The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 184?-1851, 1844-03-28

mean barter and sale Ii was not believed BY
any of the friends Of Jackson that this contract I
would be ratified by the members fforn the States
who had voted for Mr.. Clay. was of opinion.
when first heard of thsaransactiom, that mem
protesting any honorable principle could not, nor
would not be transferred like the planter does his
negroes or the farmer his team and horses. No
alarm was excited--we believe the republic was
safe. The nation having delivered jackson intos
the hands of Congress, backed by large major
ity oftheir votes, there was, on my mind, no doubt
that Congress would respond to the will of the |
nation, by electing the individual they had de-
clared 10 be their choice. Contrary TO this ex-
pectation, it is now ascertaned to certainty that
Henry Clay has transferred his interest 10 John
Quincy Adams. As consideration of this aban-
donment of duty to his constituents, il is said and
believed, should this unholy coalition prevail,
Clay is TO be appointed Secretary of State. Il
have no fear on my mind-l am clearly of opin-
ion we shall defeat every combination. The
force ofpublic opinion must prevail, or there is an
end TO LIBERTY"
This letter was published in tho columbian
Observer soon after il was written, and copy
forwarded to MIR, Clay, who, on the 3lst of the
same month, came out with card in the Nation
al Inteligencer, saying that he supposed the let
ter was forgery, but if it was not, and the nom
Der from Pennsylvania who professed to be its au-
thor would unvoil himself and avow his name, he
(Mr. Claw would hold him responsible TO the laws
ofhonorl This clustering and talking about the
laws Of honor was made public on the last dav of
January, and on The Sd day of February the Intel
ligencer contained the following card:
| "ANoTHER CARD.-Gcorge Kremcr, of the
House of Representatives, tenders his respect to
! the Honorable III. Clay and informs him that by
reference to the editor of the Columbian OBJ.
server, he may ascertain the name of the writer
/ of letter of the 25th ult, which, seems, has
afforded so much concern TO III. Clay In the
mean time, George Kremer, holds himself ready
to prove, TO the satisfaction ofunpreudiced minds
enough 10 satisfy them of the accuracy of the
statements which arc contained in that letter, to
the extent that they concern the course and con-
duct Of III. Clay Being representative of the
people, he will not fear TO 'cry aloud and spare
not when their rights & privileges are at stake.''
Here, then, we find that on the 25th January,
1925, the charge was made that Clay, through his
friends, had offered, for the bribe of the Secreta-
rys office, to make Adams the President We
find that or the Sd day Of February, Kremer ac-
knowodges himself the authority Of the letter,
and agrees to stand by it. The charge of "6ri-
berry and corruption" was thus made and assu-
med by responsible man, and has not been with
drawn to this day. There stands the charge, and
Mr.. Kremer has never been called to answer uIl-
der the ;code of honor" even by this black-hear-
ted duellst.--Mr. Kremer.then charged that lit
is now ascertained to acertanty that Henry Clay
has transferred his interest TO John Quincy Ad-
ams;" and 'should this uRholy coalition prevail,
Clay is to be appointed Secretary Of State" This
charge was made on the Sd day, and on the 9Th
day of the same month, the President was cleo
ted blythe House of Representatives; and, as Mr..
I Krcmer had predicted, Mr. Clay did transfer his
friends to Mr.. Adams, "5Me the planter does his
negroes, or the farmer his team and horses" By
this transfer made by Mr.. Clay, he completed his
part of the "bargain,n and made Mr. Adams the
I President, in defiance of the will ofthe minority
ofthe people. Clays part of the contract was
now executed and when the 4th of March arri-
I we'd, and Mr.. Adams was inauguratcd, he compile
ted his part by appointing MIR. Clay Secretary OF
State Here was conspiracy against the first
principles Of republcansm, not less bold nor less
dangerous than that of Burr, although it was more
successful. Look atthc States which Clay trans
ferred to Adams. First, Kentucky; although
ther electoral vote was given to Mr.. Clay, her
I Legislature instructed him and his associates to
vote for General Jackson-but regarding himself
and the $4,000 year more than he regarded the
rigats and wishes OF the people, he and ma or
Pity of the Representatives ofhis State, voted coun-
ter TO these instructions. This was directly in
the face ofthe popular will, for in 1923, General
Jackson had majority in Kentucky, even against
all Mr. Clay's efforts. The vote of Ohio was al
; so transferred by Mr. Clay to Mr.. Adams, and |
I will give you the names of those who misrcpre-
sented our own State on that occasion. You find
them in the same volume of the Register, page
: 3S7, viz: 0[s7MoRDEcAI BARTLEY, p Bcecber,
Duncan McArtiuw, Vim. Mclean, John Pat
terson, John Stone, S. r. Vmtoa, E. Whhf-
tesey, John c. Wright, and Joseph Vance. These
men, as far as they are living, are shining lights
in the whg party, and, with Mr.. Clay, now wish
to be called democrats. Heaven save the mark
How stood the popular vote in Ohio in 1924?
; Clay and Jackson were nearly equal Clay's ma
lorlty being only 766 votes over jackson, while
Adams had not quite two thirds as many votes as
iiJackson. Mr.. Clay, being out of this question
as he was, Jackson was the choice (as subsequent
elections showed) of large majority of our peo-
pie. But what cares Mr.. Clay, and these his
friends, for malorities2 Sir, the peoples will
the principles frepublicanism--rea truth and
Justice were as "cobwebs in the path of their un.
holy ambition, and all were sold, like Esaus birth.
right, for mess of "pottage,n as little treasury
; "pap." If, for S6,000a year, Mr.. Clay coulC
sell the peoples will, and republicanism itself
: might he not, if it was in his power and suffi
. cient price was offered, sell his country2 Free
men, bretlren,-I appeal to you--you whose
dearest rights were once barered away--wIlI yo,
sleep on your posts, when your old enemy walk
abroad andis againsecking for power2 VIII yot
forget the man who was the victim of that treach
cry ?--hc who in his boyhood poured out his BLOOD
in the war of the revolution for the freedom We