The Ohio Democrat. [volume] (Canal Dover, Ohio) 1840-1900, 1844-04-04

ASSSuS IVY SOhu9
of Palestine with Christian gore the BANNER that waved
above the bold Crusader toen as he fought and bled
And died, the sword in his red hand
sa 4 On the holisst spot in the spirit land.
was the banner Of the Holy cross tCheers.) When
the Bouurbons desired to call to their aid the lances Of
imperial France the Orihamme, was DISPLAYED and the
Gallo chitalry rallied round it to conquer to die
In more modern times the treoor Of the revolution
and the golden eagles of the empire have been carried
in triumph into every capital on the continent There
is not single breeze that blows in which the meteor
flag JfEngland does not wave; and Benheim Rant
lies Serihg palam, Albuera Salamanca and Quebec
Acre. Aboukir, Waterloo atd Trafalgar are eloquent
with its gories. We rally under banner inferior to
none Of these-a flag loved at home and respected "a
broadthe star-spangled banner of our country Tire
mendous cheeringl It is familiar to the British sol
der for he iton the plains Of Saratoga in the lines
at Yorktown and upon the breast work at N. Orleans
tits associated in tile mind the British sailor with
the names of Hull, Porter and Decatur It streamed
from the mast head Of the Constitution when the Guer
rere struck. Trhe these are the banners of nations;
but this contemplate coon skin is the emblem and the
banner of party which aspres to control the destines
OF nation And such nation, too; nation which
doubles its population and quadrupes its wealth every
two and twenty years; the only free nation on the face
ofGods earh ratioK the corner scne of whose great
ness was aidby him, in speaking efwhom all language
fails and all uerance become palzied. Ransack the
records Of all time Invoke the aid ofhe genius of the
past. Who is his peerl He is hnapproached nthe in
ellectua symmetry and m6ra grandeur Of his eharac
ter, George Washington knows no peer he mas no pa
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that an indirect and most nsdious attack has been late
ly made upon the memory Of Washington. 1t was
made from this very stand only eleven days ago. by
who stood before the whole country as an acknowledged
mouth piece Of the whg party The language Of that
whig orator was this; "r f'"'
'"He [Mr Clay] has made his Own character the
character ofthe age, as Washington did in his time.
Washington left the nation SOBER orderly, high prnci
pied and patriotic but on the whole rather withnegaive
qualities but the men Of our time Z. Mr. Clay) came
to give the nation additional traits Of positive and
tive character to ake while it yet retained all those
Washingonia virtues still more enterprisng, bold, en-
ergetic ardent enthusiastic aspiring, sefimproving
and selfprotective."
An honest political adherent and admirer Of Henry
Clay should hang his head in shame TO hear such Ian
guage And yet il was uttered in the presence OF, and
listened to with appreciation by nearly 5000 wings, and
not one voice raised against it. Ihas been exten-
svely published in the whg press. Not one whig edi-
tor has passed stticures Upon it. On the contrary
"The Tribune" without reservation, pronounces the
whole oraton Of which the above is part as ruthfu
and mastery" The Courier and Enquirer praises and
regrets that it cannot publish it The Express predicts
that when published will be the text book Of the
paign; "the mihnows of the whig press follow in the
wake of these their leviathans Ntw this whig "ext
book exalts Henry Clay at the expense and make:
him the equal ofGeorge Washington the equal of hin
who is degraded by comparison with any man; whose
fame should be dearer 10 us Than our hearts blood who
is father for heis the father of our country No
content with this attempted pafricde this ateredted or
gan Of the whg party further says Mr. Clay is not on
ly American but America ITSELF the Republic pAsoniGed
This is nough but -worshp 1t has no fothdatol
in truth 1t is the reckless and destructive spirit ul
ira parizanship. II is bowling Of the knee to Baal
What reasonable and unprejudced man would trust
party who exasperaed by defeatan mad with exces
sive lust otpower are endeavoring to gain thei
end by making an idol of Clay ad falling down befor
!, I il. ES2N s'as-e ~.@ f" st
The speaker dwelt at length on the whg measures
ahigh tariff tax, distribution, and U. S. Bank o
1.-The latter he said ss 2" "' y
"The question of United States Bank, one mair
link in the triple chain we thought was settled Ions
ago. We deemed that Andrew Jackson had stranglec
that hydra headed monster and sowed salt upon it
grave. But 10! in 1s4O the wings came into power
And one ofthe first things that they did was to aemp
to resusciate an Institution, The very name Of whicl
stuhk and stinks iii he hostfis of the community. I'm
der the Congressional dictatorship Of Henry Clay the
passed Bill rechatterng the United States Bank
John Tyler Vetoed it For that act at least, he deserve
and should receive credit and gratitude eCheetsJ Nov
sanguihe as the wings always are before ali election
and hugging to their bosom the lelsion that they will
succeed in the great Presidential canvass Of 1874 ej
already quietly engaged in endeavorng to galfan
ize that old corpse again. The whig leaders here tou
mask their battery and avoid an issue upon the bank
They make il an issue in Tennessee Kentucky and tn
contiguous States. We wfnot permit this playing fas
! and loose We will make it an issue here on the sea
board, charge it home upon them. Turn to the po
stch Of party previous to and aAF the generated
ecticuot lsiO The spring elections in that year wer
suficiehly favorable To allappearance the democra
were never stronger The reelection of Martin Va
Buren to the Presidential chair which he had so worth
Il lily occupied, seemed certain And yet not many week
had passed before twas evidentthatthe supremacy
Il our party and our principles,was in danger A umo
ofthe whgs as it wascaled for the sake ofhe union
j drought about that minene of nart;as and 1o;