The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 184?-1851, 1844-04-18
NUMBER 4.


these; but nicely adjusted and fitting compound
of them ALA coon! A fat, lazy, oily, thieyng,
cowardly, skulking coon--the hybrid emblem of
a hybrid party (Great laughter, tremendous
cheering, and groans for some minutes.) The
banner of the wings is a coonskin. In the long
night of the middle ages, when armed Europe sent
forth her steel-clad barons, with their stout re-
ainers, on pilgrimage TO Jerusalem to rescue
the Holy Sepulchre from the tenacious clutch of
the infdel-and alas, TO redden the sands of Pal.
estine with Christian gore--the banner that wa
we'd above the bold Crusader then, as he fought
and bled
And died, the sword in his red hand,
On the hottest spot of that blessed land,
was the banner of the Holy Cross. (Cheers.)-
When the Bourbons desired to call to their aid
the lances of imperial France, the Orinamme was
displayed and the Gallo chivalry rallied round
it to conquer OF die (Cheers) In more mod
ern times, tho tri-color of the revolution and the
golden eagles of the empire have been carried in
triumph into every capitol on the continent
There is not single breeze that blows in which
the meteor flag of England does not wave; and
Blenheim, Families, Seringapatam, Albuera,
Salamanca and Quebec-Acre, Aboukir, Water
loo and Trafalgar, are eloquent with IFS gIories.
these--a flag loved athome and Respected abroad
tremendous chcerng) 1t is familiar 10 the
British soldier, for he saw il on the plains Of Sar-
atoga, in the lines at Yorktown, and upon the
breast work at New Orleans. [Great cheering.l
1t is associated in the mind of the British sailor
with the names Of Hull, Porter and Decatur. 1t
streamed from the masthead of the Constitution,
when the Guerriere struck. [Cheering.l True,
these arc the banners of nations; but this cor
temptible coonskin is tie emblem and the ban
ner of party which aspres 10 control the deat-
MES of nation. [Groans and hisses.l And
such nation, too; nation which doubles its
population and quadrupes lis wealth every two
and twenty years; the only free nation on the
face of Gods earth; nation, the cornerstone
of whose greatness was laid by him, in speaking
of whom all language fails and all utterance be-
comes palsed. Ransack the records of all time
Invoke the aid Of the genius Of the past Who
is his peer? He is unapproached in the intellec-
tual symmetry and moral grandeur of his charac-
ter. George Washington knows no peer; he has
no parallel. Loud and enthusiastic applausel
Let me call your attention TO the startling fact
that an indirect and most insiduous attack has
been lately made upon the memory of Washing
ton. 1t was made from this very stand only eley-
en- days ago, by one who stood here before the
whole country as an acknowledged mouth piece
of the whig party. The language of this Wing
orator was this: ''He Mr., Clay] has made his
own character Of the age, as Washington did in
his time. Washington left the nation sober, or
derly, hgh-princlpled and patriotic, but on the
whole rather with negative qualities, but the man
Of our time, Il, e. Henry Clay,] came to give the
nation additional traits Of a positive and active
characters TO make il while it yet retained all
those Washingtonian virtues, still more enerpri-
sing, bold, energetic, ardent enthusiastic, aspi-
ring, selfimGoving. and selfprotectve." An
! honest political adherent and admrer of Henry
! Clay should hang his head in shame 10 hearsuch
language. And yet ii was uttered in the pres
ence of, and listened TO with appreciation by
nearly 5000 wings, and not one voice was raised
against it. 1t has been extensively published in
the wbig press Not one whig editor has passed
structures upon it, On the contrary "The Tri-
bune," without reservation, pronounces the whole
Grafton OF which the above ls a part as struthful'
and 'mastelly.' The Courier and Enquirer praises
and regrets that it cannot publish it. The Ex-
press predicts that "when published it will betae
text book of the campaign the minnows of the
whig press follow in the wake of these, their
leviathans. Now this whig ''text book" exals
Henry Clay at the expense and makes him the
equal of George Washington; him who is degra-
ded bya comparison with any man; whose fame
should be dearcr TO us than our hearts blood; who
is father; for he is the father of our country
Not content with this attempted paTicide, this
accredited organ of the whig party further says:
"Mr. Clay is not only American, bit America
ITSELF the Republic personifed." Thisis nought
but man-worshp. 1t has no foundation in truth
1t is the reckless and destructive spirit Of ultra
lpartzanship. 1t is bowingof the knee TO Baal.
What reasonable and unprejudced man would
trust party who, exasperated by defeat and mad
with excessive lust of power, are now endeavor-
| ing gain their end by making an idol Of Clay
and falling down before it, 10 hear their ora
tors and their presses speak of Henry Clay, one
would suppose him to be more than man. am
no calumniator Of Henry Clay; ! seek not to de-
tract from him his fair fame; | am willing and de-
sirous TO accord him his true position. do not
impugn his patriotism | freely grant that he is
persevering, energetic, eloquent and brave; en-
dowcd with an indescrbable magic of manner,
and pre-eminently fitted by nature 10 be what he
Isl a great partizan leader. In his democratic
youth, before he was fiattered and caressed into
the ranks Of the advocates of special legislation,
he stood up manfully against the recharter oftbe
| U. S. Bank; and for Madison and the war We
honor him for it, We gratefully yremember his OK
ertion i'll behalf of the acknowledgement of the
independence ofGreece and the South American
Republics AT the same time we must regret
that he whose youth gave such glorious promise
should, in the full maturity Of his manhood, for
sake the house Of his fathers and 60 wandering
after strange gods Ii is beneath the dignity Of
tie democratic party 10 war with any man. The
democracy war not with Henry Clay, the man;