Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1848-03-31

lowed Tor Clay, while the Bennington Banner prefers
. old Rough and Ready" The candidates are iorlu
nate IN having such powerful advocates as either OF
these papers, and SO long they conne themselves
70 panegyrcs upon their respective tavorites, they WIN
deserve the thanks Of the Wing party; but rhcn they
sscE 20 gre prominence TO one by dcfdming Others Of
MeT J'cnds, they become the tc0rst enemies OF their
own party Within this Imitation the expression Of
preferences seems to useful and proper. Let us
tedtc 10 political dducrsdrics, chO are eucr apt and
ready at ii, The task of caiumny and derdction, or Of
Wsttutins odius comparisons.
we hope our contemporary had no design to
msrepresent us. We are quite sure it is inca
pable of such purpose But the sentences,
above, that we have marked in italicsdo so, most
empllatically. We have never breathed word
in disparagcment of Judge MCLEAN, for whom
we entertain the highest respect nor have we
seen in the Waterman, a syllable derogatory to
Mr. CLAY. We know, on the contrary, that
the Waterman and ourselves cordially agree in
our opinions of these eminent Wing Statesmen.
IL Cossius NJ. Clay, who was among the
first to buckle on his sword, and carry the war
jnto Mexico for the benefit of Slavery, has writ
In letter to the N. Y. Courier d. Enquirer,
lin which he takes ground against the nomina-
ton of HENRY CLAY, by the Wing National
Convention, as the said Cassius sagaciously
thinks, he "cannot be elected" ndwhy, friends
of freedom and humanity at the North, ,chy does
this blunderbuss Of a Taylor-man think Mr.
CLAY cannot be elected Because, he says,
"Mr. Clay's advocates are driven off BY HIS MAR
ROW BASIS OF a TREATY, AND HIS ANTI-wAR
TONE" Let this be remembered in the free
Norll--I.et it be noted that this famous anti
slavery reasoner and pro-slavcry fighter, Cassius
W. Cay, opposes the nomination of the foremost
man in the Republic, because he 0lESRy CLAy)
was opposed to the acquisition of foot of Mex
lean territory upon which to build up the ac-
cursed system of American Slavery, (rnls is his
" narrow basis of Trcaty''), and was opposed
to this miserable war, both in the beginning and
end These are not the opinions for which
Henry CLAY is to be condemned at the NORTH.
Northern Wings are not yet tired of hearing
Aristidcs called "the JUST" and will refuse to
ostracise him for the sake of making way for his
military rival. Henry CLAY is truc-hcarted,
clcar-headed, straightforward WING, who is al
ways known to opinions on all greatmeasures
of National concern, and is always ready frank
y and fearlcssly, to avow them. lie is a Wing
after our own hearts--we love him for his prin-
cpes, and, more than all, for his unhesitating
avowal of them at all appropriate times and
places. We support him the more ardently be-
cause he nerer fears to commit himsey--lie
thinks this war unconstitutonally commenced
odous and UNJUST andhe says so. lie thinks we
should not be cursed by the acquisition OF foot
of Mexican Territory by means of an aggressive
War and he says so. He thinks Slavery a
wrong, an evil, and reproach to the American
people, that it should not be permitted in any
Territory we may acquire, and that all practica.
BILE steps should be taken for its abolition every.
where and he says so. Regardless of human
opinion, and careless Of short-lved motives Of
policy, at the North or the South or the East OF
the West, he ACTS UP TO HIS PRINCIPLES like a
Christian man and a Patriot. And, THEREFORE,,
we will never surrender our attachment or our
prcfcnce for HENRY CLAY. We feel our
own self-respect increased when we support such
a man. We feel that we thus do justice to the
honesty and the dignity of our principles. Yer.
mont is Clay State by birth and by inheritance
Her unconquerable attachment to Wing Princi.
pies makes her so. She cares less for mere me-,
than any State in the Union. No man car
count upon her support who does not come
square up to her Politics. And she prefers Hen.
RY CLAY because he does that very thing!
II our advice were worth any thing it would
be that this Mr.. Cassius NJ. Clay, should lei
President-making alone, and re-enlst to fight the
future wars of Slavery in Mexico. lie has passet
one campaign prisoner in 1.-THE Halls of The
Montezumas," and is now an applicant, in III
Halls Of Congress, for remuneration for his ''hm
and expenses thus ingloriously lost. AT tn,
date of his letter to the Courier and Enqurer
he was at Washington, personally attending t.
the progress Of his claim. lie ekes out hi
leisure, it seems by writing electioneering letter
in favor Of the nomination of " no.party man,
Gen. Taylor, for the Presidency, and by nous
ing calculations on the AVAILABILITY of HENRI
CLAY. With him, and such as him, success
is every thing, principles nothing In his point
hotpoint letter to the Courier and Enquirer, h
never once aifirms that Gen. Taylor is Wing
lie talks about the " Wing friends of Gen
Taylor" aud the Wing Taylor men''-as ia
as we can see into things, plain contradiction
in terms, an absurdity All he says about tn
principles of his favorite is contained in the fol
lowing rhetorical flourish at the close of hi
missive.
The attempts to dsparage Genl. Taylor's patriot
and honest principles IN Kentucky, at least, NEE
with nothing but burning indignation and contemp
The Wings o. krntucky III him the principles
the party, whilst the Democrats regard him with tn
confidence OF a Washingtons magnanmity and tru
! Republican mpartialty.
have the honor to be,
Your obi servt. c. NJ. CLAY.
This show of virtuous Indignation is man
D testify for Buncombe! Nobody in Kentucky, q
l., any where else, that we have seen or heard o
; has ever disparaged or attempted to dsparag
Gen, Taylors patriotic and honest principles
a The great, and thus far, unsuccessful, e6ol
! has been to find out what those principles are
e But again -" The Wings of Kent acky see
him the principles of the party what party
whilst the Democrats regard him with the col
e fidence of a Washington's magnanimity, &c.
e Why, this flummery is neither sense nor En-,
;, lish 1t is worse than one of Mississippi Foote
= speeches in the Senate
But let us look moment at one of Gen Ia
=. lor's last letters relative to the presidency 1t
l. as follows -
h., BATON RouGE, La, Jan; 30 1913.