The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1847-11-06

and again to take up their candidate the Sage of Ash
land But there is another significant sign Of the times
even more emphatic than this it is the following
editorial article from the Lexington (Ky) Observer Of
Saturday last Who the significant tone which il
empoys-who can recolect the theatre from which this
oracle utters its revelaons-and not see beneath all
this verbage the plan of the wing campaign, and
who can doubt the authoritative source from which
1t borows ITS emanatons' 1t is the idol behind
the curtain which is working the wires; and there
fore we feel difficulty in believing that. in all proba-
bty, Mr. Clay be brought again into the field as
the candidate OF the wing party and the champion OF
their faith and that Pao Alto and Resaca de la Palma
must now ''pale their Intellectual fires" We have no
time for the structures which this extraordinary
pronunciamento is calculated to call forth Let the
reader con the article carefully and Judge for himself
Does he doubt its meaning any more than we do'
| From the Lexington (Ky) Observer
We transfer columns to-day an article from the
Nashville Wing of the 2ls inst headed Positions of Gen
Taylor and Mr. Clay with regard the Presidency" on
which we feel ourselves called upon make observa-
tons We begin by expressing regret any compare
son of the conditions of those gentlemen should have
been instituted, and deprecate all discussion among
her friends as to their respective merits prospects, and
preensions We believe that the friends of the one gene
rally are the friends OF the other and should depore as
most unfortunate any collisions among them
The respectable editor of the Nashville Wing has en-
deavored to prove first that the conditions of Gen Tvlor
now and Of Gen Washington when was first elected to
the presidency exactly analogods and secondly up-
on the ground of declarations attributed Mr. Clay that he
cannot possibly become candidate the presidential Of
hce Whether there is any similarity in the situation of
Gen. Taylor and that of Gen Washington, depend
the fact of the of the country at the time that
Gen Washington was first elected President its present
state AT that time there parties existing in the
country as to the policy which should govern the admins
ration OF the general government The nation was not d.
vded into two great parties upon the questions of the pro-
ectve policy, OF the improvement rivers and harbors
oil the ubeasuy, of having the currency for the
people and the government of the Mexican war and
OF the other questions which separate them
Then, the only parties the federal and the an
tl-iedeal-;hose who were for, and those who were
against the adoption of the federal constitution Parties
did not arise asto the in which the instrument
itself should be administered, until during the first and
more particularly during the second of Gen. Wash
ingons administration There was therefore,
for Gen. Washington prior to his entering into Office to be
Intercepted, commit himself any particular
measure of policy which the government when put into
operation, might adopt There had been no general dis
cusson agitation among the people any meas
ure All was blank leaf, be filed up by the policy
which the government might subsequently establish. Now
the is totally different the whole been di-
vded more than twenty into two great parties
leading measures of great national policy And il the
venerated Washington himself were arise from the
dead that he could be elected Pre- sdent
without satisfactory knowledge Of his real opinions
as to those
We think that the Nashville Wing msinerprets the ex-
tracts from the letters of General Washington which has
quoted We believe that when he that if he goes into
office, she will untettered by promisesthat she will
go to the chair under Encouragement of any kind
nature whatsoever" and shat he had determined to 90
free from all positive engagements of every what
soever-hat he meant that he would enter office free
from any pledge or promise in relation appointments Or
nrotpr OnfTc III L.
lie measures when there had been no discussion or dvs
ion among the people as to any such measures fhe did
intend to alude to public measures he must have meant
that he would not commit himself individuals with re-.
gard to them and not that he would commit himself
the nation, he had been called upon by that to disclose
his opinions
The editor of the Nashville Wing proceeds to establish
that Mr.. Clay again can be a candidate for the
chief magistracy unless called to that high Office by
clamation of all parties The proof this position de-
rived from two articles in highly respectable newspapers
quoted by the Wing. Nothing is produced under MIR
Clay's own hand And although we have perfect conf
dence in the fair intentions of the respective editors
two articles, disposed believe that stronger
more forcble language has been attributed Mr. Clay by
mistake, than he ever employed We cannot think that
Mr. Clay ever said, in that he would consent to
be candidate for the chief gstracy unless called to the
high Office by the general reclamation of all parties"
If that had been his determination, he would have at
once announced that in no contingency whatever would
he ever consent to the of his again as cand
date For Mr. Clay is too good Judge of human nature
and Of parties to suppose that either he any other living
man will be ever called to the presidency by the accla
nation of all parties. Yet believe that Mr. Clay has no
expectation. personally, any desire be candidate
and that if he yielded his consent to having his name
again brought forward, il would be under conditions thar
would extort from all candid the conviction that il
was matter of duty his part assent to such use of
his
We think it much easier prove that Gen Taylor never
can consent to the of his as candidate for the
presidency than, as the Wing has attempted to prove tha,
M Clay never can be candidate And the proof ,s IN
en Taylor rests upon what he has said in his own lar,
guage over his own signature and not in the case of
M Clay upon purposes and intentions attributed to him
by Others Thus, he says in of the letters quoted bv
the Whig If ever fill that high Office it must be nm
ira mmeled with party obligations interests of any kind
Again, in another, he says "Should ever occupy the
White House, be by the spontaneous move of the
people, In third letter, he says. will not be the
candidate of any party clique" Aud the last letter
he repeats the declaration that he will be the candidate
of party. We ask the Whig in all candor if it believes
that the conditions which Gen. Taylor has himself pre-
scrbed do exist or likely to exist he think that
mere VIII 10 any spontaneous movement of the whole
people OF the United States to elect him Does he believe
that both parties or the great body Of both parties will
unite In MS eeconl Is he not perfectly sure that the
other party will have its candidate9 Is he not eounv
sure that, If Gen. Taylor becomes andate he must be
by the nomination of the whg party! And if he has only
the nomination OF that party how he accept it, aer
his declaration " that will be the candidate of anv
party clique 7"
We can assure friends Of The Whig that although some
months ago, there ew Of the other party IN this region
pho manifested a disposition topwport Gen TAYLOR they
hare disappeared not caig like birds of passage for
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