The Ohio Democrat and Dover advertiser. [volume] (Canal Dover, Ohio) 1839-1840, 1839-12-27
@HENRY CLAY-n

out in a bright cancer Of usefulness,
have sacrificed their houor, and 1he,e
oE,hrigb,, TO the demon god money.
Men who have become spostates from
their God and coualry, to serve Fed
erallsm and Mamm0D. D.-AmoB2 the
apos,ates who have dIsgraccd the Amer
ican esculchon, is the name of the in
dividual at the head Of this article. A
man who has received Just reward,
for harterlng away his first Princ,pes,in
being deserted on the brink Of The
grave BY the very party, who apostusi-
zed him and afler his wasting away
near a quarter of a century in upholding
their suli-RepuhlIcau doctrines. But
'lbe way Of the lransgressor is hard.
and we doubt not that bad this trans
gressor his life to 90 over agaiO, no
would pursue a different course; 8
course that would cause his maize 10 be
enrolled on the Tablet Of Fame ae it
is, it will be remembered only, as q
term OF reproach BY posteniy.
On his first entrance into the political
arena, no man ever had a brighter.
prospec. before him possessed of an
extraordinary mind, he at once discov.
cred. which Of the two great contending
parties of the day were governed by
true republican prInciples-principles
laid down by Jefferson and his follows
ers; and principles which. if carried out
are the only sure ones, Of perpetoating
the Liberties Of free and happy pso-
pie, and transmitting them unsullied.
down TO the remote ages Of time.-He
joined that party, and his course was
onward, upward from debater IN the
Lyceum, he soon became the thunder
er Of eloqnence in the Legislative Hall.
Watching with an eagle eye, every at,
tempt Of the Federalists 10 tliwatt and
subvert the will Of the people. CA demo-
cratic Government.) Wherever those
advocates Of Monarchy, endeavored to
get foot-hold, Henry Clay wss upon
them; armed as be was, (for a time,)
with the American constitution in hls
right hand, the declaration Of Indepen-
dence engraven upon his hea I, and The
Goddess Of fLberty lowering over him,
he dared those foreign emisaries 10 bat.
tie; and though they often raised their
iron hand TO strike him to the ground,
yet was he always the conqueyor.
When the United States Bank was
about to be recharared, he WAC one Of
tho FIRST, 10 warmth eounirymen OF ns
unconstitutIOnai,Iy one of,be first to
warn the American people, of The dam
ger there was in arraying moneyed
power, against Liberty. He took down
the book Of Nations and pointed out
every page, where the power of wealth
had arrayed itself against the liberties
of Man. And IN every instance had
subverted those liberties. He called
over the names of Patriots and S,ates-
men, who, in the ardor Of youth had
ba,lled for their country,a and afterwards
succumbed to The power Of Gold, and
gllded their lives with disbonor. He
hoped to God that there never might
be such men in this counIry-thal there
never might be such a curse inflicted
. on the American people.
And where was the man Who. OF
this time, would have predicted that
Henry Clay would one day be numbers
ed among those men :hat sold them
\ selves for gold
vi The U. s Bank and the Federal pa,
e tt, as if in mockery Of all iha, wa.
e great, and good, and just, tempted him
and where is he? twill be the his
i 'orian's place 10 auswer-not ours
4 Thnuph he may moi 90 down TO h,
!. mother earth, until his head he bleach
!. ed with grey hairs, yet he is olread
dead in the eyes Of his countrymen
thrown aside aud forgotten even, by m
party who bought him, u-ed him, an
t. ruined HIM and will be left to be gath
I. cred to his Tomb. unhouored and un
o. remembered, cave by those that shsr
t his wealth. A man for whom, Liberi
u will never shed tear.
e. In his late letter 10 the Harrsbur
i Convention, with the over1owihg ebiI
re utions Of scared cons cience, tn
a. whitening lamentations of a misspel
s: life, and the racking psngs of remors'
n he tells the party who corrupted him.
ht forget him, and "select ONE moi
is worthy Of their confidence" What
nd lesson
as His life however, will be az a beacI
al; light TO warn others of our counlryme
yer never to abandon those principles viii,
W keeps nation free, and the world
he awe.
EOWLS.-Ine People may q,
what they please about times not be
'g, hard, one thing is certain. and that