The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1852-07-07
Our New York Correspondence.
New York, June so, 1851.


New York, June so, 1851.
Mr.. EpIToR
The death of Henry Clay, long a
the sad event had been anticipated, ha
painfully shocked men of all parties
The most bitter of his political oppo
nents-peoplc who spared neither calum
ny nor abuse of any kind to injure him
when candidate for officc-now share
in the general grief, and the voice oil
lamentaton is heard everywhere The
news was received by telegraph, and
spread through the city with electric ra
pidity, sadness diffusing itself over every
countenance The flags of all the ship
ping in the port, as well as those in the
hotels, and public buildings were INN G
diately lowered to half mast, as if by
common understanding. Never was
public sorrow more spontaneously, more
sincerely made manifest for 10 man,
since Washington, has ever become SO
deeply rooted in the hearts of his coun
trymen. The various Courts of course.
promptly adjourned, on receipt of the
intelligence and every kind of PUBLIC
honors will be paid to the memory of the
illustrious deceased. Among other dem
onstratlons of mourning, there will no
doubt be funeral pageant far exceed
ing any thing of the kind ever seen ID
America before \
1t is useless to conceal the fact that
the nomination of General Scott was not
at first received with unanimous cordial
ity, by the Wings of this city The
many ardent Webster and Fillmore men
felt sorely aggrieved; but little rcfcc-
ton has much abated the feelings among
them. They are fast falling into the
ranks and in another month, they will
be found working heartily to secure the
election of our candidates The fact is,
good and true Wings cannot cherish hos
tility, because their personal preferen-
ccs have not been INDUCED No party
organization can be sustained, if the mi
nority do not cooperate with the major
ity All cannot have their first choice
and the few must yield to the many.
Thank heaven, the Wing party is based
on principles of immutable political
truth which cannot be overturned by
any differences of opinion as to men.
From Pennsylvania and Ohio, We
have the most encouraging news and il
is conceded by the best informed Demo
Gratis here, that there is not the remotest
doubt of these great States voting for
ScoTT and GRAHAM In New York the
contest will be close but the result will
be Wing victory. 1t was on our from
tier that the old hero shed his blood. in
repulsing the foreign invader, and VIC
shall not desert him now
Senator Bell, of Tennessee, has beer
spending few days in this city, for the
benefit of his health, he having over
tasked himself by his arducus labors al
Washington. From him | learn that
there need be no anxiety as to the result
III any of the sterling Wing States o.
the South-Kenfucky, Tennessee, Nortl
Carolina, Louisiana, Maryland, Della.
ware,-which are all sure.
General Scott, as all the world knows
was not the first choice of the above 81,
States but he has been regularly nomi
mated, and they will not fail to supper
him. All the balderdash so industrious
1 ly circulated by the Locofoco paper
about the Generals being under the in
huence of Senator Seward, &c, will mo-
deceive a single Southern Wing They
well know that such men as Senators
Mangum and Jones, and Messrs, Stan
ley, Bolts and others, would never hav,
pressed his nomination, if there hat
been any doubt of his fidelity to thu
Constitution If indeed there had heel
any reasonable doubt ON the subject, il
would have been sufficiently set at res
by his unequivocal pledge that, in accep
ting the nomination, he accepts the Whil
platform. This well known high sens,
of personal honor precludes all suspicion
of him, after such declaration.
The passage of Mr.. Benefits lane
distribution bill is leading subject o
discussion here, now Its defeat in the
Senate is looked upon by many as GER
tain