The New York herald., 1844-10-04
Prospects on the Rubicon.

We are now almost on the Drtnk oI the ruplcoR
In relation to the next Presidency Only five
six State elections take place within the next
fortnight, and in lees than FIVE weeks the final
struggle will be over, and either Mr.. Clay or Mr.
Polk elected President for the next four years.
Any person who has ounce of common sense,
can easily estimate the excitement which prevails
at this critical moment amongst the politicians of
both parties, numbering probably about two hun
dred and fifty thousand throughout the country,
and every one of whom expects an office of some
kind or other when the issue is determined 1t ID
curious to watch the varied manifestations of the
extreme sensibihty which characterizes those po-
hticans on both sides--to note with what avdty
they seize upon any indication Of hope-to observe
the ferceness and malignity with which they
assail any person or anything which BODIES injury
TO that cause which has enlisted their disnterested
devotion. When, for instance, we ourselves hap
pened to state series Of facts, deducing therefrcm
arevival OF hope for the whig party, immediately
the locofocos who read our journal began their de-
nunciatons and shouted aloud, sbought by British
gold '-''sold at last n--''gone for the devil and
Henry Clayv On the other hand, when the die
tates of truth compelled us to exhibit, at full
length, the follies oil the whg leaders and the dan
ger which their mlsmanagement threatened their
party and the of Mr.. Clay, Immediately
they cried out, "bought by the ocofocos ~
''sold body and gzzard !'''he Herald in the
hands of the locotoco committee !'-"sod to
the Dutch r'-"death and damnation, what is
the meaning of all this % The sensbilites
of both these classes Of politicians, opposed they
are to each other, but in this matter quite agreed,
arises from the fact that they all ofice-seekers,
oice-beggars, expecting to receive their pay after
the election. They are small in numbers COM
pared with the great mass OF honesty belonging to
both parties, also 20 that great third party called
the neutrals" /" locofocos-neutrals-an
all who do not expect to reap any personal benefit
from the result of the election, but only hope to OBJ
tain the means of good government by elecng the
man OF their choice, are perfectly satisfied when
we tell them the truth, and nothing but the truth,
to the best of our knowledge and belief Now
this is what we always do.
In obedience to those principles of perfect i'm
partlaty and perfect adherence to truth, so far
1t is possible for humanity to be perfect in its adhe-
renee to these godhke virtues, we told the wings,
Immediately after the Maine election, that they
had msma anaged their during the summer
that their meetings had turned out badly
that their had mistaken their position-and
that such men as Webster, Seward and others,
psrambulating the country and making such great
noise about Texas and annexation and slavery, in
order TO catch few abolition votes, were going 10
do Mr.. Clay more injury even in the North
than could be repaired by months of wise
and judiclous effort, whilst in the South
1t woud do him ncalcuable injury When told
these truths, tmorousy and honestly these selfish,
silly and ridiculous wings raised terrible cry
against the Heraid-that it bought by the loco
focos. But look at Mr. Clays own letter, and see
if he does not entertain the same opinion of that
policy that we do. Read in his confidential"
letter to Cassius Marplot Clay, how closely Mr.
Clay and the Herald agree in relation to the mis-
management of the whg movements during the
last summer. We are, indeed, sorry 10 see that
Cassus Marplot Clay, Mr.. Webster and Others, are
persisting in that bad policy, which we described
and condemned, and which Mr. Clay has con
demned. If, instead OF trusting to the effect of
the perambulations OF these gentlemen-the one in
New York and the other in Pennsylvania-the
intelligent wings in every school district were to
make personal, confidential, and earnest applica-
ton, each man TO his next door neighbor, amongst
that great neutral mass who will have the decision
OF this contest, the fortunes of Henry Clay would
not be obscured by that doubt, uncertainty, and
danger, which have been settled them. The
abotonists formidable only in very close
neurals, is as drop of water to the ocean.
Now 10 the crisis of the Presidential election.
We are persuaded that Maryland will go for the
wings. New Jersey will go for the wings. Penn
sylvania will go for the ocofocos But what Of
thatl Let il be forgotten that there are SEVEN
HUNDRED THOUSAND legal voters who haze not
appeared at the polls during the last three
gears That party which can most successfully
operate on this mighty mass is sure of VIC
tory. AS to the abolition vote it is not worth
the trouble bestowed on it by the wings, and the
mission of Cassius Marplot Clay to this State for
the purpose of catching twill do more injury than
good and this opinion is quite accordant with
that Of Henry Clay himself.
CONSUL TO LIvERPooL.-It will be recoected
that we stated the other day that Mr.. Adams Of
Virginia, had been appointed to the Consulate at
Liverpool But it seems that that appointment was
revoked Immediately, and that Judge White, of