New-York daily tribune., 1844-05-06
Theodore Frelinghuysen.

The nomination of this distinguished son Of
New Jersey Though now citizen of Ncw-fork)
for Vice President on the Wing ticket, is every
where hailed with appreciation. he was the last
proposed OF all the candidates for that high Office,
and very naturally not the first choice of grca,
number Of the active politicians but on COM
parison of notes he appeared the second choice ol
almost every body, and the first OF many thou
sands who usually stand aoof from Political con-
tests, and would hardly have been drawn out TO
vote by the presentation Of any other name AS an
eminenty just and true man, intimately connected
with and ardent in many of the Literary, Reli-
gious and Philanthropic enterprises OF our time,
Mr.. Frelinghuysen enjoys the esteem and adml-
ration of thousands who have first resolved to
vote since they heard of his nomination. and
who will be most active and effective supporters
after our opponents have fairly opened upon him,
as i, is evident they will. There are elements OF
great strength IN his nomination
But Mr.. Frelinghuysen is not merely wise,
philanthropic, good mamie is a firm, decided,
devoted Wing. He is of an honored Revolu.
tionary Whig stock, and has never been any thing
else but Wing. lie was Wing U. S. Sena-
tor from New-Jersey during nearly all Gen. Jack
sons Administration, and fought the battle OF
true Liberty against all his mad encEoachments
and tyranny side by side with Clay, Webster,
and Ewing, as ardently and fearlessly as any OF
them. He resisted the destruction OF the Bank,
the Removal of the Deposits, and all the evil
measures which brought down general paralysis
and bankruptcy. He stood up manfully for
CLAY and SERGEANT in 1882, as he had before
done for ]. Q. ADAMS and has since done for
HARRISON. In 1882 he was called on to address
his felow.citizens of Essex Co. \. J. in regard
to the then pending Presidential contest, and the
briefly reported summary of his remarks was so
forclble that the Wings Of this city reprinted ii
as a little tract ior general circulation. Wei
insert it rcrbqtim ss follows:
Mr.. FRE11SGHuYsEx's Testimony 10 the character
and qualifications Of HENRY CLAY in 1882.
A meeting was recently held in Essex county,
New Jersey, by the National Republican party, al
which Mr.. FreGnghuysen, the Senator from that
State was present. and made very eloquent
speech in favor of Mr.. Clay, which is thus epito-
mized in the Newark Daily Advertiser:
Mr.. Frelnghuysen, in support of the nomina-
ton of Clay 10 the Office of Chief Magistrate, said
that he was happy in the occasion tina, enabled
him 10 bear his testimony TO the fitness Of this
eminent citizen for the station 10 which 50 many
voices were calling hlr,. He was the more graft
fed by this opportunity, because he had at one
period entertained some doubts on the subject
but careful investigation of Mr. Clay's political
history, and personal intercourse with him for
the last pro,ractcd session, had satisfied his own
mind that no man better understood the interests
of the country, nor would pursue them with pur-
er intentions, than Mr.. Clay. Mr.. Frelinghuy-
sen said he took pleasure to say Of him tina, he
believed him to be an upright and much injured
statesman. He is emphancslly the child Of
Liberty and our free institutions He possessed
no advantages in youth. but poverty and obscuri-
ty-as himself once more eloquently expressed IT.
"he was the child of indigence and dependence
his only inheritage was rags and poverty" But he
saw the free open way to fame and honorable dis
tinction, that the spirit OF happy Republic pre-
sen,ed TO all her sons-and he entered the lists OF
manly enterprise, and by the energy of his genius,
and the force of his persevering efforts, rose 10