True American. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1835-18??, 1838-10-09
HENRY CLAY.


TO prove its tardy study exttactsa portion of the
work, -garbled To suit its purpo.es,-and argue,
on TINT, though i, were the veri,able gospel, and
fan would prove in defiance of the words and nels
of the individual himself, that Mr.. Clay must be
abolirionss! That these extracts garblrd,
and intentionally mu,ila,ed. is plain. The Bee
has omitted "ne entire sentence. because il bore
against its Interpretation. The Bln2rapher
says of C'ay:-,she did not contend tor the aho
htion of slavery at once, but BY sl"w, aud ter
tain process" In what resaect does Ibis ~is,
vary itom til of the ms, orthodox! None ad
vncate slavery H. the abstract, but there is surely
distinct difference between him who would re
move from acknowledged evil bv gradual and safe
means. and the fanatic who would arm The slave
| gainst his ster's life. And 10 prove that this
qualifying sentence 1cds wlituly omitted, will
point out another omission, tending 10 the same
effect. Prentice says"a conviction of the txpe-
dlency, and necessity Of ultimate emancipation
has been spreading, 81 g., hut the Bee makes
no mention of the word "nltmate.'' What tnen
be more pa able than its purpose to make il
| appear, than in his youth, Mr.. Clay was an ad-
voca'e for in,meiiate emancipation, purpose TINT
never entered his mind. Bu, wl,hou, tsAblish
ing this poin,, the object of the Bee viIty, and
abuse, the favore statesman of the wing party,
would have been lost aud hence these murllaiinns
The Biographer, who throughout spoke unsa c.
toned by any thing Ut his avn i'm prrssions-
gives these tracts the leading points Of Mr. Claws
en- eavors, while bu, a young Lnmyer! /, by no
means establishes the iart, tina. MI Clay i, his
individual capacity cid su, h opinions The adj
voca'e who successfully Ileats the caus- of
murderer, is n-t necessarily MURDERER himse
The lawyer who de'ecs flaw in the lndir,m NJ
OF robb'r, IS otl,n truslei with uncouured
wealth. and the sa'ennn, whn htys lnsruc-
tons, is n" lessa pntriot, though the nuect i'd
| vncnted plnnse hia country in war.
At the tue spoken Of by Prentice, Mr.. Clny
was de'epeie 10 the convention, ca led To draft
n new constitution fm Krntucky and as every
free r"nmunll, has night To organ ze the system
under which II wi be pov,rnrd, so every delegate
sent I" form that e, has fair right 10 argue any
principles, unnl by law forbid Wien The new
constitution ordained that slavery should txis, in
Kentucky did Henry Clay ever infringe thar Law,
nr endeavor 10 dis"rganjze s"rlely by repeating
plhi'ns who had perfect right To hold before?
When The Missouri Question agilalrd the en-
tire Union, what was the course of argument, and
action, pursued by Mr. rlay7 VIVA, were his tx
pressions? these he thought that euery nerr state
admitted into the Unio became at the n,onapnt OF ITS
admission inrested ,c'h all The political rights, and
privileges, Of the original states: and consequently
possessed The pomer Undermining for Itself mheher il
you'd tolerate slarery, and on Dhat conditions
| What expressions could be more cnnsnnant with
the patriotic principle of mans right self gov
er7men,? Are the opinions, snid by another to
be his, when mt youth, and lawyer, to out
weigh the deliberate acts and judgment, thus pro-
claim ed in matnrer days
The wnrmest advocates for Southern rights,
and self government, still admit that slavery
is an evil; and is one whose every act has been
opposed to the internal doctrines of immediate
aboltlons's, To be classed with murderers! How
different has been the conduct of Henry Clay, to
that Of Martin Van Buren,! While the former
was vehementy proclaiming the nalensbe rights
OF Missouri to be admitted into the Union in the
form her people desired; the latter was endeavor-
ing to graft on the constitution of his native state
Of New York, the right of negro suffrage, us
stepping stone to placing the black man in the
halls of her legislature! Yet will party bgorry
be 81 perverted as 10 deem Clay an abotionst i,
! and Van Buren, the Suuthprner's idol.
Mr.. Clay is the friend OF Co irnzatlon, but ths
unf nchng foe TO the madness # abolition In
all the contests on this unhappy theme which
have Tor years past threatened to dissolve our
happy Union, in the midst Of oil the Suuthern
power which South ern eoquence could rouse IN
support Of Southern rights, no voice has heen so
bold, cnlm, and consistent, us hat of Henry Clay
When aIhoun, at the head Of Caroina's delega.
tion, has proclaimed himself satisfied that the
South had not warmer friend than the KeEtuck,
Senator, surely the world are to be d,luded
by the individual opini of prejudiced cha.
racler as the Bee! Was the Bee, when in al,
The BITTERNESS Of political anim"s,ty, it formerly
denounced Mr. Clay ahoIi,onist, utterly
ignorant OF the subject treated of!
Its sudden conversion may well Justify so sharp
belief! Has single wave of doctrine sufficient
power to remove from the sand-iike mind of this
government organ, all that had previously been
writ here? So firm, and consistent, an oracle i'll
deserves tina, any one should repuse tie sli htes'
faith IN all its waverI@s decfets. For year, and
years, the Bee assured lis blinded f. lowers that
Henry Clay WAS deynred abolition! il fend Nj
| OFT repeated resolutions against the doctrine in
The Senate, forthwith fenounced all its heresy.
and faithfully believed in him. again it picks up
! book written qnlre eight yenrs ago, and la! its
creed is once m"re abandoned, aud again i, fol.
swears, al it so lately sSore by.
The ordinance p'Ssnd at the last session OF the
Council Of the fl st Municipality. providing tor !
he having at 100, Oh square .atds Of block slime