Iowa territorial gazette and advertiser. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa Territory [Iowa]) 1840-1846, 1844-05-25

all they wanted was the privilege Of buy
ing the soil they had improved, at the Land
Office price. Such, with some exceptions,
were the tnefi when that ''beggar on horse
back" ssthe NIL Boy Of the Nashes," de-
nounced as thieves and robbers, worth only
Of being driven from their homes with their
wives and children, pennyless and house,
lees, in dreary wilderness, full Of savage
beasts and savage men.
But what said stthe MIL boy," when the
RUFFLED BANKRUPT was in ques-
ton, who never put his hand to plough or
plane, type or trowel, awl Or anvil; who
ate the bread BY others made, raised money
by borrowing or gambling, lost at his game
Of speculation or chance, and asked leave
TO wipe out old scores and begin again? A
part Of Mr.. Clay grand "Whig System
at the Extra Session Of l84l, was Law
to pay the debts Of these gentry, and turn
them loose to try their luck at new race
Of speculation, idleness, dissipation and
luxury, at the expense Of the iaboring mil
lions. The people Of Kentucky did not
like this mode Of paying debts and cheat
ing honest men, through their Legislature,
demanded Of their Senators and Represen-
tative in Congress, repeal Of that law be-
fore it went into operation. What said
Mr.: Cldy, then one Of their Senators, Of,
whose vote the repeal depended? Hear
his own words, as reported and revised
under his own supervision, in the Nation
al Intelligencer and the Globe, viz:
"And when is it that we are called upon to re-
trace our steps, and to suhvert the whole system
OF bsniRcent MEASURES adopted at the extra Ses-
sion, by beginning with the repeal Of the Bank
rupt law and ending with that of the law for the
distribution Of the proceeds Of the public lands?
Three days only before the commencement Of the
operation Of the Bankrupt law"
"Their condition 1.-THE bankrupts) resembles
that Of innocent and unfortunate then, long and
pninstly incarcerated in the dark walls Of jail.
| Its door Is half open: they are rushing towards
it, pale, emacated and exhausted; the hight Of
heaven has once more beamed upon their haggard
faces, and once r1ofe they begin to breathe the
cool and pure and uncontaninated atmosphere.
It this instant Of time, the Senate is called upon
to drive tfeHi back to their gloomy and loaihsome
cells, and to fling back that door upon its grating
hinges And am invited 10 unite in this work
OF inhumanity and cruelty! | have not the heart
to do i'll cannot, I will not doiti''
And he did not do it, and BY his vote
the law was saved, and thousands Of hoil-
est creditors cheated out of their honest
dues!
No, Henry Clay had not The heart Of
the hand to prevent the gentlemen in broad
cloth, who live without work, the specula-
tor, the gambler, and the rogue, from pay
ing their debts by bankrupt law; but he
would have driven from their homes, thou
sands Of men in theit hunting shirts, who
work for their living, and never contract
debts which they do not pay! The ids
t1aslssrl IAN tNCARCERATED IN
NOCENT: tie rorking settler Is A THIEF
AND A ROBBER!
Such are the predictions and prefer
ences Of "khe NIL Boy Of the &ashes."
But Henry Clay's preference for the lord
over the laborr is strikingly exhibited by
another branch Of this subject. We have
seen him vote thrice against extending pre-
emption rights to foreigners not naturalized.
He not only voted against them, but he
spoke. On the 9th January, 1888, upon
the amendment Of Mr.. Merrick, Of Mary
land, to exclude foreigners not naturaliz-
ed from pre-emption rights, Henry Clay
| said:-
"This domain was the public property--the
property ptthe whole people cfthe United States;
and hs thanksd lie Senatot from Maryland Tor
Introducing proposition for coaferrng the boan--
ty of the Government on our own race, instead
Of holding out general invitation to all TIE pta
psfs OF the European governments, to come here
and compete with our own honest poor" Again:
aBut the honorable Senator from Pennsylvania
(Mr. Buchanan) has alluded eulogistically to
foreigners. Does he mean to compare the De
with the horeds Of foreign paupers that are con-
stan,ly flooding our shores?"
Gle thought this government bad been quite
as liberal ip its policy towards foreigners as tas
proper or desirable; ind no Senator would vote
against the proposition Of the Senator from NJ ry-
land with more pleasure than he should vote for
it0
On the 2eth January Ne said:---
0What, he asked, had they seen? PROPOSE
ton was made by an honorable Senator from
MARYLAND, (Mr. Merrick) to limit tie fie.emp-
tons to citizens Of the United Statcs native and
naturalized: rejected. Aud could any body say,
after that naked vote Of the Senate, that Il had
not become the permanent policy Of the country
to TO ON inviting ALL THE HoaDes or EuKork e
come over and partaks Of this bounty, derived
from our ancestors, and which we should pre-
serve for our posttrity7"
See reports in 0lobs. and lntelligencer
which in substance correspond.
Only prefix Baron, Count, Marquis, or
some title Of nobility to . foreigner, and he
becomes very acceptable to s'lhe Mill boy
of the slashes,'' but the untitled thousands
who come over to &c. living BY filing
the soil, and leaving their offspring in a
| land Of freedom, are ssHORDES OF FOR
EIGN PAUPERS," are rorss than our
nofirs There's and robbers, fit only to be made
white slaves in the service Of the rich, not
to become independent land-holders in this
Gland of liberty"
The INCL boys" antipathy, however,
| is not to foreigners Is foreigners, but ey-
tends only to The lsNortag class, the ,oork-
ING foreigners: He would not let poor,
harmless German farmer have the privii
| leee Of q citizen in buying little piece Of
land in Iowa or Missouri, where he may
| in seclusion and humility, support his fam.
ilyand raise his offspring to knowledge and
liberty, ty hard work, but he has no OBJ
,ecticns to letting the LORDS AND
lbANKERS Of the old world own al the
Icoruoration and bank stocks ii the country!
/ RI vnfad fnf the charter or the late bank