Iowa territorial gazette and advertiser. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa Territory [Iowa]) 1840-1846, 1844-03-16
MOnstrOus Exposition.

Can it be possible that any rhiic man
will vote for Mr. Clay after the following
astounding exposure Of his sentiments
Well may the aristocracy OF Bankers
and large merchants spend MILLIONS in
clecting Mr.. Clay. Well may they get
up FREE DINNERS and attempt 10
gull the working people by LIVE coovs
and DRUNKEN SONGS! II now turns cut
that they look upon the laboring Whit
man as white slave fr We cannon have
"black slaves We shall white ones.r--
They, the dear cologne dandles, cannot
'cu' their own frewood"-ihey cannot
"black their own shoes"-thev cannot
''work in the kitchen" These are i'm
posters that promise "two dollars day
and roast beef" and never perform their
promises. Read and reflect Ohio
Statesman.
From The Emancipation
Mr.. Clay's Sympathy with Labor.
Much is made by the wing sycophan,s,
Of Mr. Clay's connection with. ard sup
posed sympathy for labor. "The Mill
boy Of the Slashes," is pictured on many
banner and placard. Mr.. CLAY was
born. April IS. 1877. in part Of vir-
ginia called the "Slashes of Hanoyer.n
and his father died in 1871, and he lived,
j is raid, in poverty, until the age Of IS,
when he was employed as clerk in the
Chancery office at Richmond In the
Life OF Henry Clay, just published by
Oliver Oldschool, after dwelling on his
public stations and achievements, It Is
said;
"Yet do we love far more TO dwell upon the
orphan boy, following the plough in the Slashes
OF Hanover, and occasionally trudgng his way,
with grst Of corn, to distant mill, to provide
bread for widowed mother and younger brother
and sisters"
Now it mus. be confessed tina, it is
very unphilosephical to argue that
man IS 10 be relied on as having sym.
pa,hies with the people, just because he
was poor in his youth. Who does not
know tlatrihc two Scots, Lord EIdon.
and Lord Stowell, were poor. boys. and
yet in manhood became the main pillars
of nrisiocracy in England, and dislin.
gnished for their hard heariedness in 70.
gard TO the rights Of improvement of the
mass Of the people. The old proyerb
about setting begear on horseback. e.
presses the Judgment passed by the com.
mon sense Of mankind on this point
But in the same work, a further aP
peal is made TO the sympathies Of the u
borer, on the. ground that Mr.. Clay Is
man '.who delights to till the soil" and
whose character has been subject to the
purifying influence" there is "in the
cultivation OF the soil" which "as sefdom
fails to reach the heart Us il does to II
vigoraie the frame Of man." And it y
said Of him that she delights in agricuI-
,ure, end is one OF the most practical,
industrious, me;hodical, and TsuccessiuI
farmers in the whole Western countFy."
Now, what impression does this carry %
our Northern farmers, but TINT Nj. Clay
is plain working man, Ike enc OF OUT
farmers in Pennsylvania or Scrmouit-
He is called "THE FARMER oS AsHLANp
10 make il appear that he sympa;hises
with labor! u il SO:
There are tive points on which ycs
can easily test the real extent Of = man
sympathies with labor--his sense Of jue.
tice with regard 10 the, wages OF labor,
and his sentiments with regard to ne
intrinsic dignity OF labor itself NJ
Clayi sense ,oi justice 10 regard 20 ~
wages Of iator, j. 90 u,terly hollow, shas
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