Ypsilanti sentinel. [volume] (Ypsilanti, Washtenaw Co., Mich.) 1843-1900, 1844-05-23

Clay has been, and is Constantly assdilee
by renegades aud adventures. II is tht
appropriate vocation Of mercenaries and
hirelings, whether native or foreign. ID
bedaub The patriot with the filth genera.
led m the foul laboratory of their own i'm.
aginaiion. at is true, that Mr. Clay ,eas
once the pride. and ,he deserved faporiie
of the Democracy of the nation.'' To an
American citizen old enough 10 recollecl
the scores of the last. war with England
this is certainly a piece of news. Bu
strange as il may appear, g Ii is true. p
SO says our author, and we certainly ought
10 consider ourselves under great obliga-
lions TO John Bull for his kindness, in
sending one of his liege subjects all the
way from Hould Hengland TO give US so
importan; a piece of intelligence. ro-da
To deny that Mr. Clay was a leader Of
the democratic party, would have been
too bare faced-so a merit is made of me-
cessiiy, and what any doIt in community
knew. is very magnanimously admitted.
10 lay foundation for the lies that are 10
follow. Here they come:
"But Mr. Clay deserted from the De.
mocratic party" Is it possible! And
where and when was this discovery made?
Surely not in America, nor within the
18th century. For it is too well known
TO be deGied by any man of truth and in
telligence, that MIR Clay was regarded as
the champion of Republican principles.
during the late war with England That
he was chosen Speaker of the House Of
Representatives by the Democratic par
~, first in 1911. and by The same party
again in 1918. rs, IT, 10, and '23. It
is also matter Of equal noiorieiy, that
every leading principle or doctrine advo-
Gated by Mr. Clay in 1920, was approved
by the Democratic party then and with
out change or variation is maintained by
him at The present time, and has been SO
maintained from that day 10 the present.
These are truths that constitute por-
ton of the country's history. Let the
base sIanderers OF Henry Clay-the for
gers and falsi6ers Of his speeches, deny
hem ifthey dare, or stand branded as pol
roons unworthy of credit or belief. Mr.
Clay has neither deserted or changed his
SINCE he was the acknowledged
leader Of the democratic party. If 10 lS-
l6 ne changed his opinion touching the
policy Of u. S. Bank, he went with the
democratic party inahat measure, and was
by Mr. Madison, Calhoun,
ard the whole body of The party,
and was opposed only by lederalisis and
ores as he is at the present time. :, He
was then as he is now, the leading advo
cate of the policy of protecting aud en-
couraging the labor and industry of Ameri-
can citizens against foreign competition.
He was in favor of distributing among
he States, the avails of the public lands
after the war debt was paid. And IN
hese measures he was sustained bv j. e..
Calhoun, Andrew jackson, and almost
very man in the nation that protested to
De democrat. And we again bid def
,nce 10 the whole gang Of his federal as
sailants and their imported Tory allies, to
point TO one instance. in which Henry
Clay is not The open and public defender
1f the democratic doctrines aud principles
Of 1919, when he was "ihe acknowIed-
ged leader and favorile Of the party
Who then are the changelings? Certain
" not Mr. Clay. neither has the opposi-
ion TO him changed. 1t is the same Old
Tory Federalism that opposed him in H.
IL, l6 and 20: That sunk down und
The odium that attached Ia its principles al
ne close of The last war aud that by la
king advantage of the divisions that subse-
quently arose in the republican party has
assumed the name of Progressive De-
the better TO sustain its old prin-
that is now opposing Henry
Clay and his principles. as it did during
he war, and has done ever since, and is
its old doctrine of executive
(and Government Of in
stead of, by the people, by its advocacy
Df the unlimited exercise ofihe veto pow
er to override The voice and will of the
people. We cannot retori the charge up.
On our opponents that they have changed,
Or deserted their principles. On the con-
rary they have been true to their princi-