Arkansas Intelligencer

MR. CLAY'S TOUR.

Mr. Clay is "stumping" and oratorising "his slow length along," indulging both foes and friends with presidential eloquence. He has reached South Carolina in his Electioneering career. His friend and Whig brother, Daniel Webster, in a New Hampshire letter, administers to him a very unkind cut. Hear him—"The office of President should not be sought after by personal solicitations." "Personal solicitations" here signify Electioneering Speeches; as no man ever asks for offices, especially high ones.

At Columbus, Ga., Mr. Clay announced himself for the compromise tariff in future; which means, that he favors a moderate tax upon foreign Merchandise. Here follow his words:-

"Influenced by a desire to avert the coming danger, and anxious to perpetuate the Union and give peace to a distracted country, I brought forward the compromise act, and aided in its passage. In my subsequent life I have adhered to its provisions, and SHALL DO SO IN FUTURE."

This compromise act, as is well known, brought all duties to an ad valorem of 20 per cent, which is ten per cent below the rate of the bill at present before Congress, which Mr. Clay's followers so vehemently chide.

Again says Mr. Clay:-

"The prohibition of the fabrics of foreign countries would transfer the monopoly to the home manufactures in the United States. The true interests of the consumers are best promoted by a competition between the foreign and rational supply."

How will High Tariffites—id est, high taxers,—relish this? How can they consistently at once support a high tariff rate, and a statesman who declares that he will in future adhere to the provisions of the Compromise Act?