The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 184?-1851, 1844-07-31
NUMBER 10.

soldCe 10 me, unueF all my regrets, that my sec
ton of country has no hand in it--that we have
done our utmost to drive the guilty authors from
their seats. This way ofthinking was not peeu-
liar TO himself, but was the opinion of all the
moral sense OF nine-.enths of the intelligence of
the section of country from which he came.
Some who are here from that quarter, some Of
the household troops, who lounge for what they
can pick up about the Government House, will
say dferenIly-toad eaters, who live on elee-
mosinary, all purchased courtesy upon the pal
ace"
To which Mr.. Clay replied:
"They (opposition) are the champions of war;
the proud the spirited, the sole repository of the
nations honor; the exclusive men of vigor and
energy. The Administration, on the contrary,
is weak, feeble, and puslanimous, incapable of
being kicked into war; Is the Administration
for negotaton?-The opposition is tired, sick,
disguised with negotiation. When war become
identified with our independence and our sove-
roignty, and it was no longer possible to abstain
from it, behold the opposition becoming the
friends Of peace and commerce. Now we see
them exhibiting the terrific form of the roaring
king Of the forest, noe the meekness and hum
bleness of the lanb--you find them, sir, tacking
with every gale, displaying the colors of every
party, and all notions; steady only in one unal-
terable purpose, to steer if possible into the ha-
ven of power"
How well this last remark of Mr.. Clay, may be
applied to himself, leave the reader TO Judge.
Again; MIR. Quincy said -" The dosnies of
this country has for twelve years been exclu-
Isivcly regulated by three individuals-two Vir-
Igjnians and one foreigner, out of twenty-four
years, have been President" To which Mr..
Claw roDlioI. D,,y;n,r oil .;roo ,ouo
sites of the opposition do not fail, by cum
ming sarcasm and sly nuendo, to throw out
the idea of French influence, which ought
to be met in one manner only-and that
| is, by the lie direct. Next to the nouce which
the opposition have found itself called up
on to bestow upon the French Emperor, dis
tngushed citizen, formerly President of the
United States, has never for a moment failed to
receive their. .kndest and most respectful atten-
| ton. Neither his retirement from public Office,
his eminent services, nor his advanced age, can
exempt this patriot from the coarse assaults of
party maloyolence. No, sir; in 1901, he snatch
ed from the rude hand of usurpation, the violated
Constitution Of this country; and that is his
crime. lie preserved that instrument in form
and substance and spirit, precious Inheritance
for generations TO come; and for that he never
can be forgiven, When the gentleman to whom
| have been compelled to allude, shall be con-
signed 10 oblivion, or if he lives at all, shall live
only in the reasonable annals of certain iunto,
the name Of Jefferson will be hailed as the Sec
ond founder of the lbeltcs of this country, and
the period Of lis Administration will be looked
back TO, as one Of The happiest and brightest
epoChs in American history.n
Having introduced Mr. Clay as witness, TO
prove the hostility manifested by the old Federal
Iparty towards Mr.. Jefferson and Madison, | will
also as evidence Of the inconsistency of his po-
HttcGt coarse, notice some of his acts while act
ing with the democratic party, and by way of
contrast, notice as pass along his acts with rela-
ton to The same kind of measures while voting
with the Federal party, to which | charge he
now belongs. That Mr.. Clay, in the early part
of his political life, was prcfessedly Democrat,
is freely admitted. He was, in fact, one of the
most efficient supporters of the party, and enga-
Iged in a continual contest with the Federalists
generally Yea, even with many of his present
political friends and supporters, until he went to
Ghent. Ii, however, soon became evident from
the change in his political course, and the men
with whom he associated after his return, that
the ar;socracy with which he had associated
while in Europe, had had corruptng influence
on him with regard 10 his political principles.
For on his return home, instead of finding him
the @eG'0Us partizGa, we find him the political
friend and associate of the very men with whom
ne had been engaged in contest, and from
whom he had received so much abuse while ac-
| ting with the democratic party. And in order
to conciliate them, he united with them in carry
ing out such measures as he had, while acting
with the Democrats, decidedly opposed.
The first of Mr. Clay's political acts that
shall notice, is while acting as member of the
Convention that revised the Constitution of the
State Of Kentucky. From the course he pursu-
sued, as a member of that Convention, it is evil
dent that he at that time was opposed to slavery,
as he advocated the abolition of it in that State.
And yet, after his return from Ghent, in 1919
and 20, he was one of the most decided advo-
Gates for the admission Of the State of Missouri
into the Union as a slaveholding State.
Again; it is a we'll known fact, that great
National Bank has always been leading mca-
sure Of the old Federal party, and one to which
Mr. Jefferson was decidedly opposed. The law
! by which the first bank of the United States was
incorporated, was introduced by Col. Alexander
Hamilton, then Secretary of the Treasury, at
that time known as the principal leader of the
federal party, and whose aristocratic principles
were fully developed while acting as member
Of the Convention that framed the Constitution
of the United States. In 1871 ii applied 10
Congress for a renewal Of its charter, to which
Mr. Clay, then voting with the democratic party,
was opposed, and to him more tRan any other
person was lbs defeat attributed, which ,?as the
cause of raising him at the time so high in ihc
estimation of the democratic party, and of much
abuse from the Federaliss, even many of his
nresent friends md eunnnrfers Hn Commanded
that its charter had been obtained by direct
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