Ypsilanti sentinel. [volume] (Ypsilanti, Washtenaw Co., Mich.) 1843-1900, 1844-04-10
Correspondents of the N. Y. Tribune.


! fon, Ohio.
/ Dear SIR Your letter Of February
10Th last, was in due time received, and
have waited thus long with the Inten-
ton of not answering it all: because as
ain a private citizen. not seeking ofhce
at The hands of the People, it might seem
to place me in the presumptuous altitude
of attempting to influence, by mere
weight of opinion, the votes ofmy coun-
trymen in their choice OF President when
neither my age, experience, nor fame
warranted the assumption. But since
the reception Of your letter, have reciv-
ed many of similar import, from Liberty
men and Anti Slavery Wings in most of
the Northern States, pressing upon me
an expression of opinion, in such a man.
ner that should prove false to that spirit
Of cand,r which | proudly cherish as
characteristic ofihe principles which
advocate, did |. through any afectaiion
of humility, remain longer silent.
You ask me, "Will you, if on live and
are able TO vote at the approaching Pres
mental election, vote for Henry Clay for
President 7 1.-THE Third Party, or lber-
,y men, should have an Electoral Ticket
in your State. would you vote that ticket
in preference 7 Were you citizen of
Ohio, which Of these tickets would you
vote ?" The last two questions are such !
as would require various suppositions TO
be made, before could give n suitable
answer IN justice to myself andail par
ties concerned, which would be to volu-
minous for The space of single letter I;
and for all practical purposes, they will
be sufficiently answered in my reply TO
the first question that. IL is my decided
determination TO rote for HENRY CLAY |
for Presieent." Men never have nor new
er will, in all CAGES. think alike all Gov
eminent is necessarily a sacrifice, 10 some
extent, of individual will that is The best
Government 10 each individual which
fosters or allows the most of what tina;
individual believes TO DO conductive to
his best interests.
The question then is moi, 'Can | find
some man 20 vote for among seventeen
millions who think in all respects as N.Y.
self? Who is the man, all things pres
ent and remote considered, that will most
probably be able by success to give eff
fectuation TO those great measures which
deem conducive to the welfare ofmy
whole country1' This question every
voter in the Republic must determine for
himself; for myself, after looking calmly
upon all the surrounding circumstances,
Conciencr, Patriotism, and (if others pre- ,
fer The ierm) enlightened self ntres, con-
strain me to vote for Henry Clay. The ,
Tariff the Currency, the Lands, Econo-
my, Executive and Ministerial Response.
blliiy. and many other interests. all depend,
in my humble Judgment. on Mr.. Clay's +.
election for beneficial determination. And s.
if he is elected, the decision of 1910 pas. :
sed by the People, will be confirmed, and
the policy of the Country settled. Then :
and (such is The anarchy of the public
mind) not till then. shall we have time TO !
look about us, and project that other great
reform, the reduction of American Slave :
ry to its constitutional limits, and to con- :.
centrate the united condemnation of the :,
civilized world to its final and utter ex.
.inciion.
Mr.. CLAY is indeed slave holder-I i.
wish he were not. Yet i, does not be-
come me. who have so lately been Slave
holder myself. to condemn him.-It is !
rot my province to defend Mr.. Clay this :,
ne is abundanly able TO do himself: 1t
remains with prosperity TO determine how !,
much shall be due him for the glorious :
impulse his iervent spirit has given to Lib /;
,ry throughout the world: and with them
llso to say@how much shall! be subtract
I'd from this appreciation, for his having 4,
only failed 10 do all thar could be done in
his holy cause. Cyrus, Fhemis,ocles.
Plato, Cato, Aristides. Demosthencs, Gin
:innatus and Cicero sacrificed TO base 8
henthen gods ; yet no man, because they /
knew not the true God, will say that they I
were not religious. great, good and patri. I
ollc men. Il. B. Macaulay, one of the
most acute and enlightened men of this !
Or any era, in his review of the life of r
Francis Bacon, justly says: ,
I'VE should think it unjust TO call 81. .
Louis a wicked man because, in an age in
which federation was generally regarded
rs a SIN, he prosecuted heretics. We
should think it unjust TO call Cowper's s
friend. John Newton, hyprocrite and
monster, because, at time when the
was commonly considered by
he most respectable people as an inno-
:ant and beneficial traffic, he went large y
y provided with hymn-books and hand
tufts, on Guinea voyage. An immor- o
al action being in particular society
considered as innocent, is a II
good plea for an individual who being one !,
If that society, and having adopted the
notions which prevail among his neigh> n
,ors, commit that action"
cannot, then, because Mr.. Clay is Ii
in community where the ii
whole Christian Church Of all denomina- !,