LIFE or HENRY. cLAY.
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! In MaEch last a writer in. a Whig paper an,
Enouneed thit he had read sonfe Of The. pages oil
ColtUn's life of Henry Clay that it would deal
tdestructTon to General jackson, and political an
Enihllatlon to Buchanan and Eaton, with many
promises of other astounding disclosures which
were shortly to astonish the world. The secret
tresWhich had for years been smothered in the
bosom of Henry Clay, were TO blaze out, and
their eruptions were to cover the world. We
fknew that General Jackson yet lived and we told
our readers that the publication Of the work was
very doubtful. and from that time nothing was
heard of it, till day two since, when it wasan-
noupced for publication in November Gen jack
son has been gathered to his fathers The sleep
OF death has sealed his mouth and personal contra
diction from him is impossible. His word, it was
known, would be potent. He who never cow
cred nor faltered; who never broke promise,
would be believed in opposition to political ro-
maneers, and during his life it would not do to
publish the book; but now Mr.. Clay visits Vir-
ginia and the bookris being published in Mary
land, doubtless under his correction and supcrvis
ion. We look for it with great anxiety and wist-
fulness We hope it will have an appropriate
title, such as the "Mysieries " of Politics." ind
cative of its grotesque and romantic character
How full of moral will be this publication A
clergyman, pledged to religious services, is enea-
ged in editing and preparing for the press, poll
tical biography, under the careful supervision of
IFS hero, the prominent leader of the minority party
of the nation !. Gz


The publication Of this book must be regarded
as the nomination Of Mr.. Clay for the next Presi-
dcncy. a keystone


