The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 184?-1851, 1844-07-31

Bank. He also acted as one Of lis ATTORNEYS. IN
is suit aith the Slate OF Ohio--a suit commen-
ceo and carried out in direct violation Of the llth
article Of amendment of the Constitution of the
United States.
As further evidence of Mr.. Clay's apostacy I
will introduce here an extract ironl the Western
Herald Of the 10th of February, 1923 The
editor of that paper then professed 10 be a Dem
ocTat, although be has since, Ike Mr.. CLAY. be-
come a notorious apostate, and supporter Of Mr..
Clay, and those very principles. on account Of
which he then denounced Mr.. CLAW as unworthy
of the confidence ofthe people of Ohio:
This is not to be considered in the lqht OF
an ordinary law suit in which a lawyer nav hou-
orably take fees, or be convened on either side.
II IS great Constitutional question. involving in
It tue sovereignty of The State This attack is
made upon the State authority, By all incorpora-
ted company so potent as to endanger the Con-
shtutlon and the existence of our freedom
The question in not one of property merely, but
the most important 10 our civil liberty ever sub
mitted TO a tribunaln
Mr. Clay also denounced General Jackson as
tyrant for refusing his assent 10 law passed by
Congress in 1892, for the renewal of its charter,
although the reasons assigned by Gen jackson
for refusing his assent TO that law. were essential
ly the same as those assigned by him (Clay) for
opposing the renewal of the charter of the ola
Bank in 1911
Agan-Mr. Clay, aflor he returned from
Ghent, charged Mr.. Adams with being an apos-
tate Federast, and that he, while acting as a
Commissioner at Ghent, attempted TO barter
away to Great Britain the navigation and trade
OF the Mssssppiior a mess Of codfshn Yet,
IN order to procure a seat in his or Adans0
Cabinet and bring himself into the line of " safe
pFecedents,H he, in 1926, entered into contract
with Mr.. Adams and his friends, and fjaudu-
lenty procured bis election 10 tic Office of Pres
ldent of the United States, in opposition to the
known will Of a large minority OF the people,
and the positive instructions Of the Legislature
OF his own State, wherein the delegation in
congress from that State were instructed to vote
for General Jackson-a right for the exercise of
which he had always zealously contended while
acting with the democratic party. So much for
MIR. Clay's consistency as politician.
Twill here introduce the names of a few ofthe
leading oPposers off the Administrations of Messrs
Jefferson and Madison, as noticed above. inclu-
ding some Of the members Of that reasonable
Junto, known as the Hartford Convention, who
are now leaders in iho whg party and supporters
OF Mr.. Clay; viz: Messrs. Quincy, Webster,
Russell, Saltenstal J, Davis, Bates, 0. T. Morris,
W. B. Calhoun, Matthews, Wilde, J. R. Davis,
Z. Jackson, Wells, Brooks, BayIess, and Otis,
who were to be placed at the head of the new
formed Government Us arranged at the Hartford
Convention, until the mind of the Prince Regent
should be known, who, if the name of Jefferson
Democrats as assumed by the wings is correct,
are all of them now good Jefferson Democrats!
How far have succeeded in exposing the fall
lacy of the whig claim to the name Of Jefferson
Democrats, and Of Mr. Clay's claim to that of a
consistent politician, | am willing to submit to
the decision of the intelligent reader.
A CONSISTENT REPUBLICAN.