New-York daily tribune., 1844-03-19


Amos winds up his account Of this bloody ira
gedy as follows
The trlnness OF nerve exhibited by Gen. Jack
son or This occasion has not ceased tO Re a $Atyeci
ar ,nn1KATIuN. The stern purpose which
no n, in fact have neryed him. was best described by
| himself, when person expressed asionshitlent 81
his selccomn!and: " Sir" said he, 81 ShoUd hdre
| killed him If he hut stot me through the bTd'n- ::
And vet the admuing narrator OF this horrible
business pretends to be shocked at the contempla-
ton Of Mr.. Clays bloodless duels!! What non-
strous hypocrisy
Qg The Eyening Post has, for the second or
third time, discovered that Mr.. Clay first took
his seat in the U. S. Senate three months and
half before he had obtained the required age OF
thirty years. The Post is anxious that some
Whig paper should take hold of this important
matter, that we cannot refuse to oblige it, AL
lowing his age to be correctly given by his
bographers, it certainly would seem that Mr..
CLAW lacked three months and fourteen days of
being thirty years old when he took his seat in
the Senate. But we do not believe that this
deficiency contravened the spirit of the absurd,
anti.republican provision Of the Constitution re-
ferred to, nor do VIC think man fairly elected to
the Senate is bound to hunt up objections to his
own eligibility. If any body doubts that ellgl-
blity, let him contest the seat, but do not ask the
Senator fairly elected to turn himself out What
is your age, Mr.. Randolph p asked the Clerk of
the House, when John Of Roanoke, beardless
STRIPPING, first appeared to claim seat there "ASk
mn constituents" was the sharp and pertinent
reply of the future Orator. If man is deemed
old enough to answer their purpose by legal
constituency, he ought not to be subjected to fur
ther cayiI on that score. For our own part,
regarding the Constitutional restriction as to
years most idle and preposerous, we should never
think Of raising the question as To opponent,
and should give it most liberal construction, in
all cases. A man three fourths through his thir-
tcth year is thirty enough for u.s. provided he is
clearly elected And we doubt not that many
men (Mr Clay very probably among them) have
entered the Senate utterly unconscious that any
such restriction existed.
u f" Timothy Homespun" writes us that he
thought we,5sere joking about the suppression of
g Plebeiap Tract No. IL intended to show the
ininstice of Tariff for Repenue aud boldly ad-
yoca.ing absolute Free Trade and Direct Taxa
tion, until he went TO the office and was told the
Tracts were all out, but finally succeeded in
ing out set. We beg him and all men to un-
derstand that we ne0cr make such statements III
Jest What we stated was literally true. Though
Pcbean Tract No is not sold out by any
means, it is repudiated by The Plebelan, and
the Hartford Times and Ncw.Havcn Register
are protesting that it is only the sentiment of
indiridual, after having at first commended it.
And yet if the general doctrines put forth By the
Plebeian, Times, &c. with regard to the effect of
Duties on Prices be sound, this is a correct and
impregnablc document. But The Plebeian has
shirked out OF It's endorsement of it, and now Is
sues Pebeian Tract No Il opposing !, Tariff
for Protection, without any No. /, Even The
former is refused to Connecticut Wings. @
Israel. thy prophets arc like the foxes OF the
desert -