The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1844-03-22
From the North CaIolina Standard.

shown that such an institution is not need
ed; the country has been without one for
eight years, and suffered no public loss
thereby; the exchanges are as low or
lower than they ever were under Bank do
mlnlon; and 10 establish another, no mat
ter by whom planned or administered,
would be to violate the constitution, and
put In peril the existence of the public
happiness and liberty. We oppose him
also on account Of his fragrant and corrup.
inconsistency on this subject. In 1911
he opposed National Bank, and pro-
nounced the power TO establish il a evan
derng power" which could find no place
TO settle on III all the pages of the cons,i-
tuition; since lSl6.he has been in favor
of such an institution, spmetlmes secretly
and sometimes opeHiy bu. always with
the view Of advancing the objects of his
own dangerous and uncontrolled ambi-
lion. ~
We oppose Henry Clay because he is
in favor ol distributing the proceeds Of the
sales of the public lands, source of reye-
nue. originally cedcd to defray the COM
mou expenditures and charges. at a time
when the treasury is empty and The coun-
try in debt. We oppose him also for his
gross inconsistency on this subject. In
1882, he opposed, in his place in the
Senate, the policy of distribution, because
he then considered i, unwse and uncon-
siitulional. Now that policy is his most
cherished darling. These facts can and
will be proved in due tine.
We oppose Henry Clay because he is
IN favor of assuming the debts of the
States. This PROJECT would make tho
people of North Carolina contribute their
hard earnings to pay the debts Of their
sister states--in other words, it would
make one man pay the debts of another.
We oppose Henry Clay, because after
pledgng himself in 1910, tina, his party
would carry on the government with ,hir-
teen millions, he proposed in the Senate
an expenditure of twenty-siX millions an
nualIy; because he and the party he con-
trolls have plunged the country in debt, in
time Of pe.ce, 10 the amount Of more than
tmenty millions Of dollars, the interest
upon which, more than million annual
Iy, is paid out Of the hard earnings of the
working men Of the country and because.
instead of lifting even finger to ge, on,
of debt, he considers and pronounces a
national debt a national blessing.
We oppose Henry Clay, because he
was the most prominent champion Of the
late odious Bankrupt iav. This was
one of his relief m,asures Of the extra
ess'on.-EIe procured lis passage, and
boosted of the agency he had in it. He
voted for 1t in opposition to the wishes of
the people of Kentucky, and he is, above
all other men, responsible for that law.
1t was passed, not for the poor man, but
for the splendid spendlhrill, for the fees
were so high that no poor man could get
decree, and some have already limited
that this very law, through one Of its
thousand and one quirks, poured money.
foul and black from the hands of fraud,
into the pockets of one of the near rela-
tons of Mr.. Clay.
We oppose Henry Clay, because he
denounced as rebels and traitors the peo-
pie of Rhode Island, Il, time when they
were struggling to throw off the accursed
manacles of the royal charter. The suf-
irage men of that gallant little state, and
The friends of freedom elsewhere, will re-
member this circumstance, and act upon
it, when the last great struggle comes.
We oppose Henry Clay, because, in
ruriated at Mr.. Tyler for exercising the
veto power, and thereby ,hwar,ng one Of
his dangerous schemes, he Is now rush
ing with drawn sword of innovation upon
the Constitution, conceived and establish
ed by such men as Washington and JEFF
(erson, and endeavorlng to strike from its
sacred pages one of its mos, saulary fea-
lures. People of North Carolina the is
sue is between Henry Clay and The Con-
s,ilulion Of your fathers! Can you hesi-
tale!
We oppose Henry Clay, because he
refused to do justice 10 Gen. Jackson, by
controlling his party in such way as to
prevent them from restoring to that good.
and brave, and venerable old man the fine
imposed upon him by Judge Hall. Cen
eral Jackson saved the country the peo-
pe thanked him for it, and raised him to
the highest post among men; but Hall
fined him for his frmness and vaor.
Clay denounced him for it, and Clay and
Federalism still withhold from him that
Justice for which millions call in tones Of
thunder. But the hour of reckoning is
approaching, and the Old Hero shall yet
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