The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1847-11-26

erosion; We have visksdy sssalsd the nrssidss
ths castles and the affairs OF Nsxico II robbsl
what tn. who ss,. sessss.1.a 70 Ss this S.S
hh work When the q the Victories Of Pno Ate
take not wa sss
he would himsslf vosnsssr TO- tsss psrt IN q" VA
lie Or his county But would he have Soss a. q be-
had believed that he wss wsging such Mr. Clay
In osnsurina, - be had RICH, 70 do shs folly ee shs
Executive In hastsnins this war, and seemingly lnvikiaG
Invasion and attsek By the m.,oh TO the RIO orAads,
Clay has gone too far and put Mexico sltosvh n tls
BY his speech In opinion hsd out inducemsnta for
Mexico TO withhold the peace he 20 srdsnuy dsesssi
s %
Gus trait In his long life Of patriotic devotion to hh
Thirty years ago Mr.. Clay could Dot hsvs nsAs sash
speech years ago he would not have deoe 81 md
that he should have made 1t at this time, sks s1sr
tunats for his future name, and for the sshisvsnset
the peace he desires. To-
Counter Manifesto OF the clay Party agninss
lsrom the Tribune
Ma. CLAY AND PoyULARirv-That MIR. ClAys gp1eth
right in all Its main features hardly nnd aSy
who denies and think nine tsnths Of tbs read
Ing and rejecting portions this commuuty eonslse
It not merely just and patriotic but timely, necessary
and admirable calculated TO do vast good to the
sro.Isr however, who turns short corner Win SSs:
;t.ts.n.ni. ba. 8 hin: Mr. Clay. chance q ~
being President. Uf there ten persons whe talk
perfectly sure month ago that Mr. Ga, had sS..
Nov" The, ' clay n :' don: q.
and weighy obligations TO honor and eonade
In him they he has rsDdsrsd impossible that the
service snopd ever Do rsguiteA y even acknowiedgsd
the people Of this country absolute beass Have
dictate the principle resist any OF tspsa
ton to sggrsndze Themselves at the expense Of thAr
animation. 1--WE the Wise know Tia, erritoris sssu
sion not desirable and that the territory Of Msxies
adjacent to ours worse than Worthless but
yell plumber Mr. Clay for baking thss sp-
petite. Such the drt Of the policy assumption. sf
uuprinoiplsd persons hero elsewhere who dsgbt
in carnage and soat on oonqueswho forget that Coo
may BIZ succsssfu--wc never doubted Our poles re-
cords and prisons oonclusvsy attest It, But these
Ss WI o ih.r ss
let the other have thing their way, saa
carry tho drftwood along With them, It VIII Of ooSss
thunder and s.usSsr those wso II. Scr -:
and maguanimy speak out ~ they osght, s.d e VII
very appear that the halloo 10 very far IRON
pressing the prevailing sentiment Of the people,
That those who were predetermined 70 condemn Whist
praise and hs.itats drke would improve the pressat
opportunity was to be expected That those who had
resolved that ne snould again % pr0poSeQ tor
president should whisper around that he hes killed hin.
self BY this speson, just as nsturaia part OF the
game But Il at Mir Clay will by his coun'rynso gene
rally be be owed conded In, mofs
because OF that speech have no shsdow Of doubt.
Whom they will select for for Pfesident iesve them
to say In their osn time and maunsr; but that Mr
Clay stronger because Of that sps OBJ and would
date for President because Of It. hsvs manner Of
doubt He could not and never would consent TO be
elected by any Kane letter. swndlv and since he must
take ground where, there other half
good that wLIsh exhibited him Ia Thorough hearty
communion OF sentiment and purnoes with the greet
mass Of the wing party ana Of the sober fntsgsnt
nsotng class from which his main support In say
must come. W. "
Popularity Of the desirable sort comes not to these
who run after H. II Is paradox to say that be-
come truly popular by daring TO be unpopulsrby doing
what conflicts with the popular OF the instsnt but
which events soon show to have been right Here v
Martin Van Buren,, who all his public life was lighting
for popularity and cautiously stunning minortes, yss
who never made himself popular At all The SENATE
jeotng him Minister but he did nothing
for himself Mr. Clay, the otner hand, has fer
had the mass OF those against him who have dear
reason for being the otber and has bssn ss
counted unpopular man. But let the two sliGht
expect+dy In any woods village OF the couutryve
oare not II in Tsxas-and IL would very bS seen
that the popular Ia not him who suoesssively
thrics defatcdtwioe by third parties and irrelevant
issues, when he would have beaten any one msn Who
could have been pitted sgainAt him. Hts vsrtat
mes respect and admire him many whom party disci
pne constrained to vote against him last time DEEPLY re-
GREETED his defeat when and must have
profoundly deplored 1t since, Why then shoud 20 as
sumo that the country not prepared 70 jussos