Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1848-04-26
The Hawk-eye out on Mr.. Clay.

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| those of his own household. So, unfor
tunately for him, is it with the great EN-
bodiment Of whiggery. Well may he pray
"deliver Inc from my friends" Thes'
were reflections suggested to our minds
as they doubtless will be to Mr.. Clay's
friends in Iowa-upon perusing the arti
Gle in the last Haw-keye giving the colo
shoulder to Mr.. Clay. This thrust, like
that of the habitual defamer Of private
character, is Of course cloaked under the
garb of friendship-yes, even devoted ane
S'ancient friendship"
With this strife between the friends o.
Clay and Taylor, which is now convuls.
ing the wing party, it is not our intention
to NEEDLE. Like the woman when hel
husband and the bear were fighting, We
don't care which whips. We expect, il
any event, to whip the victor, if not both
together. They must settle their own fam
lily jars, if they can. But one thing we
would like to see; that is, fair play be.
tween them. This, it appears, Mr.. Clay
need not expect at the hands of the whig
corps editorial in this State, for they are
all helping the bear, and for no other rea-
son, as they themselves confess, than that
he appears to them to be getting the best
Of the fight. Secure in this belief, the
Hawkeye levels the following home thrust
at Mr.. Clay. 1t will be rich morsel for
future reference, when Mr.. Clay shall
have been-as the signs of the times now
indicate that he will be-nominated for
the Presidency by the wing national con-
vention. The Hawkeye, in view of Mr..
Clay's address authorizing the use of his
name in connection with the Presidency,
says:
''We are not alone in sharing the feel
ing Of surprise, not to say disappointment,
which this announcement has created
Neither shall we be, we are confident,
without companionship in the expression
OF our dissent and disapproval. Not hav-
ing seen, or been made aware of the char
acter Of the manifesto, we are ignorant Of
the reasons which have induced this
change, of what we had supposed, his ir-
reversible purpose Of retirement from ev-
cry station Of public life. The contingency
which could alone, we were assured, draw
him from his household associations
spontaneous call of the people-has not,
most certainly transpired. This, howev-
er, is OF no Importance to our present pur-
pose. We will not, therefore, speak of
the somewhat novel and extraordinary ex-
ample, now for the first time exhibited, of
an aspirant for the Presidency bringing
by his own act and under his own
signature before the people as competi-
tor for an office, which nice sense of
personal dignity Nigh! think, not in this
manner either to be sought or declined
Although the public, which is well ac-
luainted with the history of former cam
paigns, cannot doubt the possession on the
part of Mr.. Clay, of an overweening de-
tire for the Presidency; still, we opine, a
very large portion of the whig party of
iowa will not thank the Hawkeye for thus
strongly endorsing the fact. They will
slso form their own conclusions as to the
motives which dictate the charge against
Mr.. Clay, Of ''bringing himself, by his
'wn act before the people, when, as the
EDITOR states but few sentences before,
lie has not even "seen or been made aware
If the character of the document about
which he is discoursing. After this, it is
hardly necessary for him to assure the
riends of Mr.. Clay, as he does in the
lext paragraph but one, that ifhe has any
bias to our his] judgement, it is in favor
If the great name [Clay's] which heads
'ur article" @, no; most honest and mag
luminous old Hawk; no whig will suspect
Tou of want Of fidelity to Mr.. Clay, after
he pains you have been at to excite this
'ery preference for Gen. Taylor, among
"a majority" Of your political friends, with
whom, as you now say, "his name, and
lis alone, is associated with the Presi-
lency." at#