The Woodstock age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1844-1845, 1844-06-20

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support the constitution" and the ne,
act he did, was to take his seat as a Sen
ator in direct viOlatiOn of that constitution
lie continued to violate it by every vot
he gave and every word he uttered as
+ member, during the whole session. II
was as much an usurper as was Juliu
Caesar or Cromwell. He lad no NOR
right to act or vote as n Senator than
he had never been elected.
Thus, he VIOLATED the Constitu
ton.
He VIOLATED HIS OATH OF OF
FICE.
Is man, who on his first appearance,
in the government, violated the constitu
ton every day during the whole session
of the Senate, fit to be the candidate o.
ga LAW-LOvING AND A LAw-AgIDING PAR,
TY;"
AT the December Session of Congress
1870, it was rumored that Henry Clay
then Speaker Of the House of Rcprcsen-
tativcs, who held in his hand the decision
OF the contest for the Presidency between
Andrew jackson, John Quincy Adams
and VIM. II. Crawford, was about to
give the Presidency to Mr. Adams and
receive the office of Secretary of State in
return. A letter making such charge
appeared in Il Philadelphia paper where
upon Mr. Clay issued the following; viz.
ga CARD"
81 have seen without any other emo
ton than that of incllable contempt, the
abuse which has been poured out upon
me by scurrillous paper issued in this
city, and by other kindred prints and per-
sons, in regard to the Presidential cleo
ton. The editor of one of those prints
ushcrcd forth in Philadcl phla, called the
Columbian Observer, for which | do not
subscribe and which | have not ordered,
has had the impudcnce to transmit to me
his vile paper Of the 23th inst. In that
number is inserted letter purportng to
have been written from this city on the
Goth inst, by member of the House of
Representatives, belonging to the Penn
sylvania delegation. believe it to be a
forgery; but if it be genuine, pronounce
the member, whoever he may be, base
and infamous calumniator bastard and
liar; and if he dTc unvcl himself and
avow his name, | WILL HOLD HIM RES
roNsIpLE, as | here admit myself to be,
TO ALL THE LAWS WHICH GOV
ERN AND REGULATE MEN OF
HONOR" H. CLAY.
".Jan. 3lst 1895"
Though no fight cnsucd, Henry Clay
lere declared himself ready, if he could
ind an adversary, TO commit MURDER.
Is such a man fit to be the candidate of
"a law-loving and law-abiding party"
Mr. Clay lid elect Mr. Adams, howcv-
IT; and Mr. Adams dM appoint Mr. Clay
secretary of State. On entering upon
he duties of that Office, Mr. Clay took the
oath: viz
81, Henry Clay, do solcmnly swcrr,
hat will support the constitution of the
United States, so HELP ME GOD.
The constitution provides, Art /. Sec.
!, that "lor any speech or debate in eli
her House, they Senators apd Repre-
entativcs shall not be questioned in any
Their place"
In debate in the Senate in 1926, John
then Senator from Virginia,
esignatcd the union of Mr. Adams with
lr Clay, as coalition between "thc
EASTERN PURITAN and the Western BLACK.
EG."
Mr. Clay Immediately challenged Mr
iandol pin to mortal combat, and the fol-
wing is an extract from the official ac-
cunt of their meeting: viz.
"Mr Randolph, was attended by Col.
'atnall, of Georgia, and Major Hamil-
IN of South Carolina Mr. Clay by Gen. {
cssup Of the Army, and Mr. Johnson of
.Oulslana.
"Thc parties met on the ground-cx-
hanged salutations, and took their sta
ons.
"The pistol of Mr. Randolph, which '
as suspended by his side, went off. 1t {;
as perceived to be an accident, and so {,
by Mr. Clay; Immediately +
Dwever, upon the report of the pistol, I
Ir X. turned to Col +. and said Il told i
~ So Col. Il. then turning to Gen. j. Il
,scrvcd, Sir, the fault is minc-Mr II. h
'otested against the use of the hair trig-
,r-it was at my express instance the |,
lir was sprung" Another pistol was .
lndcd to Mr. R.-Thc parties resumed
cir stations and exchanged shots with \
It effect. ;,
Immediately after the report of the b
stols, while Col. Il. and Gen. j. were b
loading, Col. Benton of Mo. rode up, S
I'd united with Mr. Johnson and Col. lc
amilton, in an effort to stop the affair il
lich proved Intellectual The parties IL OF
in took their stations, and the word be- C,
2 given, Mr. Clay raised his pistol and al
ed, and the ball passed through Mr. v
s clothes. Mr. r. reserved his fire. \
lding his pistol pcrpcndicuIarly up "a
id, lido not fire at you, Mr. Clay, and l.,
'charged his pistol in the air" III
The conduct of Mr. Clay in this affair III
TO be viewed in the following aspects: W
Z. h,
1t was VIOLATION of the laws of III
! country. NJ
1t was a VIOLATION of the laws of hi