Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1848-04-28

out in your Alabama letter; when you would
" not reject a permanent acquisition of teri.
tory on account of a temporary institution ~
THIS was a very different affair. 1t lay at the
foundation of the whole contest. You ''chan-
| ged 'front.' The Wings OF the North were
disguised. They had nothing left TO con-
tend for. The battle was lost. We felt our
country wounds in your person. We paid
your debts, we condoled with you in your re-
titement once more, and raised monuments
to your memory Once more the excuses
Of the Democratic party, began to exhibit
themselves. The demonstrations annpxa-
ton of TtXas, and the Presidential war, be.
gan to stir the souls Of indignant lieemen.-
Seeing that we were in a minority, and with
out the sympathies of the people-having ex-
perience that a peace party can never have
the confidence OF a Republic, during a raging
war-our - wise" Wing leaders voted sup
plies, and the Wings turned out to the war,
and once more we steadily brought ourselves
up from a minority wheUe you had again left
US int a majority.
The Administration had nj the response
bilty Of the loss OF honor, men and money,
by the war; our Wing generals reaped all the
glory. The success OF the party was certain.
The public, with a unanimity never before
seen in this country, looked to one mau; a
man who, growing too great for the powers
at Washington, was left to perish with a hand
full Of men before twenty thousand troops in
the enemy's country. But ZACHARY TAY-
LoR was not The man 10 die, 10 accommodate
either President Polk, or his ally Santa An
ma! The battle of Buena Vista fixed Gene
raj Taylor in the hearts Of this peopie! Nei-
Their you nor the wire-wotkers OF party, nor
the President can cause him or his friends to
- surrender''! The honest old soldier was
generous enough 10 give a parting compli-
ment to your name, by saying he would have
preferred you TO himself to lead US on once
more to the battle. You have taken him at
his word! Immediately your friends of the
- secret circular under the pretenca of be-
ing 1.-THE friends Of General Taylor" stab
! him to the vitals. Then, sharp-sightcG pa
triots found out that Gen. Taylor was not
the choice Of the Whigs-llat Ibis willing
nsss of the grateful heat of the people was
all a sham affair: in a word, that yOu W0UM
reluctantly consent to run again! | am a plain
spoken man, sir; | tell you | know these
men; they would not have ventured TO take
this step With0ut .your consent! 1t is true
this is not fair play. 1t looks to me like po-
litical assassination. Nor will it be cured in
the eyes OF all diSinterested men by the spirit
Of ]vi0ience, which your friends in Frankfort
in Baltimore-in Cincinnati-and in New
York, have ventured against the friends of
Taylor and "the Liberty IF speech" The
verdict Of a jury against your son lately in
Kentucky, ought to teach you and them,
that we are not yet S%lqUcs, even 10 Henry
Clay.
Ii is true that this is in you deep ingrati-
tude 10 Gen. Taylor; for when did ever Hen
ry Clay sparc an enemy or a friend? con-
graduate you upon your determination at last
to denounce 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 so with i'm
punity. The Native American party is dead.
But whether the memory of the Irish and
other foreigners will be as easy in forgetting
a wrong as you are in not remembering ia
ror, remains 10 be scent! Space %compels me
TO pass over the long roll of your self-advo-
cacy and conine myself 10 two specifications.
You seem 10 think that Ohio will not go for
any "one residing in the Slave States" but
you; and that New York would more GER
lainly bestow her vote on you than any 9TH
Ell candidate"
Ohio went for you by the Western Reserve
vote, which ] assisted in getting for you be-
cause you were SuST ecied If truth, in declaim-
ing against Slavery! | had too much respect
for your talents TO suppose that you would
again attempt the same shallow game! No,
your Janus.iaced resolutions at Lexington,
deceive no longer the blindest " fanatics. "
Besides, if the free North would not take you
when the question was clay and no Stare ter
riiOry, will they take the issue which you
covertly tender them, Clay and no free terri
tOry:?
With regard TO New York, you seem
strangely to have forgotten the fact that the
Wing members of the Legislature have de-
clared that The State will 20 for "any other
Whig,' to close the mouths Of your partizans
here The city election Of a Democratic
Mayor in New York, whist your friends put
the election upon your popularity here, dem
onstrates that your, Ume is indeed "all pow
erfur' to change a Wing majority into a mi
nority at least! If the Wing party are capa-
BILE Of learning, in this, they will read the
future. ! know the strength Of party organi-
cation, 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 others from the track
once more-ihe dagger of your : secret COM
miftee and your public inguiSitors may kill of
Gen. Taylor, just n0w-but The deceIver may
be himself deceived! Yes, Henry Clay car
never be President of these States!
| have the honor TO subscribe myself,
euer a Wing, and your obd't serv't,
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