The Ohio Democrat. [volume] (Canal Dover, Ohio) 1840-1900, 1844-06-13

nothing hu, hostility but still there is honesty in
vowng by ac,iOss before The elections which is un.
usual with rhs loadss Of the federal party.
Bu. why his proscripIivs fsOiing' The answer i'
Gily gwen. Heury Clay, in 1895, was presented as
candidate (or President and was sausuine in his hopes
Of an election, The friends Of Gen Jackson also pre-
sen,ed his name to he Amsiean public. Both lived in
the West The South presented candidate ia the per-
uon Of John Quincy Adams. Mr. Clay received the
lowest vote of any candidate, and Gen. Jackson the
hghes,--Mr Crawford third best The election ds>
volved on the House Of Representatives. Mr.. Clay by
the saallResS Of his vote, being BY the Constitution
excluded from the list lie believed that If Gen. Jackson
had not been candidate all the States which voted for
General Jackson, would have been cast for himself He
then Speaker Of the House of Representatives and
voted for John Quincy Adams who was his personal
aud political enemy for Presden and received for
doing, the office Of Secretary of State, which from the
fact that most Of the Presidents had been taken directly
from that office. was considered the stepping stone 10
the Presidency. The proof the bargain between Ad-
and Clay to defaud the people out Of their choice
for the Presidency, clear aud conclusive, that
al the end Of four years both Adams and Clay were in-
dignantIy hurled from Office. Clay, in 1884, again
cBndda'e for President-the charge Of bargain was
again made and proved aud, the verdict Of 1928 wa'
confirmed. This utter ptostra:ion. Mr. Clay can new
er forgive. yndlctve in his feelings he spares mai
in his anger, who ever assisted ia lhwaTting his un
hallOwed ambition. .-, .,.. .... .,....
Side by side with Mr.. Clay. in perpeTating vii
fraud upon the American people; stood MOrdecai Bart
ley Of Ohio supple tool ready to do the dirty wor
of his master. With Mr.. Clay comes up this sam
Mordecai Barley, asking for Office 1.-The one to reg
over the Union the other to govern Ohio. KNOWN
that from the o and consistent irenda Of Gen. Jackso
these men have every thing to fear and but little 10 hop
their friends hava have ventured upon the work Of pr
scriptOn and denuncalion, in the vain hope Of draw
ing them into the fO!d Of whiggery-and not dariI
again to place them in the front Of battle, for fear
desertion. Those who fell with the younger A.
ANS expect that they, anG they alone, will rise with C
and hence il is that men who have never been aga
10 use the language of the lnleigencer--,ain wi
the sin Of JackSOnsm arc in demand to fill tho Otfc
Of the country. This, too may explain The reason
tho gencer--knowing the editor did, that Pc
was raised by the side Of Gene raj Jackson and lrc
him imbibed tie political sen mens which have e,
> made him so stern an opponent Of whiggerY. givi
James X, Polk the nick name Of the Young Hickory
in the hope that the ASSOCIATION Of the name, wou
raise against the democratic candidate, that bitter
malignant opposition of tho federal cohorts which i
followed ex president Jackson into retirement. and W
+ continue to low him 10 his grave Ohio Statesma