The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1844-05-03

all men, lcopoioiO'S ioi VIZ D.
that have been perpetrated under It.
1t was passed, not as a measure oil re-
lief 10 the unfortunate poor, but as AMI
engine in the hands of the gay spend
thrift to defraud his honest creditors
So apparent did this fact become, that
IN less than one year after It's passage,
even a whig Congress was literally
compelled to repeal 1t.
I. Because he denounced as rebels
and traitors the people of Rhode Island,
at time when they were struggling
TO shake off the accursed manacles OF
the royal charter. The friends of lib
erty over the whole Union have deep
lv sympathized with the oppressed ID
suffrage men of Rhode Island, and will
not soon forget the malignant asper-
sions cast upon them in debate by Mr.
Clay. =,
s. Because, infuriated at President
Ty Ter for the patriotic exercise oi the
veto power, and thereby thwartlng his
dangerous schemes, he is now striving
to wrench that sacred conservative
feature from its place in the constltu-
ton and thus deface that noble paIla-
dium of our liberties, as handed down
to us from Washington, Jefferson, and
Madison. People of Pennsylvania!
The issue is, between Henry Clay and
the constitution of your fathers! Can
Won hesitate between them?
9. Because in 1924 he deserted the
repu5 5lican party, and formed an un-
holy alliance with John Quincy Ad-
ans, by means of which Adams was
made the President, and he (Clay)
Secretary Of State. He treated with
contempt the instructions of his constl-
tuents to vote for Andrew Jackson,
and by corrupt bargain and safe
brought John Quincy Adams into the
presidency, against the declared wish
es Of large majority of the American
people. Of the truth Of these charges,
no unprcjudiced man entertalns "A
doubt. II assert" says Mr.. McDutie
of South Carolina, 'and am willing to
stake my humble stock of reputation
upon the truth Of the assertion, that the
circumstances of the extraordinary CO.
alton between Adams and Clay furnish
as strong evidence of an abandonment
of political princlpIe on the part of Mr..
Clay, and OF a corrupt political bargain
between him and Mr.. Adams, as is OF
dinariy required to establish the guilt of
those who are charged in a court OF
ouarter-sessiops with the common
crimes known to the law"
10. Because he has been the con-
slant and uncompromising enemy of
the gallant hero Of New Orleans. He
invoked "WAR, PEsTILENcE. and FAM
INE,' upon the country, in preference
to General Jackson's eection-advoca-
ted the resolutions of censure passed
against him by the United States Sen
ate, for his removal of the peoples mo-
ney from the grasp Of an insolvent
bank, and which were subsequently ex-
plunged from the journals. Age and
retirement could dnot protect the Chris
tian patriot from the coarse assaults OF
party malevoence; and Mr.. Clay re-
fused to do him JUSTICE, by resisting
the restoration of the unjust fine i'm
posed upon him by Judge Hall. 1t
was not until after Mr.. Clay had left
the Senate chamber, that the heart of
the brave and venerable herowas glad
dened by an uncquiyocal display Of
the Justice of his country. No honest
friend of General Jackson can ever
consent to vote for his implacable en-
emy for president.
il. Because he is the candidate OF
the old federaIists, disguised under the
modern s0ubriquit, "whlss." lie is
the advocate of a splendid and aristo-
cratical form Of government, dispens-
ing its favors in profusion upon the rich,
and sinking into most abject misery
the suffering poor. He is passionate In
council--tyranical to his friends-over,
bearing and insolent 10 his political
foes-and altogether a turbulent vindlc-
tive demagogue. Upon his head rests
the blood of the murdered Jonathan
Ci!ley; because he was the abetter and
instigator of the atroclous tragedy
which consigned that amiable man to
the grave, and converted his vile into
a mourning widow and his children
into weeping orphans. He is a proven
bial as desperate political gambler
a thrice deteated canlidate for The Pres
idency, an agitator of discontented anc
facti0us minorities, and fomentor oI
discord wherever his influence is dis
erned.
Lastly, Mr.. Cay ought not TO bf
chosen President Of the United
70. Because his administration
would prove one Of the most intoleran
and calamitous the country has eve
endured and would contribute more t'