The northern galaxy. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1844-1848, 1844-11-13
Mr.. Clay at the North
and South.

HenryClay. At the north he is accused of
apostacy from the great principle OF protection,
and in favor of annexation, while the very
reverse of these charges is rung throug hout
the whole south with most incendiary fury
SOsolemn outcry ofimpending danger Should
Mr.. Clay be elected, says the Richmond En-
quirer ''we shall have still more oppressive
tariff, and the friends Of annexation may give
up all hopes ofachieving that object. Not Oh
ly will the south be endangered by the non
annexation of Texas, but the west, north and
the whole union will suffer material injury
from the sacrifice of this great question TO
the selfish, unbridled ambition Of one man."
Again says the Editor of the Richmond
Enquirer the great champion of Polkism, at
the south.
"After Kentucky, what state in the south
or southwest viii Clay receive! Shallit be
our sister, North C; rolinal Shall she be the
only state blu; Kentucky, in the southwest, to
stand by Henry Ciay-the champion of
National Bank, to be located in the North,
aud to drain the South-tbe father of the
high Protective System, with its haudmaid
en- Distribution, in all its corrupting influence;
the laitudnous constructionist; the oppo-
nent of the Annexation of Texas, SO extreme
that he requires a degree of concurrence
''amounting to or approximaiing unanimity"
A candidate whose most distiug uished
friends in the North and North West are
seeking an alliance with the Aboltionists--a
man, who, If elected at all, must owe his sue
cess TO that dark coaition--as evidenced by
the late election in Ohio, where the Wings,
if successful, are indebted TO the aid of the
Abolitionists! We ask the South to pause,
ere they vote for Henry Clay with all his her
estes, and "entangling alliances" with the
enemies Of the South"
And now FeIlow-C Citizens, we ask you to
peruse and ponder well upon the sentiments
and spirit of the following extraordinary doc
ument, circulated as a hand-bill in Virginia
in which Mr.. Clay is most furiously assailcd
at the South for those very principles and
purposes which all true Wings among US so
so highly applaud, bu, which his enemies
at the North would most basely deny him.
From the Dallas Gazctie-ErLrd.1
CAnAwBA, Ala, Oct.5,'44.
AWAKE, PEOPLE OF THE SOUTH
RISE IN YOUR MAJESTY AND
CONSIGN HENRY CLAY TO THAT
OBLIVION WHICH THE TRAITOR !
RICHLY MERITS.
Henry Clay's Protective Policy.
We hasten to lay before our readers the /
following IMPORTANT letter from Col. Russ !
ell P. McCord TO B. A. Reynolds, Esq; and /
as the gentlemen occupy enviable positions !
in society, and are well known in this and the |.
adjoining county of Lowndes, aswell as the
references which Col. McCord has given,we
are prepared at any moment TO give further /
proof, should the unbelieving require it.
CARLowvILLE, Oct. 5, 1914.
To The Editor ofthe Dallas Gazette:
You will obIige me by publishing the en-
closed copy of letter, which have recent |
ly received from Col. RussellP. McCord, |
of Lowndes county. Would to God. it was 4
in the hands Of every man, from the Patapsco /
to the Gulf of Mexico! 1t exhibits Mr. CLAY |
in his true position, as man totally destitute /
of character.
But what shall we say of Col. Prestonl !
He believed, in the year 1881. that the great /
object Of Mr.. Clay, in forcing the protective
policy upon the country, was, to destroy the |
perpetuity of the Southern States-he heard |
MIR. Clay make this declaration in Virginia |
and row, with this foul and damning blot
upon Mr.. Clay, this man, VIM. C. Preston,is
using every art and effort to induce the hon
est planters ofthe South to commit the sui
cidal act of voting for Henry Clay. Shame
Shame ..a
Read it, Sir-publish it-spread it before
the people. Let them see the statement, and
let them hear the fact-the startling fact,th
in the year 1881, Henry Clay declared the
great object of the Tariff system to be, to
render their slaves so yaluiess. that if they did
not run away from their masters, their mas
would be glad to run away from them.
That Mr.. Clay did make the declaration
attributed to him by Col. Preston, there can
be no doubt; and there is just as little doubt
that Colonel Preston will not deny the state
ment Of Col. McCord.
With great respect, am. &c.
BERNARD A REYNOLDS.