New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1848-05-26
Henry Clay The Presidency.

From the New Bedford 'Nl>eI Ntfcuitt -ttn
TX President Van Burca was invited BY the
Wings % New YORK attend public dinner. IN Apu
last m honor Of Henry Clay The concluding portion
oi BIS letter on reply j. given above. And the it sen
tcnce touches chord which vi1rs,cs IN every homes,
" ING neart fcmhodcs sentiment which We uttered
lln- ago and is refreshing g end such sentiment
appreciated by AZ old politician whose political he i
run Mlcr attaining hls cOlnt.y's highest honOrs u
AAIIh az hureD. whose phle gmatc temp ram, NJ aud
coo4 calculating nature arc provcrblal can feel thus,
now nucl more warmly vii the sentiment De- hcsu-
ruy expresses he rcciprocstrd hv the cenerou. and
uu.cln-h Wing party who have known snd honsr, and
loved Henry Clay durn, many year. of faithful scr.
vice II a poor argument 20 mind again.t Hem
" Clay that he D.. an od msu~ 20 LONG = ha rot.
his splendid faculties. Il would have been poor ars.
mcnt "a use against such men A. John Quincy Adam.
Chief Justice Msrshal. Joseph story James kcnt and
a hundred others whom we mn INT name n will pa a
poor argument % urge against Daniel Webster four or
i've years hence should the ic OF that great man be
spared sui less respect have We Tor TIE argument
tat Mr. Clay ha- three times already and been De
feacd' There "a nothing In it--no even the wrechcd
argument Of availability. Sncs u can be- shown that
any other could have defeated Andrew Jackson
"A matter OF fact Mr. Clay has had only one fair
chance 10 run. Ths, 10 lsit. u he were dcicst
Ell then ho was defeated hy foul mcasurcs-hy
fraud and trickcry lie had m fact a majority OF
the legal votes OF the Union the STATE Of Louisiana
and the Stotc Of New-l0rk lwhoso vote alone would
have elected HIM having been carried for Polk BY The
shccrcst f1sf No Wig candidate for the Prc-dcncy
ever obtained 20 large yOte-not even VIM Henry
Harrison who elected only four years before. when
Nr Clay might have been chosen had he obtained the
nomination 70 Mr.. Clay IN 1874 carried the whole
strength of his puty land ga act he ahead OF m he
did gl ihst any Whig could do and u j. most an %
and ungcncrou 20 hold up hs defeat ~ evidence o h'
want Of popularity li might well be- SAID thaf John
Davis and Edward Everett are unworthy 81 the .uf
fra-cs OF the people because they defeated by
Marcus Morton or that Marcus Morton unpopular
with his party because he was beaten some twenty
times ~ the ballot box. There = nothing this ar
fDr Dne Henry
CLAY
Superfuour lag. tho veteran ON fhe stage"
either because he has been defeated or because Time
has not forgotten 10 bcstow hi. ots upon The patriots
honorcd head
Tho speech Of Go, Jones of Tcnnesscc-thc man
who once ousci lomcs K Polk from the Office OF Gov
crnor OF Tennessee, and again defeated hun when he
tried 20 90 backs one of the most admirable efforts
in behalf of Nr. Clay which Ne have met with IL wa,
spoken in tho hot bed Of Tayor-m. where the plant Of
availability dourshcs n uucquaied vgor II wac
m1ulully and nohlv spoken. md we believe 10 VII De
responded ro hy the Whigs Of the whole Union Where
indeed IL the man acceptable 10 oh sections OF the
Union q. Henry CLAW Nhcr' Is the man whose n1inc
Snics such hlmc- Ut enthusiasm as his Where D. 'ho
man more beloved. more trusted, more popHidr man
Henry CLAY II availability be- the w1tchwurd, H1rre
tho candidate Nho possca-cs more oft ihsn tho ut
md defeated patriot of Kentucky While Ma-snrhu
retts may very properly prefer her gifted son wn' ne
sides him should prefer 10 Henry Clay should t- on
Commonwealth set aside eminent services 10 he stare
and give the preference services IN the tented ncld
shall this rational and sober community discard man
who has promoted the arts OF peace and advocate
another whose chief claim consists IN having success
fully pursued the art Of Shall we abandon well
tried Wing and sustain merely nominal Wing VINO
openly avows that he will be bound by no party prnci
pies by no party policy shall We tor.nSe canii.
date who will bow 10 the decision of our National
Convention and allow 10 force himself upon us
who says In published letter that he will run in -plio
Of any nomination may make Shall We sct the
pcrnicious example of Getting aside gray
haired statesmen who have tOicd for nearly hell q
century IN behalf of their country, and run after men
whose merits consist in the slaughter of McSicans.
whose fame L. of yesterday. wh0,e political principles
arc not formed and whose notions of civil governm' M
are crude and shapclcss shall we heed the camor Of
few politicians lately the proicssed friends ~ Henry
Clay apd stuny ourselves with the belief that Nh Clay
unpopular when hior that all of us are for him
Poodle Of Massachusetts be not deceived DO not allow
the honored name OF Webster % be used for sinister
purposes Do not suffer the name Of the great Civilian
10 be used a. n mask for the military aspirant We
believe that Henry Clay Is the strongest man who
can be brought before the people. We believe he can
be- elected IL nominated II General Taylor be nomn
ated we .ha support him the candidate Of the Wing
party and DO net say that he will be deieated-bui
We cannot believe thar be will command so strong
,.f.f. lay