Fer The Nors earollas sl.adard.

The Great ETecffoneerer.
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4 Mr.. Editor Verify, verify, ne are coming to


fine condiiion, when the candidate for the high-


lest office in our gifi must traTeIoyer the whole


country onhn electioneering tour, IN order to gain.


our votes-m consume lis days in delivering


vote-caching speeches, and hsnights in connecting


something which may please his hearers and give


them lofty idea Of bis principles, and practices


must bow 70 this one-shake the hand Of that one
kiss the wife or child Of one, andmake pro.


mise to another. like some cringing Office seeker,
or needy beggar. We do not say this from any
particular atfeeling towards Clay, OF because We
are Vexed at the probable success Of his tection.
eering trip for we do not believe, after all, that


he will gain many votes By IT,; the people know
him too well to be affected by the honeyed words
Of a smooth tongued orator. or the promises of q
man who belongs to party, which is noted for


making many promises, and for never fulfilling
them. Bot we do think that this conduct on the
part of the presidential candidate is calculated to
degrade the office of Chief Magistrate in the eyes
of the people, and 10 bring il into diSrepute.
But perhaps Clay is exeusable for this reason
that he has been rwies defeated by the votes Of
the people, and because he knows this to be his
only chance. If he be defeated this time, and he
will be most probably, his hope of ever being


President of this Republic is gone; and he will
go downto the grave disappointed man. We
hope however, that this proceeding, on his pafl.
will be discountenanccd' by the people, and that
it will not be considered as preced,nt for other
candidate to follow. Cannot he publish his op-
inions on the various important questions which
may be put to him by the people, and thus Et
them be known, without securing the whole
country in hopes of picking up few stray votes,
by pretty speeches. and pretty looks9 After alt
his travelling among the people and speech-Inal'
ing, he was obliged, it seems, to have recourse to-
this plan at last for he could not determine what
views he should publish to the people concerning
The all-impertant subject Of the anHcxaton Of
Texas untifhis tour was nearly completed---uh-
til he had ascertained the stat Of feeling on tile
subject at the seat of Government BY the by,
MIR. Editor, who is this Frelinghuysen whom the
Wings have put Upon their ticker as Vice-PreSi-
dent We judge that he must be pretty " large
coon" from the length of his name We believe
that he was once a seuator of the United States,
and fourished' about the time Of the removal Of
the depostes; and that is about the amesnl of our
knowledge concerning him; whether he is
proper associate for Clay-Aa whole hog Wing
or Federaiist--a protectiy thrift man, a nntibnal
bank man, and a distribution man; or whether
he is merely set up for the purpose of catching
the votes of certain State or certain portion Of
the people, as Tyler once was, We are not ablelo
say; if the latter we bid our " paricaIar friends"
bewarr, lest they catch another "tarthr."