The Woodstock age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1844-1845, 1844-06-13
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charter was under consideration, in 1882
Mr. Benton moved an amendment exclud.
ing aliens from being ckholders, agains,
which MIR Clay Voted, and it was rejected,
The bill passed, MIR Clay voting for it,
and it called out the glorious VETO Of
the Hero, the Statesman, and the Christian
ANDREW JACKSON, then President.
Hear what lie said in that memorable pa
per, viz:
"Should the stock Of the Bank princi.
pally pass into the hands of the subjects
Of foreign country, and we should unfor-
lunateIy be involved IN war with tina,
country, what would be our condition.
Of the course which would be pursued BY
bank almos. wholly owned by the SUBJ
jects of foreign power and managed by
those whose interests, if not affections,
would run in the same direction, there can
be no doubt All its operations within,
would be in aid Of hostile fleets and armies
without; controlling our currency receiving
our public moneys, and holding thousands
Of our citizens in dependence, it would be
more formidable and dangerous than the
naval and military power of the enemy.
"lnstead of sending abroad the stock of
the bank, in which The government must
deposit its funds, and Oh which II must
rely to sustain its credit in times of elner-
gency, it would rather seem to be expedi-
ent to prohibit its sale to aliens under
penalty Of absolute forfeiture"
Mark the difference between these two
Statesmen:
HENRY CLAY denounccs the foreign
workingmen who come to our shores to
find liberty, get living by honest labor,
and if need be, fight our battles, and would
not let them have presumption right to
forty acre lot in the western wilderness;
but he invites the foreign lord and banker
to buy our bank stocks and control our
currency, Of the money in our Treasury,
govern us in peace and conquer US in war
ANDREW JACKSON is for granting
to the working foreigner who flies from
eastern oppression to add to our strength
and our glory, all the privileges of citizen
but he would thrust far from our council
and our Treasury, the foreign lord and
banker who seeks through our banks to tax
our labor, govern our government and de.
siroy our independence.
Which is the greater philanthropist the
better republican, or the same deroted pat
riot?
Henry Clay has not changed on this
subject. The Bank Bill reported by him
a. the Extra Session in 1871, allowed all
aliens TO become stockholders, and resident
aliens to vote and hold Office in the corpor-
alton. When Mr. Henderson OF Mississis-
sippi, one Of his own friends proposed to
exclude aliens generally from holding stock
Mr. Clay moved to confne take exclusion to
noa-resident aliens which was negatlved.-
He then voted for the exclusion, declaring
however, that he considered it, both in ref.
erence to resident and nonresident aliens,
Concession to demagoguism and pref
Hdice."
These, however, are but examples show
ing how contemptuousIy "the Mill boy of
the Slashes" has come to look down upon
labor in all its departments. The evil
dence of his having entertained and ex-
pressed that contempt in general terms, APP
plying, not to new settlers or foreigners on
", but to ladorers Of all classes.
On the 18th February 1919, there was an
interesting debate in the House of Repre-
senta,ives upon the question of excluding
slavery from Missouri, usually called the
Missouri question, IN which Mr. Clay par
ticlpated as appears by the National Intel
ligencer. His speech was not reported
but in that paper 10Th March ensuing, is a