The Weekly register., 1843-09-16
The Canvass for Governor.

FepIeseut Mr' Clay loH prospects vi
election as bright and Frightening. The
fact is he goes forth to do battle for the
Wing cause with armor which is proof
and a strong hand. He makes q good
impression wherever he goes, and leaves
more friends in the places he visits than
he found to welcome kis arrivals. There
is sincerity and straight-rorwardness
about the man which speaks Ikea vol
ume that he may be relied on. And then
his arguments can only be nibbled at by
Gen. Brown-never answered. Was i
not literally SO here? We put it 10 the
candor Of sensible men If Gen. Brown
dnSUcred him at ALL
We recollect that when Gen. Brown
was first a candidate for Congress, he
was replied to by youth at Grenada
with force indeed, but more with rheto-
ric than logic. That was just what we
found him at here replying TO Clayton
not arguing with the soundness which
indicates the matured mind, or with the
sincerity which indicates confidence in
the righteousness Of ones cause.
We'll what think you did he do then,
when the youth argued against him?--
Why, he said 10 the wings, 81 expected
to meet man and you have put up a
boym Who is the boy now, General
The speech of Gen. Brown here con
tanned but one remark which we thought
material enough 10 the argument of his
cause (ihe anti bond question,) to be wor-
thy Of place on our note book. And
that remark was mat "those who bor-
rowed should ropay-not others" 1t IS
common 10 hear such "A shallow argu-
ment as that on the corners of the streets
here and there, by men who have not
reflected on the subject, but to see it from
! candidate for the highest office OF the
State who has studied the subject as a
lawyer as well as. citizen and a candi-
date, argues something else than polltl-
cal.integrity and candor. 1t is barefaced
trickery and management; a plliluI trick
10 catch guIls. Is that to be permitted 10
candidates for an office OF SO much dig
nifty and responsibility as that Of Cover
nor of a sovereign State? Gen. Brown
knew that no man Of common sense could
contend for this chief argument of his
as even plausible, unless like himself, in
political battle, acting upon the demo
raIizing absurdity that ''aIl is fair in
politics" We would not, upon honor,
vote for any whig in the State for that
office, who would resort to such small
means Of achieving victory. General
| Brown knows full we'll that when a SOW
ereign people borrow, they are bound 10
pay in their aggregate capacity. Else
there would be no such thing as nation
al faith or honor. He knows that such
people must borrow by their agents, and
that they are bound by the acts Of those
agents in the same manner as indiVidu-
ais. Any other doctrine would be riii-
culous, throwing aside our having su(
fered our agents TO squander the mo-
ney.
WehaYe sometime since seen it hint
ed that the General was rather disposed
to smother up this bond-question. And
we think from his speech here that the
inclination has not diminished. The shoe
pinches him hard, and he is conscious
that he is cramped by most outrageous
bad cause as an anti-bonder. His ad-
mission that the Planters Bank Bonds |
should be paid, shows how the wind
blows like weather-cock. How long
is it since he accepted the nomination of
the anti-Planters, as we'll as Union Bank
Bonds, alias Small Pox Convention.
Every body knows that that Convention
was opposed to paying the Planters bank
Bonds, and we have always understood
Gen. Brown to be Of the same opinion.
until he declared to the contrary when
here. Well, we are glad Mr.. Clayton
has done thus much with his pupil, and
we hope he will not give him up with
being only half tight.
"Let those who got the money payl