Staunton spectator, and general advertiser. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 183?-1849, 1848-06-21


and unutterably touching strains proceed from the
government organ:
'The truly great man Of the Wing party has
been thrust aside-rudely thrust asideN"EIarry Of
the West" whose whistle, like that of Roderic
Dhu, would have
-'garrison' the glen
At once with full five hundred men.
Watching their leaders beck and WHIP
Has been ''ad the shelf" and at last, after all
his untlrlng devotion to his party, is in very much
the position of Cardinal Wolsey, when he exclaim-
ed
90! Father Abbott,
An old man. broken with the storms of State,
Is come to lay his weary bones among ye.
Give him little earth, for charity Z"
In our minds eye, we see him. like Fitz James,
alter ne had chased the stag in van-after he had
seen his gooo steed "strctch his stiff limbs to rise
no more"-calling in his hounds from their vain
pursuit; when
"Back limped, with slow and crippled pace,
The sulky leaders of the chase;
Close to their masters side they pressed
With dropping tail and humbled crest"
The orator, the statesman, the brave old civilian,
stands AT this victim of federal alteration
and federal ingrati,ude!
And Scott--the brave and gallant 'Scott-who
fought from Vera Cruz to Mexico-who entered i'm
triumph the city Of Montezumas, and through
whose direct agency the olive branch is now en-
wlned with the late hostile banners of the United
States and MeXico-he, too, has been pushed from
ms stool TO make room for younger, mot better
soldier.''
And Webster, too, the man celebrated by his
friends for giant intellect, and as capable of doing
honor to any station, could find hardly corporal's
guard to say God save him." But that same
corporars guard will scarcely desert him and
when old Massachusetts speaks next November.
she will scarcely have forgotten how to pronounce
and that, too, with emphasis--the name Of Dan
iel Webster!"
Who could believe, and yet il is the fact, that
the above is from the Washington Union? I. is
The organ of Polk which converts Harry of the
West into Roderic Dhu, Fiz James and Cardinal
Wosey which now pronounces Clay .'truy
great man." ''the orator, the statesman the brave
old civilian" !-that same Clay who, in 1874, was
branded from Maine to Georgia by the same marty
as guilty OF bargain and corruption-as dcbau.
chez, dueuist, and black Ieg,--as every tbino in
short that is corrupt in politics and infamous in
morals Who doubts that, if Mr.. Clay had been
again the candidate, the same charges would have
been again repeated? No one who recollects thai
the same lament was raised by the same presses
when Harrison received the nomination in lS4O-
Then, as now, according to the democratic organs.
Clay had been Wiley victimized by his own party
linen, as now, their sympathies ran in a broad
stream for the neglected and unrewarded Harry of
the West. But no sooner had their pretended "a
vorlte been again presented than the wall of distress
died away. and they who had raised il, spranp.
IKE tigers from their ambush, upon their victim
The same game has been tried again. but with less
success 1t has proved the most transparent of all
tricks, the most shallow of all humbugs. The H.
mon, and other democratic organs, may thank them
selves; they may praise their own immense dis
cretlon and sagacity, that Taylor is the Whip no.
minee Thousands of Wings have been convinced
OF Old Zachs superior availability, by the open and
undlsguised anxiety THE Union that he should not
be the Wing candidate. Shade of Talleyrand!-
What a miracle of tact and management
And Scott. too, the brave and gallant Scott. who
fought from Vera Cruz to Mexico,-Scott who en-
tered the Halls in tnumph,-Scott who won us
Peace,-Scott too, quoth the Union, "has been
pushed from his STOOL to make roorn for Younger.
not better soldier"
Oh, Union! Union Have you ever read Scott,s
letter TO Marcy, or Marcy letter to Scott? Who
pushed Scott from his stool in Mexico? Uho caus-
ed him TO be withdrawn from the head of his vic.
torlous army, and placed not only younger, but
an almost untried soldier in his place? Uho has
reduced him to the necessity of entering his coun
try, rather as prisoner, than great conqueror.
entitled to trlumphal march through the whole
length and breadth of the land? Why is it that
Scott is at this moment en,anged in pettyfoopino
controversy with Presidential fayorite instead IF
being received, with open arms, by a grateful Go.
Vernment, as the representative of grateful millions
OF the American People? The veteran Scott will
Know and appreciate the worth of the Unions tar
dy laudations.
Daniel Webster too, old Daniel ''blue light
Daniel the "Pensoned advocate Of the manuiac-
turers" the "Hartford Convention FedeIalIst':
Danei w ebster comes in for share of the Unions
sympathetic woes! And Massachusetts is TO show
IN November next her determination to avenge his
memory sorry compliment to old Massachu-
setts We shall see how it is received But in
The mean time, we venture to predict, that the
friends of Clay, of Scott and of Webster. will vie
with each other in enthusiastic supper. of ZACHARY
TAYLOR. Their several States will be found press
ing to the van of the Wing fleet. nor suffer them
serves TO be entced 10 shpwreck and destruction by
the song of the syren.-RicImond Republican,
%" 1t is generally believed that a large majority
OF the Wings of Augusta County would have pre-
ierred Henry Clay to Gen. Taylor as their candi.
date for the Presidency. This may or may not be
true but one thing is certain they all prefer Wing
to iocoioco rule, and although the nomination of the
old hero has caused no very considerable degree of
enthusiasm, we doubt not it will be their pleasure.
as 1t is clearly their duty, 10 give him their most
cordial and hearty support. If there has been at
any time feeling Of dissatisfaction in our ranks, it
has given way to sense OF patriotic duty.
The VIReINA HoTEL-This extensive o..
Enlistment is now opened, and its propretors are
fully prepared for the reception and accommoda-
ton Of visitors Our town can now boast OF three
Hotels, which, in every respect, would COMPARE
favorably with any in the Valley of Virginia, or
elsewhere, and all Of them, we are orlad IN s,x,