Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1844-04-25
Clay Club.

H AT meeting o: the Clay Club holden at tie
Town Hall, April 18th, Hon. ROBERT B.
CRAssToS, President, appeared and took his
seat, and called tho meeting TO order, after
which he addressed the meeting in substance,
as follows, viz
H Gentlemen 1T is with great diffidcnce that
| assume the duties OF The post you have ms.
signed me ; ! deem it a high honor TO preside
over the deliberations Of such men, and for
such purposes, as you have associated your
selves. There ~ no man living TO whom tho
country at large, is so much indebted az Mr.
Clay, and above all, there is no State in this
i Union which is under such peculiar and en-.
during obligations to him, as Rhode Island
Il The battle which is to be fought, the ensuing
autumn, will be severe in the extreme, and al
though our Wing friends througho The coun.
try have much to do, am confident that our
cause will triumph, if we go to work in tho
right way, and labor increasingly. In our own
State, there will probably bo little or no con.
test Tor we have no open enemy to contend
with, we have one skulking about in various
\ quarters, sometimes here, sometimes at Wash.
| ngton, and anywhere and nowhere =; we have
no visible adversary upon whom wo can fire,
but still we must keep up full and complete
organization. But in tho country at large,
there will be great battle for great PRINCIPLES
are at stake, and il is Of vital Importance TO us.
who succeeds in this contest, it will either bo
successful triumph Of sound Wing principles
on The one hand by men who have their coun.
trys welfare at heart, or a triumph Of mobocra.
ry and rowdy ism, on the other, by n par,v
whose only business is TO palm themselves
upon Tie people MS their "dear friends" solely
Tor the purpose of obtaining office, and plunder.
ing the Government and in ordo. to do this
they Will make the most strenuous efforts Ia
elevate the willy magician. We have tbe
ability, and we can carry the day, if by n
thorough organization, wo properly rally our
forces; we nave the same spirit existing now,
as ~ AZ, aud men have not changed ,b.ir
views at all against us, on the great national
questions which were then agitated, all over
the land. The prospects of Mr. CLAW groy
brighter every day, while our opponents are
growing weak, and are apparently becoming
somewhat discouraged, for they cannot all
agree upon their candidate; sometime. thew
talk Of dropping Van Buren,, and taking Tvler
or some other man. We can beat Van Buren,
with great ease, but should have no objections
to their running tho acting President, for ho
could not get "A State in tho Union. | repeat
again That although we shall not probably have
any contest in Rhode Island, still we ou,b, T.,
keep up our organization, for we in Rbod.
Island are more indebted to Henry Clay than
any other state, as he has always been the adj
vocate and champion OF those great measure,
IN which wo are so much in,e,ss,.J .,l;
our recent troubles, ho camo out maufully in
'a'or OF law and ORDER long before he knew
wh'ch party would triumph here, and never
u'ssraced h'mscifby writing Clambake letters;
ho has the moral courage always 10 do righ,.
without looking at political consequences.
benJamIn c. Card, one Of the Recordinr
Secretaries, resigned, and tho nominating com.
mI,tee reported Augustus Bush to Eli ,h, VA.
cancy, and be was elected.
WIN. u. Cranston then read letter from IN.
wing committee Of arrangements in Baltimore.
urging upon their friends throughou, the union.
the great Importance of complete organiza.
'oh Tor the ensuing contest, and inviting all
true wings from North and South, East and
"e''' to their city, and promise that their
'""'e' VIII be as open to receive ,hem,as their
'earts to give them welcome.
The iollowing gentlemen were then an.
pointed delegates, from this town, TO attend the
Young Mems Wig Convention Of orRatiGcntiop.
o bo holden in Baltimore, on the second d,x
Il May next, and the committee of nomination,
we're authorized to appoint such others as they
hought proper.
Edward +. Newton, Joseph u. Weaver,
I"hn Vars, Josiah e. Shaw, Rowland X.
Hazard, Robert sherman. Cd, John q. wosver,
samuel Brown, Augustus Bush, Edward
Clarke, William II. Cranston, John Alfred
Hazard, silas Ward, Benjamin Marsh, Jr.
Joseph Paddock, Jr., Michael Ffccborn, Noah
White, William Gardiner, Cbristopher q. Per.
", samuel Carr, Jr, Robert u. Cranuon,
B"nJamin ". Stevens, Henry Y. Crsnston,
lanes Atkinson, Micah w. Spencer, james
PlhlliP', Henry T.. Turncr