Sentinel of the valley. [volume] (Woodstock, Va) 1841-1848, 1844-02-01


that, too, by much more signal and
overwhelming majority than was given
against Mr.. Vun Buren, in 1910; he Mr..
Clay having received only forty nine
ELECTORAL rotts! But this is not all
M. Clay aras tfaien by has eacn Party in
1889! Who has forgotten the history Of
the Harrisburg Convention? 1t is noto-
rlous that he was not even the second
choice of large portion Of his own party
IN that Convention-the States of New
York, Pennsylvania, Vermont. and 1--WE
bolieye) Connecticut, having voted for
Gen. Scott, as their first choice. ard
falling to get him, voted for Harrison as
their second-thus eyincing their deter
mlnatlon to defeat Mr.. Clay at all haz-
ards. MIR. Clay then, has beer in effect.
four times beaten; twice when he was
avowedly candidate; once when lie
was the life and soul OF the administra-
ton of john Quincy Adams, and again
by his own party in the Harrisburg Con-
yention. So that it appears that he new
er has been able to secure any tolerable
share of public confidence, but has been
Kissed down by the people Of the U. s.
whenever he has dared to offer himself as
a candidate for their favor. If, there.
fore, the fact that Mr.. Van Buren, has
been once beaten constitutes valid OBJ
lection to him, how much more strongly
does the objection apply to Mr.. Clay.
who has, we repeat. been in effect, f UR
TINES defeated! And if, as Mr.. Rives
would have us believe, the reelection of
Mr.. Van Buren, would .inflict deep
wound upon Republican Institutions, ,
how much more. deep and deadly would
that wound be if the people should re-
verse their ot-repeated and soIemnIv re-
corded verdict against Mr. Clay? Let
1t not be forgotten, too, that MIR. Rives
has earned whatever OF political distnc-
ton he possesses, in an open, ardent. and
Encompromlslng opposition to Mr. Henry
Clay. He has voted against him, spo-
ken against him. written against him. As
he said himself in October l842. he 'has
been personally and prominently pitted
against MIR. Clay, in the conflict OF de-
bate, on almost every one of these ques.
tons which now constitute the avowcd
policy Of the wings He has seized ev-
cry opportunity i'll the Senate 10 war up.
on MIR. Clay and lis measures; and who
has forgotten the onslaught which, in the
House OF Representatives in 1927 or g.
he made upon the administration Of Ad,
ans and Clay? With what face, then,
can he now ask the people to 'pronounce
Il ilagrant sentence of stulifcaton and
incompetence upon themselves by re-
verslng their nlt-repeated decision a.
gainst Mir. Clay?--a decision which Mr.
Rives himself assisted them to make!
But apply this test to Mr.. Rves him.
self: II MIR. Van Buren's one defeat be
Sufficient objection to him, and if it be
an insult TO the people to ask them to
reverse their decision against him-was
It not the very acme of impudence in
him Mr.. RI to ask the Legislature to
re-elect him to the Senate in 1910. after
they had beaten him TNENTY-ElGHY
times at the prs yious session, and had
solemnIv decided that the Old Dominion
| had better not Be represented at all, than
to be represented By han! The truth is,
! Mr.. ,Rives pronounced fragrant SEN
tence of qualification and incompetence
upon himself in urging this objection.
| We come now1o the second objection,
viz: that the reelection of Mr.. Van Blu
rem would bring with it. return to the
.slQries and blessings Of the Sub, Treasury
SYSTEM
We take it for granted that in this ob-
lection M. Rives is probably sincere
We contend however, that he has here
toforei waved it. and virtually declared
his preference for the Sub-rreasury Sys-
tenn over Mr.. Clay. 1t is notorious,
hereabouts, that he has repeatedly de-
clared not only that he could not and
would not vote, for M. Clay, but that
he would vote for either Gen Cass, 1fr.
Buchanan, or Mr.. Calhoun.
Now the last two of these gentlemen
are known to be ardently in favor Of the
Sub Treasury System; and it was upon
MIR. Calhoun's motion that the specie
clause was inserted in the bll--a clause
which. more than any other, encounter
ed the uncompromising opposition of Mr.
Rives! And yet, he has declared tUithia
tCS0 ICNfG tUStCC UtuftHoa thaI lC NOulu
'cheertully support M. CdlbounW Here
too, Mr.. Rves has pronounced fla
grant sentence of qualification ard in
competence upon himself. Away there
fore. with this 'stereotyped horror of
the Sub Treasury! It's mere gloss,
designed to conceal the utterly indefens:
BILE position which he now occupies.
OF ne hriefYy u,1y ,.vamina tho al -
lection, which is that 4Hr. Van Buren, is
in favor of extending the powers of the
Executive. In .Mr. Rives Fontane let
ter, in running out parallel between lMr.
Van Buren, aud lfr. Clay. the following
passage occurs.
Try them again BY that STANDARD
which Mr.. Van Buren, himself, in most
elaborate speech delivered in the Senate
of the United States in 1928, declared