The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1847-09-04

J MON.
| Mr.. Clay In the field .gsin-on condition.
| We copy the following article entire Notwithstanding
its lengthy from the New York Tribune of yesterday,
showing the stand which Mr. Clay and his "inau-
entail friends in the wing party now assume The
country will learn, without the least SURPRISE that Mr.
Clay quite ready to for the presidency,
and upon condition, that all the people shall call
upon him to do Nay, more both he and his friends
willing to 'pai" little phle to see if all the
people will not give him such call Really it would
if wing politics did not improve the modesty OF
after he may have been defeated
some hall dozen times Yet, after all, there may be
wisdom in Mr. Clays attitude in this matter. Fail
ing SO many times to be President as the nominee Of
party claiming to be at least half the number and sail the
decency OF the people, he thinks his chance might
be somewhat better if all the people should nominate
him. Maybe it would. Though the force of habit is
great and Mr. Clay has dreadful habit of being beaten
lie might fail even then However, is consolng to
know that his influential friends willing to swat"
(perhaps till the wing convention is about to meet) and
see how the elections CO. and how the land lies
One thing we hold for certain: Mr.. Clays friends will
get the call OF the "whole people" for Mr. Clay Just
about they prove that his course during
the later years OF his political life, and especially about
the time of the memorable Twenty Seventh Congress,
has been in harmony with the old democracy of Jeer-
son and Madison"
But to the article in question, with only one word
more. The Tribune says that Mr. Clay wants the "vr-
mol, cal, of tho country 10 Tho, ;oun, , CO. A..
;, -, ~
ne Wouiu hot NC sausheu WIN tne CdH-Vlrtual or
not-of only the ayhe norton of the countrv3 That
has been The case always as we have seen
The Presidency In Is4s-Mr CLAW
ssrrhs Jrron ana i,s ,oco c,oo .I;.s ,,,I -:,;.
Nr CLAW unon an ELECTROMAGNETIC our Er snch sactooo
would give them hopes of jealouses and hearburnngs
and collisions among the wings But they are destined
,xpeehGe no sucn Salihcatoil we koI hat Mr. Clay,
uhich ba Ill NO, reare, fr he o,a sa, tLo CANVASS,
regretted it for his counry's came unh.sitatnov and IN
SANITY the determination again be candidate for
he presidency unless in the progress OF events the whole
people Oh me United Suies' party distinctions,
lie INDUCED NOT he slightest That This would
ever happen and he fully made III his mind that unless il
should happen he would remain forever in the retirement
that was SO dear to hi-that he would never, under
;ucuhstances, pass unoush announcer Poiucal CONNECT
now He viii n be candidate for a 1e cbef
called to the hoh Office hv the General anca ,io
all parties and he well he is not called to
by any such exclamation ow."-LouispHe Journal.
Remarks by the Neto York I'16uneThe appearance Of
md general currency given the foregoing paragraphs
demand some notice on behalf that large body of
Wigs in this quarter, who have yet surrendered their
nope that Mr. Clay may be the President of the Union
and who cannot take interest in discussions of the
claims OF other wings to that high station long this
nope remains to them. Having enjoyed opportuni-
for becoming acquainted with their views we offer the
following remarks-not merely mainly as the express
sion of our sentiments, but substantially those OF
many wings whose intelligence experience, and Just
claims public confidence render them worthy of some
hing more than passing regard.
Had Mr.. Clay been fairly and decisvely beaten in 1874
lis ed in t,e ri
that selfrespect and Difference the popular iudp
would counsel and his peremptory refusal
henceforth to be candidate for the presidency But
he so beaten! Consider the peculiar conjunction of
PERSONAL interests in the Texas with nveteate par
prejudice in many of those who, under other circum-
ances would have been most vociieous in denounc ing
he Texas inquity and its conversconsder the delbe
ate fraud pacsed upon Pennsylvania through the Kane
eer-he gross deception of the western Hospurs by the
oanore resolve In favor OF 1.-THE reoccupation of Ore.
son, our title to the whole" OF which proclaimed
clear ana the terrible injury done
o Mr. Clay by the native American agitation and the gen.
ral naturalization OF aliens and concentration of their
'otes against h'm IN consequence--consder the studied
ma almost total silence OF Mr. Cs adversares in
'e ana o'hers with regard to the Texas issue, their
pledges, through mass meeting resolutions, that Texas
'houiu not De admitted without guarantees of equality
"ere tue iee ana ie slave otates-consder the
use aue " LUG uin'ng Vi oiiaS wright distinguished for
us ieA'' as governor the fatal di-
~ ~ is'h ~ ''s Hliie aohe Oh lo'oOo voters OF
'" ' 'o'' p,o' '"o ieaoersl preferred clay to Folk
n"'' WIN every PoSsiple nakeweight against
lay ho was ye' oeaeh by only D, l0o votes OF the
-. o'i thousands Oh illegal votes
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