The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1842-04-11
MIR. CLAY,s MANIFESTO.


and Mr.. Clay has done it,
He has done ii, by sacrificing every high pub
lie interest to his own impatient and inordinate
ambition.
Hehas done ii by refusing to put forth fin
ger, in order to give any efectual aid towards
carving on the Government under this Adm-
nistration.
He has done it by inspiring Congress with
all his own will to such a degree that Con-
gress, for four months, has done no single thing,
necessary to carry forward business.
He has done IL by coming out at last, in open
war against the President, and every body con-
nected with his Administration, and using
STYLE of vituperation, which would lead us to
suppose that he had made a study of The Globe,
if we did not know that he delights in The hide
pendent, fountain, as flowing as the Globe, In
all the dialects Of Bngsgate
He has done il, by setting all the presses in
his interest, from Maine to Georgia, on 10 vio-
lent, abusive, and the most malignant attacks
upon the President, and all those Wings who do
not Join in his crusade against him.
He has done ii and now let him see TO the
consequences. Does he suppose that
nobody is to be held in estimation and
regard in this country but himself2 That
we are all lieges2 That every man
is to be put down, who is moi ready to pay
featy land homage to him? That without
him, there can be no party, no prosperity, no
country2 In his Alexandria letter he calls the
President ssweak, vacillating, faithless Chief
Magistrate! ' This is the language of Henry
CLAY, applied TO John Tyler They have been
personal friends thirty years Bred in the same
original school of politics, they have generally
embraced and held to the same opinions. AT
the Harrisburg Convention, Mr.. Tyler exerted
every faculty he possessed, to obtain the nomi-
nation for Mr.. Clay. He thought not Of him
self-he expected no nomination. But his great,
his bsorbng, his only object was TO bring
about the nomination of his friend, MIR. Clay.
And how is he now rewarded 2 Here, to-day,
in public paper, Mr.. Clay denounces his old,
his so ardent, so long devoted friend as weak,
vacilatng, and unfaithful" Miserable, mise
rable beyond expression, and impotent as mise
rable, and contemplate as mpotent, is this Sen
atorial ribaldry. In what is Mr.. Tyler vacillat-
ing? He and Mr.. Clay agreed, years ago, that
Bank of the United States (of the old model
was unconstitutional They took the doctrine
from the school in which they were both
bred Mr. Clay has altered his opinion; Mr. Ty-
Ter has not altered his; and yet Mr.. Clay lays
the charge of vaciaton upon Mr.. Tyler Does
Mr. Clay suppose that such monstrositles, such
inventions of absurdity will be swallowed by
the Peope2 Does he suppose that all men
have lost their senses, as well as himself?
Mr.. Clay pronounces Mr.. Tyler an unfaith
full Magistrate" Unfaithul to whom? I'm
faithful to what? Is he unfaithful to himself, to
all his own opinions, and the convictions Of his
whole life2 Is he unfaithfnl to his country
Is he shrinking, al this perllous moment, from
any duty, however responsible, from any effort,
however arduous, to restore the prosperity,
maintain the honor, and promote the best inte
rests Of the country2 No, no. 1t is because
he is faithful to the country, because he will not
postpone its interests to Mr.. Clay's advance
ment, because he will not be tool in Mr.. Clay's
hands, because he cannot be terrified, by the
storm which is raised over his head, that he has
become an object of so much hatred MIR.
Clay. anxious to be regarded as a great Wing
martyr, tells the good People Of Alexandria,
that no one has been honored with larger
share of Executive enmity than himself This
is all for effect 1t is not true that he has been
honored with any enmity, though it is very pro-
bable that he is honored by good degree of scorn
and contempt. Mr.. Tyler never manifested
enmty towards him in the world, and
this Mr. Clay full we'll knows One among
his chief supporters at Harrisburg and now
charged with having made him an object
of particular enmity Mr.. Clay is defed to
show any proof Of such enmity. He knows
there is no truth in it--not particle. AT the
commencement of his Administration, MIR. Ty-
Ter was naturally DESTROYS of possessing Mr..
Clay's confidence, and receiving his support
He thought he had right to expect both. But
soon after the commencement OF the Extra Ses-
sion, he perceived what, indeed, was clearly
enough revealed, that he could enjoy neither,
consistently with his own self-respect, and his
sense OF duty to The country. Let Mr. Clay go
on let him fill every newspaper ia the country
with his gross denunc iations against the Pres-
dent let HIM continue TO set the example of one
public man denouncing another as changeling
and traitor--that other being his countryman,
and his friend, political and personal, for thirty
years; let him ring the changes of these gross
imputations at every dinner table at which he
may sit down for two years let him do his best,
or his worst, and what will the end be? He
may complete the ruin of the Wing par
ty, if that work be not already finish
ed by him; he may, and he certain
ly will, if he can, embarrass the Ad-
ministra,ion, diminish its means of useful
ness, at least for a time, and hatter himself