Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1844-12-27
POLITICAL.
ADDRESS TO Mr.. CLAY, AND HIS RE-
CpnNSE

We fnd in the Lexington Observer Of the 10th
inst the Address of the Kentucky Electors to Mr..
Clay, and his Reply, and hasten to give them to our
readers. They will be read with no ordinary emo
! tons by the Wings in every part Of the country.
! Upon reaching the door of Mr.. Clays dwelling, |
Mr. Underwood, surrounded by the other Electors, |
Iby the Governor and Tx Governors Metcalfe and
Letcher and the people who attended, read the fol-
! lowing address to Mr.. Clay
Mn. CLAY: have been selected by the mem |
bers of the Electoral College 10 say to you, for
each one of us, that we have come to offer you the
homage of our personal regard and profound re-
spect In this work Of the heart many Of your
ncghbcrs have likewise come to unite with us.-
| On Yesterday, at Frankfort we performed our OH
cia duty in obedience to the will Of the people OIL
Kentucky, by voting unanimously for yourself and
Theodore FfelInghuyscn to fill the office OF Pres-
dent and Vice President of the United States.
The maChlnat ons OF your enemies their frauds
upon the elective franchise, and their dupcity with
the people, in pronulgalng opposite principles IN
different sections, have defeated your election.
We have no hope of preferment at your hands,
which can tempt us to fatter nor can the pen OF
prescription intimidate us in speaking the truth
Under existing circumstances it gratifes us to take
YOU by the hand, and to unite us we do most cor
daily, in expressing the sentiments of our hearts
and Of those We reDresent in regard to your per-
sonal character and political principles.
Your past services are so interviewer with the
history of country for the last forty years, that
malice and envy cannot prevent succeeding gener-
alions dwelling on your name with admiration and
gratitude. Your example will illuminate the path
of future statesmen, when those who hate and re-
vile you are forgotten, only remembered, like
the incendiary who burnt the temple, for the evil
they have DONE
TO YOU the election has terminated without per.
sonal loss but to the Nation, in our judgment. the
injury is incaculable. God grant that the Confed
eracy may not hereafter mourn over the result ii
dismembered fragments
Whilst your enemies have not attempted to de-
tract from your intellectual character, they have
with untring malice, attacked your moral reput1
ton, and endeavored to destroy it, The vefba
ISLANDERS and printed lbels employed as means t
accomplish political objects, have stained the char
acter of our country, and its institutions, thai
they have injured yours.
, In your hlph personal character-in your politi
cal principles, and unrivaed zeal and ability t.
carry them out-uay be found the strong motive
for our anxious efforts to secure your election. TIN
Protection of American Labor, a National Curren
, cy connected with fiscal agent, for the Govern
ment the Distribution among the States Of tn
proceeds of the Public Lands further constitution
= al restrictions upon Executive power and patror
are and Limitation upon the eligibility OF tn
o President for second term were measures wheel
II under your administration, we hoped to mature, an
e bring into practical operation. BY your defeat the
u have been endangered if not forever lost
g But we will not speculate coming events
II If things work well, we shall find consolation
the general prosperity. If unprecedented evils com
Il we not responsible; and, retaining our prime
J., pies, we shall enjoy the happy reflection OF hayin
1t done our duty.
G In the shades of Ashland, may you long contlI
$ to enjoy peace quiet and the possession of thos
: great faculties which have rendered you the adm
l. ration of your friondu, ind the benetactor Of yo'
! country. And when at last, Death shall denlar
l. its victim, while Kentucky will contain your ashe
G rest assured that old and faithful friends-thos
/ who knowing you longest, loved you best,-wl
cherish your memory, and defend your reputation
BEN HARDIN, JOHN KINCAID,
= JR. UNDERWOOD, l.. w. ANDREWS,
IS r. A. PATTERSON, GREEN ADAMS
D, PHILIP TRIPLETT, b. NJ. CRENSHAW,
y WV. SOUTHGATE, LESLIE COMBS,
W. r.. GRIGSBY, w. J. GRAVES.