Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1848-06-30

IEMPORA MUTANTUR, EFT NOS MUTAMUk IN
ILLIs.-There was time when the magic
voice of Henry Clay might have stood up
against the world with the Wing party OF inns
country. That time has gone past knefe
are none now so poor as to do him rever-
ence. Time was when the opinions and
sentiments of the great sc embodiment" torm-
ed the political text book of the Wing par
tv of this Union That time has gone past.
That party, in accordance with It's cameleon-
like character, has assumed another phase
The idols which once claimed its devotion are
cast from their pedestals, and new and strange
gods are raised in their stead. The vatlcina-
tons of the great high priest that erse while
ministered at its affairs, are now no more re-
garded than the whist!ing of the idle wind
But few years since and that party loathed,
as it would the approach of the Egyptian
plague, "a blind and needless enthusiasm for
military renown," and now it has elevated to
its very holy of holes, man whose only
claim TO that position rests upon his " military
renown." Oh! glorious consistency, thou art
jewel of peerless beauty Just listen to
what the great high priest of Whiggery, Hen
ry Clay, has said with regard to military chief
tains and military renown:-
"RegardIess of all imputations and proud of the
opportunity Of free and unrestrained Intercourse
with all my fcow-citizcns if it were physically
possible, and compatible with my official duties
would visit every State, go TO every town and
hamlet, address every man in the Union and en-
treat them by their love of country by their love
of liberty for the sake Of themselves and their pos
terity-in the name of their venerated ancestors
in the name of the human family, deeply interes-
ted in the fu6ment of the tr6st committed to their
hands-by all the past glory we have won by
all that awaits US as a nation if we are true and
faithful in gratitude to Him who has hitherto so
signaIIy blessed US, 20 pause-soiemnIy pause
and contemplate the precipice which yawns before
US. If indeed, we have incurred the Divine dis
pleasure: and if it be necessary to chastise this
people with rod Of vengeance, would humbiy
PROSTATE myself before Him, and implOre Him, in
His mercy to visit our favored land with WAR
: with PESTILENCE, with FAMINE, Uith any
>COURGE other than MILITARY RULE, on
q blind md needless enthusiasm for mere MILL
TARY RENOWN!!
What do the Wings of 1913 think of the
sentiments contained in this eloquent extract
from one of Mr. Clay's speeches? Is it, too
&C obsoete?" Time was lin the days of An
drew Jackson,) when the Wing papers Of
North Caroina-of the Whole Union-quotet
and lauded these sentiments to the skies, as
words of inspiration. But g Temporal mutan.
tutT, ct nos mutdmur IN HLiS,'' may well be
said by the Wing party. But few bret
years ago, and the idea of elevating to the
Presidential Chair military chieftain, shock.
ed the nerves of the Wings of this country tc
such terrible degree, that they would have
preferred "aCGr, peSt1lence, and famine," tc
such an awful catastrophe. No1C the same
party are shouting for man who has nothing
under heaven to recommend him to the coun
try for the Presidency but his military I" re
nown - man whose sword is yet reeking as
it were from the battlefield Oh, Whiggery
have you no bushes left
Time will shew whether the American PEG
pie can be once more gulled (as in 400 by
this same party. We feel assured they can
, not. We have unbounded confidence in TIT
good sense of the voters of the Union, AM
feel assured that they will rebuke, IN the pro
per manner, this insult so unbIushingly offer
ed 10 their intelligence by the leaders of thu
Federal party.
All we ask as Democrat is, that the PEG
pie will calmly reflect upon the course ant
conduct of the Federal party for the last Il
years. We will then be perfectly satisfied
with their verdict in November next.
"THE COMPLETE LETTER WRITER Mr.
Clay, in the campaign of 1914, was styled tn
epIstles which he thought proper to favor tn
American public with. We think that Cen
' Taylor is quite as well, if not better, entitled
to the same distinction in the present cam
paign. His political letter writing common
t ced, if our memory serves US rightly, with hi
}, letter to the Committee of a Native American
: meeting, held in the State of New jersey
y Since that time he has written quite a humble
e of letters of all shapes and sizes, and as va
: RANT in their style and sentiments as are tn
hues of the rainbow. At first the old her
# must be elected by the spontaneous enthusi
: asm of the whole American people. or h
: would not consent to have the Presidency a
all. Such was his vanity, that he entertane
l. the idea that he would be carried along on
sea of popular enthusiasm, to whose rushin,
y torrent all parties would contribute, and whcl
e would, as 1t were, " ct arms, carry him ire
+ sistibly to the Presidential Chair. Soon, how
= ever, he began to find out his mistake, an
:, then he found It necessary to fish for the &c al
and comfort" of one of the great parties q
j. The country. With the Democratic party b
# very soon saw it was no go !; that they woul
g not go for him at any rate. To the VIII
;; party he then mus: needs turn his ey es Thei
= broken down fortunes required resuscitation
they required a stmuIant in the shape of a
y infusion of military glory. To this market
t, then, the old hero carried his stock of popu
. arity, acquired solely in the prosecution of
l 6 damnable and aggressive" war To the oh
n server of human events, the manner in whic
y Gen. Taylor has gradually dropped himsel
j. into the arms of the Federal party, is quite in
terestng. We shall, in the course of wee
or two, publish the whole of the letters witte
. by General Taylor, on this subject, that ar