The Kalida venture. [volume] (Kalida, Ohio) 1841-1865, 1848-01-11

nenceineW oil the labors Of this Conoyeu. n (
nd on lheeso of great deliberations. yin, :
which he would have borne a scopspicios. Z
part, il can hatdly fail to be- regarded, ar alq
pubic calamity. Washington Uhiossgs sysd
CLAY IN 1872 AND lS41--In alludinq tori
he sammerset made bys,hee' Sage Of aAshae
land,' '.lhe Chic Statesman" says:--.sDur.
ng ths war oillsl2, before Clay had chang
ed ms opinions, oft expressed, against he
cohslIlullonally of a bank Of ihe, IT, 3, b.
'ore he had becon,e its feed Attorney and its
euloglsai-7befns his. aspiration for tho Presl--
dency had 50 iar worked lpan iIle native
! honesty OF his character as 10 induce him. 10
make Mr.. Adams President that he might
be Secretary Of State, and thus be' ID lie
line OF safe precedenis, !" that ,siaieslsans !
Was The earnest liiend Of his country, and in
Congress ihs voice wts often ia sed in fierce
Remuneration OF Hartford Convection federale
sn, which sought to disgrace the country, w,
refusing, to vote the needful supplies 10 carry )
Oh HE war with vigor. -.
But Henry Clay is changed in aililtbihss,
age which genolally tempeys ambition, adds
but 10 the tiery flame which burns within his
bosom - 10 reach the Presidency, lie has
sacrificed principle grea, mass Of The
people believe lie has sacrificed lonestSs19t
and recent events show him ready to sacfigs
flee The interest and honor of lis country.9 sf'
Who that knew Henry Clay in Palmy days,,s
when his voice was raised in defence ofMndsa
son andthe last war--wilen in terms Of 'se-et
verc aud just indignation he pointed out and
denounced hepatricidal course of federalism
would lave believed that be ever cohldhayeB
coaleSced with Daniel Webster. against Ills
country, and dictated 10 the party, whose eng
bedment he is, the rule of conduct which,
should guide them in taking the Mexican
side ofthe war Though strange things arc
seen every day, yet to many this seems the p
srangest of all. For him, witt, all his polt-i
.ical sins many democrats, who recollect his
patriotism, and the services he rendered in
Congress during the war of 1912, feli aim
seting attachment. This is now done away
the last link is broken---and while they
may feel for Henry Clay Of that period 1the
will feel, loo, Iha, Henry Clay the dictator.
ola dIshonable course 40 his country, is a. far
different being.
~ 7Fr 1'i'N --A A-- --- Bals 100
THE REPUBLICANisM OF CORPoR5si
'nr s" 'ff' ATlONs. ref7i oart sHa
Corporations, (says Gov. Bebb in his late
Message,) emanate from and exist as the le,f'
fcent lnstrumenlali.ies of Republican lns6-g
lutions, and are multiplied in direct propor-
ton 10 the enteprise and freedem of States.,
and nations" :.
Thomas Jefferson appears TO have had
different idea of corporations from the Whia
Governor. He speaks of can aris,ocracy.A
founded on Banking Institutions and monieds
incoporaiions under the guse and cloas of,
favored branches of manufactures, commsrc, =.
and navigation, riding and ruling over the
ocggard yeomanry Americas greatest
statesmen would have been slow to discover
in system, so adverse, 10 equality, the !" eEis
tc ent insirumentalilies of Republican fnsti.y
Iulions." Bat Thomas Ielferson's IDEAS of
had respect for man as such.
and none for those artificial arislocracies cre,si
ated by corpsratiens, based upon the su,ean.ti
est of all principles, the accumulation efs
wealth. Bat modern Wing RepubIicanism
like the old oligarchies, among which cor' az
pMatiors had their origin, look to The VEAL
thy and select few as those for whose .osng
alone The advantages Of Government are, ,or,
be conserved. Corporations deriving their
existence at time when natl nal liberty was
not conception of any mind, nave 1is,aintaiin-N
ID their existence as the allies of The mom,t
INSCRIPTIONS despeis, and proved the ready
.nd mos, usefu! instruments of the worsl ~.
ants whose rule has shadowed the pace of
lIstory. True Repubican!tm airs 10 deyel-le
'pe man in his MOBILES. aspect, as self s1d.-9i
led aud independent being. Corpora,op.s ,
merge tAc man in the association, Thev
rush tic energes Ct tile individual by on.
)osng 10 him the powerful and irrasis,ibieI's
of legal monster who has nofeas
II bla liabilities and more than his possible
esources. For the fulflmen, ofllis en5aoe.
lenis the individual man is responsible n
he exientof all his earthly possessions. whila
cofperatioa is only answerable 10 lhe sesx * 70
sat ofus capital stock nio in, and vefy seli.19
lom is held ldaccountablo othis extentsogTb
nan has sense Of honor, Of Character. sha,
as sympathes aud affections, which ara
dge 10 society That he viii moi outradaa n5a ~ ~
Sinilg his feiNw man. Acorp 5rationlislffes
rom 'iel'sssralsi' which tl,eseaimposs; ,andsl
nderlhe clp k Il a corporate charter, ,ho
Ulcers hesitate not to violate The mosi sac
edobligstions.2 The most stupendouy frauds
ma dnn,imes, from Laws first Bank toix
nd failure Of The late US Bank, have beeniA
in q corporate capacity. I'll f,.4,.
VINO believes that Banks unshielded hy
orIorSte powers would have been able az (s'.Is /.