Sentinel of the valley. [volume] (Woodstock, Va) 1841-1848, 1844-05-30

OF Rhode IsIend, and will not soon forget
the malignant aspersions cast upon them
in debate by Mr.. Clay.
s. Because, infuriated at President
Tyler for the patriotic exercise of the
veto power, and thereby thwarting his
dangerous schemes, he is now striving to
wrench that sacred conservative feature
from its place in the Constitution, and
thus deface that noble palladium of our
liberties, as handed down to us from
Washington, Jefferson, and Madison. -
People of Pennsylvania the issue is be
tween Henry Clay and the Constitution
of your fathers! Can you hesitate be
tween them?
9. Because, in 1924, he deserted the
Republican party. and formed an unho-
ly alliance with John Quincy Adams. by
means of which Adams was made the
Presidents, and he CLAY Secretary Of
State. He treated with contempt the
instructions of his constituents to vote
for Andrew Jackson, and by corrupt
bargain and sale, brought John Quincy
Adams into the Presidency, against the
declared wishes Of large majority Of
the American People. of the truth of
these charges. no unpreiudiced man en-
tertains doubt. Il assert (says M.
McDuffie Of South Carollna,) and am
willing to stake my humble stock of
reputation upon the truth of the asser-
ton, that the circumstances of the ex-
traordiDary coalition between Adams
and Clay, furnish as strong evidence Of
an abandonment of political principle,
on the part of Mr.. Clay, and of cor
rupt political bargain between him and
Mr.. Adams, as is ordinarily required
to establish the guilt of those who are
charged in court of quarter sessions
with the common crimes known to the
law
TO- Because he has beer the constant
and uncompromising enemy of the gal
liant Hero of New Orleans. He invo-
ked War Pestiience, and Famine upon
the country, in preference to Gen. Jack
sons election--advocated the resolution
of censure passed against him by the
Z. States Senate, for his removal OF the
peoples money from the grasp of an in
solvant Bank, and which were subse
quently egpunged from the journals
Age and retirement could not protect
the Christian patriot from the coarse as
saults of party manevolence; and Mr..
Clay refused to do him justice, by resist
ing the restoration of the unjust fine i'm
posed upon him by Judge Hall. 1t was
not until after Mr.. Clay had left the Sem
ate Chamber, that the heart OF the brave
and venerable Hero was gladdeGed by
an unequivocal display of the justice of
his country. No honest friend of Gen.
Jackson can ever consent to vote for his
implacable enemy fol President.
IL. Because he is the candidate of the
old Federalists, disguised under the
modern soubriquet. 'Whigs.' He is the
advocate of splendid and aristocratical
form of government, dispensing its ia
vors in profusion upon the rich, and sink
ing into more abject misery Of the suf-
fering poor. He as passionate IN council
-tyraanical to his friends-overbearing
and inso1ent to his political foes -ond al
together a turbulent, vindictiUe dema
gogue. Upon his head rests the blood of
the murdered Jonathan Ciley. because
he was the abetter and instigator of the
atrocious tragedy which consigned that
amiable man to the grave, and converted
his wife into mourning widow and his
children into weeping orphans. He is
proverbial as desperate political gam
bier, thrice defeated candidate for the
Presidency, an agitator of discontinued
and factious minorities, and fomenter
of discord wherever his influence is dis
cerned.
Lastly, Mr.. Clay ought not 10 be cho-
sen President of the United States
IL. Because his administration would
prove one of the most intoIerant and ca
lamltous the country has ever endured,
and would contribute more to iniure the
true character of our Government, and
accelerate its premature downfall, than
all the triumphs won by Federalism since
the Government was created and estab
lished.