HENRY CLAY A FEDERALIsTI
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From certain demonstrations not TO be
mistaken, the democracy (par excellence
relying upon the ignorance and gullibllity
ofthe people. which has more than once a.


vailed them, or acting upon one of their Je'
suiticaI principles. that "a lie well stuck to,
is as good as the TRUTH intend to proclaim
far and wide, in this Presidential canvass,
the unjust and unfounded slandcr that heads
this article. We are aware that they are
necessarily compelled 10 resort for safety, to
the aid of two potent and almost irresistible
words democracy and Federalism unjust
ly usurping the one to themselves. and, il
possible, more iniquitiously endeavoring to
fasten the other upon their opponents; but,
we are not disposed au-nn me pea
of necessity to justify so presumphous a
claim, and so wicked falsehood Let the
honest people Of the country, have light on
the subject Light, light, is all the cause of
truth demands, to make itself manifest, and
dispel The darkness which would exclude it.
We call upon whig editors throughout the
country to meet the charge as it deserves,
and put its trumpelers to the blush. We de-
fy those who make it to give us the evidence
and the facts upon which it is based. We
challenge them to draw the parallel be-
tween the principles of Mr.. Clay and those
of the Federalists who opposed MIR. Jefer-
sons administration. Let the test of federal
ism be correctly laid down, according to his
tory. and we will cheerfully consent to be
tried by that test, and to be weighed in the
balances with them, to see which is found
wanting.


MIR. Clay a federalist when, where,
how was he a federalist2 Let us look in
10 his history little and see what ground
this charge has to rest upon. The son ofa
poor Baptist preacher, he was left an or
phan at the age of four years, with six broth
ers and sisters to be brought up by mother
scarcely possessed of the means of scanty
subsistence, and Ike all other poor bows he
was compelled to work for his living.
With the exception of learning to read and
~vise "a se~ntry seheoI, Mr.. CIa, 10 IN
debted to his Gnal1ed exertion for all the
knowledge he ever acquired He was pla-
ced IN a retail store, afterwards in Clerks
Office, and at length studied law Splendid
training this. for an aristocratic federalist
1t is to this experience of poverty, that we
might trace in great measure, the sympa-
thy for the poor of all classes which has
ever distinguished his subsequent life at one
time showing itself in his efforts in behalf
of the American mechanic and laborer in
every department, afiording him fair remu-
nera.ion for his labor. and protecting it from
the ruinous competition Of strangers. AT
another time in behalf of suffering seamen
incarcerated into British men of war, whose
sufferings he painted in all their colors in
the glowing eloquence of his speeches.
when he reused his countrymen to war a
.gainst British oppression. But his sympa-
ihy for poverty and suffering was not conf
ned to his own land, but when opportunity
presented ITSELF he endeavoIed TO alleviate