The North-Carolina standard., 1845-05-07
MATTERS AND THINGS AHEAD e

PreSloeuL-HlakeFS NO sooner are TIRE IeddluS
Wings defeated and set aside by the people from
the high places of the Federal Government, than
some of them, at least, commence the work oi
looking about for available men to be run foT
President and Vice President, in the hope of be-
ing able, upon grounds wholly foreign from the
public welfare, to obtain possession of patronage
and power. In one quarter Henry Clay is a.
gain pressed and held up as the Whig candidate
for I848, while in another, those of his friends
who are discreet, and who fear that this new eff
fort will kill him off, even before the nags are
brought upon the turf, cry out IL IS too sQon--let
us wait and see what Mr.. Polk will do A
Washington correspondent ofthot very shrewd pa
per the New York Herald, writing under date Of
April 22d, says: ...
"First and foremost the magnates of the whig
pary, the wire puers, the public opipion manu-
facturers have determined that John Mclean, Of
Ohio, shall De therandidate of the whig party for
the Presidency in 1S48:
mTbe editor of the Tribune may or NAV not be
in the secret. 1t is, however, fact that the bring
ing forward of Henry Claws name so seoR- after
his recent defeat, is calculated if not intended,
"to kill him off" This has to be done, and will
be done. Daniel Webster has het given up his
aspirations for the Presidency nor has ne gratied
his hatred of the" great embodiment" Ii win not
vet be forgotten that in the endeavor 80 crafty his
hatred, he furnished to Mr.. Wise for Insertion in
his address TO his constituents the fact that Henry
Clay in his compromise bill, had clause express
y yielding the question of protection, and affirm
ing the principles that duries were 10 belaid there
after for revenue purposes only. Mr.. Webster de-
sired by this to rake the protective ground from
under MIR. Clays feet, and so, if possible, to des-
troy his chances for nomination on the protective
hobby, which he desired TO ride himself The at
tempt was unsuccessful, and Mr.. Webster was
compelled very unwillingly to yield his acquies-
cence in and support to ihe nomination of the man
whom he SO bitterly hates" -
The writer alUdes to Mr. Wcbster's love for
reciprocity treaties" and says he talked about
them in the late campaign with the view of de-
eating MIR Clay. He says further: "At the
next session of Congress, when the Zoll Verein
treaty comes to be acted upon, Daniel Webster
will be found in support of it. The way has been
prepared, the indications have appeared and the
Zol Verein treaty Of reciprocity will be confirm
cd This will open the door to, and will be fol-,
lowed by, treaties of the same sort with other
powers, and also very probably by revision Of
the tariff and the reduction of its duties to
revenue standard. THss eOiH the tariff question
be settled, and Henry Clay, as IS expected, along
aruh IT," Henry Clay was scttLed' last fall
but hope and confidently believe the tariff will
be revised and modified at the next session What
ever may betide the country, we pray God that
Daniel Webster may never be its President
But the Herald brings forward the candidates
Of the Wing party for 1S49. He says:
"Now, have said that John Mclean has been
decided upon fer the wing candidate for the next
Presidential race. Ii is even so. Daniel Webster
is 10 kill off henry Clay BY operation on the tariff
as above. John Mclean has the prestige of hav-
ing been in the Cabinet Of General Jackson. at The
head of The Post Office Department, and of having
conducted that department with great efficiency.
He IS, is to be, anti-baHk. In short time you
may expect 10 see letter from him brought out in
that way, which politicians and wire puIIers so
well know. taking ground against the bank. which
is truly, as the god-ke Daniel once observed, {" an
obsolete idea" There is another nail in Henry
Cl1y's political coffin, manufactured by the cleo
'Ion Of III. Previously, however, most probably,
TO the publication Of this letter from Mr.. Mclean,
a nomination will be made bV some of the State
Legislatures, which will probably be made the oc-
caSon for It's seeing the light. This would have
been the case ere now, but that the Ohio Legisa-
'"re was afraid TO obey the behests of the mag
mates which were forwarded from this city while
;; was IN session. y rs fact that orders lceTe
sent to the Legislature (the 1ohig porti6n of
~0urse) 10 nominate J1dge Mclean for Presi-
tent, 0nd Wr. Azangum. Of .Norh Carolina for |
; ICE President. Similar orders were sent 10 the |
North Carolina Legislature, but it too, wanted !
nerve, and the nomlna tions were not made. They !
VIII, however, be made. Mr. Mangun is the on
" prominent Southern whig who can carry his
Stale. and therefore he bad been selected as the
candidate for Vice President Expect therefore, /!
IN short time from him, letter in favor of the
of Texas. /
This then, is the game. Judge Mclean is to
'e the whig candidate for President. He is anti !
'ank; He Is popular. He has left no tracks,
which can be traced TO his disadvantage. He
viii, besides, after his nomination, come out in f-
For of revenue tarf-in fact, free-trader !
Thus, With all these advantages, he may, and in
Iced probably WILL be e,ected. --Thete-is d large
part OF the democratic party which cares not for
1arty ties, andf Mclean be nominated, unless
he democrats should put up more thorough going
ree-traGeT, and more popular man, these men
will vote for Mclean, and elect him, as they did
General Harrison. With Mclean and Mangum /
IS their candidates. and by taking the groand from
under the democrats the wbgs fully expect to sue
eeed, and if so, then Webster will beFthe master
spirit OF the administration, and viii do his utmost
10 carry out his policy TO make himself popular and
gain position from which ne can make suTe of
The succession. These, | assure YOU, are 1he in
tentlons OF the whig party-o father of the: wire
pullers who act ass and for the whig party, and to-
The accomplishment Of these ends Daniel Web !
ster and his colleagues will lend their energies"
The candidates. then, accordihg'te the Herald,
are to be John Mclean and Willie p Mangum; |
and the latter is to come forward in favor of Tex
as annexation and to vote for it at the next session.
# necessary. We have no doubt that many a
leading Whig who opposed this vital measure,
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