Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1844-12-03

nENRY CLAY. In the recent election, this
long and tremendous struggle had at las,
reached its last conclusive crisis, on which
hinged oil the issues, and in which were
concentrated all the feelings, involved in
all and each of its preceding stages. THIS
was the great peculiarly Of this election
and this it was which rallied both parties
In It with such an intense excitement, and
such deep and almost desperate de,ermi-
nation. Had Clay trumphed, jackson,
and all OF US, and all the leading principles
OF his administration WITH him, weuld have
bit the dust In the victory or the Demo-
cratic party, Clay lies irretrieyably and
hoPelessly PROSTATE at our feet, and with
him al! the false and bad political ideas
which are best summed up in his name.
1t is curious TO trace back the linked
connexion of these national events 10 see
how the two great parties in which we
have all become enlisted with SO much ear
nest interest on the opposite sides, gradu
glly arose out Of the general fusion Of all
political elements under Monroe's admins
tralIon, with It's "era Of good feelings;"
and how they more and more distinctly de-
veloped their aniagonism, and heightened
1t out from struggle 10 struggle, with vari-
Gus vlcIssitudes of partial result, till they
have at last thus met in this final crush of
encounter, involving the humiliation Of the
defeated, and probably leading to new
fusion and decomposition Of parties-to
constitute again fresh starting point Cor
another political cycle Of perhaps another
twenty years.
Begin at the beginning, and behold the
confused state Of all political parties and
IDEAS in the election Of 1924, after Mons
roe's term-as expressed in the absence Of
any other than personal issues, the frustra-
lion Of any election by ths people, and the
return of Jackson, Adams, and Crawford.
to the House Of Representatives for choice
Clay himself Icing the next highes, candi-
date. Crawford is the Republican candi-
date proper; Adams a cross between Fed
eraism and Republicanism Clay another
cross between Republicanism and the
West; and jackson a strangely combined
amalagam Of Republicansm, No party ism.
the Western interest, the Cotton Bags, and
tina, character for sturdy and patriotic hon
ssty which was already felt and loved in
advance by the instructive sympathy of the
popular heart. Here, than, is The point 81
departure.
The first act is the ever memorable Co.
aition, by which. while Adams coalescec
with the Federalism of the House Of Rep
resentatives and the country, for their
votes, Clay coalesced with the two together
and made Adams President, putting himsel
in the line Of the direct succession, will
grave circumstances of aggravaton to the
nagrant political dishonesty Of the act
Mex, follows the Indignation of the Re
publican Party, and the disgust of the popu
lar feeling, at such a birth of the admins
,ralion thus brought into power its rally
and concentration on General Jackson, sti
mulated and strengthened by the decided,
Federal character into which the admins
tralion speedily developed itself; bringing
ont The two old parties Of the country will.
'olerable dis'inctpess, in array against eacf
other; and resulting in the total overthrow
of the Coalition and its party, and the
sweeping triEmphs OF jackson at the head
Of the Republican or Democratic party.
Then proceeds the reversal Of the Fede-
raj character Of the government, signalized
in PARTICULAR by such an act rs the May
vile Road Veto. A tremendous opposition
is waged against Jackson's administrator,
under the lead of Clay; its headquarters
being speedily transferred TO the Bank Of
the United States, and the country being
conyulsed as had never before been expo.
rienced or dreamed Of, by the gigantic ef-
forts Of the blended Political and Money
Powers, as represented in the persons Of
the two worthy associates in this unholy
alliance Of Ambition and Ayarice, Clay
and Biddle. The tariffs Of rs and 80,
with Notification, and the Compromise Of
'33, constitute an episode-an important
one, but still an episode-in the larger
movemen ut Of these great forces and great
events.
The Bank and Clay are both beaten
down. Not only is Jackson reelected over
Clay as his competitor, but the effort TO
force the restoration Of the deposies and
the rc-charter Of the Bank, during his Sc
cond term, wholly fail and the opposition
is SO much dispiriied and enfeeblcd tina,
they dare not run Clay again; and are
compelled 10 have recourse 10 the expe1i-
ent OF running a number Of candidates OF
various politics in the different sections of
the Union. as the only chance Of defeating
Mr.. Van Buren,, Jackson's bosom friend,
lieutenant, and successor. This too, utter
ly fails, and Jackson's administration and
principles remain triumphant in the cleo
ton Of Mr. Van Buren,, who, next 20 the
old CHEF himself, had been the master
spirit Of his government.
But the contest is not yet ended, though
a brief pause has seemed TO interrupt it
Clay still thunders on at the head Of oppo-
sition, ever. ever still intent on the great
prize for which he alone seems to live and
move AID baye bis being. The great crash
Of the Credit System foIlows-.hen the in
tense financial distress-the agonies Of half
a million of bankrup,s-and the depressed
agricultural prices. With all these advan-
lagos of circumstances, the opposition still
dread defeat under Clay, and he is again,
10 his own great indignation. postponed till
The next time. An. equivoca and non
cemmittal ticket is made Up, Of an honest |
Did Western General, and an anti B ank
Southern nullifer; and in the general
crush and clamor OF the campaign OF 1910.