The North-Carolinian., 1844-07-20

~ CATION A4Q 1IEHlON.
The whig paper. ,sl,1 .sssi 8 in re-
'eso'aHne 20 this cry SOD ID q, and
pac*"s It upon The baehs Sc eda,ocra,ic
ps'y, But if they would lodk al hape, they
s'S'0 see that The whig party n as deep 10
me mud As we are in the mire. Witness the
from the Washington Spectator,
iaae National InteIligencer inserts in its
.osus' as extracts from the Glot showing
"ss portion Of the deuiocratic46Efy in the
so."'' 'or Insisting on the annd ion of Tex
as 20 Tue Union, as ctindiiioiR Its contin.
oan.:, are hostile to th8eJ If such a
po.Non proveAhQstliy1 rs 80, the In
| s".s"cer and it4x pat1 fe d. last who
ost" 90 reouke 1t. @4=secollect afight, the
'"s' threat Of disme,nberusent Of The
psn!' on account Of Texas, appeared in the
Some thirty members Of Con-
a. 'ne close Of the last Congress, pu,
"M, :. all form, bulletin to the people Of
,'o on"ed States, expressipx the opinion that
mere was design TO annex Texas to ihe
union; aud declaring that. should such an
sseet occur, the Union, on the mart of the
aessn' should be dissolved. Now. what de-
mon"'1atlon against the Union has been made
any where in form 30 i,nposino7 II did
not deal in objections to any particular form,
but put the dissolution of the Union az de-
term.ned consequence of the measure itself.
Texas 10 ihesUniou. But did
hJ contrary. he gave it its FIRST publication in
his columns, with all the authority such pub.
lcstion could impart. Every man of them
wefe northern whigs-his political associates
uiA John Quincy Adams at their head
Aap bin: the State of Vermont, and we think
Massarhusetts, with dozens Of Abolition meet
ues. have declared the same determination
10 dissolve the Union, if Texas is annexed tt
1t. Has the Intelligencet, in his zeal for ,h,
Union, branded the treason with his reproba
lion? The New York American announce,
thai the passage Of the treaty would itself b.
dissolution Of the Union.
r. We have no doubt that many whig
since,eIy believe that Mr. Clay can be an
will be elected but we would point such I
hs following cogent reasons why he canne
be elected. Reasons given by the WHO
Central Committee Of New York, in 1895
as reasons why the whig party should n.
nominate Mr. Clay:
The whig central committee Of New Yor
then gave these reasons why he ought not
be the whis candidate
Herein the friends of Mr. Clay have mao
fatal mistake. In their love Cor him the
foryo, tha, battle is to be fought Enthusias
will not always overpower superiority of nun
bers--If il could, Mr. Clay would have bee
President long ago.
Ii Mr. Clay runs, he will meet with oppos
lion from old patty antagonists, whose heat
have grown grey in political iniquity.
N The old Jackson men will oppose him.
The ab"litionisls, generally, will oppo
The violent anti masons will oppose him
The lrishmen. who have al, eady denounc,
him for his attack on O'Conucli, will oppo
him.
The enemies of the United States Bar
will oppose him.
The Western squatters will oppose him.
; The Southern States Rights men will o
pose him. $50 say several leading papers
: Georgia.)
Now, in the nnne Of heaven, shall we r,
he risk Of this opposition. or even the she
If it! Can we go headlong into fight wi
g hese adverse elements actively at wo
II against us7 Are we strong enough to We,
a lure so m.rhl Fl seems to mo that son
men must have taken leave Of their senses,
: advocate any candidate against whom Al
portion Of this opposition may be brougl
}, Nothing but strong aud decided course {
g The part of our editorial friends, and an appe
!, without delay to the good sense of the par
" will save US from UTTER RUM
Ifthese reasons were good in 1899, VII
hasarauspired since to remove their force
On the contrary, Mr. Clay's conduct has be.
!. such as to make him doub'y obnoxious.
;. The Rutherfordfon paper, speaking Of \
:. Crahan,'s speech delivered at that place ,
The 4th lust, says that he exposed with gre
4 ability the glttering decei,fuIness Of the Su
Treasury, "the losses sus,ained by it," &c.
The Rutherfordton paper must have mi
represented Nh Graham, for he would hard
: assert that losses had been sustained by d
e eISub-treasusy for he certainly must know tn