The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1848-06-26
WASHINGTON, June %, 1913.
The Presidential Contest.

me fTeSl0eHttM contest
What strange results have followed the defec-
zion of John Tyler, on the bank question Read
out of the wing church and unaccepted by the
democratic, he attempted the erection of party OF
his own and upon the Texas bombshell thrown
suddenly into Congress, he looked for an explosion
which would secure to him the succession. He
hurried off his messenger by night, and as alleged
by Col. Benton, carrying war and disaster in his
train; when, by the second alte rnatve of the re-
| solutions, peace might have been maintained
But, though he9falled of his own advancement
though the very measure upon which he solely re-
relied, left him on its consummation in an obscu-
rity unparalleled in the history of mankind, he has
yet the bitter satisfaction Of knowing that that
measure, through his agency, did once, twice, and
forever, close the door to the elevation of Henry
Clay It'll said that Mr. Tyler wept disconsolately,
that he shed many salt tears, when, at Harrisburg
Mr.. Clay was superseded by military candidate:
but that on his own provdential advancement TO
power, ambition efiaccd the recollection of bis
grief, and changed his filial love to mortal hate
II this be so, his vengeance has been full and
plete.
1t was Texas that defeated Mr. Clay in '44-it
was John Tyler who precipitated the question
INTO the contest. 1t was the annexation of Mn
Tyler that brought on the war--it was the war
that brought forward General Taylor, and it was
General Taylor who supplanted Mr.. Clay in his
last fond expectation OF the Presidency so thar
the last two defeats of Henry Clay are clearly the
result OF his advocacy OF bank as were all his
defeats before.
With Henry Clay the bank question isperpetualy
deiunct and with this asst effective blow Of John
Tyler, the wing party the wing embodiment. and
the agent OF their destruction perish together
The wing party can never be recognized upon its
old issues, the last attempt 10 sustain them went
down with the champion who has borne them ul.
SO long and as the limit ofmans life bars the pos
slbillty OF another opportunity to redeem the past
the past will never be redeemed II cannot be
The wing party has dismissed Its pilot, and the
ship is drifting before the winds us upon AN eyper-
mental voyage TO INDICATED and fabulous islands
reputed to abound IN silver and gold and precious
stones.
But the vengeance Of John TYLER 10 complete
That he regarded the result with self-complacencv.
may be assumed from his support of the nominations
at Phlladelphla and his alleged previous advocacy
OF the claims oil General Taylor. But if Mr. Tyler ev-
er did weep at supposed misfortune of Henry CLAW
what must be his feelings when the old man
lies utterly PROSTATE before him, and by the blow
which he himsel fndicted There must be some in
terna reaction for though the mass ofthe whieparty
may thank the accidents which have placed them
IN the high road to success, MIR. Tyler can have
no cause TO JON IN their congratulations. He has
had no invitation He has had no absoution. He
sull has the eXecrations of the wings and the
hope OF a reconciliation with his vanqushed enc
my does not yet appear.
And what of the position into which he has
brought the democracy. Here too he has been
amply revenged for neglect of his claims For the
very occasion which has brought such disasters
and disorganizatlon among the wings, promises
TO he equally DISASTROUS in its effects upon the oppo
site party That question of annexation has alrea.
dy broken up the democratic family and vet, the
strangest fact in all the world Is this that the man
who has done all this good and all this mischiefis
scarcely known beyond the limits of his plantation
TO be dead or alive. There is nothing like this in
all the events upon record.
But let 1t all go. Reflections upon the past arc
overruled now by the pressing Contingencies of the
present, and the startling probabilities of the future
What ofthe BarnburIRrs! what of Martin Van Blu
rem what ct the princey Prince John what of
Samuel Young ana John Young what of Horace
Greeley! what OF the Northern Proviso people. wings
and ocoiocos! what of the liberty men? what of
the abotonistsl what of Hale! what of Gerritt
Smith! what OF New York, Massachusetts Ohio
What OF Utlca-that has been the question to-day
what OF Utica what have they done-what have
they donel Will II amount to anything or nothlngl
Where is Cass where is the body carried home
round by the iakcsl has that NOISE been stopped at
Cleveland! are there any wrecks along the way
any snags in the Mississippi! What says Horace
Greeley! has Fillmore accepted will Henry Clay
endorse Taylor! will Taylor endorse the Conven-
tlon! will the election 20 to the Honsc How is
Pennsylvania where's Muhfenburgl how are the
natives! what's the price of CONT what are the
Quakers doing! Gentlemen of the jury,
mo pent up Utica contracts our powers.
For the whole boundlcss continent ia ours
Let us settle these questions. How will the
North got will il be divided or subdivided that's
the question. If subdivided, how and ii so, why
so that's another question.
We have had various reports to-day from Utica;
the last says that Martin Van Buren, is nominated
Before we can bulge another peg, we must know
what has been done at Utica. The DocroR
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