Iowa territorial gazette and advertiser. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa Territory [Iowa]) 1840-1846, 1844-05-25

it, and it called out the glorious VETO of
the Hero, the Statesman, and the Christian,
ANDREW JACKSON, then President.
Hear what he said in that memorable pa
per, viz:
ssShould the stock Of the Bank principally
pass into the hands Of the subjects Of foreign
country and we should unfortunately be involved
in war with that country, what would be our
condition? OF the course which would be pur-
sued by bank almost wholly owned by the sui
jects Of : fore sgn power and managed by those
intere t., If not affections, would run in the same
direction, there can be no doubt. All its opper-
atoms within, would be in aid of hostile fleets
and armies without; controlling our currency,
receiving our pull moneys, and holding thou
sands Of Dur .citizens i'm dependence, it would be
more formidable and dangerous than The naval and
military power Of the enemy.
s.Instead OF sending abroad the stuck Of the
bank, in which the Government mist deposit Isl
funds, and on which it must rely to sustain lis
credit IN times Of emergency, il would rather
seem to be expedent to prohibit its sale to alieus
under penalty Of absolute forfeiture"
Mark the difference between these two
Statesmen.
HENRY CLAY dcuo,tncss the foreign
,corkingnsen who come to bur shores TO find
liberty; get living BY honest labor, and il
need be, fight our battles, and would not let
them have pre-emption 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 cmrrency,
Of the money in our Treasury, to govern
us in peace and conquer US in war.
ANDREW JACKSON IS for granting
to the s6crkins foreigner who flies from
eastern oppression to add to our strength
and glory, al the privileges Of citizen;
but &c would thrust far from ols councils
and our Treasury, he foreign lord and
banker, who seeks through our banks to
tax our labor, govern our government and
destroy our Independence.
Which IS the greater philanthropist, the
better republican, 4 TIE more devoted pa
trietp
Henry Clay III nst changed on This sub
|ject. The Bank bill reported BY him 1t
the extra session id lcll allowed all aliens
to become stoclh0ldsst, aid fesidmt aliens
to vote and hold oiIice u ths CORPORATION.
When ~. Hssj15om of Mississippi, one
Of his own ffisndr, proposed to exclude
aliens generally frem holdirE stock, Mr..
Clay moved 10 cohine the exclusion to
non-rssideng aliens which Was negatived.-
He then voted fof the exclusion, declaring.
however, that he considered It, both Iii fef-
erence u resident and nonresident aliens,
a concession 70 dcasagoguism and prgu-
dice"
These, however are but examples show
Ing how contenptuousls The NIL boy Of
tie Naxhes" has come to look down upon
labor in ell is departments. There is evil
dence Of his entertaining and having ex-
pressed that contempt IN general TERMS;
applying not 70 new settlers or Foreigners
only, but to laborers Of all classes. We
have the testimony Of Mr.. Rich, member
Of Congress from Vermont in 1919 and
1920, that in the debate on the Missouri
question, Mr.. Clay expressed the follow
ing sentiment: viz;
ssIfthe gentlemen WILL NOT ALLOW US
TO HAVE BLACK SLAVES. THEY MUST
CANNOT CUT OUR FTREW0OD AND
BLACK OUR SHOES, AND HAVE OUR
WIVES AND DAUGHTERS WORK IN THE
KITCHEN"
In confirmation Of the fact, that he did
express this sentiments. we have the decla-
ration of John w. Taylor, Of New York,
who succeeded Mr.. Clay as Speaker Of
the House Of Representatives, long, we
believe, his political il not personal friend.
In speech delivered BY him on the 18th
February 1879 and reported in the Ma
tional Intelligeticer Of the 18th March en-
suing, he says:-
edo you believe that the people from the
North and east VIII settle in country, and take
rank with negro slaves? Having neither the
ability nor Ithey labor cheerfuIly while labor is
honorable, disposition to ho slaves themselves;
make Il disgracefnl and they dispisc it. can
not better illustrate this truth than BY referring
to remark Of the Hon. gentleman from Ken
he speak of the performance. BY our wives and
daughters, Of those domestic Offices viii h he
was plea, ed to call sss.rUae.' What compari-
don did he make between the "black s'arcs' Of
Kentucky and the sphiie slarfi. Of The North.
And how instantly did he strike the balance in
favor of the condition of the former"
We suppose that Mr.. Clay took. care
that this speech in which these dec.ara-
tons were made, should never be report
er; but that he use these expressions cam
not be doubled when we reflect that Mr..
Rich and Mr.. Taylor wers both present;
that their speeches in reply were reported
and published at the time oftransaction and
have stood an uncontradicted record ever
sincs.
This sentiment is true key to Mr..
Clay's whole policy as Statesman. He
divides society into two classes, one THE
WORKINGMEN; the other MEN TO
BE WOKED FOR. He looks on the
former as the slaves Of the latter, no mat
ter what their name or color, and he thinks
the absolute subsection Of the black slaves
in the South, better for society than the
freedom claimed by the white slaves in The
North. His whole policy is directed to
taking from the white laborer the fruits Of
his industry to pamper master, to make
him more independent, that he may the
more humbly 'sblack NE shoes + Tie MI
6oy Of the Nashes," and other arrogant up
starts who tread in the dust the class from
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