Mr.. Clay US PRINCIPLES.
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FROM clrcolar signed by Senator Benton. frs,
p"oiished III the Missouri ntsilgencer, Oc,. "a


The principles which would qoucrn
Mr.. Clay S administration, ifclected. are
well known 10 the nation They have
been displayed upon the floor Of Con
gress Tor the last fourteen years. They
constitute a system of AmER,cAv policy.
based on the Agriculture and Manufac:
lures oi his own country; upon interior
az we'll as foreign commerce; uponir-
teFnal as well as sea board improvement
nponlhe pcndonce ofthe New World
and close Commercial alliances with
Mexico and South America. If II IS saii
that others would pursue tire same svs-
TEN, we answer that the J0under Of a
system IS the natural executor ofhis own
work. that the most efficient protector
OF American Iron, Lead, Hennp. WOOD.
and Cotton, would be the triumphant
champion of'the new tariff, the safest
friend 70 interior commerce would be
the Statesman who has proclaimed the
Mississippi to be the Sea Of the West;
The most jealous promoter Of Internal
improvements would be the President
who has triumphed over the President
who opposed The construction OF Nation
al Roads and Canals; the most success
iul applicant for treaties with Mexico & !
Soath America would bethe eloquent ad
vocate Of their own Independence.


THOMAS HART BESrox.