Holly Springs gazette., 1843-08-25
POLITICAL HIS Il OR Y.

POLITICAL HISTORY.
1t is amaZlng to US TINT men can be and
remain grossly Igu0rant offdcts WHICH have
passed immediately under their own obser-
vatun-of events IN tie shaping OF which
they have themselves participated. We
hear aEu)st ally intelligent Loco F'ocos
and even their editors, spt-ak OF Nj. CLAY as
the thrice defeated Candidate for the PresI-
drncy' This is not SO: MI Clay has been
but thrice Il candidate for President, aud ueI-
ther time with fairfield. h. was tirst
proposed in Io24 on Mr.. MOnroe's retire
mrnt, when five names were ottered-those
of Mtssrs. Adams, Crawford, Calhoun, Clay
and jackson. Mr.. Calhoun was thrown
out early In the iace, AMI transferred ms
strength TO Gen. jackson. Mr.. Crawford
nad the great advantage of the regular Cdu-
Gus nomination ofthe Democratic patty, I'd
which all the candidates belongedi but TINS
vas counter balanced by lhe friends ct all
the other candidates coDcentr atIng IneIr flre
on him as their most formidable opponent
As the canvass pro9essrd, the friends oi MT
Adams, III States where they could not
carry their own Electors, threw theiI votes
for the jackson ticket TO defeat the Craw
ford Z ectors, thinking there was no danger
of sckson,s election aud this gave the VOTES
of New jersey, North Carolina. and per-
haps some otner States TO jackson Mr.
Clay was Speaker of The Housr, and very
popular therein, aud the flltnJS OF all the
other candidates very naturally did their
best 10 keep MIR. Clay out OF the House.
tearing he would there be chosen If seut up
La many of the States, the struggle was eau
Gus AMI AntI Caucus. aud the Anti Caucus
party were satisfied Iitney could only carry
the vote against Mr. CI1wfosd. La this
State, Nj. Clay was decidedly the f,voIate
With large potion of the BuckIaIi party,
Claiming To be the Simon Pure Democrats;
AMI Coi. Sum Young. (n1w Secretary OF
State,) who was the BucktaI candidate for
Governor in 1924, declared himself IN favor
of the election of NJ. Clay for President
S. nator Benton went the wsole length for
MIN ia Missouri But the running OF Gen.
j .ckSon diviled the voie oftne West-then
by no me ms SO strong as now-CIawford
;0uk most of the South, and Calhoun gave
the ba lance TO jackson. VINO Carried Pen
sy yivanla by wild fire movement-the rival
parties 10 the canvass for Governor IN 1923
,ving each declared for jackson, hoping
that mis- name woull gave them populd rity
with the least ref citing voters. Mr..
AdimS carried New England entire, aud
most of the votes OF NV Io,k, with two or
three in Maryland. Mr.. Clay rec ived the
votes of Oaio, Kentucky. Missouri. aud IN
New Y ok Ii WAS unie.S!ood when tie
Clay BucktaIls voted the Anti Caucus E.
lecttonal Ticket th:t Mr.. Clay should have
vott 5 edough TO carry hin into the House;
but the uiexprctei vote OF LDuIsana for
JACKSON instead of Clay threw the latter in
To the back g,ound. Gen. Jackson receiv-
ed 90, Mr.. Adams "a, Mr.. Crawlo 4 Il, and
Mr.. Clay 81 vots s-seudIng the three for
mrr, 10 the exclusI n of the latter, mp To the
House. where Nj Adims WIS elected; Mr.
Clay and n frIen Is cnucnfring FnIs was
M Clay's first canvass for President aad
the result was determined by ciIcumStan-
ces.
Mr.. Clay was again a candidate In 1892,
when Gen. jackson nad served but one term
aud WAS at the heg,n OF MS popuia riry.
He had Just vetoed the recharter OF the Bank,
holding out to the country the idea that he
would propose to the next Congress the
pan Of an un-xcepdionabie and equally ben
efcial institution. The Anti Jackson par
" was distract by Anti Masonry, which
presented an excellent and popular candl
date for President. Hon William Writ
Under such circumstances, Nj. Clay de-
feat was inevitable. Tn, Sc two eli ctlons
are alfin which Mr.. Clay has been Can
didate for Pr rsident. and In neither had he
clear field and chance to obtain the sup
| port of :nose VINO agreed with him as so the
true Policy of the country.
M. Clay na~ been nearly twenty times
candidate for the suffrag-s of tine People.
and has been but twice defeated Mr. Van
3usen has neen ive times a candidate. and
a "A RI.
This State in lS24-tn sugn not himself a
candidate for any office-was more signal
han Mr.. O4ay ever suffered Mr. Clay has
r-en but twi Q defeated for President aud
ia neither case had fair field; Mr.. Van
3uren once, with a clear field. and the
Whole patronage Of the Government IN hls