Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1841-1853, 1844-06-13
Robert WirlAlilc. orIkY.

This gcn,iei an, who aclei with he whiy pas'y IN
1910. aidressed The people If Woodfud county. at Tie
NsrsiIEcs court house. on the fist Monday in May. \
correspondent of The Woman give, a sketch of MS speech
from which We take the following extract. showing up
CLAW in his true colors. hy II who knows him well:
In the commencement. he cat1 upon those # hs
old friends. uih whoau lee Ind stood DUNG his whole
hr. tn bear witness tn The fact that he had not chluced IN
one III gle instance from what he h ii always 1, ca. aud
as I'll those who It'll ciung ~ tie shrts It Mr.. Clay. To
examine whether ihev had MT char s,i ari c,,,n up
ihsir ancsen, iiuh-wh thu they were not Ike the pas
sengsrs on a steamboat running dawn stream at he faie
of twenty hhe~ To the hour. s,nndue on the deck. and
f,ncytng the woods nrd shores u be- moving rardiy-
when al The while the shores were standing sui, and they
Themselves wore fastening on WITHOUT any excIiipn of
their cwn. ard almost uacru~ciou>iy whether ihey had
not hung on IL E. Clay until they bad lost sight OF every
principle ancicntly coItcnded Tor ty keniucky-and
whether they we're not now asked t. continue TIA IT devo-
ton u him uniil the constitution ITS u III Iuhd ~ destroyed
and our governmrtt sU allowed up hy a inorIrd aris,ocr.cy
OF All abs iluie m%enarchy. lie had always been a Demo
crat, and " - SILL c,nisIling fnr the same principles that
the Denoc a : centrrd.d { r aud c-rab i-hrd IA the con-
ventlon that formed The constitutions. Bat W now ID
q set of bsnkiics. or r.. b,ot :. who constituted a sort Ut
scfuo sri-tceSacy. and who wished t. govern The country
with a City nil .on Bank, and a regular line OF h,b-nail
nctIiIt,. without being responsible 10 the Ieopl-. or sub
ject To the constitution. THIS he proved ty Mr.. Clay aud
his fme d. advocating the u term principle and ABOLISH
ing The veto power. hy which tn Pr sdct' would h come
n i'ur years Iosi,r and a persenei lounser. irresponsible
W MY ''u" ~ a 'Ii'~'u " W. ~ DNitH III
1886. hscsuse he WAS a'rlid the British ration would
49,. - COUNCILS ~ 'srarl ~ cur negro p.pulifi,n. MIR.
Van Burn DISAPPOINTED him a vel a. the Buti-h, and
the British turned hun gu, -. office m 1910; fr u was
the force AID power 81 an avg % resr' faction Ia the United
States that beat Mr.. Van Blu en- IN 1910. and he was now
ready to ak sr. Van Burcn's pardon for aiding in thai,
unhalo~ed work Mr. W. then explained TIE It Il renee
between a republican z svernment and an arI>i0cracl aud
q monarchy. and showed that modern Whig.efy meant
any or sl Of these. lst a : 1t suited their purposes. Oars
beng a republican government. governed by q c0uslIiutl n
and laws. he was Ia favor OF II. knowing a. he DID. hat II
vas the price of the blood and treasure of our fthers.
The ID n,ocra,s were universally FIR tie constitution as ii
stood. and a. IL come ir m their hands But what 81 the
Wings wanti They want a fifty million bank. ome-ihiri
~ be Owned hy tie government. one'hr nj ~ The states
and one third ly the bob tail arstocracy. This bank
would bud The President. the Congress and the State
Legislature. instead # tie constitution. Thy al-o want
10 change the corsttu ION : q g : II make the President
Wickife sand 4 he hai time he could prove hat the pro-
pie of keafueky hal been defIaudeI oui Of at east forty
thous md dollars Of revenue by a single trade of n governor,
BECAUSE he knew he was incligoe to q re elceii~n after
his fur years expired. But. sad he, this ~ the way
with Iesses generally when hey Iease your farm Tor a
term II years. they are sure To burn up your fences aud
doors. snd even your eorn-cribs. before they lrsve. No,
- with the rea,er: he hops by the care he takes Of your
farm, TO he able 10 obtain II fs another year.
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