The North-Carolina standard., 1844-04-24
ruE GREAT E1EcrIeNEERER.

THE GREAT ELECItONEAEEN6n
Mr.. Clay in his late speech in this City, gave
his followers full and perfect license to tell false
hoods and misrepresent matters in the present
campaign and hatlicense he gave by his o1~"
example. Ia the outset Of his speech ne SAID ne
was not electioneerfug--tha his visit was purely
of a private nature; and in the next breath ne
commenced and kept up aviolent and animated
Whig speech4 This was saying one thing, and
doing another, with 'Hehgeance.
But so sure was. MI. Badger that the people
notwithstanding all bis protestations to the contra
ry, .wohd regard Mr.. Clay as a. travelling
speech.maker," that he took up the cudgeIs in hi:
defence, and laboredto prove that there was 10th.
ing wrong IN his coming, ,dOWa and miugling with
what he called tie common peoptA"- The peo
pie, he said, elected the President and wished to
see the man before they voted for him, Thi.
wish Mr.. Clay came here to crafty i but Mr..
Van Buren. Iced IN palace, and was GbOUe
mingling with his fellow &-ctizens. SANDER ap-
on Mr. Van Buren, and Mr. Badger knew it at
the time No man is more accessible or more
respectful to his falow-citizens than Martin Van
Buren, His origin was as obscure and az. humble
as that of Mr.. Clav3 he has had more difficulties
to contend with; and, always leaning for support
upon the popular arm, he would be the last man
to omit any mark Of respect to the soverei gns OF
the country But what are the factsf Mr.. Van
Buren, visited North. Carolina and The entire
South in 1927, at time when he was not though
of for the Presidency, and when 10 sinister CIR
selfish purpose could have prompted the visiti
but Mr. Clay comes among lis on1he eve of eur
elections, pretends to bea private vister, when he
is an electioneering candidate for the Presidency
and therefore, says Mt. Badger, if he is a, can
didate he has shown the people more- respect than
they received from MIR. Van Burenl
When we want President we will call for
him. When North Carolina desires to- vote for
the highest functionary int world, she +giH look,
not to his personal appearance, nor to his qualities
as a popular orator, nor yet to those faculties
which make TIE worse appear the. better reasoR;
but to a long life devoted to the Interests OF the
country, to those endowments which denote wis
dom, and prudence, and sagacity,- and to a bril-
liant and iIIustfious catalogue of PUBLIC services
Above all, she can give her vote without being
begged for It and she spurns even the splendid
beggar, who, in asking, for her vote, thereby
filings distrust and doubt upon the purity and in
tegrity of her character.
One word more. Mr.. Badger is the acEnoW-
lodged leader of the. Clay party in North Care
lima. This same Mr.. Badger pronounced Nh.
Clay, in 1928, to be "treackeroaS and corrupt:
but says now; by bis conduct, that he was then
mistaken: In 1840 and''44 he says MF. Van
Buren, is corrupt and unfit. to be President May
he not be mistaken IN regard to Mr. Van BureR
also What evidence have you, people of North
Carolina, that the man who made the nr5stase in
1928, may moi be again mistaken in 1874
In addition to this, we call upon the people to
remember that Mr.. Van Buren,, who has been
denounced by Mr.. Badgeras a curse upon the
country, as unfit to govern it and as a miserable
cttqche to the skirts of Gen. Jackson" has been
successvely invested by the people with the high
est executive ofices-has been Governor of hisI
native State and President of the United States
while, on the other hand Henry Clay, on account
of his execrabe principles, and his excitable and
domineeTing passions, has been deemed AT all
times utterly incompetent to discharge the duties
of any high executive offcet "a I