The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 184?-1851, 1844-07-03

ned stations"
at is no matter in what words or language
those instructions are given"
Sand J." says Mr.. Clay, after maintaining that
the words request is better, because more res
pectlul, than the word instruct, "SHOULDT
FEEL MYSELF BOUNDTO COMPLY WITH
THEIR WISHES THUS CoNIMUNICATED.''
Let US now see how far this preacher followed
his own precep;s.
At the extra session Of Congress in lS4l, Mr..
Clay toQb a leading part in the passage of The
Bankrupt law, which he called ga link in R,e
great system Of triig measures"
As anticipated, the people Of Kentucky rose !
up against the law, and demanded IFS repeal al
most unanimously Their "wishes and will''
were very significantly indicated through the
! Legislature.
On the 9th of January, l642, the Kentucky
House of Representatives adopted the following
Resolutions unannously--or at least without a
divsion--vz:
81 ResoIred, That inthc opinion of the Gen
eral Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kenuc-
ky, it is the desire of large majority of the peo-
Iple of Kentucky that the Bankrupt law, enacted
at the late extra session Of Congress, shall be re-
Ipealed.
80 ResoIred, further, That our Senators IN
Congress be, and they are hereby, instructed,
and our Representatives requested 10 use their
influence to have said law repealed"
On the 10Th of January the resolutions came
back to the House from the Senate amended, SO
as to read as follows:
"Rcsolrcd, By the Geacral Assembly Of the
Commonwealth Of Kentucky, That it's the desire
of majority Of the people OF Kentucky, that the
Bankrupt law, passed at the late extra session of
4 Congress, shall be repealed, OF so modified as to
free it from its retrospective operation; and that
our Senators and Representatives in Congress be
requested TO use their influence to obtain such
repeal or modification"
The change made in the Senate, with another
resolution added by that body, declaring that the
People of Kentucky, as well as the General As
? sembly, regarded 'the continuance in force of
the Land Distribution Law as of far greater i'm
poFtance than the repeal of the Bankrupt law,"
was negative in the House ofRepresentatives by
a vote Of ) to 50, and in consequence Of this
/ disagreement the resolutions failed; but no man
was left in doubt as to ''the wishes and wilG' of
, the State in relation to the Bankrupt law. Of
I that we have abundant evidence besides the
unanimous adoption of resolution to that effect
J in each House of the General Assembly.
} Mr. Clay himself, on presenting certain petit
tons against repeal of the law on the 10Th Jan
uary, 1912, uttered the following, viz:
"A single rem2ik he must be permitted in re-
ference 10 the delegation in the other House
9 from his own State. At the last session, every
9 member of that delegation, with one solitary ex-
t ception, had voted against the passage of the
u Bankrupt biIl and even that single advocate of
the bill, on his return to his own district, found
visions OF the bill that he had on the present oc-
casion felt it his duty to give such vote as he
: presumed it would appear he had this day given
: in that body on the question of repeal. See
Congress Globe, 1S41-2, page 1856.
G And Mr. Garet Daris did, with the entire
G delegation from Kentucky in the House of Rep
o resentatives, vote for the repeal of the law.
It Mr.. Morehead, the colleague Of Mr.. Clay il
the Senate, gave testimony to "thc wishes and
?, wl' of his constituents in the following manner
G viz:
i /" 1t could not have escaped his notice, and that
Of the Senate, by the Legislature Of kentucky
n had by large majority passed resolutions upon
e the subject Of the Bankrupt law, expressing an
G opinion that it ought TO be repealed
: y y = Whether the Bankrupt law
y was measure of national benefit or national
ii injury, was question, about which the People
of the United States could form their own con
d clusions; but whether the measures would affect
advantageously or niuriously the interests ofthe
G people Of Kentucky, they alone were competent
TO Judge; and SO far as he was concerned, he
u thought from their judgment there was no ap,
peal.
Surely, here was evidence enough 10 satisfy
ii the most increduEous as TO ''the wishes and will
e of the State of Kentucky.
= !. There was the unanimous vote of the Ken
lucky House ofRepresentatives, ia$trHcting theil
'e Senators, Messrs. Clay and Moorhead, to vote
r. for the repeal
2. There was the vote of the Senate of Ken,
lucky, we believe equally unanimous, requesting
ID them to vote for the repeal
r. 3. There was the unanimous vote of the dele
IN CATION from Kentucky in the United States House
D. of Representatives in favor of repeal
c. L. There was the vote Of Mr.. Clay's colleague
le in the Senate for the repeal, avowedly in obedi
lo ence 10 the unequivocal and overwhelming opin
10 ion and will of the State of Kentucky
Us 5. There was Mr.. Clay's own admission, tha
ie his own Representative, the only member of thc
e House who had dared TO vote for the passage 0
ID the act, was compelled, by the Overwhelming
y voice ofhis constituents, to vote for its repeal
m Did Mr.. Clay OBEY the instructions of hi
IL constituents, so unequivocally expressed? Dit
G he practice upon the precepts he laid down t
Senators Brown and Strange, ofNorth Caroline
as in 1888? Did he "conform TO the will of hi
IN constituents" Did he act ''not in his own, bu
at in delegated character9" Was he 'nothin
ed more than the mirror to reflect the will of thos
e who called him to his dgnfed stalion?" Di
nd he, considering it ''no matter in what words c
lot language those instructions we're gven," .fe'
lot himself "bound to comply Nth their lcishes thu
he conammHicdtedT'
us No, no While every other member from til