Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1848-05-10
Help rne. Cassius, or 1 sink.

The wings of Michigan will never send
for Cassius again. He is firing in the
rear, and will do damage. The following
is an extract from letter which appears
in the N. Y. Courier and Enquirer, adj
dressed to Henry Clay and signed by Cas-
sius M. Clay. There is bitterness in it:
The administration had all the respon-
sibility Of the loss of honor, men, and
money, by the war; our whig generals
reaped all the glory. The success of our
party was certain. The public, with
unannimity never before seen in this coun-
try, locked to one man; a man who. grow
ing too great fer the powers at Washing
ton, was left to perish with handful of
men, before twenty thousand troops in the
enemy's country. But Zachary Taylor
was not the man to die, to accommodate Ell
}ther President Polk or his ally, Santa An
ina! The battle of Buena Vista fixed Gen.
Taylor in the heart of his people. Neither
you, nor the wire-workers Of party, nor
the President, can cause him or his friends
to surrender. The honest old soldier was
generous enough to give a parting COM
pllment to your name, by saying that he
would have preferred you to himself to
lead us on once more to battle. You have
taken him at his word. Immediately your
friends the ''secret circular" under pre-
tence of being ''thc friends of General
Taylor" stab him to the vitals. Then
sharp-sighted patriots found out that Gen.
Taylor was not the choice Of the wings
that this willingness Of the grateful heart
OF the people was all sham affair; in
word, that you would reluctantly consent
to run again I am plain-spoken man,
sir; | tell you, know these men; they
would not have taken this step, without
your consent. 1t is true, this is not fair
play. 1t looks to me like political assas-
sination! Nor will it be cured in the
eyes of all disinterested men, by the spirit
of violence which your friends in Frank
fort, in Baltimore, in Cincinnati and in
New York, have ventured against the
friends of Gen. Taylor and ''the liberty of
speech" The verdict of jury against
your son lately in Kentucky, Dug hit to
teach you and them, that We are not vet
slares, even to Harry Clay.
1t is true, that this is in YOU is deep ingrat-
itude to Gen. Taylor; but you are just play
As Syt 5zsyf telaHss 81 sHs FL or 'aAf tea
| congratulate you upon your determine
ton at last to dcnounce the Native Amer
lean party, TO whom you wrote encourage
ing letters during the last canvass; and
which they were kind enough to sup
press; you can do so with IMMUNITY. The
Native American party is dead! But
whether the memory Of the Irish and 9TH
er foreigners will be as easy in forgetting
wrong, as you are in not remembering a
favor, remains to be seen!
The city election of a democratic Nav,
or in New York, whilst your friends put
The election upon your popularity here,
demonstrates that your name is indeed
''all powerful'' to change wing majority
into minority, at least. Cassius W., TO
Henry Clay.
"Twig' that portion relating to Henry
Clay's Native Americanism TWAS said
i'll 1914 that he had written private letters
to the Native Americans, and the wings
denied it. Cassius knows, and lets tie
secret out. Also, notice the hit at CIay's
son, who has had a judgement rendered
against him for the destruction of Cassi-
us printing office. There is good time
coning,' and no mistake.-Detroit Free
Press.