The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1843-09-04

| THE UNITED STATES GAZETTE. !
.u Clay has been defeated candidate for u's
Presidency
Thai great statesman had oiho, any thing like Effort
The part Of his friends, majority Of poes IN the Con-
Ba TR,EACHERY oos at cork. al
clique IN Massachusetts, and NsW York hiuaphsd ouer
rgM and '0e ~s no~ reap,"g the sl0i0'', ha're' Of
their soioing.
Nh. Clay has neper yet been publicly before the people
candidate Jor The Iresdsncy.U S. Gazette, .q,-
gasi 25
We wish to keep these very extraordinary
assum tons of the United States Gazette be-
fore the public, in order to comrare them with
the facts.
We adduced the fact in our last article on this
subject, that Mr.. Clay had run as candidate
for the Presidency in 1924, but got only thirty
seven votes and that he also run for the same
high Office in 1892. and got only forty
votes and we naturally Inferred that Mr.. Clay
had actually been 'sdefeated" twice as scan
didale for the Presidency" because he had not
been elected and that he had been "publicly
before The People a candidate" for his Elec-
State of the Union, the public press at the
time proclaimed. And yet the United States
| Gazette has the modesty TO say, that ''Mr
Clay has never been defeated" "and never
been a candidate for the Presidency" Very
well, let the public judge between us on this
! issue.
We also showed in our last article, that Mr..
Clay on the first ballot at the Harrisburg Con-
venton, had but l04 votes and II States; and that
two of the States deserted himsbetore the voting
was over, though neither of these two States
was massachusetts or New Y ork," but Con-
necticut and Illinois.
We should like to know, at this stage Of the
controversy, whether the UNITED STATES
Gazette, (what modest title y denies that Mr..
Clay got 81 electoral votes for the Presidency in
| 1924? or denies that he got 40 electoral votes
in 1892 Or that he got more than l04 votes
at the Harrisburg Convention We presume
that the modesty of the Gazette will admit
these facts, though We doubt not it must blush a
little when the admission is made in the face
of its own assumptions, which we have placed
at the head of this article.
| To render the matter however, in some par
| tculars more unqueslionable, we shall quote a
passage or Two from The address of the Harris
burg Committee, published in the National In
telligencer in April, 1898, and signed by their
that there may be no mistake, and that the GA
zette may call them to account for the Truth Of
the facts which they attest:
John Taylor, D. Krause,
Adm. Bambaugh, Henry X. Strong,
Geo. J. Haisley John Bausman
William Ayres, Z w. Roberts,
Henry PETER, w. II. Kepner,
Geo. w. Harris, ]. Nj Wiesling,
John A. Fisher VIM. Clark Jr.
When Gen. HARRISON, (says the committee, }
was sought out in his retirement by The People the
opponents Of Martin Van Buren, could not agree upon
any candidate for the Pr, sidency. John M'Lean had
been nominated by Legislative caucus in Ohio but
the nomination not seconded by the People
Hugh l.. White had been nominated in Tennessee
and Daniel Webster in Massachusetts,. HENRY
CLAY had retired from the contest an DESPAIR, and
declared that he could seek retirement in the shades Of
ashland .
"The merits of Messrs. Mclean, White and Web
ster had not been vassed until within few months
Of the election, and all hopes Of uniting upon either
OF them, or OF making even respectful show OF OPP
position gone.
Under these unpropitious circumstances, Gen.
HARRISON was nominated by the people of Pennsyl-
vania, in their primary assemblies. Ohio responded,
field of his public devotion, rallied round him with
enthusiasm The influence Of his name nyigorated
and strengthened the patty every where. He broke
the involabrty Of federal power and patronas
brought victory where defeat had before awaited
added State after State to standard and placed
the destiny of the Democratic party upon the van
tage ground, in full view Of certain triumph in
1916,
"The committee appeal to the personal friends of
Mr.. Clay, in Congress ard the Atlantic cities to
thcs 49, h.x, t.ov To,
issue OF the late Presidential canvass. They cannot
preraii but they may dis,nion In doing So they
will show to the nation that they have not only pa
tro,ism, but discretion Let them not be deceived
by the victories obtained under the banner Of Harri-
son and Democracy, and over the mad projects Of
Martin Van Buren, Withdraw the uitariots can
didnts Of the People" from the field let it be proclaim.
ed that the rtrgues of politicians have forced sno-
Their upon the American People; let it be seen that
the escutcheon Of the party stained with INJUSTICE
and pIsBoNoR, and succession Of defeats await us
IS dsgracefu as our victories have been victorious
AT the last Presidential election, GENERAL
| HARRISON receired much larger rote
than General Jackson, rhen first a candidate;
and il he had been brought out sooner, nothing
could have prevented his election. His roie
rds not confined 10 any party, the warmest
friends ot General Jackson supporting him
IN preference 10 NJ. IAN Buren,
Let those who look only TO the situation of the
country not dsree ard the following FACTS;
" In Ohio, where Mr. Clay was DEFEATED in
1882 by more than 200 votes Gen. Harrison had
in 1886, between 5000 and 5000 maj ority-''
In Indiana, where General Jackson's majority in
1899, was nearly equal 10 Mr.. Cay's whole vote
General Harrison defeated MIR. Van Buren, by more
than 5000 majority
"In KENTUCKY C) his vote was equal 10 that
giren to her own favorte son (HENkY CLAY)
and in Illinois and Missouri, where the people sub
sttuted few weeks before the elect n, the name
of Harrison for White, brilliant victories were
achieved"
" In Maryland, where Mr.. Ciay in 1892 got the
vote only of lew districts and was in The nio,if,,
Of the popular poie Il The STATE, General Harrison car
red The whole State by majority Of nearly 1000"
| In Deinoare, where Gen. Jackson DEFEATED
Mr.. Clay in 1882, General Harrison received the