The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-10-20
THE STRIDDLER.
HIssSr'e~I Lamps IsT the Illuun lna,loa q
the Present

10 M EptIuE % 1HK srN-SV r..
sides Bryan and Blaine there have been to
dist nsuiShsd men long IN public life uho.-
oNsr~eentnE ambition VAS % becoms Pre-.
dent Of the United states. Theas were
webster and clay zach Loot the Pre-.
dency by making a -ssTaddls- on the th-a
great question OF the day. There - an
other. and the course Of events since the
Saratoga convention suggests an interest,
ing parallel
Henry clay vas three times q candidai.
In isN when he made his last camnaisn
aud lost New \ DIRK and the election hy n.
narrow margin Of 900 votes the issue "a.
the annexation OF Texas TN this question
every candidate had to declare him.sl'
Tears before. IN treaty with Spain. Monro.
had given up the territory and med n.
western boundary at the Sabine River N
Louisiana. He might have had the Rio
Grande. But the North saw in the ann.Ia.
ton the loss Of the balance Of power 20 the
slave holding States. and though oppo.sd
by CLAY the treaty was ratified The South
howeVe~. grew more and more inss,sn'
until annexation became the one question
OF ClAy's last campaign. He was asked %
define his position and his nrsf ac, va. 70
write the Raleigh letter. in which he de-
clAred that ne had not the slightest claim
TO Texas and that the whole issue At stake
vas to stTenEthen one section Of the coun-
try This Of course pleased the North
But under the nrA Of Southern indlsnaton
Clay changed front and wrote his famous
Alabama letters IN which he declared
That he wss not counting the Ahol'ionists
and that personally he would be glad TO
ere Texas annexed withou, dlshonor. With
out war. with tho common consent 81 he
Union. Confidence IN him was A. ones
Destroyed and Thousands Of wings left nm
10 support Birney. the candidate ~ The
Liberty party. Clay wrote himself out ..
he Precedence. and the Mil Bov ~ ne
tlathes. the idol Of m iliionf. was defeated
oy Polk. an almo.i unknown man
Then came Webster and his .reech ~
March :. 1850. He had tried for the Prs.i.
iency in sss and in Is4s. Hs vas essentially
. Free Soiler In his early career he had
denounced slavery in the a,ronss.' terms.
and 40 late 49, is3s vas opposed ~ com.
promise Of any sort Ru, seventeen years
a'er. whom the South ~as baked N ~
Ian TO spread the Constitution over n.
-erritortes. talk Of secession niied N. AZ
md Webster vas appealed to on all .ids.
o save the Union and the cause Of human
reedom Clay a. usual prepared con.
promise resolutions Calhoun replied and
webster rose TO make his great spe~ch
instead OF at'ack king slavery he apoloG,Led
Or ~ and in particular defended the iuEi.
i've slave Law. He held the Inion a.
ear that he defended slavery iissl' 'ha
he Union might remain undisaolvsd Ths
ompromise sealed his fate HIS trends
eeerted him nv thousands Nhrrs- n
erae mourned him a. ono dead sumner
eclared that Webster has placed ri-rs-f
the dark list ~ apoStates Thscd'r.
arker could compare hts 80, 20 n7'Hns
I've the ac' of Benedict Arnold Two
Ears later m the Whiz convention - r.
,lved only ~ 81 2a1 votes
The popular idol to-day i Roossfs'
he great popular question - The az
mother or not the Admnisiraf.on h7- 70.
ised the tarin in m" letter and SOUR ~
= pledges when rTrsiden'. Eoo.s. o.
ade no attempt 10 change the tarIf Bt
! his recent trip through the insurssn
eat he treated the Taft Admiuis'ra'"n
IN almost brutal silence. or spoke 10 10
anties' terms That he shared 'hs Do
ttsfaction 81 tho West every one believes
. returned to New York. accep'ed Tan''
q. got command ~ 'he Saratoza ,o-r "r-
IN. beat the opposition TO frazzI" 80
cep'sd a sweeping Endorsement ~ .
iministra'iOn and he Aldrich Payne -
> h now busy explaining himself ~" 81
> Atisnta and ~ Louis quest ion"rs ina %
had been IN complete control lmars ~
'rdsl ] would have done things dnsr"nR
Inc tarin plank. for instance.
Clay and Webstsr both -Graddled- 10
eat questions 81 'hsir time and hea' '1rn.
vea by doing n Will history rspsai ''".'
~ The insurE~ut West be sa'fsAsd w'h
'ossvslts compromise with 'he F'.''
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