Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1830-08-27
MIR. CLAY

II is little remarkable thar Mr.. CLAWS enemies
who affect to hnk HIM falen," never to rise again.
should nevertheless display SO much sensibty at his
slightest motion, and so nexorabiy persevcre their
ISLANDERS! Why should they suffer .fallen" man,
SO to disturb their repose? Why should broken
down politician inspire them with so much terror?
Why should the batteries of two hundred presses.
waste their ammunition upon single "tallen" man,
no longer "formdable?,' Will the Jackson Press be
good ast reconcile these Inconsistencies?
These reflections must suggest themselves TO e.
very observer of political events. Either his enc
mics are uncandd in protesting consider Mr. Clay,
s'fuined fallen and dsgraced" and assume such lam
guage for efect-or they must acquesce in an m
putation still more dscredit able. We are at no loss
tounderstand their secret feelings They have tro
excellent reasons for hating Henry Clay-causes
which never yet failed to produce hatred in the hu-
man hear'-they have injured him, and they fear
him Phey have assaed his honor and rended his
Character with the 6rocity of hyenas-in the por-
tents of the times their well tried saeaeity dis
Germs the inevitable elevation of Mr.. Glay.to the
6rst office of he Nation Upon that event, they
must shake hands with power, with pa ronaoe and
most cruel of all, with the Treasury! The eforn-
ers'' will be reformed The Kendals the Green's the
Gardnes and the thousand other birds of evil omen
who followed Gen. Jackson To Washington, as ravens
follow the march Of arnes-these men unknown in
the land until traduction became trade whose arti-
Fans paid out of the Golfers of governments and
slande' was organized into system-these owls will
be driven back totheir native abodes. The Fifty PEN
stoned Presses, will lose their stipends--the two
thousand Ulcers punished for opinion sake will be
reinstated-the REGARDED crew will have to pack Bp
and march-If Mr. Clay shall be President all these
things will happen. Fear and interest the most
powerful of human PASSIONS combine array against
HIM, the exertions the maevoence and the abuse of
Jacksons rewarded band, and all who derive emolu-
ment from the present state fittings 1t will be so
and it is folly to expec it to be otherwise 20 The
last minute that SANDER avail. SANDER will be
used When it can no longer ava--when the peo-
pie shall have risen and proclaimed the reign of I'M
position, tyranny and isnbecty at an end-when the
triumphant shout "Cay Is coming" rings in their
ears--then shall we find the slanderers as ernaino
as now they abusive. 1t is not the people who
abuse Henry Clay they remember too we'll his SER
vices at he two most perllous which the United
States have SCENT is The pack of Office hun
tiers and traders IN politics. spewed up by Jackson
ISM
of all tho SANDERS yet propagaed against Mr.
Clay the dires is perhaps that recently published in
ene fiahh'oh lOnloj fele3Tapn, as toHowS
"Henry WATSON, many years ago, was in the SER
vice OF Mr.. Clay, as overseer to hrs negroes. Flo
states these two facts Of Mr.. Clay. Afer he had
earned considerable money as overseer Mr. CLAY so
far BUNDLED HIMSELF land Mr. Clay told us in his
speech that he was very h,n1bie) play at cards
With Hensy WATSON, and won Jfue hundred doikuyS
from him, winch he kept of his hard earoinos
At another time vr. Clay beatag one ofis slaves
in very savage manner. and had abused the poor
negro so much thai IT excited the sympathy of the
oyerseer, and he requested Mr. Clay to top: but his
vengeance had not yet been satisfied, and he eontn-
ued beating the negro; upon which. Henry WATSON,
then being very stout resolute athletic man, knock
CD mr. Clay down, and released the slave -
Phere Is much ingenuity in this SANDER Mr..
Clay IN early life, it Is well known was addicted to
play The general knowledge of this circumstance,
it was no doubt imagined, had already prepared the
public mind to believe extravagant statements con-
nected with his foudness for cards aud nauv smell.
relted fast as they appeared. were used in 1925
The color Of probability thus infused into the story
the lmpossbiIity Of desproving II, by proving mega
tive. was next relied It is Only necessary to OBJ
tain instrument base enough to fix the lest crime
Upon the most innocent man, far as the evidence
of the instrument himself viii go OF all men
DR.. Clay the most fg2tane-a fact 50 wei known,