New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1848-09-27

On which he said he could convict Mr. Secretary
Walker OF 1913 Pentontiary offences. The sub
treasury Law which was a great humbuz, made /.
felony to depo.ite money in a bank. Some Of his
constituents had claims which he collected. and
through mistake somehow. he had got two orders
on the cashier Of bank lie had paid the money end
kept the order The 10Th section OF the sub-treasury
law made II felony 10 depose public money in bank.
This order numbered 1912 The other just
the same only it numbered 2l3. Mr Boris then
read the following curious Sub Treasury document:
No.I2I2 TREAsuRY DEPARTMENT
REGIsTERs OFFIE,
April Is Isis.
Cashier Of the Bank Of the Metropolis:
Pay out 81 the funds placed IN your hands Tor the pay
meni Of Unrcclaimed Dividends the stock OF the
Unitod states, 70 Hon. Jno NJ. Bolts Atty
order Seventeen
Dollars 5i-lOO being the amount
due Juo and Thomas Glet aud returned from the ate
Loan Office, Virginia, and for which ! have taken
receipt DANIEL GRAHAM, Register
sl5 $500.
Il in the power Of the Wing party to have elect
ed civilian known OF All men, bur the Philadelphia
Convention took up man who was purely military
mantle influence Of which 10 create the impress
sion that nobody but military could be elected and
that thereafter there would be chance for any civil
ian. matter how disDg ushed. and TO make Us be-
lcve that we had Military Depotsm fastened upon
Politicians sre selfish Get Of men, and finding that
the public eye was not turned upon them the result o.
such nomination s 20 bezet spirit of calculated
10 involve US in intermnsbe difficulties with Foreign
nations. IL was 50 with Folks War with Mexico. lie
thought war was popular. and he expected 20 make
himself popular By involving us in a war. He
meuced twiching France By the nose slsppng land
on the JAWS and kicking Mexico
When England showed her spirit Polk backed out
and nis party approved Of his conduct-but he got
into with Mexico. I'll aboring under this impress
sion Of love for military exploits that makes Cas-
warlike when he talks Of swallowing the whole Of
/ Mexico.
Thinking that military popular with the peo-
pie and that nobody else has chance the Phadep hia
Convention nominated Gen Taylor; but the people will
teach the politicians that they kin have some voice
hereafter IN their nomination.
Under these Circumstances you thought Il prudent
and wise to give Nr. CLAY independent nomination
/ Loud cheers. repeated for several minutes This
brought down upon Mr.. CLAYs friends and upon the
gallant old stsg himself, the abuse Of those who in
hypocri-y pretended to be nis friends Mr.. CLAY was
abused and vLhed because he did endorse the no
! nlination Of Gen. TAYLOR He had not endorsed-he
has not and ne will endorse him Here the scream
ing and cheering became almost frantic and was con
tnued IN perfect shout OF applause lasting continu-
Ousy several minutes
Mr. Boris continued he did not say this excite the
pubic against Gen TAYLOR He said IL in justification
/ Of his own course and of the course of Mr. CLAY
friends il Mr. CLAY had endorsed that nomination ne
would have forfeited al personal respect he was az
Is well known dragged reluctantly into that Phadel.
poia Convention By the very men who betrayed him
when they got him there. He forced into that
Convention from the retirement be enjoyed by the very
| men who deserted him And yet has HKNRY CLAY
complained lie who spent Life Of wstcht1l days and