Democratic standard. [volume] (Georgetown, Brown County, Ohio) 1837-1850, 1844-07-09

"S III llo 0GUhNo1 VIII
another resolution added by that body, dc
claring that the People Of Kentucky, a
well as the General Assembly, regerde
"lhe continuance in force Of the Ian
Distribution Law as Of far greater impol
tance than the repeal of the BankruT
law twas negatived in The House of ReI
resentatives by vote Of 5 TO 50, and i
con -equcnce Of this disagreement tn
resolutions failed; but no man was left i
doubt as 10 '1he wishes and will" Of th
State in relation to the Bankrupt law
or that we have abundant evidence be
sides the unanimous adoption of resolu
lion to that effect in each House of th,
General assembly.
Mr.. Clay himself, on presenting certain
petitions against repeal of the law on tn,
18th January, lS42 uttered the following
viz:
"A single remark he must be permit
Ted in reference TO the delegation in the
other House from his own State. At the
last session, every member Of that del
e9ation, with one solitary exception, had
voted against the passage Of the Bankrupt
bill; and even that single advocate of the
bill, on his return TO his own district,
found so great and general dissatisfac.
lion with the provisions Of the bill, that
he had ON the present occasion felt it his
duty TO give such vote as be presumed
it would appear he had this day given in
that body on the question of repeal."--
See Congress. Globe, lS4l-2, page
1856.
And Mr.. Garret Davis did, with the
entire delegation from Kentucky in the
House of Representatives, vote for the rer
peal of the law.
Mr.. Morehead, the colleague of Mr..
Clay in the Senate, gave testimony to 'the
wishes and will'' of his constituents in the
following manner, viz
"ll could not have escaped his notice,
and that Of the Senate, that the Legisla.
ture of Kentucky had by large major-
ty passed resolutions upon the subjec of
the Bankrupt law, expressing an opinion
that it ought TO be repealed.
Whether the Bankrupt
law was q measure Ofnational benefit, or
national injury, was a question about
which the people of the United States
could form :heir own conclusions; but
whether the measure would effect ad,
vantageously or injuriousIy the interests
Of the people of Kentucky. they alone
were competent to Judge; and so far as
he was concerned, he thought that from
their judgment there was Ao appeal.
Surely, here vas evidence enough 10
satisfy the most incredulous as 10 "the
wishes and will" Of the State Of Keutuc.
ky.
l. There was the unanimous vote Of
the Kentucky House Of Representatives,
nstructing their Senators, Messrs. Clay
and Morshead, to vote for The repeal.
2. There was the vote Of the Senate
Of Kentucky, we believe equally unani.
nous, requesting them to vote for the
repeal.
8. There was the unanimous vote Of
the Delegation from Kentucky in the U.
s. House Of Representatives, in favor Of
repeal.
1. There was the vote Of Mr.. Ciay's
colleague in the Senate for the repeal,
avowedly in obedience to the unequivOcal
aud Overwhelming opinion and will ofthe
State of Kentucky.
S. There was Mr.. Clay's own admis'
sion, that his ownRePresentatlve,th the only
member of the House who had dared to
vote for the passage Of the act, was com
pelled, by the overwhelming voice Of his
constituents, to vote for its repeal.
Did Mr. Clay OBEY the instructions
Of his constituents, so unequivoCally ex'
pressed? Did be practise upon the pres
cepts he laid down to Senators Brown g.
Strange, OF North Carolina, in lS39S--
Did he Conform TO the will Of his constit-
uents?' Did he act mot in his own but
delegated character9' Was he 'nOthing
more than the mirror to reflect the will
Of those who called him to his digniied
Did he, considering it 'no mat
Ter in what words or language those in.
we're given, feel himsel('boLnd
to comply with their wishes thus COM
No, No. While every other member
from the State yielded to the popular
will, Henry Clay haughtily replied to the
almost unanimous demand of his State,
Il CANNOT, l WILL NOT DO IT.'-
Yes his will was to govern, instead Of
his constituents. He made himselfthe
MASTER, instead of the servant, the
MONARCH aud the TYRANT, whose
will was law. Emphatically, the will Of
Henry Clay, in this case, was Law
The Bankrupt ACT had not yet gone into
operation. The bill to repeal il had pas
sed the House of Representatives. 1t
was the 2Sth of January, and the act
was to 60 into operation on the lst Of
February. Without Mr.. Clay the Senate
was equally divided, and on the repeal
ing bill the vote was as follows, viz:
YEAS Messrs, Allen, Archer, Bay