The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1844-10-04

as conscience and selfrespect shall dictate Their
votes will tell whether they are fit to be- treem1
or SLAVES. The gentleman is picture manufacture
er-I am not He has made a caricature. 1rec-
ommend one to him, true to the life; will he put
his genius once more 10 task!
NEVER RE STORE THE DYNASTY OF MR..
VAN BUREN.
No, sir; we are told that the Van Buren dynasty
must never be restored! No restoration! Have
they forgotten the fall ofthe dynasty of 1928, when
the Clay-bank- -American-syste dynasty was over
thrown' Would they restore it to power'
Il MR. CLAY'S POPULARITY.
We hear much of the popularity OF Henry Clay.
Where is the evidence ofit' Is it to be found in
the fulsome fattery and nonsense of doggerel
rhymes' Is it to be found in his twenty years Of
ceaseless effort TO crawl into the presidential chair
Ist to be found in his shameful defeats in 1924 and
1882; or his still more shameful rejection, in lS40
by the whig convention? Is it because he still
adheres to that "obsolete Idea bank of the United
States" Is it because he is in favor of distribution
to help States and stock -jobbers, and taxation to
drain the pockets of the people to replace IL II
| NUM- Vi luCoS iiiiSo PiouuSS ~, "b"t eoeo. ch
the election will show that his popularity is conin
ed to that class whom he has helped to quarter upon
the laboring classes--the receivers of bounties-
He was always supposed, by his friends. to be pop
uar before an election, but always runs far enough
in the rear to avoid the dirt from the heels Of his
adversary. He will do SO again The people will
never trust him; they dare not-they will not. |
will tell you, sir, and this House, why not. Iwsh
il 10 be understood as strictly confdential-I should
he sorry to have it get abroad among the people.
His past life furnishes the cearest evidence of his
true character; and aside from the glare and tinsel
of the orator, there is little to admire, and much to
condemn and fear.
He is bold, imrerious, dangerous man; and
above all, he is ambitous--dangerously ambitious.
History records, among the ambitious men of the
past, who triumphed over the laws and constitu-
tions of their couDries--nen who seIZed and exer-
cised despotc power over the peope--men who
became dictaors and tyrants-the names of Caesar,
Caligula, and Cromwell. Catiline attempted it,
but fell before the scorching eloquence of Cicero
Sir, this letter c is ominous letter. We have
seen (and in this instance to be feared) the votes
of State turned away contrary TO the wishes of
the people, for Office We have seen Mr.. Clay
recently exercising dictatoral power in this govern
ment. We have seen him hurting scorn, contempt
and defiance at abolitionisis; and now, TO obtain
their votes, bending the plant knee to them
They cannot be deceived They know that, when
he has obtained the power, he will rise majestic as
a lion, and again shake his name, and send forth
such roar of defiance as will teach them the folly
OF trusting the suppliant but untamed and uncon-
trollable spirit of ambition We have seen him
roaming from State to State, for months immedi-
ately preceding his nomination, with countenance
dressed in smiles, and honeyed words flowing from
his lips, to win his way to power. We have seen
him visiting States with the apparent design of in
iluencing their elections. We have seen him de-
nouncing the pioneers of the West as robbers.
We have seen him execrating the foreigner who
had fled to our country for refuge, We have heard
him invoking upon his country war, pestilence, and
famine, rather than the elevation of military hero
General Jackson) to the presidency. We have
seen him provoking his fellowman to deadly COM
bat on the inglorious field, where men are bound
| by the laws of honor to murder one another We
have seen him on that field again and again. We
have heard the crack of his duelling pistol, aimed
at the breast of his brother man. We have seen
his interference in that cruel and bloody tragedy in
which Cilley fell. We have heard the sighs and
means Of the t-broken widow, and the screams
and shrieks OF her orphan children; and we now
see him entered upon the contest for the highest
office in the gilt of the world, under bonds to keep
the peace generally, and particularly with William
R. King. All these things the people have seen
and know; and knowing them, nothing on earth,
or above or below the earth, can induce them to
intrust themselves, their Institutions, or their coun-
try, in his hands Never, sir; never. This coun-
try has long been the avorite fan overruling and
kind Providence. Were all hope in the people
gone-all love of liberty and independence lost
still to that Providence, ever watchtul, ever gener-
Gus and kind, would look for its special interpo-
sition to save us and our beloved country from
calamity so disastrous, so destructive as the elec-
ton Of Mr.. Clay; and have deep and abiding
faith that shall not look in vain.
NorE.-Mr. Polk contrasts finely with Mr..
Clay in this respect. For he has been denounced
as coward. Mr.. PEYToN, of Tennessee, in a
speech delivered in the House on the same subject,
used in reference to Mr.. Polk, the following Ian
guage: ''The question would then seem very nat
urally to arlse if Mr.. Polk was too much of a cow
ard to be Vice President, how fit is he to be the
commander-in-chief of the army and navy9 These
were Mr. Polk's qualifications in military point
OF view" 1t would seem that no man whose
hands are notreeking in human gorei now thought
by Mr.. Clay's friends to be qualified for the office
of President
ECoNOMY-M Say. the celebrated French
writer on political economy, has the following
story:
"Being in the country, had an example of one
of those small losses which family is exposed to
through negligence. From the want of latch of
small value, the wicket of barn yard Cooking
to the felds) was left open; eyery one who went