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1 FpjPTEH.
1 be power of a nation, it is said, consists 'n!
the wet d end the puree. Perhaps, at Lis , all
power u rcsoltalle into th.it of Vie purse, fur, with
it, yon may almost everything che."
&t, it is ui no sne-isis sirange that lur. Ul.iy,
entertaining tho opiuion thitatl power''1 is in the
puree, should wish to concentrate fifty millions
in the Land of a Tew meu k!h would 'atrbmit to
Lis control, and yield to him (lie power of the
purse In hit opinion "all power," and with
which ho believes he cau command almost ev
erything. x. Js it too roach k say that his ambition, his love
f-powerndtifluence,8aced his constitution
al objections, ilia party principles, ud his politi
cal integrity unce tie held that such a bank
was "dangerous to-our liberties." He now seek
its establishment, to subject the business, the!
" property, and the people, to bis control. j
CLAY OCT FOR A BANK IX 1810.
"The constructive powers being auxiliary to
The specifically granted poweis, and depending
for their sanction and existence upon a necessity
to give effect to the latter, which necessity is to
be sought for, and ascertained by a sound and
honest discretion, it is manifest that this necessi
ty may not be perceived, at one time, under one
state of things, when it is perceived, at another
time, under a different state of things. Thecon-
.stitution, tt is true, never changes, itt lights of
experience, may evolve to tallilile persons, char
ged with the administration, the fitness and ne
cessity of a particular exercise of constructive
power to-day, which they d d not see at a former
period."
. , Mr. C, proceeded to remark, that, when the
application was made to renew the old charter of
the Bank of the United States, such an instilu-
tion did not appear to h'm to be so necessary to
inn luimuieqi 01 any of the objects specilioally
numerated in the constitution, as 10 justify Con
gress in assuming, by construction, a power toes-
taonsn it; it was supported mainly upon the ground
inaiu-was indispensable to the treasury opera
tions. But the local institutions in the severa
otaies were, at mat tune, In a prosperous exis
tence, confided in by the community, havintr a
confidence in each other, nnd maintaining au in
tercourse and connection the most intimate.
Many of them were actually employed by the
treasury, to aid that department in a part of its
fiscal arrangements; and they appeared to him to
bo fully capablcof affording to it all the facility
. . that it ought to desire in all of them. They su
.. perseded in his judgment, the necessity of a na
tional institution. But how stood the case in
1816, when ho was called upon again to examine
the power of the ganeral government to incorpo
rate a natioual bank? A total change of circum
stances was presented ; events of the utmost mag
nitude had intervened. A general suspension of
specie payments hail taken place, and this had
lead to a train of consequences of the most alar
ming nature. Considering, then, that the state
of theurreiicy was such that no thinking man
could contemplate it without the most serious a
larm that it threatened general distress, if it did
, not ultimately lead to convulsion and subversion
of the government, -it appealed to him to be the
duty of Congres? to apply a remedy, if a remedy
could be devised. A national bank, with other
.. auxiliary measures, was proposed as that reme
dy." "That which appeared to him in 1811, under
the state of things then existing, not to be ne
cessary to the genoralgovcrumeiil, seemed now
to be ueceg3ary under the present state of things."
The constitution had not dunged, but he jus
tified himBalf on the ground that the b ji!;s had
, failed the necessity of the case. Sir, where is
the necessity of the case now? If it was uncon
stitutional to charter a bank in 1311, because the
. State banks were sound, and business prosperous
how can it be constitutional now, when the State
banks are more sound, and business, as semie
men tell us, nevet more prosperous than at this
moment? The necessity which effected the
change in the constitution does not exist now.
Money, wo are told, is plenty; exchanges, wo
know, are regular and cheap. Then, sir, Mr.
Clay is thrown back upon his old, honest, power
ful argument of 1811 upon the constitution
which he so ably defended. But bo has fallen
from that high estate. He leaped boldly from
the ramparts of the constitution, where he stood
its proudest champion, into the ranks of its assai
lants. An immortality of fame sacrificed at the
shrine of ambition.
. The 'constructive powers" of the constitution
" bad expanded, in his judgment, sufficiently in
five years "lo,fasten" that "vagrant power" which
in 1811, "was wandering through the constitu
tion'1 in search of a location, "under the grant to
coin money f where it had rested temporarily in
18H, and whenco he dragged it, like a guilty
'thief, and sent it, in its naked deformity, into the
world, to roam like a troubled spirit, until ho took
jt under his protection, and nestled it snugly un
der the broken fragments of the constitution in
1810.
HE IS FOIl PROTECTION.
March 10, 1833, he said:
"There is protection from oi:e end to the otho
of this compromise act; modified and limited, it
. is true, but protection nevertheless."
And again, on the J23d of February, 1S33
while Mr. Clay's compromise bill was under dis
cussion in tho Senate in reply to Mr. Webster, he
aid :
11 His purpose, tea protection and protection a-
lone. He deeply regretted the course the sena
tor from Massachusetts Mr. Webstei had cho
sen to adopt, who had opposed every thing, nnd
proposed nothing.
Thia declaration was made in reference to a
. kill which was to reduce the duties gradually,
until in 1841, when the highest rate of duty would
be twenty per cent, with discriminations below
that rate. And this is what Mr. Clay calls a bill
"for protection, and protection alone." Mr. Web
' . ter on the same day said of the bill:
"The gentleman from Kentucky Mr. Clay
supports it for one motive, others from another
motive.' One, because it secures protection; an-
oilier, because it destroys protection."
A change- 1811 wants no protec-
In tho Senate, January 21, 1841, Mr. Clay
.said': '-'"
"Carry out, then, fsaid he) (he spirit of the
.compromise act. Look to rovenuo alone for the
support 'of the government. - Do not raise th
question of protection, which (said the senator
lrom Kentucky) I had hoped had been put to
rest. Thore it uo necessity of protection for pro
tection.
And again, in his letter, October 2d, 1843, to
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tftr, Menweiner ui ueuigia. w mun uuiueui
strength, Ire sayst
- - "No more revenue should be levied than is ne
cerarr to an economical administration of the
poverument. , 1 should have preferred that the
compromise, in alt its parts, (uniform duties of 20
per cent) could have been odiierea to.:'
HIS TARIFF OPINIONS IN TOE SOUTH,
fTbe fact that Mr. Cla? is more of fiee-trade
trtaa (advocate lie is of a reasonable tnrii
lent!
UXjCY
Lj ulr.Clayi
tli aw Mi, Vim Bdrtu, is becujioggeoetaiijt knoii
to tue peupio oi me ooum.
Ricimtmd U7ji.
' "We deny that Mr. Clay,or the whigsof Geoi
g', whose c.iudidjte he is, seek for the estab
lishment of a protective tariff, but advocate die
principles of the compromise act."
His frionds support him at the South for his
fee-trade principles at the North because he is
in favor of a piotective tariff. His declarations
of principle are regulated by the market in which
they are to be used. His object is to secure
votes. His pricinples, like his constitutional scru
ples, depend upon the peculiar circumstances of
the case. All things to all men, is Ins motto
Cvorything for ambition nothing for principle.
HIS LOVE FOR THE WEST.
On the SO'.h of January, 1S38, in his speech
on the pre-emption bill, he said;
"The determination to push this bill through
by the majority, wa3 evinced by the manner in
which its provisions were eulogized as equitable
:o all, and especially calculated to give homes to
the poor man; but with regard to some iiijiima.
lions which liail been thrown out ot a grasping
spirit, he begged leave to repeal the charge, and
would throw it back to where it belonged, vizi on
the new Siates,"
This is his opinion of the people of the "new
stales," to whom his friends have appealed to
como up to his support as their especial friend,
UIS OPINION OF THE PRE-E.UPTIONERS
FURTHER DEVELOPED.
In the same speech, he said:
"Tho fact was, that the pre-emption system
putrfied and corrupted all it touched. Mr. Clay
alluded to the Aliumi reserve. Lauds worth from
10 lo $10 per aero had been intruded upon by
lawless men, in violation of the rights of the gov
ernment; and yet these 'poor honest settlers'
were to have the rights of pre-emption. What
right had these men to the public lands? By
what right did they seize upon and rob the Uni
ted States of their possessions? As well might
they seize upon the dollars in the public treasury
on the forts, arsenals, and public ships, as on the
public lands."
Now these "robbers" and "plunderers" aro ur
ged lo support the man who slandered them, on
account of his peculiar friendship for them. He
appeals to these noble, generous, enterprising
"robhcis" and "plunderers" to hclo him: to save
him; to give him their suffrages; to save him from
the storm of popular indignation which is heard
on every hand. Sir, can they fiil to respond to
this loving appeal from the hero of Ashland?
Can they prove so ungrateful? The gentleman
from Illinois Mr. IUiidix will explain it all to
the entire satisfaction of the hardv pioucerof the
West.
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NVTIVE AMERICAN PARTY ITS ORIGIN.
In reply to Mr. Buchanan, on the same bill, Mr.
Clay said:
"Does he mean to compare the De Kalbs, the
Sieubens, the Lafayettes, the Pulaskis, with the
hordes of foreign paiipeis that .are constantly
flooding our shores? lie thought
this government had been quite as liberal in its
policy towards foreigners as was proper or desi
rable." ,
And again:
"lie thanked the senator from Maryland for
introducing a proposition for conferring the boun
ty of the government on our own race, instead of
holding out a general invitation to all the pan pets
of all the European governments to come here
and compete with our own honest poor"
Is 'his tho sentiment of agreat Sf liberal-minded
statesman? or is it the outpouring of deep-seated
maliguity upon tho whole body of emigrants
who fly from the hand of tyranny and oppression
abandoning all the endeainieiitsol'kindrud and
country cominghither loenjoy that liberty which
exists here, and hero only because, when they
arrive here, most of them oppose him and his pai-
iv? Is this the cause ot his bitter hate ot for
eigners? Sir, I expect to hear him appeal to the
good, the honest, tne noble, the patriotic foreign
ers, to support him, because he is their friend.
They will remember tho injury the bitter scorn
the insult the opprobrious epithets he has
unjustly heaped upon tbem; they will recollect
t as the vile spirit winch originated "the alien
and sedition law;" they will spurn him, as he
would have spnrned them from our shores, fi
rms sons will remember his abuse of the Libera
tor.
TURNS A SOMERSET IN 1825.
I shall not requiro any authority to establish
the fact of his implacable hatred to Mr. Adams,
until about the time of his marching all his forces
over to him, and assisting in electing him Presi
dent, and accepting the office of Secretary of
state under him not under a contract not for the
gratification of his ambition! not to defeat the
willot the people of his own State, or of the na
tion; but for the good of the country! Pure
patriotism, unadultered by selfishness! "The
Yankee beat the hero" not by contract, but ny
accident and he was made Secretary of State
by accident !
His letter to t. P. Blair, during the pendency
of negotiations with the friends of Mr. Adams,
discloses the foul bargain by which this ambitious
man was to obtain power and office, and to place
himself in the linu of succession to the presiden
cy. It is dated January 8, 1825, and says:
"A friend comes to me, with tears in his eyes,
and says: Sir, Mr. Adams has always had the
greatest respect for you, and the highest admira
tion lor your talents. 1 here is no station to which
you aienot equal. You are undoubtedly the sec
ond choice ot INew tiiigland; and i pray you to
consider whether the public good, and your own
lutuio interests do not distinctly point you to the
course you ought to pursue. My friends enter-
laiu the belief that their kind wishes towards me
will, in the end, be more likely to be accomplish
ed, by so bestowing liieir votes, . Your represen
tative is inclined to concur with those sentiments
and as I know his respect for your opinion, 1 re
quest, if you concur in our views, that you will
write lo bun by return mail, to strengthen him in
his inclinations. Show this lo Crittenden alone."
The good of the country, and the admiration
of Mr. Adams, and the tears of bis friend, prevail
ed over Mr. Clay's Greek integrity; he save the
votes and took the bribe for the good of (he coun
try.
HE HATES AND DESPISES THE PEOPLE.
In supporting Mr. Adams in 1825, for the of
fice of President, he violated the known and ex
pressed wishes of the people of the Union, aud
of Kentucky in particular. 1 hey preferred Gen
eral Jackson, and they had so advised him. A
gain: in supporting the bankrupt law a law con
ceived in wickedness crossW uniust contrived
far the benefit of profligates and genteel swindtor's
-intended to rob honest creditors out of honest
and just debts he violated the known and ex
pressed wishes of the people of Kentucky. And
again by his vote against tho repeal of that law
ho spurned and insulted the people of his ovrn
Slate. He answered their respectful request to
vote for the repeal of that aw-"I will nol,
To comnlelo the catalogue of his contempts
for tho pooplo, I refer again to his abuse of the
pioneers of the West, whom he denounced as
j "inwrirM rabble, nsd t pet ot 'plunderers saacj u may& jhjAVK,
robbers an J to Lis abuse ofjuur adopted cituexw
and Lit insults to the people of Rhode Island,
who were seeking their just rights, as freemen
and Americau citizens.
HE IS TYRAMCAL IN HIS DISPOSITION.
II s temper is sufficiently illus.ratcd by the
manner in which bo Ins sp'kea of ibo action of
wtrg conventions, H s language is the most in
solent and contemptuous; and he declared that
he would never tigain allow his namo to go be
fore a convention, tl s ingratitude to General
Il-irriwin for viam of devoted servirnurh
drew from the general tho letter to Mr. Brent of
this city, and which is before me, complaining of
Mr. Clay's ingratitude exhibit his true charac
ter. His dictatorial conduct in Congress, from
the extra session until his resignation, is stamped
with all the characteristics of alyrant and dicta
tor. His war upon the President for exercising
his constitutional power in objecting to his Uni
ted States bauk bills and his war upon the con
stitution itself, because it obstructed the complete
gratificaPon of his will, are of the same charac
ter, lie will submit to no restraint; laws and
constitutions are hateful and intolerable to him
when they inteiposo themselves between him and
the obiect of his ambition. He would rend the
constitution, and tear from it, with sacrilegious
hand, the only check it provides against hasty
and corrupt legislation, He has no respect for'
the great and good men who trained it; none lor
the beauty and sublimity of the structure; none
for the liberty of the people, which it is design
ed to guard and ptoteet; it is a stumbling blook'bave often admired the liberality of bis senli-
in his path to supreme authority, and tnerctore
he would demolish it.
HE IS A VIOLATOR OF THE LAWS OF GOD
AND MAN. ' ' i
Thrice has he given or accepted challenges to
meet his fellow-men in deadly strife. Twice has
ho met his antagonists in the field, and deliberate
ly and repeatedly attempted to lake their lives
Marshall of Kentucky, and Randolph of Virgin
ia both for offences given in debate in legisla
tive bodies. Tho blood of the murdered Uilley
rests upon his soul; ils crimson is upon his hand.
But his biographer alleges that he regrets his du
els, and repents, What evidence have we of the
sincerity of his repentance? The following is
the fruit of his repentance: ;
"Old or young, 1 am ready to meet him and
his whole phalanx upon any theatre of action they
may choose to select." Mr. Clay's reply lo Sen
ior Walker, 1840,
"For the senator from Alabama Mr. King to
undertake to put me on an equality with Blair,
constrains mo to say that it was false, untrue, aud
cowardly ..... It was under this impression
that I addressed to the chair some tcmaiks rvhich
I intended as a deliberate offence to that scna
tor I was ready at all times' prompt
ly to repair an injury, as I hope I ever shall be to
icpel an indignity." Quarrel with King, March
1841
This is the insulting, taunting language of an
old man a man who had been engaged in three
duels on his own account, and who had written
the challenge, and directed the proceedings which
led to the murder of Culcr. More than sixty
years had sprinkled his head with gray hairs, and
should have taught him the principles of religion
morality, moderation, and forbearance. They
have left him eager for human gore and the hon
ors of the duellist. Sir, the only substantial ev
idence of his reformation I can find, is continued
in the following bond:
"United States of America,
"District of Columbia, to wit
"Be it remembered, that on the 10th day of
March, in the year of our lord ope thousand eight
hundred and tort v-ouc, before us, two ot the jus
tices of the peace for the county of Washington
ot the D strict of Columbia pe:soually appeared
Henry Clay and Willis Green, and severally ac.
knowlcdged themselves to owe the United Stales
ol America that is to say, the said Henry Clay
five thous.md dollars, and the smd Willis Greei
five thousand dollars, each to be respectively
levied on their bodies, goods and chatties, lands
and tenements, to and tor the use ot the said U
S., if the said Henry Clay shall make default in
the performance of the conditions underwritten
"The conditions of tho above recognizance are
such, that if the above named Henry Clay shall
keep the peace of the United Stales towards all
persons, and particularly towards William 15. lvin.
then this recognizance shall be void; otherwise
oi lull torcc and virtue.
"Acknowledged before us,
"B. K. MORSELL, J. P.
"W. THOMPSON, J. P.
A true copy attest: W. Burnt, cleik."
Sir, this is the first lime in the history of this
country ihut any man ever dared to present him
self as a candidate for the highest office in the
gift of the people while under bonds not to com
mit murder. 1'ive thousand dollars restrain the
passions of decrepid old age. and save the life
of a human being. Morality and religion, hu
manity and generosity, are poweiless with him
trifling as air; but dollars and cents cool the
ardor ot this venerable night of the pistol. Is
this the kind of man to intrust with political pow
er? Is that man fit to govern others, who can
not govern himself?
RELIGION AND MORALITY IN DANGER
UNLESS HE IS ELECTED,
Sir, wo have often been told upon this floor,
that the good of this country, and the welfare
and prosperity of the people, depend upon, his
election. Out of this House, grave considera
tions are urged upon the religious portion of the
community: they are told that, to preserve re h-i
gion and good morals, it is necessary to elect
Mr. Clay. Sir, when did he become the con-:
servator of morality and religion? Where and
when has be shown any respect for either? Is
it lo be lound in his duels? Is it lo be found in
the participation in which Cilley fell? Is it to
bo found, in the language addressed to the
Speaker of tho House, (Mr Polk,) then in that
chair, when be said to him "Co home, God damn
you ! where you belong .'" Is it to be found in
his attempt to right a que) with an honorable
Senator (Mr. King!) is it to be found in bis
processions, with music playing and banners fly
ing on Sundays in his political mission to'lhe
South? 1 might ask bis friends bore, whether,
on nis present mission, ne went torth as the
champion of religiou and morality with his life
iu one hand and the Bibla in the other; or wheth
er he went forth on a political mission for the
advancement of his own interest, armed with his
accustomed weapons, the pistol in one hand and
cards in the other?
WHIG PRINCIPLES ARE PERSONIFIED IN
- HIM.
So say the poets, and orators, and novelists t
(his party. To ascertain what are whig princi
ples, we must look to his. When Missouri was
admitted into lhe Union, he was a member of
this House, and look part in this discussion, and
then proclaimed . his principles. From that day
to this he has never been known to, change
mem, so i tr as i can learo
In hisspoecb on the 15ih day of February,
io iu, ne saia
a 0"lf the gentlemon WILL NOT ALLOW
SLAVES, THEY
MUST LET. L3 HAVE WRITE ONJES; FOR j
WE CAaVNOT CUT OUR FIREWOOD AND
BLACK OUR SHOES, AND HAVE OUR
WIVES AND DAL'GH'l ERS WORK IN THE
KITCHEN."
It is denied by the gentleman from Kentucky
Mr. White that Mr. Clay ever used this lan
guage. Aud 1 have noticed iu the public papers
that Mr. Clay himself is disposed to deny it. At
any rate, he can1! recollect using tho language.
Now sir, I shall undertake to prove that he did
Use this language. Ot that purpose, 1 Sliall
irsl llude to lhe evidence furnished by a mem
ber of this House, of which Mr. Clay was then
speaker a gentleman who replied to Mr. Clay
on the same day he delivered his speech, who
was subsequently speaker of this House; and
who, for many years of his life, has been on the
same side in politics with Mr. Clay, and still is,
if living. 1 moauJoha W. Taylor, of INew xork.
His speech was written out by himself, aud
will be found in the National Intelligencer, of
the 20ih day of March, 1819; and contains the
following passage :
"You cannot degrade it (labor) more effectu
ally than by establishing a system whereby it
shall bo performed principally by slaves. The
business in which they are generally engaged, be
whit it may, soon becomes debased in public
estimation. It is considered low and unfit for
freemen. I cannot better illustrate this truth
ilia'n bv referring to a remark from the honora
ble sontleman from Kentucky, (Mr. Clay.) I
ureuts. He is governed by no vulgar prejudi
ces"; yet with what abhorrence did he speak ol
the performance by our wives and daughters ot i
those domestic offices which he was pleased to
call servile? What comparison did he make be
tween the "black slaves" of Kentucky, and the
"white slaves" of the North: and how instantly
did he strike the balauce in favor of the former?
If such opinions and expressions, even in tho or
der of debate, can fall from that honorable gen
lleman. what, ideas du'vou suppose are onier-
tamed of laboring men by the majority of slave
holders.
Here, sir, I contend is the substance of the
language proved upon Mr. Clay-.language no
ess offensive, no less disgusting,
But I noiv pass to the next witness, An ho
norable member of this House fropi the State of
Vermont, Mr. Rich, also made a speech in re
ply lo Mr. Clay on the 17th day of February
1820,, and h:s speech, written out by Inmseit,
was published in tho National Intelligencer on
the 1st day ot July, losO. To this speech lie
appended a note, in which he says that Jlr. Clay
remarked to the followrnu effect using lhe
language which I have before repeated. Du
ring all this time Mr. Clay was in lhe House
and Speaker of the House. These honorable
members gave their testimony-- -one twenty-five
and the other twenty-four years ago. They had
no interest to misrepresent the facts; they were
not unfriendly to Mr. Clay; they had no desire
to injure him. or to range themselves umong his
enemies; they spoke honestly; I believe they
spoke truly. If they had not, I ask would this
testimony- -this written, concurring evidence
have been permitted to stand twenty-four years
uncontradicted unexplained? Which 1 is the
most reliable evidence, the written speeches in
answer to Jir. Jlay, and printed soon alter -
written when all tho facts were fresh in the re
collection of the speakers? or the frail recollec
ion of a man striving for office, who may wish
to forget? Remember, sir, that a quarter of a
century has since elapsed. Well may Mr. Clay
say he does not remember; his forgetting does
not disprove the fact. -.Messrs. Taylor and Rich,
members of the House, do remember. " The re
cord of their testimony has oiilliverfono of them,
as well as the memory of Mr. Clay. Now; sir,
this is my proof not legal, but moral proof of
a fact, which no ingenious man ca-i disbelieve.
I holieve every word of it; and I would credit
such evidence at this remote period against the
concurrent "don't remember" testimony of a
thousand purely disinterested witnesses. Much
moie do I believe it in opposition to the declara
tion of one so deeply interested as Mr. Clay.
Yes, sir, he must have "white slaves to saw
his wood and black his boots !" I promised the
member from Illinois to find a place for his pic
ture, and to suggest the proper alterations.
tr This is the place. The alterations 1-rccom-
mend are few, but appropriate; first, a full-length
portrait of "the embodiment of whig principles,
(Mr. Clay;) second, the gentleman himself, or
any of his constituents, denounced by Mr, Clay
as "squatters, robbers, or plunderers," in the garb
of a slave, "sawing his wood," and his wife or
daughter "blacking the boots11 of the master. I
recommend to him to take this picture, thus ap
proprialelv arranged, and carry it to his constitu
ents, and show it to them, and their wives and
daughtors; tell them ho is the embodiment of
whig principles; tell them how much money
"Mr. Van Buren and his cabinet stole or squan
dered;" tell them "Mr, Van Buren was opposed
to tho war;" tell them Mr. Van Buren rejected
the votes of two revolutionary soldiers, and re
ceived that of a rich negro: tell them all this;
tell them Mr. Polk is a free trade man; then
show them this picture, and repeat tho words of
air. Clay: "We must have while slaves to saw
our wood, and black our boots;" and leave tbem
to act as conscience and self-respect shall dic
tate ! Their votes will tell whether they are fit
to be freemen or slaves. The gentleman Is a
picture manufacturer 1 am not, He has made
a caricature. I recommend one to him, true to
the life; will he put his gonius once more to
task?
NEVER RESTORE THE DYNASTY OF MR,
VAN BUREN.
No, sir; we are told thai the Van Buren dy
nasty must never be restored I No restoration
Have they forgotten the fall of the dynasty of
1828, when tbe Clay-bank-Ametican-sygtcm dy
nasty was overthrown? Would tbey restore il
to power?
MR. CLAY'S POPULARITY.
We hear much of the popularity of Henry
Clay.. Where is tho evidence of it? Is it to be
found in the fulsome flattery and nonsense of
doggerel rhymes? Is it to be found in his twen
ty years of ceaseless effort to crawl into ihe
presidential chair? Is it to be found in bis shame
ful defeats of 1821 and 1832; or his still more
shameful rejection in 1840, by the whig conven
tion? Is it because he still adheres to that "ob
solete idea, a bank of the United Slates?" Is it
because he is in favor of distribution to help
States and stock-jobbers, and taxation to drain
the pockets of tho people to replace it? If
none of these things produce it, what does? Sir,
the election will show that his popularity is con
fined lo that class whom he has helped to qua'-
ter upon the laboring classes the receiver of
bounties, He was always supposed, by his
friends, to be popular before sn election, but al
ways runs far enough in tho rear to avoid the
dirt from lhe heels of his adversary.. He will do
so again. The people will never trust him; they
dare not they will not. 1 will loll you, sir, and
this House, why not. I wish it to be understood
as strictly confidential I should bo sorry to have
it get abroad among the people. His ftast life
furaiffiwrs the crcaro Orhlcnot of kitf true thar-
actei j aud arfide from the gliro nod lutecjL of tie
orator, there is little to admire, and much to con
demu and fear. . . .
He is a bold, imperious, dangerous man; and,
above all, he is smbitious-r-daugeroiisly auibi-j
lions. History records, among the ambitious
men of the past, who triumphed over the laws
and constitutions of their countries men who
seized and exercised despotic power over the
people men who became dictators and tyrants
lhe names or Cssar, Caligula, and Cromwell.
Catiline attempted it, but fell before the scorch
ing eloquence of Cicero. Sir, this letter C issn
ominous letter. . We have seeu (and in this in
stance to be feared) tho votes of a State turned
away contrary to the wishes of the people, for of
fice. We have seen Mr. Clay recently exerci
sing dictatorial power in this government. We
have seen him spurning the anti masons wttn dis
dain and contempt a few years s;nce, and now
crouching submissively and suppliantly to obtain
their votes. We have seen him burling scorn,
contempt, and defiance at abolitionists; and now,
to obtain their voles, bending the plisnt knee to
them. 1 hey cannot be deceived. 1 bey ki ow
hat, when he has obtained the power, he will
rise majestic as a lion, and again shake his niant,
and send lurth such a roar ot defiance ns win
teach them the folly of trusting the suppliant but
untamed and uncontrollable spirit of ambition.
We have seen him roaming from Slate to btato,
for months immediately, preceding his nomina
tion, with a countenance dressed in smiles, and
honeyed words flowing from his lips, to win his
way to power. We have seen him visiting states
with the apparent design of influencing their e
lections. We have seen him denouncing the
pioneers of tho West ns robbers. We have seen
him execrating tho foreigner who had fled to our
country for refuge. We have heard him invo
king upon his country, war, pestilence, and ta
mute, rather than the elevation of a miliary hero
(General Jackson) to the presidency. -We have
seen him provoking his follow.man to deadly
combat on the inglorious held, where men are
bound hi the laws of honor to murder one anoth
er, Wo have seen him on that field again and
again. We have heatd the crack of his duelling
pistol, aimed at tho breast of h:s brother man.
We have seen h:s interference in lhat cruel and
bloody tragedy in which Cilley fell. We have
Ircatd the sighs and moans of the heart-broken
widow, and the screams and shrieks of her or
phan children; and we now see him entered up
on the contest for the highest office in the gift
of the world, under bonds to keep the peace
generally, nnd particularly with William R. King.
All these things the people have seen and know;
and knowing them, nothing on oarth, or above
or below the earth, can induce tl.em to in
trust themselves, their institutions, or their coun
try, in bis hands. Never, sir, never. This
country has long been the favorite of an overru-
ling and kind l'rovidence. Were all hope in
the peopl'i gone all love of liberty and inde
pendence lost still to that Providence, ever,
watchful, ever generous and kind, would I look
for its special interposition to save us and our
beloved countiy from a calamity so disastrous,
so destructive us the clcctton of Mr, Clay; and
I have a deep and an abiding faith that I shall
not look in vain
Note. Mr. I'olk contrasts finely with Mr Clay In
this respect. For it he has been denounced ns n cow
ard. Mr. Pevton, of 'lenn-?siee, in a speech dohvered
111 the House 011 the same sul-jcct, used, in relerence to
Mr. Polk, the followini: lausawrc: "ine nuestion
would then eeaiu verv natuiallv to arise, if Mr. Polk
was too mnth ol a cowaril to be vice t resiuont, now
fit is he to be tho commander-in-chief of the army nnd
nnvv? These were M . Polk's qu ilifications in n mili-
tnrv nnintof view." It would scorn that no man whose
handsale not reeking in human gore is now thought by
Mr. Clay's friends to be qualified for theoliice ol 1 tesi
dent. .
LIST OF LETTERS Remaining il the Post
Office, at Cndir, Ohio, on tho 1st day of October
1U14; which it not turnout win De sent 10 ineueiicru
Poet-Oilice as dead letters:
Kerby Jaincs
Keesy Rezin
L ,
Lambing L E
M
Miller William
Myeis David
McFadden Robert
Mcsser Moses
McConnell George
.Morrison Mr.
Ma fli it Fulton
McNutt Agnes
Mays Sarah
Minikin Margaiet
Merrill Jessee
McDowell William
Ma holm Martha
Maxwell James
Mathews James
McConough Richard
Moore Enos
McKce Miss Jane .
McCang John
N
Nolson Martha
O
Osburn Samuel
.. P '
Parker Samuel
R
Rowles Nicholas 2 -,
Ramsey Benjamin
Riley N -
S ;' , . '
Steward Joseph
Starr Elizabeth
Sweed Daniel 2 - .
Simpson Thomas
T
Thomson Miss M
Anderson Benjamin
Allen David
Amspoker Samuel
Alexander Robert
B
Busby Abraham B
Bush William
Barren AG
Behneit Joshua
Barrett Arthur
Bell George
Barklow Henry
Bayless Z.
Barnes Ford
B. William
C
Crabb Jacob
Cleveland Thaddeus
Cope Joseph
D .
Dutton David
Dcyarmon Joseph
Day Uriah
Dolvin William
E ,
Evans John
F
Fisher Jacob S
Fisher Eli
Frank Wolfs
Filshuzh John
Fry Mr.
Gamble Solomon
George Samuel
Gray Rezin
Gilchrist James .
Gregory William .
Haverfield John
Ilanita Mrs. Henderson Thompson Eleanor
I anna Robert
.Tipton John
Huffman John
Hurtinan Aim
Ileavlin Stephen
W.
Watt David
Walker Edward
Weaver John
Williams James 3
West Samuel .
WulkerRev.W
Warfel Cbirles, .
JOHN BEALL, P.
Hill Eli
' - J
Jamison John
Jones Miss
Johnson Robert
M.
MASTER COMMISSIONER'S SALE.
RY virtue i( a copy of a Decree and Ordet of sals,
issued out of the Court of Common Pleas of Harri
son county, Ohio, to me directed and delivered I will
ofler for sale at publio auction, or outory, at tho Court
House, in the town of Cadiz, in said Harrison county,
on Saturday the 36th day of October next, between the
hours of 10 o'clock A. M., St 3 o'clock P. M., of said
duv. the following described real estate to wit: Ths
W est half of the Sooth-west quarter of taction No,
of Townsbin No. II. of Kanee No. S, of lands directed
to he sold at Steubenville, as the property of James
VUUIfc, Ut MIU IU1I UI UBUIg WWMWt rvi,i
Cook, deotased in Chancery.
THOMAS O.VINCENT, Master
CowinuitiorurinO'anetrg.
September 85 th A, D. 1844 .
- LAW NOTICE.
TOHN M'NEILL. Attorney at Law and SoHoItor In
fJ Chancery, will attend promptly to any business
uirusieu ut uuu iu iinrnsuu iuu uicutijuimng commas
Offics in tne house lormrrly ooounied by Mr. Wia,
Fry, a few doors below McNotts Not),
tirfestuf.?!, 164
. Invalid Header!
A word to you in regard to th testimony of HWi
Ti' Biun ut Wild min," Huve you exanuDd
it ntieui.rtlyJ Hare you examined tb caew on rv
ordl Ol the can this iwrdiciiie but per formed! Hat
you re walked bow UetperatranUhuotbopie many
of them wr) And how couplet bu been thecute in ,
every instauce! Hye joa noticed how many and re-
pectable the persons wnonaTe ceiuucu tjuu
eiucncy; Have you orjserveu me eruicm nnum uu
good taith which characterises every cnee recoided, ev
ery certificate jiveu! If so, there need no. more be
said to convince you that this prepnratiun Is tbe very
thin? to which you should resoit it not, then you should
send to the agents aud procure Dr. V istar's Treatise 90
Consumption, peruse it and we bave no fears of the re-
uii. Also ree advertisement.
JAYNE'S CARMINATIVE BALSAM
Is a certain, sufo and effectual remedy tor Ore nterr
Diarrhoea, or Looseness. Cholera Morbus, SUMMLlt
COMPLAINT, Colic, Griping Pains, Sour Stomach
Hicii and Nervous Headuch, Heartburn, wuterorasn.
Pain or Sickness of the Stomuch. Votuitinir, fepittmt
up of Food after Eating, and also where it passes thro
the body uncbangeu, want ot Appetite, Kestiessnesa
and Inability to Sleep, Wind in the Stomach and Bow -els.
Hysterics, Cramp, Nervous Tremors and Twitch
ings, Sen Sickness, Fain tings. Melancholy and Uiwnera
of Spirits, Fretting and Cryiug of Infants, and for all
BOWEL AFFECTIONS, and NERVOUS DISEASES
This is one of the most efficient pleasant, and sufo
compositions ever offered to tho public for the cure oa
the various (lerangemeuis 01 me siomauu aim iwiu,
and the only article worthy of the least confidence for
curing CHOLERA INFANTUM or SUMMER COM.
PLAINT: aud in all the above diseases it really act
likea charm. ' " ' '
All persons are requested to try it, for without excep
tien it is the most valuable family medicines ever yet
discovered. Huntl reds, nay, thousands, of ccrtibcntes
have been received from Physicians, Clergymen, ana
families of the first respectability bearing tho strongest
testimony in its favor, too numerous to publish. For
sale iu Cadiz by McBcan tc Knox. Sopt'r 11. .
LUNttS. ,
BEWARE OF CONSUMPTION!!!
WE behold many who unfortunately ore the ob
jects of disease, borne down by its pain BDdi
ilisueos, without a medicine to strengthen anil sooths
the enfeebled frame, or telieve tho poisoned mind
kind Providence has caused Natute to produce a
HEALING BALM for all livins creatures, particular
ly the ufflictcd. , He, then, whose lubors huve been so
successful as to discover the Medicinal Agent lor the
ltmovul and cure of a disease which seems lor ages to
have defied the powers ol the healing nit, should be
ganieum inerigntoi a puouo uenemuior.
The nroniietor of Dr. Duncan's EXrJSC TOKAN T
REMEDY clniuisthis, substantiated by thousands who
are living monuments lestoied honi a bed of sickness
to the enjoyment of their duuicst friends, and again
endeieu ornaments 01 society.
Those who sutler with the piemonitory symptoms of
CONSUMPTION, should not neglect themselves from
1 me to time, until the disease becomes seated, niiu ren
tercd hevond the control of medicine, but immediate.
lv nrocure Dr Duncan's Expectorant Remedy, a mcdU
cine that is certain to teiui.ve all the first evil seeds of
Consumption, when used Ut due season. ;
A fiesn supply Ol me uuove uii-'uiuiui? jubi letcivuu
and for Bidv at the store of
sept. 4th, - V. U. BUEliE.
FEMALES BEWARE.
It is an indisputable fuct, demanding serious and sol
emn consideration, that thousands of the I itrtst and
lovliest of the Female, sex, fall yearly into au uuamely
tuve; the unconscious victim 01 tneir owu suicuini
acts! - - . - : '.
From the Rceistcr of Mortality we lind the uentha
of Females to far exceed those of mules and that the
greater portion die in tho bloom of youth, before they
attain the age of twenty-one, nay twenty ! Consump
tion is a disease, that spronas its insidious ravages
throughout the universe, and nips buth gieat and smull.
Listen then to a warning voice which echoes constant,
ly in young ears, und guard yonieelves from the first
unerring seed of this disease, which is certain to knit
its fatal threads and hurry you to the solitary tomb!
As tho Rattlesnake it warns you of its poisonous fangs
nnd you heed it not, until the sting of death is fast riv
eted in your system. It is only at this time for the first,
you will begin to ue couccrneu noout your neuun;
nut it may he too late. May these facts awaken you
loin vour slumbers, ami cause you to listen to the voice-
of reuson, and use the medicine that has piolunged
nd presuived the lives ol tlious ines wncn used in tune,
JJt. DUNCAN'S EXPECTORANT BiSMEDYV
A medicine prepared especially for ttisenscs of , the
Respiratory organs, viz: Colds, Coughs,, Influenza,
liroiichitiB, sore throut, in.iamiiuon 01 tne uiucus mem-
rune, spitting of blood, asthma, tor sale by ;
nug. 21. W. 1$. lilCKUE, Cadiz. r
PralKitc, Administration iiimI iu:irdinu
Notice.
The Stat o Ohio,)
Harrison County,
ClerkU Office, Jlugwl 29A, Jl. D. 1614. ',
OTICE is hereby given that tho accounts ond
vouchors on the following estates for settlement
rid ullownnce, were presented at and previous to the last
Term of the Couituf Common Plcasolsaul county, und
isnenried under the Statute iu such case made nnd pro
vided to wit:, . . '
William Foreuiati,. Guardian of John Foreman and
others.
John Bonth, Isaac Boa tit and Aaron Bonth, Executor
of the lust will and testament of 1 homus lioath uo
ceased.
John Graham, Administrator of the estate of Iannab
Graham deceased.
James Clements, surviving Executor of the lust will
and testament of William McKain Ueceasca.
Margaret Lafle.rty and John Laffcrty, Executrix and
Executor ol the last win anu testament, 01 r.awaru
LniTertv deceased.
Andrew Keys. Executor of the last will and testament
of Denton Young deceased.
Daniel Miller and Josiah Scott, Executors of the lust
will and testament of Andrew Miser deceased.
Griffith McMillcn, Administrator of the estate of Elisha
McMillan decensed. ' . -
David Barrett, Administrator of lh estate of David
I'uirh deceased. . '
John Knox, Administrator of the estat of John Buffing-
ton deceased.
Malichai Jolley, Administrator of the estate of Abra-
hnm Ackermnn deceased.-
Anderson Grimes, Executor of the last will and testa
ment of William Grimes deceased.
Samuel Lewis, Executor of the last will and testament
of John Singer deceased.
Said Accounts and Vouchers aro on file in the Clerk's.
Office, at Cadis, in said county of Harrison, and Stato
aforesaid, subject to the examination of all persons in
terested ; which will be allowed and upprovod at the.
next term of said Court, unless exception thereto b
made. . , .
Attest, THOMAS C. VINCENT,
. . Clerk of Common Pleat Court. '
FARMERS, LOOK TO YOUR INTEREST I
THRASHING MACHINES
QF every description made and repaired in the short
est possible notice, and in a neat and workman
manner, and warranted to perform to the entire sat
isfaction of the owners, on as reasonable terms as any
other establishment in this country. AU kinds of cast,
ings furnished on short notice. Also clover hullers made
on the most improved plan. Please call at the shop oa
Wamar street, Cadir Ohio. CH AS. rA I TEKSOIy, ,
jnlya. 3m. , . ., B1MOJN BlUCKEll, . ..
PROCLAMATION.
1 WILLIAM BARRETT, Sheriff of the county of
Harrison, State of Ohio, do hereby give publio no
lice throughout said county, that the time of holding
the election of Electors of President and Vico Presi
dent of ths United States, is, Friday, the first day of
November next, anntnat tne numDer 01 electors at that
time to be elected for said Stnre of Ohio is twenty
three (23). WM. BARRETT, Sheriff; " 'A
Sheriff's Office, Cadis, Ohio,
J OHN FOOSE'S ESTATE, Notice is hereby ivt
that the subscriber has been nnnointed ana ausM-
ficd as administrator in the tstnte of John Foot, liw
of ths county of Harrison, deo'd. , -,i
A. RICHARDSON, 1
CLOCK AND WATCH MAKER, AND DEALER
- in Watcluis, Jewelry and Silverware, '". ,
.. . SPECTACLES, ;, ' "
AND SPECTACLE GLASSES FOR ALL AGES
Clocks and Watches repaired and warranted. ,; ' '
. -No. tl Market street. '- -m-V.',
' :': -.; ' FITTSBtrXart, '
Wanted l.OOO bus. Flax seed for which tr
highest pne will be paid In etish ot roods
stove bf Js ClIMIPC ' t.Tt, i .
w