The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1838-03-09
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Tbe cisnos1a
-. a IDENTIFY Mr.. Clay with me abO-
"a, fanatic. Or The norsh; and wiih ihss
;.,,., las. week stated. that : the stale
-. which ths Opposition candidate fOr
:. Presidency i selected. has held .
s.,,snriOn. having Cor il object The abO-
s,iaa If sIsssy-shus securing he fede-
-, safe. of the free slalss for Mr. Clay"
Thi. s,slsmens has attracted The notice
+ ,hs edllors Of the Register. and frum
heir reply We give the following extract.
fine Register speaks Of The present edi-
"a, Of The Standard ia rather conplimsn-
.v terms. IS having acquired for ihal
ann, character for caution. moderation
,oa decsuey which il did not maintain
.oder is former editor: and attributes The
,,,o, Of the Standard now. rather 70 The
.oarcss from which il derives is iufar-
s,liou, than to disposition 10 Perseri
DE uulh. Dur own personal regard for
IN, EDITOR Of The Standard will induce us.
70 hope thar such is the CASE. Bot %
DE extract from The Register:
.The assertion ii The Standard in sub
.,,ocr is, tina. Kentucky (Mr. Clsy's
S,,l has hid . Convention Ia abolish
SlNsty-anJ this course 10 represented
=. ,hs result ol . wish 10 win over The
lb,ruon,sts 10 his support Tor the Presi-
Isary. The simple facts Of the case.
r. = airh so alarming a conspiracy has
h.ra ds,sloped. are these: A law has
o.,,ed me Kentucky Legislature. for cali
m, a Con, rulian TO amend her ConSii.u-
Il a. provided majority Of the people.
40 successive elections. shall be IN
favor II such a call. The Convention.
,t,,riar has aot been held. nor Is any
hing said. or hiaied IN The .iei, about
GfrsrU.-ll -. hOSsver, true. that dur
lng lhs tendency Of The bull "a the Lee
r.ls.ure, effort. we're made 10 defeat u.
On The ground that It would open the
eus.ion Of Slavery sort Of raw head
AMI aloody bones argument TO alarm The
tlmrd. W and oul Of the Legislature, and
ia4acr them To vote against the call OF
Csnsenlion. But what 10 the mostremark-
abb circumstances about the thing -, that
N Gays son vas . member Of the
K lucky Legislature, and violently OPP
poRf The call Of this Convention which.
ascending 10 the Standard, 10 10 convene
far he purpose Of ab ,lishing slavery. that
BIZ father may get the vote Of The free
Sl,-." Il y slso q Stubborn fact. which
can neither be denied or overturned. that
lhs ieadng Newspapers 81 the Safe in
ilsm Of Mr.. Clay are violently opposed
% the proposed Convention, whilst the
kidlng Van Buren, paper. (.he Frankiort
Argus, formerly edited by Amos Kendall,
warmly advocates The measured.
We ask our friend of the Standard If
his gnevous charge has not. under the
SIan owing process OF ruth.
hashd hke The baseless fabric Of VISOR"
Since The above vas in type, the STAN
lard Of this week has come to hand. in
which the editor acknowledges the errur
lO'o which he had fallen Z" in the hurry
Of business" He says.
I'VE should have stated that a law
had passed the Legislature Of ,ha, state
nI'ng a Convention (leaving the decI-
saa Of course In the people the object
q rhieh is the abolition IF starery."
The Standard would have been more
Nrrsct had he stated, that the Leglsla-
'are Of that state had passed law au.
aOrl'ng the people to call conven-
uon Tor the question is To be decided by
The votes Of the people. The Law itself
"''len' on the subject, bu. lis undoubt-
ell! fact thai many Of The agi,s,ors Of
Inc question are in favor of the abolition
Of slavery, and il q Convention shall be
assembled. i, is more than probable that
NE abolition Of slavery will be urged up
on that body for its adoption. But from
whence does the Standard derive It's i'm
preston that all this is done for the pur-
pose oil securing the federal votes III the
aee states for Mr.. Clay!" We should
come to an opposite conclusion. We do
uO' exchange with any Of The papers in
Aea'ucky; but IRON all the extracts we
nave seen, and those in the Standard a.
I0Og The number, we should judge tina.
"s Wing papers are opposed both TO the
'''''ng Of Convention and TO the aboli-
=" o'a Of slavery. And so also is Mr..
u''y's son. who was q member Of the
AF"'ucsy Legislature. Is This calculated