The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1848-09-27

promise OF money, II generally Thought, but tnis
promise was not made by General Taylor. for con.
slider him too honest man, to do any thing OF the
kind; but at large meeting of Mr. Clay friends at
Philadelpbis. Il stated by gentleman VIII, had il
from one of his colleagues Of the convention that il
the domination of General Taylor. and Abbott Law.
renee, secured. he would have n SUN in his
pocket of $4,000 (Appause) rhe nomast'o Is,
however, were made, and we were called ac-
cept them. We refused to endorse che uomi astio s.
(Cheera) We waited for several weeks to if Ci.u
Taylor wonld accept the omtuation, but there was
No iDtimation. whatever, from him, that he would
accept or reject it. voice. He wonid'ut pay the
postage Another voice. He wanted t.npsnee -
Lauehter) At last the acceptance came; bus it was
not such letter Of acceptance rs should Ike to
have seen from any one, nominated rs the organ Of
the wing party. tCheers) 1t was such a letter rs
might have bsen written to a nom nation of the
native American party (Cheers) IL was such a
letter might have written in reply TO n,m.
president, or as m ght, GOULD should and ought,
have been written TO any democratic nomination. of
any principles color, section, or complexion (Cheers
and laughter am speaking this in justif cation of
the position which have oocupe and that which
asked to be satibed with that letter there we're
some who appeared surprised that did not ut
give In our adhesion For my own part felt, wh.n
that nomination WAS made, and Henry Clay
superseded, exactly rs would have felt, had Lieut.
Gen. Thomas Hart Benton been nominated, in the
late Mexican war to supersede eueral Taylor in the
command OF the United states army: and the justif
cation Of the must upon the principles
rs that Of the other CHEERS and laughter) Yet
ence toit. You remained passive; aud doubt very
much but you would have continued till now, had
it not been for the Subsequent letters Of Gen Taylor
After the lapse Of some time Gen. Taylor replied to
democratic assembly in South Carolina, ana accepted
of their nomination Of himself MS President and Mr..
w o Butter Vice President OrOnical cheers)
Was this conduct which became man who had been
nominated by the whig party as their candidate
(Cries Of no, no'D lfuny body was bound by the
nomination of the Philadelphia Convention, it was
surely Gen Taylor: and ii he we're bound by that
Convention, by what right did he accept the nomina-
v,Afth uk,A
cOlles que who nominated to with MIN and who
where in favor of substituting Gen Bntisr (Cneers)
he subsequently said, in defence OF mis- extraord
nary conduct that had he been nominated by the
Baltimore Convention, he would have accepted their
nomination OrOncs cheers) Now, il that
true, in what position does it place the whig party Of
this nation and not true in what position does it
Ieaye our candidate? (Applause) Some time after
this received letter from gentleman New York,
stating that great demonstration about to take
place in vauxball Gardens-the place in which
surances expressed to what you going to
do, and it gave believe that if proper tions
were made for Mr. Clay the election would in all pro-
liability, be carried to the House of
In reply to him, not to you, sent on teegraphic
despatch, saying All right go ahead y for which
The despatch / addressed to the gentleman ON
whom had had the letter but the Clay committee
got hold of it and published it without my know
ing, If 1t could in any way have promoted the
OF Mr. Clay but what did object to was that they
for publication Well, now, with regard to these whg
principles, am the same unadulterated, unswerving,
unhinehing' and neyer-sive' whg (tremendous
sponded to the call now made, have been called and
you have been called imprscticable wings "a laugh)
w ell now what IL an impracticable wing? (Cheers)
If willing horse be attached to mschine aud the
machine is not put in motion the fault may not BIZ in
the horse but in the machine (Cheers) There is
some difficulty in defining the precise ming Of i'm
practicability. MIR. Mise was not imprscticable
man, Mr.. Gushing was not an impracticable man,
Buchanan not imp rae ticable nor all the old
federaiists, who joined the wing party They
throw off their principles ea,ily can throw off
my coat 1t nothing but practicability that
induced them to throw off Clay for General Taylor.
Cheers long to know by what sophi try or evidence
1t is that left the wing party What keeps
party together? Is is not the adherence of body of
men to common principles? (Cheers) In 1910 had
the honor address a large number of the citizen Of
New York, at the Tabernacle, and it would appear
from the ecession made in lS4s that large party
considered those principles as now obsolete IL that
be then the party is dissolved They have gone of
from the principles of availability. (Cheers)
Aud yet they tell US that we are impracticable and
have quit them Why, conld not quit those to whom
never belonged (Cheers) If they have deserted
their principles 1t is they who have quit and not
them chesI ,u say that those ,b r5,ncPss
lily, and are worthy of being fought for by
every brave and independent man. The honorable
gentleman here referred at great length to the tariff
and the currency question. With regard to the lat
ter he said not for selecting man who might be
in favor of establishing bank, but wa ut man who
would interpose constitutional difficulties when the
people of the United States demanded it. (Cheers.)
Now, venture to express an opinion, that should we
ever ba open to get n honest and competent man
President he will consider himself bound to repeal the
sub treasury law, which is an arrant, impracticable
and mpudent hnmbug. tsugh) It was never nnS ~, in
peared be the of the liquor, here cried OUT
F" Una. (Hiccup) Pm oemagogue, I'm demo-
crat) After the confusion consequent this inter-
upton had sub sided, the honorable gentleman pro-
ceeded to show how Mr. Walker, the Secretary of the
had violated the 10th section of the law
fhu of ADrl
sent fslon to the penetentiary for giving him Mr
b. two checks upon the cashier of the bank of the
Of two ella inns due by the trea-
sury to Of his constituents He then continued
ell among other principles that ofinternal improve
are told go for that too. Again, go for the distri
button of the proceeds Of the public lands (cneers
don't doubt that that is obsolete idea. Why? Be-
cause have recorded my vote In favor OF It, and be-
cauee the supreme court of the United States have
decided that the proceeds of those lands, fund
iu trust to the United States for the benefit of
right to appropriate for the payment OF debts incur
ed for carrying unrghteous war. (applausel
Therefore it is that go for all those old principles
fight for them SO long as can End any one to
stand by me Now this Is the condition fin (which
find ourselves Thus much have SAID In
have occupied in this canvass. Under these circum-
was that you conceived it to be prudent and
WISE to give MIR. Clay an Independent nomiu alton
(appause For not coming heartily into the support
Of General Taylor, the friends of Mr.. Clay, even
the noble old stag himself have been denounced and
reved by those who in their hypocrisy pretended be
his friends He had not endorsed the nom nation Of
General Taylor he has not, and he will not. Gap
plause long and Loudly do not say this for the pur-
pese of exciting dissatisfaction for General Taylor
state It in justifc cation OF Henry Clay. applause
under the ces, he would have forfeited all
my personal respect (Good) And why Because
he dissatisfied with being defeated himself! No
Mr. Clay to my knowledge was dragged from his re-
tirement at Ashland, and forced TO consent to bis
nomination by the Philadelphia Convention, by the
very mel who betrayed him. He was forced by per-
suason and argument for the purpose OF saving the
whg party, to leave his retirement, and allow his
name to 20 before the convention by the very
men who betrayed him afterwards Has Henry
Clay complained? He has not He has borne
1t with the dignity belonging to the man. But
forty years in holding up . System of measures by
which the government should be conducted, when you
ask him to endorse the nomination Of man who has
not committed himself to those principles you ask too
much. (Applause) That Mr.. Clay will voe for Gen
Ta vor think Ia proba ble-perb ps certain: but