The Arkansas banner., 1848-07-04
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For Hs Banner.
 The decaying brands are yss smouldering upon the aiter but the Iast orgies gre oyer the hau been completed, mighty victim has been offered sp -yes Henry Clay, oncs ths idol of bis party, has lived is bseoms the willing offering ef his ald wor- shippers 10 the grim spirit of "eaPedisacy' '--and Aoss ungrateful partisans. those treaeherous friends whilst yet berrimmed with tie smoke, and stained wrth ths blood of the sacrifice. have dared to meek the agooy ot their noble victim, by raising hollow shout for another. which hearsey sanadsa as if fsom inc grave It was the grave--the grave of whig hopes.
 Go search through the black record Of this party E deeds from the alien and seditOn laws 10 their late votes against their eouauymen. whilst fighting eur battles In Mexico, Fsnsaek them ai and you will knd inc history of no deed ike this Ingyatitade is sin without aperalleiit is crime without palIiafIon. The giddy multitude, whose fekle opinion the whigs profess so despise = when influenced by some new ezciemeat have been known to desert their old fa- vori,cs-hut the intellectual eaders of this educs- ted' party-map. whose names have been lighted to disiinetioa from the obscure shades of mediocrity by the genus ef Mir Clay-these haye been the fret so desert their leadeFthsir bensfactor for ssraa- ger. who fairly promised to gratify their bid appetite for sPoils." Henry Clay never forsook the sinking cause of whiggsry.--he stood by them in the hour of danger--he struggled with them through every s'csm. bat sc~, when :asy hope to they would lesky eask. whose day of ussful- nest bad passcd-such is the unfeeling sacrifice of Mir. Clay by the w16gs.
 That great old man, who for ther sakes left the path which led him sIrai to glory and early dsiinc- tion-who 50 loved h,s party that he gave up the heritage of honor and power, bequca'hed to h,m by nature herself is now lake ilse unfortunate Lear left by his friends to hrave the mereiless elements of party spirit unfriended and alone. But thank hea- ven the breath of malice is hushsd. The Demo- cratic party is not dead 10 the prompiiugs of magnanimity enmity, which his own violence excited, is disarmed by his misfortunes-and gen sfcus enemy in distress elcites compassion not our scorn. We can now acknowledge his virtues, since he has so severely expiated his faults. We can award the fuli need of praise to fallen Marias, sitting amidst the ruins of Carthage which never
 
 Rome-sureIy America has just cause to feel proud of Henry Clay. He is one of the greatest, but the mos; misguided of hcr sons. The early fault of his life was only equalled in extent. by the gigantic eenins which bc iabored 'c make 1t appear virtue. If his country shouli admire him, how ought his party to love him. uadismayed by defeat he spent his manly energies in keeping together a broken party he wasted his intellect in uphoidtng anpepu- lar measures .-he devoted the brightest portion oi his fife to the unprofiahe of the whigs to re- eeve in the days of his grey heirs, and his helpless ness such a reward. The failure of every fAvorte measure; the triumph of political opponents ia every contest must have soreiy galled his proud heart but what was all this to the souisickening ingrai- jude of friends.
 And who ispthe man for whom the wbigs have thus barbarously sacrificed their old champion7- Zaehary Taylor. 4 brave soldier and hero. wiaon his country delights io honor. But a man ayowed- y ignorant of the political history of his county one who has formed no opinions upon thess great leading measures which havc for nearly half cen .ary drawn the party lines--in short mo party man, without principles-wh hose If. has been past by the camp ires-whose days have been devoted 'o the study of miltary tactics, not to party atri- gues lie has indignantly refused the party shackles with which the whigs would irammei him--he has boldly declared himself bound by no promises, by no gartg professions. He scorafuIiy refused to ac knowledge the authority ef .he.r g.e=: national con- venticn, and with a soldiers independence, he de- elared himself candidate for the presidency with. out regard to their will or decision.
 ask any candid man whether it is their whigrist love Of Gen. Taylor, or hatred for Gen Casss, whe Ter il is wish ,o support their priaciples, or to share the spells of office, that they have nominated Genl. Taylor under circumstances such ss thessf- This is a desperate game, and with the gambler. desperation they willingly Use any meals. however dtshoaorabie. to win
 few political weather cocks without any fixed opinions or ciples-mere straws whose positier is changed with every wnd have raised the cry that the old issues between the parties were dead, and few willy old coons have joined the cry. But say they are not dead. Continued defeat has at last convinced the wbigs of the unpopulaTi,y of thei, cause They see ali their ayorite measures stamped with the disapprobation of the great American peo pie. They have in vain struggled to blind the sa. non in'o adopting heir oantings. as it's own. They are wiling to keep them in inc back ground for time. hoping upon the election of Taylor. witt enckoo-like insidiousness. to smaggIe in their mis shapen offspring, that they may grow strong ant powerful amidst the genial warmth of executive Ia vor. They regard Gen. Taylor as weak old man who will be easily influenced by his friends, s,-ans though he now declares himself bonnd by no party prediections, ye. they confidently hope to conyinc, him. that their are for tks good of the na ton, not party.
 Such Is the man, such arc tho considerations fo which the whigs have withoat pang sscsiiiced tn, mighty champion of their principles Henry Clay i l great in his faults. as in his virtues. But wan of allegiance to his party is not among them. Fo the whigs he deserted his cid friends, fof them h. has borne defeat without maFnar, and by thea the ehesished hopes of his iiie have been dashed.
 M. :. Louisville, June 18th, ls4s.