" Fichtre" ! he exclaimed. " Our friend smokes a good cigar. It's a Henry Clay" .

“菲切特” ！他惊呼。“我们的朋友抽了一支好雪茄。是 Henry Clay” 。

This was just nine days before the Whig party opened its national convention in Baltimore. Everybody was sure that the Whigs would choose Senator Henry Clay as their presidential candidate.

就在9天前，辉格党在巴尔的摩召开了全国代表大会。每个人都确信辉格党会选择参议员亨利·克莱作为总统候选人。