We oppose Henry Clay, because he
denounced as rebels and traitors the peo
ple: of Uhode Island, at a lime when lliey
were struggling to throw oil' the accursed
manacles of the royal charter. The suf
frage men of that gallant 1 i llie state, and
the friends of freedom elsewhere, will re
member this circumstance, and act upon
il, when the last great struggle comes.
We oppose Henry Clay, because, in
furiated at Mr. Tyler for exercising the
veto power, and thereby thwarting ono of
his dangerous schemes, he is now rush
ing with drawn sword of innovation upon
the Constitution, conceived and establish
ed by such men as Washington and Jef
ferson, and endeavoring lo strike from its
sacred pages one of its most salutary fea
tures. People of North Carolina ! the is
sue is between Henry Clay and the Con
stitution of your fathers ! Can you hesi
tate ?
We oppose Henry Clay, because he
refused to do justice to Gen. Jackson, by
controlling his party in such a way as to
prevent them from restoring to that good,
and brave, and venerable old man the tine
imposed upon him by Judge Hall. Gen
cral Jackson saved the country ; the peo
ple thanked him for it, and raised him to
the highest post among men ; but Hall
fined him for his firmness and valor.
Clay denounced him for it, and Clay and
Federalism still withhold from him that
justice for which millions call in tones of
thunder. But the hour of reckoning is
approaching, and iho Old Hero shall yet
be cheered and gladdened by an open anil
unequivocal d. splay of the justice of his
country.
