The spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1840-1844, 1843-03-24

aud see what progress he has made towards the
Presidency, since he first set up his opposition TO
Mr. MonrOes administration, in 1877, in cOnse-
quence of Mr. Adams being preferred, 'in The line
of safe precedeRis,', TO himself Here, alas! is
where luman first saw Mordecui at tho kings
gate.-
With the capital Mr. Chy made n, Client,
(Which was not little impaired by "dupcale"
draft made upon him by Mr. Adams, on account of
the Jonathan Russell negotiations, and which the
drawer has never yet found any "pIophous time
10 answcr) he procured standardization Of the
Presidency in 1922. lie ran in 1924, after two
years training, and was double distanced, not
coming even in sight Of the goal but being entire
~ thrown out of the course. Making vniue Of
defeat, he used all his encouragement" to secure
the 1925, 900" purse 10 The very man he had
most ruhlessIy opposed 'irom the seedlime Of
1914 to the harvest Of 1925! And, what is still
more incredible, he took office under him!--but
no doubt, solely 10 the country. hol himself,
lie now found himself, rs he lancled, sin the line
of safe precedents," The Premiership had hilh-
erlo been the first heat in in the race of the Pres-
dency; and he had won it,
For his own sake, we may suppose that Mr.
Clay now endeavorcd To bring to The support of
Mr. Adams Administration all the aid which his
own station, talents, and former popularity could
command, in order to consolidate the dynasty TO
which he himself expec,edro succeed VIVA, was
the result? Instead of Mr. Adams gaining single
vote from his Premier party, popularity, he
lost one of his own by some unucky cut of the
calds, lie had received 81 votes the first can
vass, but on the second, backed, by Mr. Clay.
craftsmanship, ability, talents, eloquence, party
and ''popularily," got only SO! Instead of Mr.
Clay's bringing any jewels to the crown. he rob-
bed it of one
Mr. Clay IL, this time Us2s-'9) may he consd-
cred politically bankrupt, lie had not a single
vote in the political urn, In 1882 Mr. Adams par
ty passed over the urn TO Mr. Clay for his benefit
who imagined that with his 1877 reserved since
1924, added to Mr. Adams 81. (making in the
whole l2l,) he should have a fortunate lot. But
10! when the uin was TUNED, the siA and one
had dwindle1 down 10 two scoIe and nine!
The political urn had at length become meta
morphosed into n dice. box; and Mr. Clay, in 1885,
turned it over 10 Judge While-a Jackson man
VI Cmy's political prospects. then, and the fate
of the whole Wing party, stood upon single cast,
Judge White with trembling nerves, made his
throw, and got sir and .neniy! and this. too, was
all borrowed capital from the Jackson party. And
when Judge White died 1t all turned to ashes IN
the unit was lost 10 Mr. Clay and his party
and they might well cry out upon their misfortune
like the man in Scripture who lost his axe head in
the Jordun-"Alas. master, for it was bOrropcir
The man who Grades upon borrowed capital,
mus, expect to fail" Mr. Clay accordingly failed
to obtain political credit enough to secure n single
cast of the Presidential dice in lSi0-.hc conven-
lion of 80 having excluded him from all lot or
chance in the gme. II will take n man a long
lime TO win who has no hand in the play.
Having thus briefly glanced over Mr. Clay's po-
tcai game we ask his friends, in all kindness,
who will again stake their fortunes upon any fu-
ure chance he has for winning In what pnltcu-
lar is his chance half may, hundreh pal so good.
as in 1922 Then he was in fall vigor Of life
now, he is an old man-iorccd to quit the political
arena from declining health and the growing in.
irmics Of age. Has he not seen his best days,
and his brightest prospects, If they have not
brought him success, what can the cloudy future
promise'