The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1850-06-19


if not the existence of the body politic.'
Mr.. Clay's Speech 2lst mt
Mr.. Clay likens the subjects now agitating the
public mind to five wounds, one of which the
President is willing to seal and close; but the
others he persists in keeping open. This is what
MIR. Clay says; and when he tries to say true
thing he says it will.
A few weeks ago, we took occasion to allude
to the relative positions occupied by Mr.. Clay
and the President to the questions so long before
Congress and the country. We were both gra-
tilted and surprised to find the great embodiment
of Whggery occupying position antagonistic
to the short-sighted, cramped-up policy of the
President, and in comparing their sentiments,
we took occasion to call upon the patriotic por-
ton Of the Wing party to oome forward and de-
clare whether they belonged to the narrow
minded, contracted section controlled by the Ca
binet, or to the comprehensive, patriotic section
led on by Clay and Webster.
We were aware that the official exponent of
Wing sentiment in this State declared that the
Presidential policy met with the cordial support
of the Wing party, and we took occasion to pro-
AOuuCc StHLllllcIlL gTOSS llllSIcpEcScuLd-
ton of Wing feeling in this State, and we do
the same now. We say again, that the Wing
State Convention misrepresented the Wings of
Iowa when they put them in an antagonstic po-
sition to that occupied by Clay and Webster
We DEFY their presses to come out and sustain
the resolution which pledged the Wings Of Iowa
to the Presidential policy, and by consequence,
placed them in opposition to the statesman like
policy laid down on the Cass platform by Clay
and Webster. Yes, we defy them to do this
We dare them to be candid-they must remain
silent
Five wounds are drawing from the body poll
tic its life blood, and threatening to put period
to its existence, and yet the head doctors at
Washington, or rather the official doctors say,
that only of these wounds must be healed,
and the other four must be kept bleeding on
bleeding on, to keep dissention alive-to weaken
the life-chords which bind in unity the members
of the confederacy.
"What is the plan Of the president?' asks
Mr.. Clay. els it to heal all these wounds?"-
No such thing 1t is only to heal one of the five,
and to leave the other four bleed more profuse-
ly than ever" Further on in the same speech,
Mr.. Clay says, 81 have seen with profound sur
prise and regret, the persistence-for SO l am
painfully compelled to regard the facts around
us-of the Chief Magistrate of the country in
his own peculiar plan" Remember, these are
the words of Mr.. Clay.
Now, we have heard much of the pledges of
President Taylor, and among them was one in
which he professed to rely upon the wisdom of
Congress-in which he said that he would not
interfere with the disposition ofquestions before
that body But what is his conduct even in this
particular instanceo We leave Mr.. Clay to an
swcr that question. Hear what he says of this
pledge. Why, no locofoco could represent it's
inconsistency in stronger colors:
81 think, that in spirit of peace and concord,
and ofmutual confidence and cooperation, which
ought to animate the different departments of
the Government, the President, entertaining that
constitutional Difference to the wisdom of Con-
gress which he has professed, and abstaining, as
he has declared he would abstain, from any in
reference with its free deliberations, ought,
without any dissatisfaction, to permit us to con-
slider what is best for our common country.
will go little further in this comparison, which
| make most painfully After the observations
which l addressed 10 the Senate week ago, |
did hope and trust there would have been a re-
ciprocation from the other end Of the avenue, as
to the desire to heal, not one wound only, which
being healed alone would exasperate and aggra-
vate instead ofharmonizng the country, but to
heal them all l did hope that we should have
had some signifcaton in some form or other, of
the Executive contentment and satisfaction with
the entire plan of adjustment. ButSipstead of
concurrence with the committee on the part of
the Executive, we have an authentic assurance
of his adherence exclusively to his own particu-
lar scheme"
After these impressive and solemn declarations,
who will doubt that Mr. Clay holds the present
government policy in the most ineffable con-
tempt. And shall we be told that a man can,
after this, be Clay Wing and Taylor Wing.
AS well might we be told that the leopard can
change his spots, or the Ethiopian his skin. AS
we'll might we be told that inconsistency in doc
trne is consistency in faith. Yes, said our neigh
Dor of the telegraph, a few days ago, we are all
Clay Wings, Webster Wings, Taylor Wings.
Yes, say we, you are both consistent and incon-
sistent-for measure now, and then against it.
Does not the settlement of question, which,
in its agitations, threatens the existence of the
body polite, come within the scope of political
principles? No, says the Telegraph, we may
differ upon that question:, and still be Whigs.-
Very true, according to our opinion of Whigge-
ry. A party which has no political principles,
cannot be expected to govern their action by i'm
mutable rules. tegt" aa3 'ta r ..t"H ~r'szGt
But to the speech Of MI. Clay---we must not
lose sight of that while following up our neigh
Dor of the Telegraph. Take another extract,
which completes the alienation of Mr.. Clay from
the President and his meagre policy. r., .,-9.,..
"Hc fails to recommend any plan for the set
tement Of the important and vexatious subject
of fugitive slaves. He proposes no plan of set
tlement of the agtating questions which arise
out of this subject. will repeat, let him who
can stand up here and tell the country, and sa-
tisfy his own conscience--whe the whole coun-
try is calling out for peace, peace, peace; when
low to bring once more to this agitated and dis.
tracted people some broad and Comprehensive