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growing spin Of ;.OlllOn in lbe North,
would bc grtliy endangered By giving 10
the North tn uIrrslaidcd uaIDity in both
Houses Of Congress. Even if Mr.. Clay
were not opposed to annexation, The whole
whig party Of the North are, and lheirsu
cess would he the defeat Ol annexation,
whale gcr the y'eWs Of Mr. Clay might be .
But is his course free from ceHsure on this
licch Without referring a2aln 70 h.s
Adoption Of the Vermont and Mas acnI-
sets alti-IeXas aud anti slavery resoIU-
tons ~ the ground Of his aruOn ln oyyos-
iap annexation, let Us examine further his
course on this subject. ln the lle Of Mr..
Clay, by his confidential friend and chosen
hinglayher, Mr Prentice, Of Louisville, he
says; "Ha Or. Cay has been the slaves
friend through life. In all stations has he
pleaded the cause Of African freedom,
without fear from high or low. 70 him,
more than any other Individual, H. owing
thqt great revolution which las taken
place on this suU,eCt-a revolution whose
wheels must continue tOmoEe onward un-
til they reach the goal OF universal fee
dom" lie also endeavored 10 dj-seJer
Kentucky rom the south, by proposing to
insert in her Constitution d clause inr the
prospective eradication Of slavery from the
State, by means Of a gradual emagcipa-
! ton Of those held in iondagc." See his
! life by his friends EPes Sargent, PIP, 5, 4o,
Where the SJuth wcud have rpen
With Kentucky agaInsi them Oh rhe qurs.
3
uOn ol abolition, le! the present posture
o aflns aud the events VI The lew IHsl
years answer. Nor has M Clay changed
opinion on his subject, tor be wuud
aot only take KenDuck !, but Virginia a.
50, from The Sou b, aud leave them Ii
feeble and delencelpss minority 10 his
speech OF the 20h january, 1927. II the
Hall of the House ot representatives,,
| Mr.. Cles SAID: "ll | could be inslru-
III nlaI N eradcaluug slavery his deep
esI sraln upoo the character OI our Ccun-
Try, and removing all cause Of reproach
on account OF It uy toEeign nat oAs; #
could only ba Iu~trumenlaI ia riding Of
This foul b.ol that revsred Safe Virgin
a) that gave me birth, or that not less
Beloved State which kindly adop'e ed me at
her son, ! would not exchange The prouc
7austac,Ion which should ENJOY for lhf
honor Of all the lrlumphs ever drcreed It
he most successful coHquer0r Peg,
326. ln his speech In thr Senate, on lht
9Th March, 1896, recorded IN Gales ant
Sealon', Register Of Debates vol. l2, par
|, ptge 10 Mr.. Clay SAID: "He con
tended, that, as neither Virginia nor Ma
ryland. nor beth combined, could abjlIsl
slavery 10 Ihe d strict OF Columbia, rht
power. without limitation or restriction
existed only in CJugr,ss." And IN Ih'
d'bdle in lhe Senate, January IL, 1885
Mr. Clay thought The Senator from 5
Carolina would not declare that it WUuC
be unconstitutional for Congress to aboI.
rsb slavery 10 the District or Territories
Bal the Senator from South Carolina did
deny the power, as does Mr.. Pix and
every Southern Senator. 1t is said
however, lh t Mr. Clay deems it incxpe
dent To exercise The power; but, as ht
opposes the exercise Of The veto power on
questions of eXpediency, what safety
guard would the S,ulh have in his viewi
on this subj Ct, when he distinctly 10
forms The AboIIlonisIs Thai Congress dof'
possess the Constitutional power 10 aboI
lsh slavery IN the District OF Columbia
and in the Territories of the UnIeC
States9 On the 9Th March 1886, Mr.
Clay voted IN the Senate Of The United
States in favor Of the reception OF Aboll
ton prti'ions -S'npte Journal, p, 2lO
On the Cd oGJune. 1886, he voted agalns
The eEgrosAmenl Of The bill prevenlln!
the transmission Of lncendIary abolition
documents through The mail; and IN lh,
Slh June, 1886, he voted against the pas
sage Of that bill so important 10 the safe
ty Of lh Sou h -Se Senate Journal o
that year. PIP, 400 and 4lG. 10 hi,
speech at Lexington, Ky, III September
: 1886, printed under his own eye. IN on
of his friendly presses the Lexington 10
telIgpncer, and also printed IN N'eI
Regl.ter OF the l7ih September, 1886
NJ Gay says: i consider slavery as 4
curse-a curse to the master; wrong
to the slave. In the abstract it is al
, wrong and no possible contingency car
, make IT right" Here Mr.. Clay deIiber
arely denounces slavery as "a curse g
= wrong, grievous wrong, q the lave;'
:. and, 10 cap he Clmax he I'D Is, no pos
slbIe contingency can make II right"
. What stronger encouragement can Ab
olitlonissas than Ihisi MeA Of the Soutl
do YOU consider that you, as charged b,
Mr.. Clay, are offering ~ grlevous wroul
TO the slave2' II so, write the Ireyoca.
I, ole sentence OF your own aCknowlt dge,
guilt and self degradation, by elCctmg Il
f The highest Office in your glll the Ner'
man who HIS thus condemned, rebuked
ano denounced you Aud when you bav'