Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1841-1853, 1844-09-12
FIFTY REASONS
Why Henry Clay should not &c elected
President OF the tuiied stasrs.

'FHf fF'|Eh aHFAAhHA WIN H. hHDA't - VIM - ma
ious for the spread Of moral and republican scnti-
ments, can increase the number To one hundred.
He should not be elected President. bocau~o-
!. OF his coalition with John Quincy Adams, by
which hc secured the Office If Secretary Of State.
,. After that coalition he abandoned al the rcpub-
lican principles Tint he had previously advocated, and
thcnccforth became the champion Of old fashioned fed
eralism.
3. HIS election would restore all the measures Of
the administration of both the elder and younger Adj
4. He took the lead in the attacks upon the gcncr-
ally approved administration Of General Jackson.
.. lie wa The author Of the inflnou, resolution in
the Senate # tie United States. declaring General
Jackson guilty Of an irnpcachublc offence against the
constitution.
d. lie urged the adoption Of that resolution in the
Senate, the only tribunal where such an offence was
triablc-thus making himself the accu~cr and Judge.
T. He - IN favor of a natoual bank, which Daniel
Webster has called IAN obsolete idca :" and the pow
cr to create which AIr. Clay himself, in 1911, called
"a warrant power"
=. Whilst our country l. in debt nearly ST ,O00.o 0O,
he i advocating a distribution of the proceeds Of our
public lands among tic States.
q. II seems to hive been the study Of his whole
life TO I've disturbing ard di~ormnging The tariff poll
~ Of this Government, at one tmc running the du-
ties down 10 - per cent. AL valOrcn, and at another
running them up 10 an amount equivalent, IN many
cases. 10 prohibition.
10. He IS now Janus faced upon the tariff qucs-
AA'NF Nhh'f hAHttE 81 NfIW lAAaI Wt N' "fANAf NhA a.
protective tariff nj the north.
IL. lie would coninc the sale 81 the great agricul-
iural staples Of this country 90 thr homo market.
II. His home market doctrines would rum our for
cign commerce would turn Thousands Of scamcn
loose ~ the world io seek oti"r employment, and
compete with tie poorly paid laborcrs IN other branch
g.; and would leave our SHIPS Ia be- sold To the COM
mcrcinl men Of other nltions. or Ia rot at oar wharvcs
~. He i in>cpoably connected with those advo-
eating the assumption If State debts by the General
g. oycrnmcut.
II. After p%lcdging. in $50. That the Government
should be carried on fr Sl3.0C0.t0O. hc proposed IN
the Senate an annual expenditure of S26.OuO,t0o.
10. With q majority of friend, in both branches If
t%ongrcss, whom he could control at any time, his
promised expenditure # only Sl3 ,uuu.o 600 was i'm
creased tO over S2NtOo,UtN.
20. Ia the two years of WING a,ccndancy. when
every thing went rs lc dictated, the national debt wus
increased from s1,00O.tOO Ia S2j,tOOtUO.
l.. Ills election would be- considered as au expires
SION Il the people IN favor of unuli,r bankrupt la",
similar to tie one just repealed the nyovcd friend
of which Mr.. clay now Is.
-. Under his construction of tlc constitution. all
tho reserved RI. hts If The States VIII bc destroyed.
"a. After saying IN Anrch. Isis. when be- belong
ed "a the Democratic purity, "a maintain lint al o-
pressed Jtop'e arr optloris'f. fh1frrr hgg can, "a
fi,r and brtad hl{r f,YtrN." he now. SINCE be- ioircd
the iedcraliets. opposes the people Of Rhode Island ia
their efforts 90 throw oil % charter government given
them by Charles II. HING If England.
". lr supports % itiidtti ~tiilir OF iilrfiui lll-
proycmcnts, like That which has |banlruptcd most Of
the States, and which. during an administration of
four yclrs, would run rs IN debt over S2uO,oOo.ot
-. Ills moral character j., not such as It should be.
SINCE u - useless 20 try with the rising generation Ia
keep the standard Of morality higher than That ADOPT
ed by the men whom We elevate 10 the highest sta
items.
-. lie is the only person who has travelled over
the country personally clecuoncering for the highest
office in the eff Of The people.
~. lie has offered to Great Britain all that portion
Of Oregon Territory north Of 80 dcg.. after admitting
that she had no color Of a title 10 Tic samc.
~. lie opposes all measure, for tie protection Of
the OREGON settlers against the British and Indians.
-. His doctrines il relation 10 Texas VIII lose us
the command of the Gulf of Mexico. and bound our
country ON every side by British territory.
26. lie is opposed t. udoptcd citizens.
u. lie has opposed all the yeloes Of Presidents
Jackson and TYLER.
=. lie is under 5000 bond. TO keep the peace.
80. lie is passionate in council.
go. lie i tyrannical with his supporters.
~. lie is in,olent and vind,ctiyc with his oppo-
nentS.
-. lie i for - amending tho constitution a. to
deprive the President Of The veto power.
~. lie has united himself with Daniel Webster,
and all the leading Hartford Convention fcdcralstS.
81. His character. habits. and disposition are too
much like those Of tie leaders Of Tie French Reyo,u-
ton.
~. In his speech, to which Mr.. Rich. Of Vermont,
replied. February II, lS2c, be said II gentlemen
,a net c7olr as 70 here bc-t Nfrts. Hlg ma>f tf us
hare nbife oncs. Ter re- cannot cut our fretcoo3. and
back our Shes. and hTrc err wireS and d5gggtaS
Work a. n kitchen
~. lie i opposed to all measures for the speedy
settlement Of the new States. and con>cqucntl, for
bringing the lands into market.
81. liz administration viii favor every other IN
est over tie agricultural. n the following extract
from n letter Il In, proves "igricufHrc ufed> no
protection. III habits # farmers. generation oftec
goqsrotIoa. pass dovn e long frcc. Of hme ia JerIef-
nal succession. lritioH ~ slightest change and he
TiouSbmGu. irio JasicnS his fioust b. tt THIS ~ tS
cutie, uIH net orH there IS any improvement oQa1i 70
his"
-. Hi> election would be in contradiction If the
moral lesson, that infamv and disgrace follow a life
Of wlckedneSS; and would b. a poor inccnt We 70 the
rising generation To walk in the paths Of virtue.
30. lie challenged John Randolph. Of Roanoke. for
words spoken in debate.
40. He made an clecfiouecrinr tour through the
southern States 70 Washington. IN order - meet his
excited partizans before and after their convention at
Baltimore. thus giving la countcnancc 10 their rev
elries.
Al. He caused the death # the late Hon. Jonathan
Cilley.
~. After being a mason all his life. he now pre-
tends, in order to get anti-masonic votes, not to know
the signs requisite for admission to n masonic lodge.
~. lie i opposed to the introduction # precious
metals into eur currency.
Al. He y opposed 10 the separation Of our national
treasury from ali banking Institutions.
Il. He Is identified with the party which preferred