The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 184?-1851, 1844-05-02

serve entirei and that 81 could not and would
not, be instrumental ID taking from the bankrupt
the relief which lie bad been promised.
These grounds for disobedience are found dis
tinctly stated in a speech delivered by him in
the Senate on the 2Sth of January, 1912. Hav-
ing adyered TO the extra session Of 1911, and IFS
Incorporation of national bank,
the distribution law, the increase ofthc tariff, the
bankrupt law, and the relief of the banks in the
District or Columbia--he said:
These were the fruits Of the extra session, so
far as they depended upon Congress. This was
the circle of benefcient measures, intended to
embrace all interests and all parts of the Union.
It was A GREAT SYSTEM, parts Of which
were more or less adapted TO all portions of the
Union. We have reason TO believe that it was
looked upon and regarded as a ,eholc; and that
1otes lrere gieea some measures in the series,
not so much because they anere in cOaSOnance
rith the uiers OF the constituents schoSe members
gaze these rotes, as because they were wanted
by other parts Of The Union, and the compenSa-
tiOn araS found IN other more respectable measures
Of the same series"
This practice Of buying Uotes for measures not
"iR consOnGRcc with the views of the constituent
Icy," by g other more acceptable measures, how
ever we'll adapted to the promotion ofpurposes ol
ambition, is totally subgcrsvo ofthe right of in
struction, if not of all purity in legislation.
Although the Senate ofKentucky was willing
MIR. Clay should preserve the great Dhig system
by the means he had used to build lt-up, the House
of Representatives repelled the suggestion, by q
vote nearly unanimous. And at the close ofthe
eloquent speech delivered by Mr.. Clay in oppos
ton to the repeal of the bankrupt law, he said
;, q And am invited TO unite in this work ofinhu
manity and cruelty; have not the heart to do ii
have not the hand to doit! cannot, ,ciJ MOI
do itr'
1 Stript ofits poetry this declaration means, 81
am called upon by my constituents to vote for ;
repeal of the bankrupt law: I tciH not do it!'
Aftera few remarks from Mr. Benton for, anC
Mr.. Williams against the repeal, the vote on tht
bill from the House of Representatives repeating
the bankrupt law was taken, and resulted as fol
Ilows-yeas %, nays %:
Those who voted the affirmative, were Messrs
Allen, Archer, Bayard, Benton, Buchanan
Calhoun, Fulton, Graham, King, Linn, McRob
erts, Morehead, Pierce, Prontiss, Rives, Sewer
Smith of Connecticut, Sturgeon, Woodbury.
Wright, and Young,
Those who voted IN the negative, were Messrs
Barrow, Bates, Berrien, Choate, CLAY, Clayton
Evans, Henderson, Huntington, Kerr, Maugun
Merrick, Miller, Phelps, Porter, Simmons, Smt
of Indiana, Southard, Tallmadge, Walker, White
! Williams, and Woodbridge,
You will sec that the fate of the bill depcnde
on Mr. Clay's vote; and had he obeyed the wi
of his constituents, that wholesale reputation {
, honest debts, which disgraced the year lS4:
: would never have occurred, as the bankrupt la
had not then gone into operation.
E Very respectfully,
: Your obedient servant,
= = LINN BOYD.
u Messrs w. CoLEs and G. w. HopKINs.