The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1843-04-20
From the Maysrille (ky.) Eagle.
Mr. CIay-nr. Tyler-NIr. Benton.

Ills indeed cheering TO the supporters
Of Inc great Statesman Of the West, TO
know that We have the testimony al more
tban LIS political adhcrenls 10 the fact
that he, above all others, IS best fitted to
fiji with honor 10 :he nation, the office oil
Chief Magistrate of the United States
Even those who are now his Interest n
walls, have in times gone by, ere they were
corrupted by party preJud'ces, coneeaeu
10 him the most exalted talents, unim-
peachable integrity, and the purest patriot
ism. Among these we may mention the
names of John Tyler, the traitor Presl'
dent, and the Hon. Thomas II. Benton, Z.
$. Senator from Missouri. We are aware
that the testimony Of these men IS not ne
cessary 10 prove TO the people that Henry
CLAY is a pure, all honest and powerful
statesman, but ii may be interesting TO
some of our readers to know the eslima-
ton in which these hme-serylng polIlI-
clans. before they were lost TO every prin'
ciple of honesty and justice, held MIR. Clay.
MIR. Tyler, a few years since, delivered
a speech in the Virginia House OF Dele
oates, in favor Of the Distribution Of the
proceeds of the Public Lands. la his
speech, the !" Captain used the following
language:
sin my deliberate opinion, there WAS
tpt one man who could have arrested the
then course Of things, (he tendency OF
notification TO dissolve the Union) and
that man was HENRY CLAY. Ii rarely
happens Mr.. Speaker, 10 the most gifted,
and talented, and patriotic, 10 record their
names upon the page of history, an char
aclers iudelible and enduring. But, SIR,
it 10 have rescued The country from civil
war-if 10 have preserved the Constitution
and Union from hazard and total wreck,
constitute any ground for an immortal and
uudving name among men, then | do be-
lieve be has won for himself that high nc.
nown. speak wha, ! do know, for was
an actor 10 that pcrilous period. When
he rose in the Senate Chamber, and held
IN his hand the olive branch Of peace, ]
who had moi known wha, envy was before
earied him. was proud OF him as my
fellow country man and still prouder that
the .Sidskes Of Hanover, within the limits
OF my old district, gave him birth"
Again, i is well known that this same
john Tyler, at the Harrisburg Convention
expressed the warmest and most devoted
admiration of Mr. Clay. He used hi'
greatest efforts to have him nominated lor
the Office Of President aud when It Wa
asccr,aned that Gen. Harrison bad re
ccived the nomination, he
Dropped tears as fast as Arabian trees
Their medicinal gum"
4 few days after the adjournment o
this Convention. dinner was given 10 The
Delegates at Washington, at which Mr.
TYLER is represented TO have said ~ Dc
declare, in the presence Of my Heavenly
lodge, that the nomination gwen TO ms
was neither solicited nor expected | wen
, to the Convention 10 HONOR OF HEN
3 RY CLAY, and IN the defeat Of the wish
D es Of his iriends |, as one Of them, mad
sacrifice of feeling even though my owl
name was associated tn that VI Harm
son.
AN 4 TRUE AND GE
/ NUINE WING. aud IN the Capitol Won
der, | have shown my love for VIII!
principles.
; But what SAYS Mr.. Tyler nowl Tn,
: Madisonian and every other press whitl
IS supposed to have his confidence, declar,
} that he is no Vino, bat a genuine Loco
foeo and he might now, with the u,mos
J propriety, affirm "tha, in Wonder Capiio
where my former political trends, to whom
! | am indebted for my present exalted sta
ton, have witnessed with shame and NOR
} t.fica.ion the reading Of my NrToEs,
have shown my love II Loco foco prin.
.ciples."
But let Us recur for a moment to The
former opinions Of Mr.. Benton. Ga the
23d day Of October, 1924, this gentleman
published, in The Missouri ln,elhgencer, a
letter, from which We extract the follow.
ING paragraph
"The principles which would govern
Mr.. Clay'5 administration, If elected are
vol known 10 the nation. They have
been displayed upon the floor OF Congress
for the last seventeen years. They con.
sttute a system Of American policy, based
on the agriculture and manufacture Of his
country upon interior rs we'll as foreign
commerce-upon interior as we'll as sea.
board mprovemcnl-npOn the Indepeud-
cucc Of ,bis new wpriI--closc commcrciui
alliances with Mexico and South America
ii il is SAID others would pursue the same
system, we answer, tina: the founder Of the
system Is tue natural executor Of his own
work. That the most efficient protector
Of American iron, lead, hemp, wool and
cotton would be the trlumphan, champion
Of the new Tariff; the safest friend to IN
terror commerce would be the statesman
who has proclaimed the Mississippi to be
I the sea Of the West--ihe most jealous
promoter Of internal improvement, would
be the President who opposed the constluc.
ton of national roads and canals-thc mos;
successful applicant for treaties with Mex.
leo and South America, would be the clio.
quent advocate ofthcir own Independence.
I Now We would ask, why is i, that these
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