The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1852-09-29
An old aud D.sgraccfuI Gan1c.

1t is campaign fact, that the Democrats
during this canvass have as little to say as
possible about their own candidate for the
Presidency, but have been cndeavoring
from the very commencementto win votes by
ISLANDERS upon Gen. Scott, and evidently in
tend to continue the game without cessation
till the day of election. This game won
once, and they seem to think the people are
too ignorant to profit by experience, or too
corrupt to be governed by what are evidently
the interests of the county. In 1914 Mr..
Polk and Mr.. Clay xen the nnAtye can
d;dates of the two partiesssxM ss Pix ~ m
obscure man, unknown and Untitled HSVakl
ty had but little to say about him. They corr
tented themselves during the canvass with
abusing, slandering and outrageousy defam-
ing, his opponent Henry Clay. There was
no Islander so vile they did not adopt as truth,
and endeayor to cram down the threats of
the people. There was no charge SO inia-
nous, no lie so villaino;,s, they did not
use when they saw fit in connection with that
great man, now in his grave. The terms,
Drunkard, Blackleg, Traitor, &C., &c. were
applied to him by almost every Locofoco edi-
tor and speaker in the land. So strenuously
and perseveringly were these charges made
and insisted upon, that we have no doubt
thousands of persons IN every quarter Of the
country, who depended upon these sources
for information, honestly believed Henry
Clay was much Of what he was called. AZ
ter the election of Polls, and Henry Clay had
withdrawn himself from the POLITICAL world,
tle same papers and the same men, who had
thus villainously slandered him, were the first
to euloglze him, and at his death, the Ioudest
mourners of departed greatness They gave
themselves and all their ISLANDERS the lie, by
thei, after conduct-saying In plain terms
they had made scoundreh of themselves, had
perjured themselves, by defaming Clay, mere
ly to secure the election of Polls. =, e-'si
Now, fellow. citizens, we appeal to your OBJ
servation-how is it at this tmc' Are not
those same men, known as The defamers of
Clay, pursuing Gen. Scott withthe same ram
cor, the same miserable SANDERS with which
they once defeated Clay !! And will the Amer
lean people encourage sushdisgraceful action
by supporting the very nenand the very acts
which. elected James X. Polk, over the great
est and most patriotic and devoted of all Amer
lean statesmen! Let Gen. Scott be defeated,
and these same men will be the loudest in
huzzahing for the great chieltain. Vhey will
confess by their actions once again. that they
disgracefully slandered an old patriot and a
man Of whom the country ard the age should
beproud. They say nothing of Here, l.
possible, his name would not be mentioned in
the canvass-but they misssate Gen. SCOTS
position to foreigners, and SANDER him to ma
tive born citizens. They have calleds and
tried to prove him coward, an aristocrat, a
proud and pompous man, despising the masses
of the people-and endeavored to lessen the
glory of.every great achievement which. has
made his name an ornament to the Republic
AMI the Republic itself more glorious than
without him she ever might or possibly could
lsasre been. hs ats.ff -
1t is scarcely probable that the American
people will continue to permit party to de-
fame the best men of which the country can
boast. We believe they will avenge HENRY
CLAY the coming election, AID teach his old
.defamers, that the past is not forgotten, nor
the future UNDECIDED. - 4
OF Certificates will seo.c be issued by the
Pierce Committee at, Washington City thai
will establish the fact beyond controversy
that he, (pierce1 is gentlemen and scholar.
They will appear early in the Evansville