The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1842-04-26

Wing votes to give to any body. OF all the
members belonging to States which turned out
to be Wing States, an overwhelming majority
were against Mr.. Clay. OF the truth Of this,
any one may easily satisfy himself, by recurring
to the proceedings of the Convention
But another part of the article is marked by a
very singular exhibition of the modesty of the
author 1t asserts, in effect, that the President
himself owes his situation to Mr.. Clays intiu-
ence "The President" says the article, els
the child of the affections of the People for MIR.
Clay" Surely, this is little odd. The Con-
vention 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. MIR. Clay's
friends could not obtain for him majority, Ell
Their numerically, or by States and yet, MIR.
Tyler is ga child of the Peoples affection for
Mr.. Clay p This, as MS. Quickly would say,
passes. And yet Mr.. Clay says all this, with
grave face. Nay, we owe our own humble ex-
istence 1t seems, to the generous llberallty" OF
Clay men, voting for " 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 li5e-
rality," but of duty to the party and the coun-
try? Yet his support of them, when they were
nominated, was all "generous liberality." The
arrogance of this sentiment is characteristic of
Mr.. Claws whole feeling, and of all his conduct.
He has assumed, from the first, that he had
right to be President that his support tor that
Office, was positive duty, resting on others ;
that it was doing him clear wrong, to set up
any other candidate; and that when this wrong
had actually been committed, when another
candidate, in violation Of has rights, had been
proposed that such candidate should receive the
support of Clay men, appears to him an effort OF
magnanimity, almost more than human. This
is the tone, which was assumed at the time, and
has ever since been continued.
Rut 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 tbs:
ssThe Harrisburg Convention, composed, as it was,
of a large majority of sound patriotic Claymen, ana
also of portion OF those ca'lt'lg gehtlemeh, VINO
thought there never was SO worthy a candidate as
Mr. CLAW, but 6 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, 10
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. Ihere
is to be NO NOMINATING CONVENTION! Clay
Clubs, called by him the " people," are 10
do all the work of nomination, and are now do
ing it, and the only use Of Convention will
be, like that at Baltimore, "t0 shoao public feel
ing, and give a toretaste Of the action at the
ballot bOr."
Here is programme of the whole campaign /;
it was to commence and carry on this campaign,
as we have repeatedly stated that Mr. Clay lett
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 art-
Gle. GENERAL ORDERS, issued by himself,
for the observance of his followers. No no.
mnating Convention; no comparison OF OPT
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ton of the chances of success; no, no
thing of all these nothing but Clay clubs to
nominate and a Baltimore Contention to con-
firm. A Baltimore Convention! However
high he attempts to tread, it is MIR. Clay's Ia
talty to stumble. Another Baltimore Conven-
ton What predestnated ill-luck could have
driven him to a reference to the Baltimore Con-
ven,ion 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, Z"
and echoed the nomination of Mr.. Clay as the
Wing candidate? Does not everybody know
that the consequence to the Wings was sort OF
Afehanistan massacre ?-that the party was
cut off, almost to man? And yet MIR. Clay
will have nothing else than another Baltimore
Convention! Certainly, certainly, great
mans faults, great mans follies, great mans
infatuation sometimes, as far exceed those of
other men, as his talents rise above the common
level.
ANOTHER GLAZING AND SHAMEFUL
ACT OF PERSECUTION.
On Friday, Mr.. Tyson, lately appointed by
the President, Commissary General of Subsist-