Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1848-04-25
JOLIET SIGN AL.
JOLIET, ILL.
TUESDAY. APasES. IS. 1915.
VIZ and nc Presidency.

seems TO he governed by desire to oc-
cupy the Presidential chair. At times We
see him committing himself by the most
glaring Inconsistencies, in order to gain
popularity. He has heen for and against
all the the great public measures OF the
day. At the commencement of The rrres.
ent war, in speech he exclalmsd show
grievous are our wrongs, and howl sho'd
like to slay Mexican 7" but the speech
which he delivered at Lexington, dwel;s
graveIy on The unconstitu;iOnaliiy, the in:
Justice, and the inexpediency9 Of the war ;
yet we behold the wings ready To paitici'
pate 10 his sentiments, however changea.
bic. The wings at once coincide. With
him in his selfish considerations, and with
him reiterats. that the "'war was un-
constitutional y and unnecessarily made
10y the President of The United States. -
1t appears truly thai he is the ''embodi
'nent" ofwhiggery. He islhe dictator ,ui
The party, in all things, and exacrs more
obedience to his edicts, than The most alb.
solute iyrant., However absurd aud yul
nerable his position and opinions may be
ON any ofthe political questions ofthe day,
ne commands and is obeysd by his pplili.
cal partisans. '.' - 80
+ 1t has been the opinion of some that il
was the intention of MIR. Clay to withdraw
from the field. This we could not believe,
when we took into consideration his past
political course. The Presidency has al
ways been the goal of his ambition /; and
if he could believe that there was any
prospect of his being elected, he would
yield 10 no other candidate whatever
Nigh be his Claims. As far as his with
drawing is concerned, a Eecent letter from
him settles the matter. He visited Wash.
ington and other prominent portions OF
the Union, in order to arrive al a conclu.
sion, and found his prospects, as ne tho,t,
sufficiently promising to try the raceagai".
He, very modestly. gives his political
friends to understand, that he is on hand,
as the true wing candidate. This be has
done, in order to put stop to the move.
uents, which were being made. in favor
of General Taylor, in different portions OF
the Union. He has not been kissing the
ladies for nothing. 1t is obvious that he
has an object in view. He considers thai
his services entitle him toa pre- empion
on the Presidential chair, and that none
will dare TO dispute his claims. Who
doubts his rights? Has not his fervenr
elOquence been effectively used, in the lat.
ter period of his life, in support of the
banking system, the distribution of the
public lands, the high protective tariffs
and the swindling wing bankrupt law, anc
all the corrupt measures Of the wbig par
ty? Then the fact that MIR. Clay wilI
not withdraw from the course, is perma
nently settled. II, however, matters MOI
who may be the wing candidate We be-
lieve that democratic principles will pre-
vail. Let our Baltimore convention de-
clare its preference for any distinguished
democrat, whose democracy has beer
tried, and the host Of whiggery will NEE
with Bueha Vista defeat. ...5e... .
1t is amusing to see how. Mr.. Clay
deals with some of his political friends
for their course during the last war, in the
speech which he delivered at Lexington
How must Webster, &C., view the man.
ner in which Mr.. Clay refers to them q
The following extracts from that speech
we submit to the consideration Of some o
our "blue light whig friends in This quar-
ter: a r.c-,
"Fhe eGceptionable conduct oftbe Fed
eral party, during the last British war
has exeried an influence IN the prosecu
ton OF the present war. and prevented {
just discrimination between the two wars
That was war of national defence, re-
! quired for the vindicatiun of the natioaa
rights and honor, and demanded by tbt
indignant voice Of the people. /, Presiden,
Madison himself, know. at first reInr
family and with great doubt and hesitation
brought hlmsefto the conviction that /
ought to be declared. leading ant
perhaps most influential member Of hi,
cabinet, (Mr. Gallatin, was, up to the
time ofiis declaration, opposed to it. Blu
nothing could withstand the Irresistible
force OF public sentiment. Il was a ius
war, and its great object as announced q,
Ithe lime was Free Trade and Sa;la