Columbus Democrat. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-18??, 1838-12-29

every measure tending to lhs advantage of the |
A,rJy ol,neer OF the West, and denounced our |
honest ,eomeur. lac aciaal settlers, as public |
-ih.5." AGAINST whose claims be- -Ncfc irrccon- !
cilah.e h1,tduy Henry N"y
Who. almost alone OF Congress, though ic IA
yor Of a Federal BANS &c iai'en ca ias vials ct
,br state institutions, loy The sake Of brbmg TIE
assistance Of he embarrassed or unpuuopod To-
,.l b,sa and hankruplng The administration, pro-
posed 70 force the GoNcnmt0 TO receive Tue IT.
ii, lr.a,sAle panrr of u thousand issues, which Is
uutquafy deprecated aud would consequently
DESTROY all uniformity OF iaxatou-and "h'ch was
SO mon>irously absurd aud improper. that Mr.
Webster has several umestlmos taken occasion
10 den, that he has ever Tor a moment entertain
cdul Henry Clay.
Who - now held up as the candidate OF the
Mercantile interest, aud yet by hts reslrclNe sls-
tenn, aimed at cutting oil almost every avenue oil
commctccl Henry Clay
Who, though southern man hlmseIi' from
whom We have a right to expect more than from
Que bred IN the North, and whose ADMISSIONS VIII
be quoted as authority against u.s. denounced The
Resolutions with respect 10 Abolition, as mere
ahsuacttons and metaphysics which another had
introduced at alt sacrifices OF party aud irusiral
ed all he ellous of the South IN the Senate by
tulStne IN coucthauug resolutions OF his own
which were likewise themselves laid aside lien
Clay
Who yielded in those resolutions the cons''ln'
uonal question rs TO the right OF Congress TO
abolish slavery IN the D,sttict OF Columbia aud
the Territories, tot not positively opposing winch,
Mr. Van Buren,, though Nonhcner by burn ana
education, has been So unSpaungy denounced by
III, wings of the South llenty Clay.
Who. as necessary consequence OF these
MS aanoetcus concessions, admitted and defend
ed lhe rleht Of the Ahohaonists to have 'her pc,
u6ons received with respect to Tie p'sulc' "'u
the Territories Henry Clay.
Who kept aloot from tue caucus OF Southern
members, assembled on occasion OF Shades fe-
tilions, aud could only be excused by his friends
ON the pompous aud ridiculous pretence, that he
wi,hed,by rendering himself unconmliied to either
marty. 10 COMPROMISE aud concllate the QUARREL
| Henry Clay.
Who. by his personal friends N that meeting
woged the only opposition to the measure NdoF'.
cd. and denounced the man whom he accuses OF
/ ambition of acquiring the succcsslon' ana cor
4 run understanding with the party N power, 'of
/ pursuing course teudng 10 agitation ana d'su'
/ Mon Henry Clay.
Whose whole party, N undivided pho|uuA 'ot-
I ed against Palton's Resolutions, He Vluma'o,
which The South was able TO secure on the gFohhd
that thcy cnrlahed the liberties OF the Northern
cizcni Henry Clay's,
Whose marty IL the New York Legislature a
few months snco spoke 50 warmly, and voted SO
unanimously against this gaglow,' this pretend
ed "atack upon tho right Of petition as 70 70,
ceye the commuudatlon OF the Abohlionlsls {
Henry Chy's.
Whose parllzans ia The Into PcnnsylTnnla con-
venlion commended warmly and VOTED unanimous.
~ against the Administration party N laYof oil
flee negro suffrage Henry Cly's.
Who is said recently TO have written ei'er "
which he declared, that he never would nave
loined the Colonization Society had be not there
by hoped to have eventually accomplished the
..haluion Of Slavery Henry Clay
Who j. nyg The President If a Society wheel
p has in view the same object as Iappan ana var
rson, but only dil,u as 10 details, We 'tino aN'
mode Of accomplishing ii; which enables the en-
mics of slavery = discuss the subject IN tn
/ rUuln, NUiiG OliltINlNN WV N""'N
cn,ranco almost all Of whose efficient aud DIS
tngush she'd members are ultimately converted in.'
the wafmcs Abolnonlsts which has accomplish
ed, after immense contributions, nothing pu' w
establishment Of a sickly, thnysoillcd, hal'
starved colony, whose increase don't pear . pro
portion Of one TO ten thousand TO 'hat OF ou'
black population which shows by IT'S reports 'na
the majority Of ther settlement consists oi 'oer
ated slaves, thus dspioyIng the pren'ehco "l''t'
they hold out 10 rs, mot however to 'he hoo'
tIonIsts) that they only dosing to nd US o. a y
cious portion Of our inhabitants, the lreo V'aohS
which, in fine, cunnlngly tempts as INTO a co"'cS
sion Of the injustice, immortality aud sIn'u'nes'
Of our institutions, without proposing any s,osh
tute that is either feasible or sincere ienrj
, Clay