The Woodstock age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1844-1845, 1844-10-24
From the Nashville IInion
HENRY LAY,THE "ARTFUL DOD
GER" WHO IS YINGT @
DODGE INTO THE PRESIDENCY
DECLARES THAT HE WILL O.
REV IuE KNOWN lNIII nnIIIn

ry, lol5-exceIlent aulhority-he is re
ported as follows:
"Mr Clay said he agreed perfectly in til
sentiment that Instructions given by tn
people are obligatory on the representative
This was a principle consecrated by TIL
revolution, inseparabIe from all free gov
ernments, and which he therefore hopet
never to see departed from in practice I'm
der ours"
whilst, then, he had seat on thi
floor, Mr. Clay said, it was MATERIAL
HOW he arrived at the will of his constltu
ents; it was sufficient he should know it,
In all cases of ex?edience, he held the doc
trno OF an obligation on his part to observe
the instructions, express or implied, of hi.
constituents"
WiJully and openly disobeys the wW Of
his constituents.
The bankrupt law was passed by con.
gress in August, l84l, to take effect Feb.
ruary |, 1912.
On the 9th Of January, 1912, the Ken
lucky House of Representatives, at Frank
fort assembled, passed the following reso-
luilons by an overwhelming majority, to
wit:
|. Resolved, That, in the opinion of the
General Assembly of the Commonwealth
of Kentucky the bankrupt law, enact.
cd at the late session Of Congress, shall be
repealed.
2. Resolved, further, That our Senators
in Congress be, and they are hereby, in
slruclcd, aud our representatives request
ed, to use their influence to have the sand
law repealed"
On the 10Th of January, 1912, the Ken
lucky Senate passed the following resolu-
ton on the same subject:
"Resolved, by the General Assembly Of
the Commonwealth of Kentucky, That it
is the desire of majority of the people of
Kentucky that the bankrupt law, passed at
the late extra session of Congress, shall be
repealed, or so modified as to free it from
1t from its retrospective operation; and tina,
our Senators aud Representatives in Cong
ress be requested to use their influence to
obtain such repeal or modification"
Here is a clear and decided expression
Of the Legislature of Kentucky in favor
of repeal Of the bankrupt act.
On the 2jth OF Goth of January it was
known at Washington that the Legislature
of Kentucky had expressed IT'S WILL in IA
vor of repeal of the act.
As soon as the Kentucky members of
Congress heard ofthe resolutions PASSED
by their State House of Representatives,
they took ground in favor of the repeal
So did Senator Morehead, who considered
those resolutions alone cQuivaIen; to in.
structions.
But Mr. Clay said according to his
speech; as reported in the National InlelIi-
gencer Of January II, 1912, that he held
the insinuaiioa that he mas in faror ofrc-
pealing it IN PROFOUND CONTEMPT AND
sCoRN.
Still, it should be supposed that when
he heard of the resolution Of his State Sen.
ate and was thus fully npprized OF the will
of both branches of his State Legislature
instructions not only implied. but cypress
ed"-he would then, of course, be bound
in honor to vote for the repeal
Idle superstition how sio cd the easel
We quote from the U. S. Senate Journal
p 100. National lntellgencer of January
30, 1912, as follows:
"IN SENATE,
"Friday, Jan. %, 1912.
"Thc Senate resumed the consideration
of the bill Or. R. 72) to repeal the 'ac, es-
tablshlng uniform system of bankrupt
Cyl and alter debate;
"On the question, Shall this bill be
read third time?' i, was decided in the
negative.
"On motion of Mr. Clay, the yeas and
nays being desired by one-fiih of the Sem
ators present
Those who voted to repeal the bank
rup law were.
"Messrs Allen, Archcr, Bayard, Benton,
Calhoun, Fulton, Graham,
King. Linn; McRoberts, Morchcad, Pierce
Printess, Rires, Sewer, Smith Of Con.
nec,cut, Sturgeon, Tappan, Woodbury.,
Wright, and Young-22.
"TmosE VINO VOTED AGAINST ne
pEALING TIE BANKRUPT LAW WERE
Messrs Barrows. Bates, Berrien. Choaie,
CLAY, Clayton, Evans, Henderson Hun
iing,on, Kerr, Mangum, Merrick, Miller,
Phelps. Porter. Simmons, Smith Of Indl-
ana, Southland, Talmadge, Walker, White, /
Williams, and Woodbridge-23."
So the bill was rejected.
Was not this done in open violation of
"a principle concentrated by TIE REvo-
LUTON, inseparabe from all free govern
meni!"
With the above resolutions before him.
can it be possible that he had not arrived
at The WILL of his constituents Did he
not knoo IT, And had he not said III
,cos sufficient he should knote ii? Ave, he
wILLruLLY and OPENLY disobeycd the
known piH Of his constituents.
KEEP THIS BEFORE THE PEOPLE!
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