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A LETTER FROM Mr. CLAY.

LETTER FROM Mr. CLAY.
We find in The New York papers the
following letter from Mr.. Clay, written
in reply 10 a communication from some
gentlemen at Syracuse, in that State,
who forwarded 10 hin a present Of a
quantity Of SaIt:-Nut Int.
ASHLAND, Sept. "a, 1912.
Gentlemen: ! have the pleasure to nc.
knowledge The receipt of your friendly
letter Of the ION instant, transmitting
an invoice OF tWenly.three batreIs oil
salt and one box, embracing all the va
rielies manufactured at Syracuse, snd8
lie, of nv friends VINO have done me the
favor to contribute it. la consequence.
Of nv experience Of the superiority Of
he Onondagl salt, in the preservation
Of meat, and ia al Other uses 10 which
rha, article ia applied, | requested my
friend, Mr. Spencer, 10 have tor warded
me a small supply. | had not 10"
slightest expectation that ny request
would have attracted anV other than lhr
usual atteHIion, much leEa hat it SholIi
have eIiciled a present so Iibe raj, and
which comes recommended Ia me by SO
many Aaytefing and frIeHdiy circum-
stances am ADVISED Ibis morning Of
The safe arrival OF the salt at MaysVljIe.
and it will reach this place in a day c.
Two.
know not how to express in terms
corresponding with my feelings, my
great obligations for this acceptable pre-
sent. | request you TO offer for il, to
those who contributed il, collectively
and individually, my cordial and CRATE
full acknowledgements.
They have Gons me tho honor 10 send
it to me- as o testimonial Of their conf.
danre aud esleam, aUd especially in Goa
sequence OF my devotion to our Ampfi-
can and domestic interests. | a ne
yer cease, gentlemen, 10 regard it as a
duty. not 10 be- neglected by the Genar.
al Government to afford efficient pro-
lection TO those interests The form OF
that protection is a question of subordl.
male consequence. That is best which
commands most satisfaction and promis.
G. The greatest Durability. had sup
posed that no man would controyett the
power aud the duty Of Government in
imposing duties for revenue, to make
liberal discrimination for the benefit Of
domestic industry. About the period Of
1924, when the power Of HIfording di
rect protection was first st|senucu,ly
contested. that of incidental protection
was freely aud unreservpdly conceded.
But nothing can conriliate or appease
the spirit Of visionary Free Trade, And
We now behold the dawn Of opposition q
all protection. either direct or lnciden.
tai. The tariff Of 1882 was framed
under the hope that it would quiet all
disconIenis and produce general recon
citation. II moderated the pre.eXi>tIhg
duties The tariff of l>42 recently
passed, provides = scale Of duties gener-
ally lower than that of 1899 Yelit il
scarcely passed before the war cry Of
Repeal is raised against II.
The party opposed to the Wings
during the progress Of the bill. with
the and clause, through Congress, spro
fessed to 10 animated only BY opposi .
ton 10 that clause. The bill passed
and then the Veto vas applied, A ma
jorlty Of Ihe Wings adopted the painful
but patriotic resolution IN make a tenn
porary sacrifice Of The principle Of disrri
button TO ecu the passage Of o maa
sure demanded a Ike by the necessities
OF the People and the Treasury, How
did their opponents meet them? Here
was a fine opportunity TO manifest the
truth and since rity OF their profession
that tho land clause wGs the exclusive
cause Of their dissatisfaction with the
bill. But when s,ript Of that clause we
find them, with but few exceptions, as
unrelenting and dele rmined in their op.
position as ever. And when they can
not invoke the aid of the Veto and ditto,
they illuminate Recommendations Of Repeal
--as If the country were 10 be kept 10 a
state Of perpetOaI agitation, ard no re-
pose or security was to be allowed 10 its
great business concerns!
trust that the cooler reflection o.
these gentlemen will prompt them to