The Mississippi Creole. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1841-1851, 1848-04-28

MIR. CLAY, - we publlsheQ yesterday tue
card of Mr.. Clay, announcing the Intention OF
allowing his name to be placed before the
Wing Convention that is to meet in Phila-
delphia in June. W.. laid this document before
readers without enote or comment" on our part,
and we would even now fuin spare oursel 'es
the painful task Of making any remarks upon
it.
II is in vain to deny that the appearance OF
Fthis document has been a source of deep dis
appointment to us, and ofstilI deeper regret,
The Wing party have again aud again md
again rallied under the banner of Mr.. Clay,
and CALAMITY buckled on their nrmor to do
battle for him, but again and again have they
been obliged to recoil before the solid and
serried phalunxes that have been and always
will be arrayed against him. After the gener-
al expectation and,belief, derived not only from
the circumstance Of the case, but also from the
general declarations Of Mr.. Clay and his lmme-
mediate friends, that the contrary would be
the case, he now once more. slgnlhes his wish,
flor that is the real tenor of his card) that we
should prepare u gaia for the contest under his
leadership.
The devotion Of the wings to Mr., Clay has
been sincere and unbound cd. Ihey have
chung to him through g cd and evil report
They have borne his banner aloft in many a
hard contested field, and when it has been
stricken to the dust, by defeat, they,have rush
ed to the rescu ,and again raised andfollowed 1t
as the polar star Of their l%dolatry, and in the oft
repeated and desperate struggle, they, as a par
" have 'tlost everything but honor" There Is
probably no example on record Of such a firm,
sincere and continued attachment to an lndl-
viduaE unless il was in that Of the grand army
Of Napoleon, and like Napoleon, 3Nr. Clay
seems determined to tax it to the uttermosl.
Under the circumstances of the case, the
wings had naturally turned their attention to
other quarters, in order to select their standard
bearer for the ensuing campaign, and from the
fact as we'll as from the abiding conviction 80
generally prevailing, that the time had arrived
in which their support to Mr.. Clay should no
longer be expected, we do not believe that they
can now be rallied under him, in anything IKE
a united column, or with any reasonable pros
pect Of success.
Whilst no man can have more numerous, sim
cere, devoted friends, Mr.. Clay must be %convin-
ced and ought to have remembered, no one has
more uncompromising, bitter and perseverlng
enemies; that the feelings and preludices a.
gainst him, unjust and unfounded as we all
we'll know them to be, have been transmitted
to immense masses, almost as heir-loons from
a preceding generation, ard that his appearance
at the head of a Wing column, will at once
calm all the difference and dissension in the
enemy's camp, and unite the fragments Of all
parties against him. Even in New York, on
the vote of which he SO confidently calculates,
and where the breach among our opponents
seems SO irreconciIeable, we believe they
would be united against him.
The difference between Mr.. Clay and Gen.
Taylor as candidates is this, that whilst the for
mer will rally all the fragments Of parties, in
opposition TO him, General Taylor would rally
all these fragments to his support.
As to Louisiana, we think we speak advised
~ when we say that whilst her vote would be
certain for General Taylor, we believe that it
would be worse than useless to attempt to RON
a Clay ticket in this State and we doubt if
il even would be attempted. If we had any
previous doubts on the subject, they wouldhave
been dissipated Ivy the general feeling exhibited
on the reception Of his recent card.
There is no State on whose vote Mr. Clay
can reasonably calculate, which would moi be
equally certain for General Taylor: not even
excepting Ohio, to which Mr.. Clay so specially
%alludes, and we must say IN such bad taste, as
regards Gen, Taylor: and there are 0 m and
we might say many States, would go for Gen
Taylor, which Mr.. Clay, under no circumslan-
ces can obtain,
With the nomination Of the Convention.
Gen. Iaylor's election is an absolute certainty
Mr.. Clay's more than doubtful this circum'
stance Of itself, ought to be decisive in the Sc
lection of a candidate. The whig parry, ant
tuO CouulIJ HdFo wv bltul ul litClCSP ' ptuN'
in the ensuing contest TO incur any mor'
unnecessary or unavoidable risk.
!. 1t appears that it was the information which
Mr.. Clay obtained during his recent visit to tn
North, that has induced him to deviate from
/, his previously formed dissemination, Of no
I, again being a candidate. He has however, W
think, been led into error by sanguine and ad
miring friends, vino crowded around him, an
Z whose feelings and friendship made them mis-
take the signs Of the times and wrongly inteI
n pref the outpourings Of high respect and a
tachment to the man, as indications Of prefe
ence for the politician,
" Our confidence in the principles, talents, an
n the general frmness, Of Mr.. Clay, for the higl
est Office in the gilt Of the people, is unshakc
'e and undiminished and ouropposirion ohis non
%iuation is !" not that we love Cesar less b.