Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1842-11-10
From III, Baltimore Sun.
GOOD ADvICE.-MlND YOUR OWN BUsI-
MSS

NESS
Henry CLAY. in the conclusion Of bis
remarks responsive TO the petition present.
ej to him at Richmond, Indiana, request.
ing him to emdncipate bis slaves. gives
Nh. Mendenhall, who presented it, the
following most excellent piece Of advice !:
Go home aud mind your own bust
ness, snd leave other people to take care
Of theirs. Limit your benevolent exer-
tons 10 your own neighborhood. With.
10 that circle you will find ample scope
for the exercise If all your charities. -
Dry up the tears Of the afflicted widows
around you, console and comfort the help
less orphan, clolhe the naked, and feed
md help the poor, black and white, who
need succor, and you will be better and
wiser man than you have this day shown
yourself"
Respecting the speech itself, which we
were the first hue to lay before the pub
nc, VT have the pleasure of knowing that
our nigh opinion OF II is but the oplnion Of
this communty.-Ihete mny BE- ndlvId-
ual EXCEPTIONS, but they nre SO few AMI
lar between, II nuy, that we have Yet 10
learn them. The speech is IN fact con-
sidered generally, at least 50 lar as we
have had opportunity to ascertain and
our opportunities are neither few 10 num-
Der nor very limited III extent-oue of the
best ever delivered BY lis author. When
all the circumstances of the case are con-
sldered, such as the occasion, the position
oi the orutor with respect 10 his auditors
and the couutry nj large, the tune select.
cd by those who got up the luton, the
exciting and very peculiar nature Of the
subject which it brought to his notice, with
many other considerations that will read-
lily suggest themselves TO those who take
all interest IN the matter-when all the ST.
circumstance are considered in connex-
ION with the impTomptu remarks OF the
speaker, not even his most determined pg
ltical opponents can refuse the tribute If
his admiration Of the intellectual man i'm
personattd in the orator, and OF his appro
baton of the seutlm, nts expressed, and OF
the tone and temper in which they were
delivered.
But our special business with the speech
is the selection Of one of its many gems |;
and that which we have appropriated a.
bove, and st apart from the rest, is by no
means the least valuable. eco home
and mind your own business, aud leave
other people to take care OF theirs" Ad-
mlrabie monition excellent ADVICE We
might 60 on aud re-quote the whole IN
clauses, with comments on each, bot We
prefer TO direct Ia 1t the attention Of our
readers. There II stands, the language
OF man whose experience, comblnt d
with his known talents gives bin title
to that respect, which even his political
opponents do not refuse to him. And
what does he say7 Need we enlargt'
upon the subject No. But we wculd
aok for it the serious consideration "f all
not OF aboitonists alone, but Of the
whole body of society and there is good
reason why we should. Do W.T. not dlily
see the the spirit lfitineraut phianlh opy
pIumlog its wings for distant fights on err
rands OF benevornce, while the ignorance,
the moral and religious darkness, the ms.
cry and the suffering immediately un Ter
It's eye and within It's reach, are as shso-
luteIy UNDECIDED, as II they were absolute.
ly unknowa? To such pseudo philanthro.
ply, so far-seeing that 1t cannot see what
is near, so long Of arm as to embrace the
globe, yet so short that 1t cannot shake
hands with It's own neighborh o1d--to such
philanthropy, whether it be found in Eng.
land or America, in Indiana or "lhe ln.
dla House," Mr.. Clay has administered a
rebuke rs quiet IS 1t is severe, and as
sharp as il is served. Mind year own
! business! That's it exactly. " Mad
your own business, ani leave other peo-
Pile to take cate Of theirs" What better
advice could Mr.. Clay or any other man
give to Mr.. Mendenhsll or any body else
1t is so excellent that We would not mar
ii with a word of comment, even though
we M ght fill whole columns with lis CON.
menjauun. English abolnlonisls, ''mnd
| your own business" American abolition
lcts, please "mind your own business :"
and comprehensive 'v speaking. We would
say to one and all, ;" everywhere, "mnd
your own business, aud leave other people
to take care of thei rs"