OH, HENRY CLAY WILL BE THE MAN. Tune. — Nancy Dawson. Said Tyler John, the other day, How many are Clay men I pray? Why Johnny, dear, we’re made of Clay, And so we all are Clay men. Oh, Henry Clay will be the man, And turn and twist it as you can, He’ll gainContinue reading “Measure Him for his Pedestal”
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Prepare to Live with Disappointment
LEAVE VAIN REGRETS. Tune. — Auld Lang Syne. Leave vain regrets for errors past., Nor cast that ship away — But nail your colours to the mast, And strike for Harry Clay, And strike for Harry Clay, my boys , And strike for Harry Clay, And nail your colours to the mast, And strike forContinue reading “Prepare to Live with Disappointment”
It’s All the Newspapers’ Fault
DIALOGUE BETWEEN A WHIG AND LOCO FOCO. Loco. I am opposed to the British tariff. Whig. So am I, for it taxes our wheat, flour, beef, pork and every thing else that we attempt to sell in England. Loco. How is that? My paper tells me that it is the Whigs that go inContinue reading “It’s All the Newspapers’ Fault”
Yes, But Why Should We Vote For Him?
WHIG BATTLE CRY. Tune.— The Campbells are Coming. Away to the battle, our foemen are near, The cries of their leaders are mingled with fear; Their host is divided — their courage is fled, And the eagle of victory screams at our head. Then down with your enemies — rush to the charge, They haveContinue reading “Yes, But Why Should We Vote For Him?”
There’s Swearing, and Then There’s Swearing….
JOHN QUINCY ADAMS AND HENRY CLAY. The Charge of “Bargain and Sale,” — The Maysville, Kentucky Eagle says: — Mr. Adams, in his address in the Presbyterian church of Maysville, in responding to the declaration of Gen. Collins, “that he, (Mr. Adams,) had placed Kentucky under deep and lasting obligations to him for his nobleContinue reading “There’s Swearing, and Then There’s Swearing….”
JAMES D. MACDONALD 