The Whig standard. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1843-1844, 1844-09-17
Mr.. CLAY'S LETTERS.

MR.. CLAY's LETTERS.
| The Locofocos are very hard to please-indeed
they are. In the first part of the campaign of
1910. before General Harrison felt compelled to
take the field and openly proclaim his sentiments,
in the presence of many thousands of his fellow
citizens of all parties, they charged the Wings
with supporting a mum candidate who 81 had no
opinions for the public eye." Now, when they
support candidate who is as mum as the dead,
almost, and the Wings have candidate whose
"mouth speaks for ITSELF" ever ready to proclaim
to the whole world, fearlessly and undisguisedly,
the honest and truly republican sentiments which
his noble heart never ceases to cherish the Loco
focos affect to chuckle nightly and vocferate at
the top of their voices that Mr.. Clay is running
himself by writing too many letters
Let the Locofoco gentry lay not the 1attering
/ JUNCTION to their souls" The Wings glory in
supporting for their champion and great standard
bearer, MAN who has a window in his bosom
that all may see and read his sentiments, and who
is ready at all times and on all occasions to take
and maintain his position upon each and every
question of great national concsrnment. Such a
MAN, towering full head and shoulders above
all his compeers, is HENRY CLAY. No wonder
the Wings delight to honor him. Take him, as
MIR. Buchanan and other leading Locofocos de-
scribed him. in 1910, when they thought him to
be forever out of their way, and the whole Amer
lean people ought to be proud of such high
minded, magnanimous, and patriotic statesman.
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affect to chucke SO much, all exhibit their great
author as he isfree, open, Clear explicit, undis-
guised, and disingenuous. There is in them
oneness, magnanlmity, ht-forwardness,
a grandeur-all Characteristic of their whole
souled, patriotic author. Every body knew on
the appearance OF his Raleigh letter, what had
long been known before, that Mr.. Clay's personal
predictions were in favor of the annexation of
Texas, when annexation could be effected Without
d,shonor, Uithout War, Without assuming a debt
Of untold millions, and Without mourning The dis
pleasure Of any considerable portion Of our Con-
tederacy. But what are his personal predelic-
tons, what have they ever been, when the HONOR
OF HIS COUNTRY required them to be instantly set
at naught! With HENRY CLAY for President,
under existing circumstances brought about by
the astounding and abominable treaty manou-
wiring of Tyler and Calhoun, we can neither have
Texas nor war with Mexico on account of it.
The fact might have been otherwise, had not the
Infamous treaty been secretly made, whereby the
whole North has been stirred up into deadly
hostility to the measure. But with Mr. Polk for
President, we can-as he has avowed himself in
favor of immediate anneration-have sapguin-
airy war with Mexico, and only get Texas by con-
quest, with the war debt of perhaps fifty millions
in addition to the Texas debt of at least fifteen
millions, saddled upon US, with the whole North
up in arms against the measure
pretty state of things truly: but true as the
gospel. Mr. Folks letter shows where he is,
and what might reasonably be expected, were he
to be elected. Mr. Clay's letters show his posi-
ton, and what may be expected should he succeed
Do our opponents hope, by perversions and false
representations of Mr.. Clay's last letter on the
subject of annexation, to make capital with the
opponents of the measure at the North? 1t
would seem SO, but they will find themselves
egregiously mistaken. The enemies of annexa-
ton can see, and will take sides for themselves
Ihey care nothing about Mr.. Clay's personal
predictions IN the matter, any more than they
DO about those of General Combs Mr. Clay's
friend and neghbor, who is now at the North adj
dressing great concourses of people on the sub
ject. They know that they can trua Mr. Clay,
and they will support him to defeat Mr.. Polk the
favorte OF General Jackson, who is furious for
taking Texas Immediately, even at the expense
of war with both Mexico and England They