Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1844-04-26
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n plain mans opinion Of Nh. Clay. The editor
Of the Portsmouth N. H. journal has seen private
letter from a gentleman who has within a few
months spent several days with Mr.. Clay. The
writer is in no situation where he is in the least
swayCd by party preferences, nor would he accept
of public office, Of any grade station whatever
lie says:
IL never formed an attachment so strong in so
short a time. Mr.. Clay has certainly most ele-
waited character-far outstripping any man | ever
met with. His wisdom, his justice, his modera-
ton, all combine to place him beyond the suspi-
cion of sordld motive. ! am satisfied that he
would tomorrow cheerfully yield all pretenson to
the executive chair if the interests Of the country
seemed to require the promotion of another. | can
now well understand why he adjourned his claims
to make room for the lamented Harrison. He has
no conceanents no fears-no anmostes-no
jealouses. lie is the bodest man in the express
sion of his political opinions have ever met with.
lie desplse5 trick and detests fraud.
Though Mr.. Clay has been the recipient for for
~ years Of the most cxtravagant eulogies of his
admirers, he regards the compliments from John
Randolph and Basil Hall the two highest he ever
received. The former said of him, that all he re-
CURED was the sight of his countenance to know
what he about to utter and the latter, that he
was too honest to become President of the United
States"
Go home, Cd d--n you, tchcre you belong"
This is the language addressed to Mr.. Speaker
Polk, by Henry Clay in the House of Representa-
tives. This is the picy Of the wing candidate for
the Presidency This is the respect he pays to the
presiding officer Of the peoples representatives. Is
such man worthy of the highest office in the gift
of a free people ?-Locofoco papers.
The above disgusting piece of profanity, which
is an old falsehood, exploded several years ago,
has lately been revived by the Troy Budget, and
more recently reiterated by the Locoloco Conven-
ton, at Chelsea, is going the rounds Of the Locofo
co papers.
The occurrence took place in 80 or 81, on The
decision of contested election; and the beautiful
speech uttered by a oiotent iocotoco from Ala
bama named Clement c. Clay. The charge that it
was altered by Henry Clay, was completely explo.
ded at the time But desperate cause needs des-
perate lies to sustain it. Hence its revival by the
locofoco press. Protector.
democrats" said demagogue, who was har-
arguing the democracy" Of New Haven just be-
fore the election in Connecticut, " if q Wing I'M
dertakes to talk to you about a tariff Just say to
him Ball. Now, wing reader when you hear
loco swear that his party didn't expect to carry
Connecticut when every one knows better, just
say to him Bahm
Rhode Bland.--The President in a message to
Congress relative to the Dorr movement, says he
did little nothing by way Of interference except
to strengthen the garrison at Fort Adams IN New
port harbor, by way Of precaution.
Characteristic. c. Some time ago. the notorious
DR.. Duncan, who was considered the chief black
guard in Congress until outshone this winter by the
lustre of new member from Alabama, made a
speech abusive of the Wing party, into which was
thrown, among all the odds and ends of Locofoco
scurrility, filthy picture purportng to be dssec;
ed coon his various lntestlnes inscribed with the
reputed principles of the Wing party Prominent
among these was omblazoned IA High Protective
Tariff. The Locofocos of Pennsy lyania have
printed large edition of this work, but have struck
out the High Protective Tariff and inserted .4nt-
Masonry instead
Why can't this skulking, lodging, counterieting
party resolve to die with decency ?-1nJune.
Herod and Pilate.-The Abolition or Liberty
Party of this State, through their Central Com
mittee at Albany, are publishing great numbers
first edition 10000 of Tract expressly devoted
to personal attacks on Mr.. Clay, and soliciting
trbutons from Van Buren, politicians to aid in
their circulation There is evidently complete
between the Van Buren, and Adolf
ton leaders, who regard the defeat of MIR. Clay as
the great object OF their mutual efforts. We are
confident they will be foiled by a generous and
tair-minded people, who will rebuke so foul Goa
lition.-.N y Tribune.
Ofhe same Klh and Kin. Those who may hap
pen to see the vile ISLANDERS of the locotoco papers
upon Mr.. Clay--so very abundant just now-wll
recoect that they come from the source that those
did which were poured upon the head ofGen llar-
rison. These same papers made 1t out that he
" sold white men into slavery, that he was an old
granny" coward" " debauchee," and an old
iederast." The same party are at the same work
again, the only difference is, they aim their arrows
at the living rather than the dead. The same vile
prints abound with similar ISLANDERS upon Mr.. Clay
But as in the case of Gen. Harrison, they will find
that the fruit of their labors will fall like thunder
bolts upon their own heads No one supposes that
a man who has lived so long and done so much as
Mr. Clay would always escape errors OF acts-yet
no candid man lives who does not believe he means
to do right in all cases and under all circumstances
Caled0niaa.
"A Good Mi,siration.-Dr. A. S. Dome, at a re.
cent Wing meeting in New York, in the course Of
his speech made happy alluson to the exhibition
ola mlsetoe bough at the late Loco Foco meeting
at the Tabernacle 1t recalled to his mind the an
ecdote of the traveller through the Dismal Swamp,
a route Mr.. Van Buren, must soon take, for it was
tho direct way to Salt River daughter. But this
traveller saw there a noble tree, woodman gazing
at it in silence and regret that he had not strength
to cut it down. Years afterward he repassed that
way, and how changed that tree It's branches leaf
less, its boughs decayed But its trunk was clothed
with creeper-the misletoe living and luxuriant,
and feeding upon the ruin to which 1t was cllnging.
That tee was American Industry, under the fos
tering hand of Tariff, loud cheering; the mis-
letoe, the Van Buren, policy continued checring,)
and the woodman who stood at the foot of the tree,
willing to destroy, but unable, was Great Britain,
tremendous cheering.) She had tried but al
ways in vain. She tried at Lexington and Bunker
Hill, but there she found Prescott and Warren; at
Saratoga and York Town, but found Washington
Lafayette, Pulaski and Kosciusko. (Thun-
ders of applause greeted every one OF these papa'
BILE hits)