Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1844-11-22
BOSTON CORRESPONDENCE.
Bostos, Monday, November 18th.


james X. Polk is to succeed John Tyler. As the
smoke q the contest clears away, and the shouts of
the vctors and the groans of the vanqushed are no
longer heard, it is we'll to consider how our oppo-
nents have trumphed That Henry Clay, the
greatest living statesman our country can boast and
possessing every qualification that would adorn the
Presidential office, should be beaten by james X
Polk, man VIGOROUSLY unworthy and unfit for that
high station, is most surprising. But when we
consider by what means Mr. Clay has been defeat
ed, and by whose votes Mr. Polk has been elected,
we wonder less. If american citizens could have
chosen President, Mr. Clay would have been the
man. and though he has not been successful it is
more honor to have received such support he
has, than to be made President by the votes Of
foreign rabble who know nothing of the principles
involved in the contest, who have not a single
American feeling about them, and who acknowI-
edge allegiance TO foreign Pontilf Mr. Clay has
received noble support from his friends, and
man can boast Of so many and SO warm friends. It
is to be deeply regretted that he has been defeated
He would have given us administration worthy
of the Republic His pre-einnent talents, his long
experience, his tried PATRIOTISM aud the energy Of
his character all render him worthy 10 be the chief
magistrate of this Union. Success could add no.
thing to his fame, nor can defeat detract from it,
His is zone of the few immortal names that was
not born to die, and il will be remembered with
admiration when those who have trumphed over
him have passed away. He loses nothing by de-
feat, he stands unscathed like the tall and pillar
Allegheny His country is the loser. Though
his wisdom is not to guide the councils of the ma
ton, he will be looked up 10 by thousands as the
greatest statesman of the age. Next after him
who has never been equaled,' his fame will rank,
and so long as America shall last his name will be
remembered with pride and admiration by his coun-
trymen. For one, | am proud that 1 have been
able to give him my vote. He will yet live down
his vile calumnators, and in retirement thousands
will say COP BLESS THE NOBLE HARRY
The election of Mr. Polk is n triumph of the
friends of dsunion in which the anti.tariff nullif-
cation clique, and the ultra abolitionsts may claim
an equal share The southern slave interest nomi-
mated him, and northern abotonists have elected
him. IL the slave holding territory of this Union
is extended as TO embrace Texas, the thousands
of human beings who will be toiing in bondage,
will have nobody to thank for their chains, but
their friends, the Liberty Party Of the north AL
though Mr. Polk has succeeded, he will be in a mi
nority, and his plurality over MIR Clay will be very
small In New York. where the vote is half
a million, Mr. Polk leads Mr. Clay less than five
thousand and so in Pennsylvania The majority
against MIR Polk in this state exceeds his maorties
in the three great States New York, Pennsy lvania,
and Virginia, and Vermont gives MIR Clay as large
a majority the two largest States in the Union
give MIR Polk. The very means by which our OPP
ponents have triumphed will prove their downfall
Mr. Polk has been represented 'as all things to all
men, At the South it has been Free Trade anti
Tariff, and Texas AT the north it has been the
Tariff, and Protection to all. South Carolina has
voted for him free trade man and opposed to the
tariff, while Pennsylvania has been carried by rep
resentng him friendly TO protection, aud more Of
a tariff man than Mr. Clay. This was their only
chance Of success in that State Every one, from
Senator Buchanan down to the lowest tool in the
party have not hesitated to palm off this deception
and falsehood upon the people of chat State. Nir-
ginia and the other Southern States, have support
ed him as the avowed champion of the annexation
scheme, while the New York Evening Post claims
his success in that State as a triumph of those who
are against annexng Texas. All these different ia
ces have answered for electioneerng purposes but
they will not be so easily got when Mr. Polk is
in power South Carolina and her allies viii insist
on the repeal of the tariff, and nothing will suit
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protection. Pennsylvania will claim ample protec-
ton for her vast manufacturing interests. Virgin
ia will clamor for Texas, and New York will protes,
against it. 1t will be hard to reconcile all these
discordant factions, and MIR Polk will find it ex-
tremely difficult To sit on two stools at the
time But if the anti-tarff and Texas party were
strong enough to defeat Mr. Van Buren, and nomi-
nate Mr. Polk, there is too much reason to fear that
they will have every thing their way. But,
thank Heaven, the strong arm of Wing Senate is
between James X. Polk and the consummation Of
the mischief he has been selected to accomplish
! Our opponents could never have succeeded, even
with the help of their ally, Birney and his follow
ers but for the thousands of foreign and illegal
votes that have been given for Mr. Polk. More than
10000 foreigners have been naturalzed in the State
of New York within the past year, and every man
knows that at least nine-tentls of them have gone
with the Locofocos. 1t has been so in every state,
The vile ISLANDERS and outrageous falsehoods which
have been circulated against the private character
of Mr. Clay, have not been without their effect
One great object with the opposite party has been
to array the poor against the rich, and they have
succeeded in making the laborer believe that the
profits of the manufacturers were wrung from his
hard toll. If the tariff should be repealed and
these men turned out of employment they would
soon starve back to their If none but those
who have voted for MIR Polk would suffer, wish
them no worse than that they might enjoy the full
benefit of Locofoco measures for four years. Let
the tariff be repealed and the sub treasury revived,
that measure which they have been SO careful to
keep of sight during the recent canvass, Texas
annexed all internal improvements suspended and
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