Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1848-04-26

as you had always avoWed Just the opposite
doctrine: but as you wrote to me "go on
good Cass;~s," I thought at last all thiags
would come out right. This, however was
. small affair between you and me, and our
abolition friends. But all at once you
came out in your Alabama letter; when
you would mot reject a permanent acqui-
sst'o'' cf territory on account Of tempo
rary institution"' This was very dif.
ferent affair. 1t lay at the foundation Of
the whole contest. You s'changed 'front.'"
The wings Of the North were di.gusted.
They had nothing left TO contend for. The
battle was lost. We felt our country's
wounds in your person. We paid your
debts, we condoled with you in your re.
tirement once more, and raised monuments
to your memory! Once more the excuses
Of the Democratic party, began to exhibit
themselves. The unconstitutional annex
alton of Texas, and the Presidential war,
began to stir the souls Of indignant freemen.
Seeing that we were in a minority, and
without the sympathies Of the people
having experience that peace party can
never have the confidence Of Republic
during raging war-our 4uise whig lead.
ers voted supplies, and the wings turned
out to the war, and once more we steadily
brought ourselves up from a minority where
you had again left us, into majority.
The Administration had all the. response
bility Of the loss Of honor, men, and money,
by the war; our Wing generals reaped the
glory. The success Of our party was GER
tain. The public, with unanimity never
before seen in this country, looked to one
man; man who, growing too great for
the powers at w asiiington, was left to per-
ish with handful of men before twenty
thousand troops in the enemy's country.
But ZACHARY TAYLOR was not the man
70 die, to accommodate President Polk or
his ally Santa Anna! The battle Of Buena
Vista fixed General Taylor in the hearts
of this people,! Neither you, nor the
wire-workers Of party, nor the President,
can cause him or his friends to ':surren-
der" The honest old soldier was gener.
Gus enough to give q parting complimen,
to your name, by saying he would have
preferred you to himself to lead US on once
more to, the bnatle. You have taken him
at his word! Immediately your friends OF
the "secret circular" under the preience
Of being ''the friends Of General Taylor %
stab him to the vitals. Then, sharp. sight.
ed patriots found out that General Z ny lor
was not the choice Of the Whigs-that this
willingness Of the grateful heart Of the peo.
pie was oil "a shana affair: in word, that
yoss sUo.lH again reluctantly consent !to
run again! IT is true this is not fair playi
1t looks to me like political assassination!
Nor will It be cured in the syes Of oil dis.
interested men, by the spirit of violence,
which your friends in Frankfort-in Balti'
more-in Cincinnati-and in New York
have vsntured against the friends Of Taylor
and ''the liberty Of speech" The yerdic
of a jury against your son lately in Ken
tvcky, ought TO teach you and them, that We
are not yet slaves even 10 Henry Clay.
It is true that this is in you deep tn
gratitude to Gen. Taylor; but you are
just playing out your lifelong game: for
when did ever HENRY CLAY }pare an ene-
my or friend? | congratulate you upon
your determination at last to denouncs the
Native American party, to whom you
wrote encouraging letters during the. last
canvass; and which they were kind enough
to suppress; you can Do, 80. with impunily
The Native American party is dead! But
whether the memory Of Irish and other
foreigners will be as easy in forgetting a
sorong as you are in remembering taror,
remains to be seen! Space compels me to
pass over the long roll Of your sel.adyoea-
cy, and eonfine myselfto two specifications.
You seem to think that Ohio will not 60
for any Zone residing in the Slave States"
but yeu; and that New York would more
nrfu uscNx, has .,oko. .h,v
any othor candidate"
Ohio went for you BY the Western Re-
serve vote, which assisted in getting for
you. because you were suspected Of truth
in declaiming against Slavery! | had too
much respect for your talents to suppose
that you would again attempt the same
shallow game! No, your Judas faced rese-
lutions at Lexington, deceive no longer the
blindest "fanatics." Besides, if the free
North would not take you when the ques-
ton was Clay and no slaue territory, will
they take the issue which you coyertly ten
der them, Clay and NO FREE TERRIToRY?
With regard to New York, you seem
strangely to have forgotten the fact, that
the whig members Of the legislature have
declared that the State will go for s'any
other whig," to close the mouths Of your
partiznns here! The city election Of
democratic Mayor in New York, whilst
your friends put the election upon your
popularity here, demonstrates that your
name is indeed 'sali powerful to change
a whig majority into minority at least!
If the Wing party are capable Of learning,
in this, they will read the future! / know
the strength Of party organization, and the
desperation Of those who have life estates
in your person.-You may succeed in
pushing Webster, and Mclean, and Sew
ard, and Corwin, and Scott, and others
from the track once more-the dagger Of
your 'ssecret' committee and your public
inquisitors may kill off Gen. Taylor, just
,soao-but the deceiver may be himself de-
ceived!-Yes, Henry Clay can never be
President Of these States! zs@. a-r.
- have the honor to subscribe myself
ersr a Wing, and your obd't servant,
-.--.. .,..-.-... c.. M. CLAY.
IRKLAND.-The Dublin Nation 10 filled
with stirring appeals TO the people in favor
of a revolution. In an article on this sub