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A NUT FOR THE NATIONAL CLAY -CLUu
TO CRACK
1000 DOLLARS REWARD.

-o'o IOjslshIto MI w AM
Here's chance for the Wigs TO make money, eho pre-
lead thai CI-ifIS LyF.lyOR or THE thrift.
Whereas, the Wing leaders OF Sehuylk county
have endeavored by the grossest misrepresentation,
10 create false impression ABOUT the 1arh primer
plies 81 Clay aud Polk Now The undersigned hereby
bud themselves personally, 20 pay reward oil s2oOo
to any one who will prove, that the below quo'ed OK
tracts from Henry Clay's and James n. FOX :
speeches and letters not correct extracts OF suoh
speeches and letters, published IN the manner ahd
places below set forth. And we hereby appoint
Judge Calvin Blythe, of Philadelphia, and henry
Clay himself Commissioners, 10 receive the iesli-
mony, and # they assert that the extracts are not
correct, as below stated, we are ready 10 pay The
money on their award
r. w. Hughes, Charles Frailey,
Jacob Huntzinger, Jr, jacob krebs Sen,
John NJ Bicke Samuel Hunizinger
Joseph Weaver, Peter +. Ludwig,
Edw. b Hubley, Frederick Beck. 70 ~
September %, 1874
Extract from n speech, delivered by HENRY CLAY, in
the Senate of The United States, January 81, 1912,
as published in the National lntelligencer OF the
22d January, lS42
" But whence lhls new. born zeal-saii MIR. c.
in regard to taxatioui 1t was, he admitted, scanda
ous, that this government had gone for four years
past, and was going now, by the expenditure OF
more than received Taration, he knew, and
had before said, was the remedy for this Garry ont
then, said he, the spirit Of the compromise act, look to
repenue alone for The support Of The Government -
DO not raise the question II protection tohieh SAID
the Senator from Kentucky, had hoped had been
put 10 rest There Is necessity Of protection for
protection. But what, asked Mr. -, the course
OF my honorable friend Mr.. Woodbury. from New
Hampshire, (fo heartily reciprocate the friendship
he probes Tor me the other day,) when we had
tax-bill under consideration where was he then :
Did he vote for the tax-bill before us Did he not
rather choose to sip his tea and coffee little longer
and to tc,hhod Tar from those iurluie3 and will he
now, continued Mr. c., consent 10 tar these articles?
IL he will, Igo along ,oih him heart and hand
Extract from speech of Henry Clay, delivered at
Taylorsville in Hanover county, Virginia, on the
9th OF June, 1910, as published in the National
lntelligencer Of July 18th, S4O.
The question cannot be, ought net to be, one of
principle, but of measure and degree. 4 ;|AdYpt
that 81 the compromise act not because that act Is
irrePeaabie, but because il met with the sanction OF
the nation. Stability, with moderate and certain
protection, Is far more important than instability
The necessary consequence OF high protection. But
'he protection OF the COMPROMISE act will be ade-
quate IN most, II not 10 all interests The twenty
per cent. which II supuates, cash duties, home vsu
ator and The list OF free articles inserted IN the act
Tor tue particular advantage of the manufacturer,
VIII insure, trust, sufficient pro ection." E
Extract from speech delivered by Henry Clay, as
published in eeIy & NlcEIrath's Life and Speech
% VI iiShiJ N'ay, VOL. 4, page l4o
Can any one doubt the impocy Of COVE rnment
resting solely upon the precarIous resource of such
revenue Ii Is constantly huctuang, it tempts us
by ITS enormous amount into ertraragast expenditure,
and we are then driven by its sudden and unexpected
depression IN the opposite extreme; we are seducd
ty us Haerng promises into expenses which we might
avoid, and We afterwards constrained by Its
freaehefy 10 avoid expenses which ought 10 make.
1t is system under which there is sort of perpetu
al war between the interests of the government aud
the interests oil the people. Large mporations I'LL
the Golfers of government, and empty III ekets cite
people; small importalions Imply prudence the
part OF the people and leave the Treasury empty In
war the revenue disappears in peace is unsteady
on such system, The government will not be able
much longer erciusrty TO rely We anticipate that
shall have shortly 10 resort some additional supply
OF revenue within ourselves. was opposed to the
total repeal Of the internal would have PIE
served certain parts OF IT, at least to be ready for
emergerces such as now exit. And | am, for one,
ready 10 exclude ioregn spirits altogether, and sub
stituie Tor the revenue levied them a tax on the
spirits made within the county No other nation
lets IN SO much OF foreign spirits do. sPBy
the encouragement of home ind ustry you will lay
basis OF internal taxation, when 1t gets strong that
will be steady and uniform, yielding alike in peace
and IN wsr..Elf
Resolution offered by Henry Clay, in the Senate Of
The United States, TO be found IN Senate Journal
ls4l, AZ, page les.
Rssoired That in the ad iIstment OF a tariff to raise
an amoAnt oil t~enty-sIx millions Of revenue, the
SJprincPles OF The Compromise act should be ad.
hered to, and that especially a maximum rate of ad
ralHem duties should be established, from which
there ought TO be as little departure possible.
Extract from letter written by James n. Polk TO
John X Kane, Esq, of Philadelphia, dated June
18Th, 1874.
am in favor OF a tarin for revenue, such n one
as Will yield efficient amount TO the Treasury to
IL Ina .atl Tho.
" administered. In adjusting the de- ais of a reye.
nue. tariff, have heretofore sanctioned such mode
rate discriminating duties would produce the
amount OF revenue needed, and at the same time
afford reasonable incidental protection to home 1-
dustty.
ETiN MY JUDGMENT; 1T is THE DUTY
OF THE GOVERNMENT TO EXTEND, as
FAR AS IT MAY BE PRACTICABLE TO DO
SO By IT'S REVENUE LAWS, AND ALL
OTHER MEANS WiTHINIISP POWER, FAIR
AND JUST PRO lection TO ALL TBE|
GREAT INTERESTS OF THE HOLE
UNION, EMBRACING AGRICULTURE. MA
NUFACl URES, THE MECHANIC ARTS
COMMERCE AND NAVIGATION"
CLAWS OPINIONS OF A BANK OF THE U. S.
Extract from speech Of Henry Clay, delivered in
the Senate Of the United States on the 2lst Of
May, 1888, as published IN Greedy & MElrath's
Life and Speeches of Henry Clay, vol. 2, p. 39l ::
81 believe the establishment Of a bank of the Uni
ted States is required by the common good of IN.
whole country, and although might be willing. if il
were practicable to adopt existing bank as the
basis OF such an institution, under all circumstances
think 1t most exPedIen,, ihata new bank, with pow
er TO establish branches be created and chartered I'M
der the authority Of Congress"
Clay having declared himself to be in favor Of adj
herring TO the principles of the compromise act and
having also been the author Of that measure we give
below the amount Of protection the two bills will
give, on the following items
Present Tariff ip. c npromis, Net .,
Gays Blu
Shoemakers 60 per cent. Clay gives you 90 per ct
naters % per cent. ~ per ct.
Tsilors so per cent 90 ner .,
Black.miths AZ per -