Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1848-11-21
10 Clay ANp GEN. rAYLoR.

E-E-TH -
i, CLAY did not vote for Gen. Taylor-and
the Lexington Atlas attempts TO explain Tue '"a'-
Ter as follows -
seri,s,sly indrxpCsed Tor eeyerNl days so
@S9b so thatshe has mol been atae to come 10
The Louisville Journal says that II was GER
.aml.sur ciav,s wish aud intention 10 vote Tor
Co. Tsyiorn Why, then, did they not pursue
The nlau adopted in the case of Gen J4raes ray
~ al Newport Kentucky, who died on the Gay
If election. but still gave his vote for Cen a
,orq He was waited on at his own house Oy TIE
Ind,es of election, who received his dying vote.
Wa no, Mr.. Claws vote as important as that oil
Gen. Jas. Taylor?
!, = more Than probable that Mr.. Clay was not
anxious to endorse in any way the nominee OF
Greeley's s. National slaughter-house Al fhiS-
dslphia. Since the election We have some Gu
rions revelations, which throw light on this sub
5ect. The New YORK Mirror. the original lay
lor organ in the Empire State, has recently come
out with an article, making war upon both Clay
and Webster. 1t saws. that neither has render
ed MS auy assistance in the great contest which
has resulted so gloriou<ly for the nation" Mr.
CLAY. according to this Taylor authority has
dnUpediv maintained a snllen silence towards The
onlJic. while he has been industri"usly writing
privately to lis idolatrons friends that tie Pi'i-
sdetob;4 nominations were 4 degradatiOn To the
Wing party"
"Nr. Cia, : refusal To aCqnesre openly, ana
lend his cordial support 10 the candidate n0;ni'ln-
ted by his own party, @til make a sad chapter IA
/ his biography. He virtually Tehelied against tne
art OF lie WING Convention, and At we we're speak
- -, - rt,1 WV shntfiH lpHCp'uFlu regard
him rs q voluntary outlaw i!nm his party IRE
i~silnnt ia, Ior owes them nothing; the Cn.tntFy
owes them RutiiUg, 81 far a. they had any manu-
III accunr!IShin. its last and EFaiEGest triumph
Websterts speech at hsrS!tteIh' %t'Fh u - sa"'
he made, as lawyers defrHd = hard cases, FOR the
f,.,. and mol from the heart, was most perfect;
damnalUfy 50 far as II Lad any influence al Az ;
and the Fee Soilers in Massachusetts and Ohio
went to the polls with Wehstcris and Greeley :
w,rLs Of ..coId support upon their lips And
when the honest farmer talks against a candidate
M, rates against him also. 1t takes a trimming.
shutting, double dealing, hypccrticai politician
10 denounce a MAJ. as "A cut throat TO day, ana
exait him TO the skies to morrow and all Tor the
sake OF hnnnr and Office Wet,aEe already heaid
J, Cl4v and Webster nameG as candidates tor the
new CIbinet. But, thank God, Gen. Taylor
; knows his friends, and better, he neFei
C,rreis his wounded. lie knows the difference
batWeen the vetcIIns who have suffered IN hts
cause, and the political hyPncFites VII" have made
both MS. cause ara LIS IL CIAuo SuAIA ~
ius siabs " 8
JThe same Mirror praises Messrs.R ives, Stuar
=. and w. b. Preston, and says that Gen. Taylor has
los: his native State by the treason OF tile "il'a
i, Clay men in that ancient citadel OF DcmocTacy-
Ii denounces them a" Clay traitors
The above indicates with some cieaTness tha'
the old Wing Guard have very little to eXPe''
from the incoming administration Before MANI
moatF.s Of the new regime shall have expired "'
NAV look for some rich developments 1t WIFI t
r a curious problem how far the old Wings, or Tx
: = no party avaiIables, may have Powcr and IN
Auence at Washington. v heroic Zack has reach
: ed The White House. Let the Democrats stanc
r to their arms, and cau,ly watch the progress o
events under the Mosaic Taylor administrator
The want "frhe cement of principles, and the con
fused ana heterogeneous materials whici coai
pose the Taylor party. mns'ca''se a splitting "S"n
der wien the necessity OF direct and positive ac
ton shall press upon them. All will yet Gone
right, we are sati- fed. If the Democrats VIII rally
upon their principles. whose power aud PeFfetni
! ! - political events, no parry mutations, can
mgair-Rirh. Enquire.