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tenure of his office, to vote that will, wheth- CT t confomed to his own will or not Surely, thinks to myself, Mr. Clay will not only give the proper rebuke to this insolent printer. but sustain his State, and sustain him. sell. But, my countrymen, how is the fact : The Senator contemns the will of his con- stiuents, lays her councils low ill the dust, and spums her authority, while every mem- Der of the lower House, and his distinguish ed colleague in the Senate, bowed to the ma jesty of the people. This once instruction Senator admits the will of his constituents to have the law repealed, but spurns that win have no doubt, says he, that if the people ot Kennedy were now to vote on this bill, they would vote its repeal, but dc not be- lieve that they would do so, if they knew it was part of the Whig system of measures. ] know my constituents well, but they have different opinion from what they will have, when they know that 1t is a Whig measure, and that will not obey them Idonot pre- tend to give a literal transcript of Mr. Claws speech as reported, but think give ts sub- stance
 Mir Clay makes no apology to you for his vote, but leaves you to help yourselves. And how do you act---you Wings that charge me with inconsstcncy2 Do you march his efii- gy through your public streets, to the rogue's march, as you did that of Pope3 Do you take it to the whipping post and give it nine and thirty Oh! no, no not you. ! on dared 10 murmur, but took care not to let d l Clay club man hear you. The chief of your clubs, Mir. Treasurera summoned you 10 Frankfort, on yourallegianee, and you attend, and all your murmuring is turned into joy 1 ' our chief Is hailed as another deliyerer = Your club ordains feast for all the faithful from the mountains to the rivers. The Wings are summoned to do homage to the greatest and best, and you pour into great Lexington, by tens, by hundreds, and by thousands, to i burn incense, and offer up the sacrifice of the virgin heiler; and you W higs-Clay Wings who tried to pass q gag law to gag Federal officers 10 keep them from speaking abonl elections, perched high and dry Chief Justice l Robertson as President, and he made speech, and such a speech as never man nor mortal uttered before. And your Governor was ] there, and vour Governors lady was there and the fair of Lexington turned out, en masse, and followed her lead, to al old wag- on, where General Combs, marshal of the i day, Sat ih Sfate, To receive, at the hands oi l Mrs. Governor. and that of her fair legion el l pedestrian ladies, poor, arretcAed, miserdbie l carieatdre of President Harrison. And for l what, Wings To set Up Ill the ball of the Clay club ot Lexington, that it might, by is i inspiring presence, ever remind the alhiul ol ] the efficacy of log cabins, coon skins, and ] hard cider. The world, believe, has never been honofed with the Generals speech Lo the far lady and her fair legion. l. was, 10 doubt, great, as it was said to be; but nave seen no mortal man that could, of @oaId- give me one word of it. l. will, suppose be reserved for the sacred precincts of the 1 Clay clubs; notto be exposed 10 vulgar eyes until it reaches pesiefity. Whigs, was noi this great dav Does it not speak in ihua- der to posterity of your Roman great ness Did none of you think, when per forming this man-worship, of the remark oi the old lady of Versailles, when, on time. that village was seized with fit of nau-wor- ship for the same individual? Seeing Gcrowd at her door, and hearing shouts of gloriica- ton from the votares of the worship, she ex- claimed, ssGentlemen, what dc you want 7 They vocileraed, "We want to do honor to Henry Clay, the greatest man God ever lei iivem "Why, gentlemen" replied the old I woman, '.he IS but amoridt man." Would te God that my townsmen and townswomef
 who were engaged in the virgin heiler leie
 had been as wise us the old woman. and lo
 the credit of Lexington, had remember tha
 Mir. Clay was but atoriat man. Yes, Whigs since this is the way you yindicate the soy
 eregnty of the peope--if for Mir. CIay's re
 fusing to obey instructions, you make ever your wives and daughters do homageto him { why, in Gods name, read me out of you
 church.
 You have the same right, to be sure, ant are is free to use such stsatgies as the virgin
 heiier feast, or the log cabin, coon skins, ans hard cider to make Presidents, and to en4lavt the peopld, that conjurors have to use snake bones, muscle and snail shells to cure witch craft and kill witches. You that believe Il such aiis may practise them. They do no belong to my school of politics But how yoa will ever stand justified in the eyes 0 l God or man for paying such servIle homag [ to Mr Clay for doing precisely what Mr Pope did, whom you perseeuted and pro
 
 Yes, you have slain the lamb, but worship the lion. True, you have high autlio y fo this. The crocodile devoufed every Egyp tian that he could catch, and the Egyptian , made him God, and worshipped him as ar dently as yon have worshipped Mfr. Clay
 Shame, shame, myacountrymen break you f chalns; level in the dust those temples c nan-worship, the Clay clubs, and join tn great Democracy of he country, tosave you country and preserve your constitutional lib q erty.
 But, my countrymen, the adorers of M Clay lure the.people to lis standard by assu ring them that Mr.tClay is Protective I'afil
 man---that he is for taxing the labor of for : eign countries, so as to foster and encourag' our domestic manufacturers and mechanics Mark how a plain tale will put this deception :. down. True, Sir. Clay voted for tariff bll
 in 1916 or l7, necessary to pay the then deb of the nation, which was greatly increased during Mr. Adani's administration. Whel