MR. cLAY,s ARauMENrs
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MIR. Clay stated in his late speech in tbi, w..
that when the late National Bank wa, NJ, : W.
istence the Bank of England put down the n,;..
of cotton, and that, if our Bank had then hsan =
operation it could have counteracted the efFe,.
the English Bank. Now what is the fair ;ne.0
enee from this proposition? Is it not that N.
tional Bank can control the prices and pron.,,n
ofthe country? If it can control the prjc. -
cotton-and Mr.. Clay says it can-what otb..
property may it not control in price and vaIros
England has her Bank, says Mr.. Claw .r5
therefore we ought to have oursl Yes ENGLAND
has her nobility, and wherefore, according to ,ha
same argument, may we not have ours .l.aS
England has her manufacturing establishment. !.
which the million serve thsfew, and where p.rn.
forms of want, and poverty, and agony wol.
alike in darkness and in highland wberefo,o
according to the same argument may we not have
our manufacturing establishments our toiEr,
paupers, and eur fair share of national bero.,n
and wo2 England has her Tariff to " Ioc.,,
wealth in spots" and her Bank to control HI.
wealth-and why should we not do as Enol.rd
does2


HThere is an island in the sea
Whose glory fills the world with song,


Whose most commanding pageantry


Is gained 6ydeep and speschless sOrOne"


Is this the "glory" that Mr. Clay wopd n
vite US 10 gaze upon7 Are millions to be mad.
poor, and miserable and blind, and naked, in or
der that hundreds may roll in luxury, and sDe
the tastes and fashions of lOrdly Engand7 Such
arguments are unworthy the genius of Henry
Clay. The evildays are upon him, and the sopr
of foled ambition rankles at the seat of life e,.
he, the republican Of 1912, and the Federas Of
1914, would turn with instructive loathing from
an imitation of the enormous corruptions and On.
pressious of Great Britain.