Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1841-1853, 1844-08-08
By q. i. & ], 7. CHAPMAN.

VI t' iJla Ct january TIE rc-OitltlUl> came Ddch
to the llou /. { from the Senate amended, so as to read
as follows:
"Resolrod bythe General assembly If the Commonwealth
kentucky, That II - the desire OF "A majority Of the
people Of kentucky, that the Bankrupt law, passed at the
late extra session OF Congress, shall be repealed, or 80
modified as TO free IL from il retrospective operation and
our Senators and Representative in Congress be re.
quested 10 Use their influence to obtain such repeal or
modification"
The change made IN the Senate, with another re.o-
luton added By that body. declaring that tie people If
Kcntucky a. wcll a. the General Assembly, regarded
'thc continuance Of the Land Distribution Law a Of
far greater Importance tlan the repeal cfthc Bankrupt
law was n~egativcd in the House Of representatives
By Il vote If , t. -, and in consequence IF this disa-
grconent tbe resolutions failed bat no man was left
III doubt a 10 ''thc wishes and WHIP e the State in
relation to tie Bankrupt law. Of that we
have abundant evidence besides the unan nous ad0p-
ton If a resolution to that effect IN each House Of the
General Assembly.
Mr. Clay himself, on presenting certain petitions
against q repeal If the law on the 18th january,
l-42. uttered tie following. VIZ:
a single remark he must be permitted in reference 10
the delegation in the other House from his own
State. AT the last session, every member of that delcga-
ton, with one solitary exception, had voted against the
passage of the Bankrupt bill and even that single advo-
cate OF the bill, on his return 10 his own district, found so
great and general dissatisfaction with The provisions oi the
bill, that lac had on the present occasion ieit II Is duty To
give such Il vote as lac presumed II would appear he had
tins day gwen IN that body on the question OF repeal
See Congress. Globe, 1ci2-3, page 1876.
and ylr. Garret Davis did, with the entire delcga-
tion from kentucky in the House Of Representatives,
vote for the repeal of the law.
Mr.. Morohcad. the colleague Of AIr. Clay in the
Senate. gave testimony to .thc wishes and VII" e
his constituents IN the following. viz:
at could not have escaped his notice, and t;at of the
Senate, that the stature Of Kentucky had by a large
majority passed resolutions upon the %sutJee, of Tie Bank
rupt law, expressing an opinion that II ought TO be re
pcaled.
Whether the Bankrupt law was n mea-
sure of national benefit, on national injury, was n question
about which the people OF the tnIird States could form
their own conclusions but whether the measure would
affect adN antaseonsiy or Injuriously the interests of the
people OF kentucky, they alone are competent 10 Judge :;
and so far as he Was concerned, he thought that from
their Judgment there " Il no appeal
Surely. here va evidence enough to satisfy the
most increduleus rs to ''thc wi.Lcs and VIII Of Ike
State Of Kentucky.
l.. There was thc unanimous vote Of the Kentucky
House If representative. iaStruciiag their Senators,
Mossrs. Clay and MorcLoad 10 vote FIR The repeal.
>. There was the vote # tie Senate Of kentucky,
We believe equally unanimous, requesting them to 90
fr tie repeal.
3. There was tie unanimous vote of tie delegation
from Kentucky IN tie Us. House Of Representatives
IN favor If repeal.
!. There was Tie vote of Mr.. Clay's colleague in
tie Senate for tie repeal, ~avowcdly in obedience to
the uncquivoral and overwhelming opinion AID VIII Of
the State Il Kentucky.
>. There waS Mr.. Clay's own admission, tlat his
own Representative. the only member Of tie House
who had dared tovote for the passage of the act, was
compelled, by the overwhelming Voice Of his ~constltu-
ent>, to vote for il rcpeal.
Did Mr.. Clay OBEY tie instructions Of his consti-
trcntS 80 unequivoeally expressed , Did he practice
uIoa TIE rreccr,s he laid down to Senators Brown and
Strange, # North Caroiina, in ls29! Did he soon
form to the Will Of his constituents! ," Did lie act
mot in his own. but IN { delegated character - Was
be nothing more than the mirror to reflect tie Viii
e fltDSp vpln Gallon him "a his dom fol station -
Did be consider I mo matter in what words or Ian
euaCe those instruc: Ons were gwen feel himself
''bouad 70 comply eih her pishes thus commaaicat-
el!'
No, no. While every member from the State
wicked 10 the popular VIII. Henry Clay alone Taught
iy replied to Tie almost unanimous demand Of his
STATE, II cenaef, / VIII NOT ID H." Yes, HIS
rii was TO govern. instead If that Of his constituents.
He made himself the MASTER. instead of tie SER
rent the MONARCH and the TYRANT. whose
viH was h9r. EInphatically. the riH Of Henry Clay
III this case. was LAW. The Bankrupt act had not
vet gone INTO operation. Tic bill to repeal it bad
passed the House of Representatives 1t was the 2-u
Of January. and TIE act was To 20 iaio operation 81
the first of February. Without lir. Clay the Senate
was equally divided, and on the repeating BIZ the vote
was a follows. w:
YEAs-Me,~rs. Allen, Archer. Bayard. Benton
Buchanan. Calhoun. Fulton. Graham, hing. Linn
McRoborts. NorehCad, Pierce, prentisS. Rive. Sewer
Smith of Connecticut. Sturgeon, Tarpan, Woodbury.
Wright. and Young-22
NAYs-NIe>>rs Barrow. Bates. Berr.en, Choate.
CLAY. Clayton. Exams. Henderson, Huntington
Kerr. Mangum. Nerrick. Miller. Phelps. Porter. Sim
mons. Smith If Indiana. S)uthard. Tallmadgc, Wal
} kcr. White. VIII ans. and Noodbridge-23.
If Mr. Clay had CONFIRMED To 'fci>seS and Ttf' O
his constituents. and voted on the other SIDE. III
Bankrupt law would have been repealed, and tn
Wholesale repudiation Of private debts. witnessed il
1t, would have been prevented. The Bankrupt Law
waS. therefore. Cay's law. lis WILL passed an
preserved it. ~ a.fopce = he wia q lis consi.ta
mis-. His WILL WAS LAW.
But this imam Charles" who would not regard ei
: Their tie word ...nSiruci." nor thc word "rr guest no
:. any other evidence Of TIE VIII Of his master, did 10
conGdc himself to mere dsobedienee. lie turnc
round and told his master. that it was a "rors IF d
humanity Gni c~rRe'v.' which he required Inn 10 do
- inhuman and cruel that lie had Mt 1.-THE heart to d
It"-t.at lie lad not 1.-The hand To do II" - afro
c.ou>. that (says he) Il CANNOT, WILL No
Il do a."
!, But lest We should be charged with mi>represent
INC him. VIC give Il literal extrac, from his speech o
: tie occasion a rerise3 81 hinSef. w:
.aShould the work Of destruction be accomplished, the
= will not be davs al mercy bat OF cruelty and Inhumauii'
Their condition the debior>) resembles that OF the II
= nOceni and unfortunate men. long and utjusty Incafc'
rated IN the dark walls OF a jail lis door i hall open
n they are rushing towards II. pale enaclat.d. and exhaus
!. ed. the light of heaven has once more bcam.d upon the
: ha-gard faces, and once more they begin 10 breathe q
cool and pure ar OF an anconiamhnated atmosphere. =
this instant OF time the Senate i called upon 10 dls
them back TO their gloomy aud loaihsome cells, and
i fling back that door upon It's grating hinges. Aud NJ
invited to unite IN this work VI Inhumansiy and crueii,
have not the heart TO do n | have not The hand TO
IL I cannot. I will no, do n.'-See App. 10 Con
,e Globe lcil-2, page %.
Who IS it that Henry Clay thus charactcr.zes {
MONSTERS Of .'inhumaHity and cruelty,'