the
Office or had Mr. Clay any vested right in itby virtue
OF the Constitution, election, otherwse' Can
any one be surprised at the charges heaped upon
President Tyler of treason and treachery, when they
see such base attempt by the very same party to
blacken the memory of General Harrison with the
Identical allegations For surely if it was treason
equally criminal in permitting himself to be made
the instrument of perpetratng such offences And
all the suferings of the country, too, according to
these very sapient Clay Wings, TO be charged to
the account of General Harrison's election! This is
but the repetition of the charge of the Locofocos
against the Wing party, and should not be astonsh-
ed if before long, to make the election of General
Harrison odous possible, they should join in the
rdicule of log cabins, hard elders, coon SKINS and
all the appliances made Of during that me
morable canvass
II would seem, from the course that Mr.. Clay and
his friends pursuing that they aboring under
monomania, that the Presidency belongs to him, and
that he has been dpesed of the powers of the Office
through treachery and treason. Lawrence, who at
tempted to assassnate General Jackson was afflicted
with the disease, and he could not by any
other his fancied dominion, he thought
by sending bullet through the hero of Orleans
he would be able to effect his object The Clay
Wings are trying the virtue Of dtaming both the ip
ing and the dead and if they should not succeed by
such means, they, in the madness of their chagrin
and disappointment, may, like Lawrence, resort to
the assassins pistol attempt to make prophetic the
picture which Mr. Bolts drew few days ago on the
floor of Congress- of ten thous nd bayonets in Penn
syvania avenue destined for the Presidents mansion,
and, as suppose, to make room for Henry Clay.
call upon the friends Of the farmer and patriot of
North Bend to rally around his fame and shield his
memory against the disgracefuI imputator Of treach-
cry and treason, which the peculiar friends of Mr. Clay
have attempted to fasten upon it. call upon them,
in his sacred name, sustain the constituted author
tiles and institutions of the country against the assaults
of most iniquitous and desperate faction
WAYNE.