The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 184?-1851, 1844-05-29
Claws allusion 10 his Conscience.

Claws allusion 10 his Conscience.
Mr.. Clay pretends 10 Judge Brooke, that he
had intenogated his conscience as 10 what
he ought to do and that, that told him he
q ought 10 vote for Mr. Adams Did it talsotell
him, that he ought to set the will Of the people
at defiance, abandon his republican associations,
give the lie TO all his past professions, strike
hands with his bitter enemy, and betray the wes
to an aposiate eastern federalist, who had offered
10 barter its dearest interests TO the Brtishl
This tale about his conscience was too monstrous
for belief, even a; that day. and certainly, it will
not do, at this day, 10 talk of the conscience of
that man who penned the challenge that brought
the lamented Cilley to an untimely grave.
Clay's pretended Patriotism.
Affecting a spirit ofselfsacrifce, of which he
has never yet given a single example, Mr. Clay
asks, "what is public man worth, if he will not
expose himself, on fit occasions, for the good of
his countyp When, we ask, has Mr.. Clay ev-
er exposed himself, for the good of his cSuntry2
Had he, like Andrew Jackson, barred bis breast
in the deadly battle field! Had he ventWed his
fortune? Had he submitted to the least degree
of prvation and hardship? No, his life hal been
whiled away, amid the luxures of Office He
had ever reclined upon the silken couch ofpolit-
! ical power; and the very act which he was then
endeavoring to excuse, was buta selfish attempt
to tim his sails, so as 10 catch the breeze which
might watt him onwarts, to the goal Of his ambi-
ton.
Clay's Address to his Constituents
The awakening wrath of an offended people
beginning to press heavily upon him, Mr.. Clay
saw fit, on the goth ofMarch, 1925, to issue. il
his own defence, an "Address 10 his constit
uents." The address occupies l6 printed
columns of Niles Register. Iu all the wor
n dy length of this elaborate document, strange
as it may appear, he gives but two reasons 70
his vote against Jackson lst, that Jackson, a
a mere military chieltain, was not $50 compe
tent to discharge the varots, intricate, and com
. plex duties Of the office of chief magistrate, a
d, his competitors" and ID, that, by voting for Ad
ans, he would conform TO "the wishes of tn
; Ohio delegation" The first reason was given i
! the letter to Brooke; the last, though il was al
. he had been able 10 add to his defence, in tn
: space oftwo months, is too papably false to hav
= the weight of feather in Mr. Clay's favor, fo
!, as we have before shown, Mr.. Clay's friends i
= Ohio. in the address of their State Convention
' in July, 1924, had solemnly declared that tn
election of Mr.. Adams was the "erent anhich
;, aras the first object of the friends Of Mr.. Clay
PREVENT" Any man who knows John Sloan
> John c. Wright, Joseph Vance and IMordecc
Bartly, the men who were then the leaders
"the Ohio delegation knows that Clay nevt
confomcd 10 their Wishes but that they COMO
u med to the wishes of Clay. lfthe wings ofth
Il day can believe that Henry Clay followed til
u lead Of John Sloane, upon the most importal
J. question he was ever called upon to decide, an
l. that. TOO, in violation of the instructions, almo
IS unanimously given him by the Legislature {
g Kentucky, it is plain that they must belieV
! Sloane the greater man of the two, and we woul
h hunbly advise them, in that case, to drop Ola
l. and take up Sloane sthe candidate under who
+ they will meet defeat, in the ensuing election.
The Object Of the Coalition.
Even if there were not one particle Of positiI
c testimony upon the subject, it would still rema
n as the MONDAY sun, that Mr.. Clay made Adam
+ President for the sake of obtaining the Office
,r Secretary of State, and securing the successic
If to the Presidency. The case prores itself. ga
" asked for the proofF said Mr.. McDuffie, in Il
" House of Representatives, II answer, that if c
IS cumstantal evidence be not rejected as inadmi
4 sible, it is full and satisfactory. Hear it! I
n qves the vote of his State in opposition TO
Ic own principIcs-against the will of the Peep
" ofthat State-and thereby makes the Presiden
a. and then has the .frontless, shameless a~ddcit
t. to set public opinion at defiance, by instantly al
s. openly receiving, as the reward of his treacho
TO the people, and TO his own principles, the hlg
est Office that President can confer upon hir
Can any thing be more plain? 1t is the commt
y case, of a sale in market overt; and none but
~ man of the most consummate boldness and {
= fiontery could hold up his head in society aft
such transaction"
:, There is abundant evidence, however, of
- most positive character, to show why the vote
ls Kentucky was given to Adams.
i Gen. Metcalf, one of the members from Ke
h lucky, when he returned to his constituency,
~ ter the election, stated, as an excuse for vot
~ -, for Adams, awe could notpossibly get MIR. Cl
ID into the cabinet without voting for and elect
~ Mr.. Adams"
-, Francis johnson, another Kentucky memb
e said, after his return from Washington, "that
- voted for Mr.. Adams 10 get Mr. Clay made 81
=. retary of State"
o. David Trimble, another Kentucky memb
:, " apologised for his vote, by saying. "We asc
"a "a tanned that Mr.. Adams would make Mr.. @
,tr Secretary of State, and that Jackson would no
~ David White, another of the delegation,
~ ~ clared 81 voted for Mr.. Adams to promote ]
~ - Clay's future prospects for the Presidency"
a. a. John ]. Crttenden, the same who is now
=" the Senate of the United States, was then,
now, probably the most intimate Of Mr.. Cla
~, Nv friends. The following is an extract from
~ ter, from Mr. Crittenden to David White at Wa
ington, dated
"FRANKFoRT, Jan. 10, 1926.
- Extract. "Under all present circumstances, my
wish in regard to this subject (and it is one dieto
both by personal partalities and considerations Of
public good) would be that JACKSON should be IreAd
and Clay his Secretary of State and really do bell
dy that the common good is concerned in Clays