Henry Clay For The Presidency
}.v. r.-.'iioa: - ims huw to ho well undcrslood tha] T'j O -¦! is to bc tho leiding wliig caiioidate tor the presidoricy in Ã84Ã3 and if so the frijid. of of liberiy know owe of tlic oac'n tliey will have to meet Ãn that sRtruglo. The whig Convomiun of Mnine, recentheid in Portland, catre uut lor Mr. Clay. Many Lurge convcntior.s in ïi. York. Pcnn,, Ky., and other places, hnveulso pri hi rii ;is iheir nan'li'irüL'. v.v.d hè ia now ofeforc (lie peoplo. Ãyory circiiü'.Hinncc.. thcrefofp, wlñch Oüght to li.ive in'liieiiuj vith ihe elecliire, ought (o bé fuliy known. 'P.y ttós way, I rêjöicfe tliat tliey h:;ve iven os a bo'na lïf!o shvoholder. rnthcr than that riiost Ijatcful of'nü l'finus- ) ''NárÃian map witli Southern principies." Wlio Dtid wiiat. (hen. is tïeiiiy Cl.-.y? lov ihis matter musà be looked i'ull n the Ã'ice. lÃe is Jst, A SLAVKIIOLDER. He liokU 6 'f human feeraga as liis goidsand chutéis, and woïks and trflmèa in thcin ns kuch, and curiches liimselà liy tlicir tinpnid toil. He is 2nd. A MUUDEilKll. TJp hns been concerned in several duels, p.nd public declared. about tuo years ince that he woulïfigln. undof course ki.il ii"he cöuhi. any man rhd insu'aed him; - :m:l dueling is most colil-ulooded, ni:dicious murder. Ile is :-il A ROJJBKU. Hol:nbitiimlly robe a Inrge iiunjbcr of liiïfnari b:ings of thüir righis to themselves, to tlieir children, and to thcir hard Odritirigs. He roba the poor. He 3 4th AN ENÃÃVIY TO HUMAN KfGIiTS. He denics thet ;;nll men aro bornfree"' and phingea cvery duld. bum oà a slnvp motlier on bis plaatation inio liopeless bondage. He denies (ünd acts accordiogly) 'ie doctrine of inalienable njlüs. and dcclnres "what the law hiakes property isproperty." l.'eis 5ih, A DESPOT. He rules over scores of his fe'low-creaturcs vriih absplute despotism. scarcely kaowu i.i a civ¦¦ uiniry. He not only düaiee their acutnl human exisrence. butall right topc.'Ãonality. He is, and ever h's been, % A DEVOTED SUPPORTER OF SLAVERY.Troug!i a long and influentia public carëer the èlave power lias foiind in 3Ãr. Ãlay a shrewd but irue supporter. He excrted all i,Ã3 influcnce to hinder emuncipalion in South Imemv and ihc West Indies, nnd to incorporan the iaW o; slavery into thclaw of nations. i.iul vet the liberty-lnvmg WhÃg convexión nt Ivnl;md ponounced him a "Pliilunihropist!" Tferotrgh him ghvery trramphnt ni t!:o great Miaápurl c'iifiict, and b.i8 ever sinc'èl it-inned wiihoutcorüJül. lÃe opposi.d B convrntion of he people of iiis cvn Stntc to cliangc.thcir Consiitution ior th óbolition ofslavcty. ond the convention hpot yct been huid. lÃe hns done what he coulú to iaten porpetually the ináufferable curso of slavery npon tlie country, and yet ihnt more fay?rableM Wg cortvention doclüred him a :pntriot." He diJ more thnn nny blliftrinan living, to i!comprorr:ise" av;iy tint tariiF protection whch the wliigs so enrnesily seek, ónd the want o; w'nich t'iey regard ns ihe cause of our troubles. snd yet Mr. Chiv is iheir favotfrité. He is 7th, PRESiDENT OF THE COLOJÃIZATiON S0C1KTY. And colonizationists have been active i', is snid. n bringfiighim forwardilioping ihua tó Eeöuf? the pntionnge of the govfirnment to keep that colony from porishing. Sny not this is rár3 latrgoage. - it is sober, solemn truth. Aüd 8 this the man to rule over this nation? Ia tloroa christian heart tliat vvilj not revolt at such m nttemp!? Js tÃtere a chnstain puipit or presa :t wiil not sp'enk out and ycrn the people. ns they fear God, to wash their hnnds cleui orsucli rcbellion aá1ria his law? "ÃÃc that rlith over min msl bejust'."
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