The State guard., 1848-04-25
WARRINGTON CITy, April Is, ls4s.

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 hear that Mr. Botts last night received letter from Mr. Clay. which from its al- lusions to the "address to the public" rem ders it certain that that paper is genuine. Taylorism, for twenty-four hours before, had undertaken to coax itself into the con- trary, you should know. It was rare fun to see the phunkeyists laying their heads together, and each starting a supposition more monstrous than that of the other to prove that it could not have eminated from under the hand and seal of the embodi- ment. The prevailing impression in both whig and Democratic circles appears to be, that it will as surely have the effect of killing off the gallant Harry as the com mander of the army of occupation, against whom it was doubtless aimed. Even Mr. Clay's warmest friends are mortified at its tone of egotism. Why the personal pro- nouns !, my, and me, are found no less than sixty-seven times in the short half column it occupies in the newspapers of the day! You will perceive that it &C., knowledges tha: federalism proper has been sedulously playing for the abolition and foreign born vote. Of this fact have repeatedly written you, and am therefore glad to find the embodiment himself &C., knowledging the corn.
 do not share in the now common im- pression, that the failure to nominate Clay or Taylor will result in the selection of Scott or Mclean to bear the federal stan- dard. Throwing out of the scale Scott's s pre.eminent stiffness in all not appertain- ing strictly to his profession, and in much of that, his connection with this " unjust, unnecessary, and damnable war;" will be sufficient to warn the federal convention against risking the dissolution of its party, in certain States of the North, by select ing the general. As for Mclean, it is so certain that he can carry neither Tennes- see, North Carolina, Maryland or Ken lucky, that he will hardly be seriously thought of after days consideration in convention. Clayton, and Clayton only, can be their man, as l have often before remarked to you.
 According to custom, of late years, the Senate passed the annual bill to purchase the Madison papers, at price sufficient to afford the good old widow of Ex.President II comfortable support for the balance of her days, if not quite fortune to leave to her heirs. This bill, in plain English, is nation's gratuity. Though there is no warrant for thus disposing ofthe public money, it will be continued as long as the government lasts. It is modest way of following the never-to-be-forgotten coon Congress in the case of the widow Har- rison.
 On Monday evening last, 1 hear, Major Bliss was closeted three hours with Crit tenden, Pendleton of Va., and Stephens of Ga., and that night, or next morning, he started Post haste for Baton Rouge. ha- wing before intended to stay a week long CT in Washington. It is hardly to be doubted that he bears instructions to the commander of the army of occupation from the Expediency le eaders, or, it may be, applications. If they consider the Gen. to have been acting fairly in proclaiming an indisposition to run as a candidate of either party, of course the Major bears a coaxing despatch.
 We had scene this morning in the House between Palfrey and Andrew John- son, the former protesting not to under stand question lately put to him by John son-whether his propensity for negroes would induce him to give his appreciation to match between Cuffee and his daugh- ter-rose to explain his answer then giv- en. He quibbled for some time over the matter, and afterwards Johnson, a matter of fact man, in few words explained the hypocrisy of P.'s pro-negro professions
 The Senate were not in session this morning. B.