Democratic standard. [volume] (Georgetown, Brown County, Ohio) 1837-1850, 1844-04-09
TIE FEDERALITs AND ABoLI.
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NihSs tno aeoiitiOnlste held ther eVh
VenliOn 10 this State and dominated can
didales Of their own, the federal papers
have taken gieat alarm, and have resort.
ed to various means to concilIials the Srd
party, and to persuade them not only to
cease their opposition to Henry Clay, but
also to support the stakeholder for Pres
ident. A traitor has come 70 aid them
in their unioWard Efforts Cassius M.
Clay, a Kind Of halfway abOlitiOniSt Of
Kentucky has pulished q letter, in which
he declares his determination to vote for
Henry Clay for President. The letter i'
in answer 10 the following questions,
which were addressed 10 him By Mime
Kinney Of Dayton.
"Will you ifyOu live aHd are able TO
vote q, the approaching Presidential e
lection, vote for Henry Clay for Presi'
denlf r. The Third Party, or Liberty
men, should have an electoral ticket in
your State, would you vote that ticket in
prefersncsi Were you citizen Of
Ohio, which Ofthese tickets would you
vote.
The two last questions be refuses sx-
pressIy to answer. Toths first, he an
swers, "it is my most decided determine
,iOn to vote for Heury Clay for PFesi.
dent" Ho then goes on and mlkes a
ve:y weak effort 10 justify this determine
ton to vote foI stakeholder, and lhrOwS
Ou. The following as a stub for the
Whale"
"In saying thus much in justification
OF my course in voting for Mr.. Clay, !
should be false to my own reputation ,un-
grateful 10 that ia rye portion of Anti
Slavery men who have sympalhiZsG with
me in my feeble efforts in the cause 81
Universal Liberty, and TecreaDt to that
glorious cause itself, il | did not aVow my
belief, that tho time 10 near at hand when
public sentiment will not, ought not, and
cannot hold the STAKEHOLDER guiltless--
Yes, I will go yet farther and declare, in
the name Of the Christian Religion
ana our republican Institutions, based
pTOlessedly on the principle Of "lhs
greatest good 10 the greatest number,
that no man, after the next Presidential
election, when 80 much light shall have
been shed upon this subject, should be
deemed fl TO rule over a Republican,
Christian People, who shall violate, by
holding slaves, the only two principles
upon which either Christianily or RePub.
licanisn can stand the test of PhilOsOphi
cal scrutiny for q single moment"
No thrd~rate lawyer would risk his
reputation by submitting such childish
Qulbbles to common jury Of twelve
men; much less would he desire TO pub
lish them to the whole world. This
modern Cassius, assuming 10 be The lead'
Her Of large portion Il least Oftho ans
ii slavery men, prOclaims 10 them "lhHt
the time is near at hand when public
sentiment viii! not, OnRht not, and Canr
not hold The STAKEHOLDER guiIlless."
And this time, (for the special conven-
ionce Of Henry Clsy,) Cassius POs'pOnes
until after he and ,hoss whom he can
persuade 10 do sO,have voted fol Henry
Clay fOV PTesident. On certain day in
November next, he and they are 10 vote
for = Shareholder 10 Gil that high office
for four years: ahd the mex, day they will
prOclAimiO the world that the STAKEHOLDER
Is a viOlator Of"lhe only two principles
upon which either christianity or RepuG'
IiCanism eau stand the teat Of PhilOsophi,
cal scrutiny for single mOmenI,''-and
unft TO rule over q republican christian
people.
"What flls the nsw-madS Eun, it's odOr tsllS."
CassIus M. Clay has been considered
q strong anti slavery cha mpiOn in slave
State; but this letter betTays his insiD-
ceriIy; and he may row we'll be suspected
Of desiring The thrift that comes from faw
ming. And lfhe gains wisdom by re-
Election or experience, he will hereafter
regret having sent the letter to the press
instead Of The post Office.
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