Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1844-08-08
From the United States Gazette.
The Campafsn.-TIac Spirit i'm which
it rs carried Ola by the EOcGs.

il is carried ora by the L0ccs.
l, is apparent, and becomes daily more and
more so, that the presen, campaign, or canvass
for the Presidency is TO be carried on in spir-
it Of bitterness and malevolence, on the part of
The Locofocos, hitherto unprecedented IN this
country that instead of discussing the prnc-
plies OF the two parties before the people, and
frankly avowing what measures they are for,
what are The views and opinions of their can
dida,e with regard 10 The measure considered
more important al the north than all Others the
leaders of that party are resorling 10 the most
reprehensible misrepresentation in regard 10
these views aud opinions, and the basest SLAM
ders of The Wing candidate.
We have seen and conversed with gentle
man who has lately returned from tour through
the middle, eastern, and northern counties OF this
state, aud The account he gives of The calum-
nies indusirously circulated among The people,
and The truth of which is asseverated by The
Locofoco leaders, against Mr.. Clay, is almost
Incredible, even knowing as we DO that there
are those who seem To prefer falsehood to truth,
and who are never so happy when they have
invented and pained upon the homes; and un-
suspecnng a whopper' of the most malicious
kind Mr. Clay is represented as the viest of
The vie-as guilty of vices and crimes which
would disgrace humanity, and any society in
which they should be tolerated And these
stories are told by the little great men" OF
neghborhoods who are always looked up TO by
their political followers oracles Of truth, and
paragons OF knowledge. with an air of serious
ness, as if they themselves believed The mon
slrous unHuthS they were telling And i, may
be that some Of them do believe them they
may have had Them from other 'lule great
men" of the county, 20 whom they look for in
formation and act echoes, retailing out in
their own neighborhood, what they have receiv-
ed wholesale from The county town
Ii canuo, have failed TO strike every observer
of passing events, how df1eren, is the course
pursued towards Mr.. Polk, by the Wings, from
that pursued towards Mr. Clay by The Locofo-
CO.'S While the Wings discuss Mr. Folks
principles. as avowed by himself a, various
times. and examine his votes, his qualifications
for the office of President of The Union, &c,
objects OF legitimate examination and discus.
sion, they meddle not with his private charac-
ter. But The Locos, on The contrary, do not al
temp, TO discuss Mr. Clay's principles, his pub
lie acts, his eminent services: no these are
abandoned, and he is assaed with all the
poisoned weapons which CALUMNY herself
ever invented, and gathered in her armory-
This savage warfare upon him is not new
For nearly twenty years the fOnlest ISLANDERS
have been showered upon him, and the most
malevolen,, diabollcal. and wicked falsehoods
coined and put in circulation against him. BuI
like other felons and base coners. the authors
OF these slanders take care TO put Them into cir
culailon among those not likely TO detect their
baseness, and who will therefore receive them
as true and genuine coin: they may circulate
undeiec,ed for while, bu, they canno: escape
the test of truth The American people are
lovers of justice, and though prejudice may
place film upon their eyes and steel their
hearts for lime, yet TRUTH will find her way
at lasi into their 50sOns. She is mighty and
will prevail. General Washington himself did
not escape CALUMNY, and the grim monster ui-
tered shout of exulrarion when death closed
the mortal career of that illustrous sage, pa,ri-
OF, and hero; bu, she was soon driven back In
TO her noisome den, 10 feed on toads and other
poisonous reptiles. She loves ga shining
mark and where can she find one at The pres
ent day more brilliant than "ihe Farner Of
Ashland" ""lhe Statesman OF The West" the
grea, Orator and Patriot of the age?" Aud
who is the prime minister and scribe of this
monster cALuMNYs AMOS KENDALL. He
whom MIR. CLAY befrended and took by The
hand when he came 10 Kentucky. stranger,
penniIess, friendess, and g. sick of fever
Even this viper, which Mr.. Clay warmed Inlo
life in his own bosom, by his own freside and
upon his own hearth slone-lhis venomous rep
Tile is now the prime minister and secretary of
the monster cALUMNy, which is so furiously
hurting It's poisoned arrows al Mr. Clay. From
his bosom comes the gall by which the weapons
are poisoned, and they are frs, hurled at the
victim through "Kendalps Exposilor," and
when thrown from lha, magazine, caught up
and again hurled at him by the Washington
Globe, the Richmond Enquirer, the Albany
Argus, The Nashville Union, and other affiliated
presses. To all these calumnles, we have this
answer: Mr. Clay has been in public life for
nearly forty years, during which time no man
has taken more prominent parl in all the i'm
porlan. measures Of the day. Ii is admllied
by his worst enemies, thai he never disguised
single sentiment he entertained, and never
failed 10 advocate H. whether popular or unDOD-