Boon's Lick times. [volume] (Fayette, Mo.) 1840-1848, 1843-06-10
MIR. CLAY.

oCCdslOhdhy, III ~phlilS ONCi Oul CA'
changes, we see hints and inucndocs TO the
effect that, when, in 1914, the Wings come
to make their selection of a candidate for
the Presidency, Mr.. Clay will be suporce-
ded by some person whose oUaitadHity will
be strong recommendation to the party.
The following articles, on this subject may
not be inappropriate here
WlrHpRAwAL.-The Pennsylvania Of Sat.
urday says. preparations are being made to with.
draw Mr.. Clay from the course"
Our neighbor is, in some degree, right, more
nearly right than he intended to be, we (ear.-
Preparations are being made to get Mr.. Clay Of
the course-and the preparations are not confined
to a single place In the South, Mr.. J. G. Cal.
houn and his friends are stirring the earth they
have we suspect. no influence above-to get
Mr. Clay off the course. They are denouncing
him as the enemy Of their peculiar Institutions E"
the father Of that system by which the lordly
planter is made to understand that he is man,
aneuable to the laws uf the country--a system
which provoked the southern candidate to de-
nounGe war against the nation, and led his
friends to declare that they would go to the death
for their sugar
III Tue UHulIlt 'DiultS lIiC dlllul NUuSCl W
Undertook hos been preparing his mischevous
machinery to drive Mr.. Clay from the course, by
representing him as the man who dared, in the
worst Of time, propose temporary act, by which
peace should be restored to the nation-as the
man, whose deep hold on the affections Of the
people, and influence over the popular mind,
stirred up the freemen in 1910, to break up the
nest Of leeches that had gorged upon the public
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sapping not only its wealth by their cupdty but
weakening all the relations OF its parts, by gross.
" wicked abuses Of the power they had by de.
ception obtained.
In Pennsylvania, Mr.. Buchanan is the stalking
horSe by which the gallant steed is to be forced
from the course The Federalists, when FEEDER
alism had ought 10 bestow-the Democrat, when
Democracy was triumphant; and on account Of
the former, the best OF all the instruments ye
used, and hence also, the least likely to succeed
In the CENTRE John Tyler and his sons have
formed their balls with which to pelt the racer
but the materials are not sound, and only cohe
sive, from their common rottenness. They arr
rolling these balls on the track, but the hoofs o
the gallant courser will tread them down with thu
fungi in the route.
The East is to be baited, with abotionsm tt
one part, and solid protection to the other. Anc
when the gaunt form Of Mr. Calhoun, and tn,
once beaten parsonage OF Undertook bet
ter properties OF Mr.. Buchanan and lie Of tn
Presidency now, are all used up their mutual col
lission, (or there is no affinity beyond the ad
vantage which each might hope for the other,
then Clay will be seen at the "winning pos
ready for the oath and the duties OF the Presi
dent.
WITHDRAW HENRY CLAY!!!-We know no
what in the councils Of Providence is to be tn
fate Of men, OF parties, Of nations; but we dc
know that no portion Of the great Wing party
that has ever b,en friendly to Mr.. Clays cleo
ton, has any idea Of Withdrawing his name from
the list Of candidates Philadelphia U. S. Gaz
"WHAT's IN THE wIND?"--Ever and anoi
we find mysterious hints thrown out in the Dem
ocratic papers that Henry Clay is not after all
to be the Wing candidate; that he is utimatel
10 be put aside as undrdildble- that the Harris
burg experiment Of 1910 will be played owe
, again!
When these surmiSeS come to be scrntinizet
and examined closel, they vanish into thin air
No evidence is adduced to support them. beyont
bold assertion here. or an unauthorized suppo
stion there. In truth, the Loco(oco aoiSh. tina
Wing party, is father to the whole strategy b
which the Locofoco party are endeavoring t
shuttle Mr.. Clay out of the position which h
fills with the united concurrence OF the Viii
party Of this county.
Down, busy devil, down.
: Nh Clay is not thus to be whisled down b
the wind and the great Wing party is not b
such shallow expedents as these to be choused
second time out of their privilege and their pre-
erence They are for Mr.. Clay within fractio
Of unanimity, and with an ardor and heartine
that will tolerate no other Wing candidate, an
brook no second disappointment. Already hav
they yielded enough to patriotic spirit of con
promise, and found themselves rewarded for it
John Tyer's introduction into the Presidency
and by Fate itself becoming their foe! The
will compound no farther, and now they are re
solved either to win a triumph which will
: worthy of the name, and productive of the prope
results of a civil revolution, or they are prepare
in the other alternative to sustain a conclusv
and final defeat,
No more compromises! No more temporisin!
No more cowardly capitu lations with expedency
Clay if he is alire, for the next Presidency, {
else let the Wing party disband, and despairia
Of the direct accomplish ment Of their patriot
purposes, incorporate themselves with their victo
rious adversaries to temper as far as they can tn
cruelty OF the conquerors, if they are so disposed
and to promote indirectly what they believe salt
tary for their country.
We do not believe that any Wing mediate
| the exchange OF Henry Clay for any other man
II there be such an one, calling himself Whig
we would not give a pinch of snuff for h