Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1857-1865, 1860-07-27
From the Trenton Standard.
The Signs of the Times.

Mn. EDrToR: win you permit an old line Whig
to speak few words thro your excellent paper con-
lcerning the present state Of political affairs When
long established abuses removed, and the
men who advocated them shorn Of their power,
then the friends of order and justice have right to
rejoice. That the old line Wings, (who since the
death Of their immortal leader have been so much
scattered and dscouraged) are coming into power
again. think is very plain. Clay always was a
Union man, a man of compromise and moderation.
Being the acknowledged head of the Wing party;
his measures were national in the highest degree
His influence in the Missouri Compromise, in the
compromise Of so, and at all times when sectional
feeling rose hgh was of decided conciliatory char
acter. Knowing his eat influence and the weight
of responsibility resting upon him, he sought to
calm the angry passions of men, and no one was
more successful. This being his course during his
long and useful life, where do you think that great
man would be standing now, were he livingR
Evidently Henry Clays principles and practice
would most naturally place him among the advo-
Gates of the Constitution and the Union. Though
his unworthy has the assurance to say, that his
father would be democrat were ta alive; yet every
typo in politics well knows that this would not be
so. Just as certain the SUI shines in the hea-
vens, so certain would the great Ashland Patriot
and Orator be the very embodiment of the Bell and
Everett ticket were he living. Every years expe-
rience proves the wisdom and accuracy Of Mr.. Clay
practical. Indeed, so far Democracy has done
anything permanent advantage to the country it
has been by adopting the Clayonic policy. They
have emphatically stolen so fur as they could Clays
thunder And the elements thus stealthy intro
duced, would have saved that party from downfall,
had it not been checked and srnothered by other
principles aud influences.
But the time Is near at hand when the re-cOmbi-
nation of Cla rs principles will triumph in the elcc-
ton of Bell and Everett. The Wings will again
come into power. Though it may not be the same
NAME yet it will in spirit practice and principle be
the same.
Clay, though dead, yet lives. He lives in the un-
dying principles of the Wing party; he lives in the
patriotism of the country he lives in all the acts Of
SOBER wise, and judicious legislation, and he lives
in the hearts of millions both North and South, who
are willing and anxious to perpetuate our glorious
Union. Come forth, then, ye fathers and sons to
the support ofBell and Everett. They are nation
al men; the former friends and admirers of Clay
! Clay, the immortal Clay, walks among us.--Though
his tall and manly form lies still under the mOnl-
ment at Lexington cemetery, yet his shade still
moves among our ranks to animate and lead to
victory. And Buchanan, who did more than any
other man to circulate the foul SANDER of Bargain
and Intrigue, will leave the Presidential chair with
more dishonor than any of his predecessors yet he
win leave it at time when the principles and par
ty of the man he most injured will come into power
And this is glory enough for our cause. 1t proves
there is a just God who sometimes metes out part
of a mean mans punishment even in this life.
Buchanan, by encouraging slander, kept Clay
from the Presidency, and obtained it himself; hui
now the frowns of a nation and the curses of his
own party are upon him, under which he must evel
sink while on the other hand time and circum.
stances vindicate the character of Clay, whose sta
will continue TO culminate for ages to come.
ASHLAND.