Holly Springs gazette., 1844-08-24
Fsoh ti.e fusealaesa f.Ioui,or.
LITTER FROM Mr. Gay


Beiiesing that aiF Clay rad been rnisan.
deTs'oos. q grossly misfeprescn,ed, in re-
gaFl to portion oi bis Texas letter. We sso.
ticed the subject in the Monitor of 18th uit.
We then said:
Ia has been fzlssiy charged bv his ONO.
1ents that Mr., CLAW addressed himself, for
support To the aboliliouists Of the North, IL
the following passage of his letter:
Il do not thini, that Texas ought to be
receIyed Inio TIE Union, as an integral pare
q u, in decided opposition 90 toe wishes at II
cons -serabte aEI respectable g01Li0a Of tb:
Confsdsyacg"
Alter aiitding to another part Of bis letter.
which, taken ia connection with the above
showed that he referred 20 the States. end
not p the People, Of the C6nfederacv, ave
stated that Mr.. CIay's meaaing was "thal if
any considerable and respectable number
ol Estates were TO assume an attitude threaten.
ing TIE integrity OF. or likely to dissolve the
Union, rather than admit Texas-lhen, with
suca prospect annexation ought 10 be Qban-
doned 10 preserve The Union"
We forwarded to Mr Clay a copv of the
Monitor cont4 ming The alticie and also. "a
note respectfully calling bis attention to i:
Ills reply puts an end, At once. 10 all specu
i+NiSA' S'' eA-S SNt
ASHLAND. July /, 1874
Jy Dear Sir:-I received and thank
you for your friendly letter, and The copy OF
the Slouitor. You have Justly conceived
my meaning, when referred in my Texas
letter. TO . considerable and respectable por-
tion ofthe ConfeGeracy And you might |
have strengthened your construction Of the
paragraph, by references to the fact that. at
the date Of my letter. the States Of Ohio, Yer |
mont and Massachusetts had, almost unani- |
mously declared against annexation the leg /
isatufe of Georgia had declined to recon /
mead It, and other States were believed to /
be adverse to the measure As 10 the idea /
OF my couryIag the abo!i-0nists il is perfect /
ly absurd. No man In the United States |
has been half as much abused by them as /
have been
| consider the Union great political /
and that new members ought I
not to be admitted into the concern at the /
imminent hazard of lis dlSs ,ution Person I
alIy, could have no objection to the an.
nexaton OF Texas; bat | certainly would !
be unwilling to see The existing Union dis
solved or seriously jeoparded for the sake Of
acquiring Texas. lfany one desire to know
the leading and paramount object Of my
public life, the preservation of this Union
viii furnish him the key.
From Developments now being made 10
South CaFoI!aa, il is perfectly manifest tina:
4 party exists in that State seeking a disso-
luton oi the Union, ana for that purpose en-
ploying the pretext OF he reiacuon Of MIR
TyIer's abouinable treaty.--Soulh Carolina,
being surrounded by slave States, would, in /
the event OF a dissolution of the Union, suf (
fer only comparative evils but it IS other I
wise win KeG:ucky She has the bounda- /
ry Of the Ohio extending FIVE hund red miles /
on three free States. What would her con- /
dition be in the event OF the greatest calami- /
" that cou d befal this Naiicn
In Kentucky, me Texas question Will do /
the wing cause 10 prejudice | am glad to /
perceive, il the proceedings ofthe Clay I
Club Of Tuscaloosa, a similar belief exp.es !
sed as TO Alabama Il was bubble, blown I
up by Mr. Tyler in the most exceptionablc /
manner, ior sinister purposes and lis burst. /
ing has Injured no body but Mr. Van Bu-
rem
Retaining an agreeable recollection ofthe /
pleasure which derived from forming your
acquaintance last Spring, remain,
Your friend aud obi serv't
H. CLAY.
STEPHEN F. MILLER, Esq.
Tuscaloosa, Ala