New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1848-09-21

,r,,..,i - v,I,r,,.,. do nelf We watch with
some curiosity but with no Othef ieenns' 'u 80
movements Oi the petty chgae Of Iaouyu' a. T.,
con.oirators against the Wing parry VINO naFe 'a'I1
.ndesyo,ed 10 cloak their designs under the guise OIL
devotion 10 HENRY CLAY That great statesman an ]
re Vbig has very distinctly put ne jpDt upon tni
,,eo, 10 dsgrace him for the igno0e purpose Of graf
I,ying private msce-and that, too BY men VINO nave
long claimed - be his frieads
~ We copy the above paragraph from the
Editorial columns OF the last Courier and EHqatrer
in order TO bring it 10 the notice Of the discreet
friends Of Gen Taylor, and ask them whether they
think such language calculated 10 aid the election
OF their candidate, and whether they deem u
ooItic 70 have such sentiments disseminated ana
quoted as Tayl0r sentiments with regard 70 the
devoted friends OF Henry Clay We have allowed
very much like this, including gross aud abusive
personalities to pass Ia silence, hoping that tne
p1yate erudges OF the writer would soon be sa
tiated. and his denunciatOns and ACCUSATIONS De
,bepeeorward forborne But they are still con-
timed. and implied, and aggravated The long
and bitter iorav on Willis Hall. Dudley seIden
and Josepb l. White. which seemed expressly
calculated 10 drive Clay votes to anybody a.
against Taylor was enough 10 glut the ierocty oil
any one man. Bat yesterday we bad the name
Of Nicholas Carroll paraded before the readers Of
the Courier upon no apparent excuse Dut win
gross insnustions to his prejudice and apparently
for the mere purpose Of gratifying personal
spite. Who is the next customer
To say that these attacks are in bad taste would
be very tame That the Editor Of the Conner and
Eu1uirer should accuse men known and honored
in this community as being governed in their pc.
ltical course by the most sordid and selfish
rnotives-of conspiring 10 defeat and destroy the
Wing party because their ohce-huntng combina.
tons were frustrated-and especially to charge
Dudley Selden with throwing a sudden and sus
picous summerset from hostility to advocacy Of
the United States Bank-could anything be more
preposterously maladroit But that IS his per
sonal concern: while the onslaught in question
was replete with less obvious but still most obiec
tionable inuendoes When the Courier says that
Messrs Hall and White chung to Mr.. Clay only or
mainly because they kaer whom he would appoint
District Attorney &c.--what is this but charging
in an underhand way that Henry Clay had prom
issd those Offices even before he was nominated
If not in order to secure such nomination Does
any Wing believe this Let the man step forth
who is SO brazen as to assert that he believes
Henry Clay has promised Offices IN anticipation o.
his acquiring the Presidency, and that this is the
cause of the devotion wherewith he is regarded by
such men as Wi lhs Hall.
We have known something OF the prominent
Wings Of our State through the last ten or twelve
years and we know no man among them who's,
nature aud hie were better fitted to repel sucl
accusations than wnns Han Generous, hel
minded and sternly upright-a fast friend and
magnanimous adversary-we believe be has not a
!. enemy ON earth who could imagine him capable o
! such mercenary and iactous course as Is charged
mon him by the Courier II any man, know lns
y Willis Hall can credit any such imputatlons, vi
pty that man. He may well fear being left 10
his own society.
We pass no Judgment here on the wisdom o
policy OF the recent movement TO bring out Mr.
Clay as Whis candidate for President at tn,
eleventh hour We were in no manner consultet
nor informed with regard to IT, being at the tim,
far from the City We have no doubt that 1t ha'
essentially aided Gen Taylor, by stimulating the
zeal OF his supporters and overriding the apathy o
repugnance OF many who had hitherto stood aloo
from him. Mr. Clays explicit and peremptoN
withdrawal of his name from the canvass has re
conciled many to Taylor who were fully resolved
not TO support any other while there was chance
OF voting for MIR. Clay Bat there are tens o
thousands now inclined 70 vote for Taylor who art
still devoted heart aud soul to Henry Clay, anC
who may yet be repealed by Taylor attacks on Mr.
Clays prominent and devoted friends. Every
word uttered against these sounds like denun
citation OF Clayism by the powers that are TO be
aud tends to ALLEVIATE and distract. Unless there
is apprehension OF the Taylor party becoming in
conveniently large, 1t will be well to have the
Couriers slashers intermiited hereafter, or di
rected az ainst some one else than the fast friends
OF Henry Clay.