Ypsilanti sentinel. [volume] (Ypsilanti, Washtenaw Co., Mich.) 1843-1900, 1844-06-20

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: their own account in abe success Of "a
adventure. Ifprudence would forbid sue
, recklessness in matter of private inter
esl, what friend of his country will thu
trifle with the sacred charge given US i
trust and for safe keepingl To sho.
that wehave not moderated thepretenson
of Mr.. Polk TO the Presidency, or treate,
THE subject of his claims on public conf
dence unfairly, we quote the following
opinions ofindividuals and papers Of hi
own political parlizans-Locofocos, All,
supporters of Van Buren,: 81 10 no. ''leiia
The editor of The N. Y. Evening Post
the staunchest and Oldest Jackson ant
Van Buren, paper in the city says of Col
Polk that he is the thsnest and feJles
shadoac of a candidate tor the Presiden
cy," and of the convention that nomina.
ted him, 'lhat if its secret history could
be written, large number Of the dele.
gates would stand disgraced in the eyes
of their constituents" The N. Y. Her.
aid says, there is nothing in the charac-
ter of Mr.. Polk TO recommend MIN to the
Presidency except as the representative
OF certain interests that may agrtate the
American people," M. HI. Noah in the
Times and Messenger says, GIVE HAVE
BEEN SOLD FOR Texas. Against Mr..
Clay the experience and admitted talent
of Mr.. Van Buren,, backed by the entire
power of the Democratic party would
have presented close and fearful strug-
gle; o. WHAT CHANCE DO WE
STAND WITH A THIRD RATE
MAN, 20 against candidate of the
force and conceded popularity Of Henry
Clay? We go into the contest also fet.
tered and crampcd with immediate an
nerotion Our people particularly in this
great State, dispirited and broken DOWN
disappointment and disaffection seems to
prevail among many Of the old men of
the party. particularly those men who
have voted heretofore for Mr.. Clay, who
remember him the supporter Of the war,
and the nogotiator of an honorable peace
their candidate for speaker, session af.
ter session, and a Democrat o { the old
school. Although separated on questions
of national policy, they cannot forget the
palmy daysof Democracy, when Henry
Clay broke bread and ate salt with us in
our wigwam, and we were proud of the
advocate of our principles and the elo-
quent supporter ofthe best interests of our
coutry." As "e
Silas Wright p.omptly refused TO be :
candidate for the Vice Presidency, on the
ticket with such a feeble shadow of. a
candidate as Col. Polk for President, and
is said to have declared, on being inform
ed Of his nomination by Telegraph, that
he would sooner accept the place of fourth
engineer on a fourth rate steam boat
On the Mississippi, than to take the nom-
nation rendered 10 him on such ticket"
If the hitherto indissolube bonds that
have united, held together, and imposed
silence on the most refractory spirits of
the Locofoco school, after the nomination
was once announced, cannot prevent such
bold and portentious outbrerks as we have
here quoted is it not fair and reason
able inference that Intrigue or accldeht
and not the sober intention of the parry
prevailed in bringing about this nomina.
ton. Nay more, the entire history ofthe
not only justifies such conclu-
sion, but fully warrants the belief that
James X. Polk. would no sooner have
been thought Of or named for the Presi-
dency. by any respectable portion of the
citizens of the United States of any party
acting under the influence of sober judy
ment and deliberation than Sam Patch
or the celebrated Colonel Pluck. The
abandonment of all the candidates that
had been named or thought of for that
high station, or who by their acts or pub
lie services had shown themselves wor-
thy of that distinction is an acknowl.
edgment that they dare not 60 into the
field like men, and with leader known
to be identified with their doctrines and
principles. Hence they have taken one
whose strength lies in the imbecility of his
char acter, and the obscurily ofhis Princl>
pies; 10 the vain hope of avoiding the Is
sue that would have been sPalPable and
identified with either of the other candi-
dates, aud which they knewit was GER
tain defeat to encounter. We admit that