, 1844-08-31
From the St. Clairsville Gazette.
HENRY CLAY.

We charge Henry Clay. in thu
name Of an insuIted, oppressed PEG
pie, with high crimes and hliSdemean.
0rS!
We charge him with riolating the
constitution of18O6, when lie enter.
ed the Z. S. Senate at 90 years old
knowing that he swore 10 support thai
instrument, which required him TO be
80 wears old.
We charge him With abandoning
the democracy, and advocating the
U. S. Bank from 1916, when in 1911
he declared it to he unconstitutional.
and that t. renew the charier"wouId
be 10 sanction ERROR and DorpCiudte
~UsuRP,rIoH. i = For such a vast
portion of tire %cUcuIating medium OF
the country in The hGndS Of any cor
poration Will he DANGEROUS TO
OUR liBERTIES."
We charge him with attempting 10
bride legislators, from 1877 TO this
day. in his schemes of running the
government into a monstroUs debt.
by means of Internal improvements.
IrresIslIblr leading TO rrtr0rdg0 nee
and corruption.
We charge tim with abusing J. q.
Adams as vicious. protligare and false.
in 1923. when he [Clay was a candi-
date for President, and in 1925 get
ting tie 'oId sophist,' ''aPostate fed
eralist,' "rindIctive man. ..cIum.v
negotiator." and ''enemv OF hI> State"
elected President. and from whom he
took the Office Of Secretary of State.
TO tie IN u line of safe p~recsdrats"
for Il station thai he knew Gen. Jack
son would not aid nm to attiain.-
John 7. Kennedy. John Minor Bolts.
Judge Berrien. and other feds, charg-
ed HIM with treason To- the people. and
that he was politically corrupt and
morally dishonest!
We charge Clay. in abandoning his
views u! 1920 on the tariff. when he
declared tina, high tariff duties I'll the
Golfers OF the government, and emp
~ the pOctefS Of the peopie! and IN
1880 becoming the father of tie
hIgh protective SYSTEM that he held
the South INTO resistance. and excited
northern capitalists TO war on the far.
mers OF the West and the planters Of
The South; and that, in 1882. lie was
obliged 10 accept of Il Compromise.
which he said should never be lis
turbed." for II was u ..treatv of peace
and amily;" and yet IN lG42 he eul"-
gIses a high. oppressive protective
tariff, that he may obtain the votes
Of uch nabobs, who force their work
men 10 the polls, or turn them out Of
employ.
We charge Henry Clay with orig
mating and passing ii pIunderinc
BANkRUPTLAW torcpuGiate Aoa-
est debts. for which he was 50 sternly
rebuked by an indignant people, thai
he was obliged 10 call for its ,rcpeal.
but not until crime and perjury had
occurred. and millions of debts had
been eTpunsed.
We charge him with a coalition.
and union with Webster. Webb. and
BIddle, TO plumber widows AMI or
.hans. and pocket $4,000 of their
funds, as feed attorney Of the U. S.
We charge him with setting the
popular will at defiance, and winking
at the abuse, frauds. and p%eriuries Of
the pipelayers in 1910.
We charge hin with attempting to
tarnIsh the character of General jack
and bi~asphemously calling for
war, pestilence, and famine and the
and of Heaven to carry out ms vindic-
live feelings.
We charge him with foul oppression
antI-American feelings, in pre-.
venting emigration TO these Western
States; and with malicious faIsehaods
IN the hardy, industrious, and honest
oioneersi
We charge him with the scheme
ot distributing the taxes of the peo-
pie among the States, while the gov
ernment is grooming under a heavy
lebt'
We charge him with attempting TO
cut oil commerce.. in making a .'home
market" to benefit manufacturers a.
onei
We charge him with enmily to our
armers, shippers, seamen, and labor
ng classes!
We charge him with conniving a,
Cost Johnson's scheme of assn
ming S2O0,O0O,OOO OF State debts.
hat foreign landlords may have the
Ioll mertgaged 10 them.
We charge him with a faIsehood in 5
that the expenditures of the
government should, and could, be {