The Ripley advertiser. [volume] (Ripley, Miss.) 1843-1897, 1844-04-13
MR.. CLAY IN ALABAMA

MIR. CLAY IN ALABAMA.
e 10 the course Of Mr.. CIay's reply 10 II
committee of Tuscalnosa Alabama. WIN .,
60 upon him at Mobile, and requested hi,
n ''-v's't that cit, he said "
. ! look back gentlemen with copscien,;.,
3 .a''sIac'lo" to my agency in The passage !,
he Compromise Law. Tie motive. wh;c
governed me On that occasion have been !.
I'VE" publicly avowed, that 1t is no, neces
sa'y now to repeat them. A leading on,
was the preservation Of that Union. wh;cl
Is at once the basis and guarantee Of al
our r'gh's, privileges and Ibe.ties as ma
.'on OF freemen.-I' was then as il had he.,
'o"2 manifest to me, that the spirit of mu,ua
concession and compromise which presided
la The birth Of our constitution. shou 4 be
constantly borne in mind during The admin.
spirit, extremes ara wholly Incompatible
Ui'ra'sm would inexperienced The formation
II The Constitution, as it may in process Of
''mc, endanger its existence. Considering
The great variety Of interest which abound
IN our country. each part of it ought 10
reflect that it cannot be gra'fied 10 a its
wants, that other parts have also their Jus,
claims and expectations, and that the meas.
ures OF government should be adopted to
the rcconci|e'nent ofihe apparent conflicting
interest. According 10 one opiuion he'd
by respectable portion Of our fellow citi.
zens, there should be The most perfe' free
d"m Of trade. According 10 The opposite
opinion, restrictions ought to be imposed to
such an extent as TO amount to absolute pro.
h'bii'on. 1t is manifest that the exclusive
prevalence Of either Of these extreme sys-
TENS ofpol,cy, would be unsatisfactory, as
am sure II would lie donei Can any thing
he more reasonable Than to adopt moderate,
middle and stable course Of policy which
shall mingIe and parfake in some degree Of
the spirit of bo'h 'h"se opposite opinions.
This desirable object think will be accom-.
pI'shed by Tariff deriving all The revenue
necessary to The economical administration
f Government from foreign Imports, and so I
adjusted, as that by just and wise discrirni.
nation, TO afford reasonable protection 10 ,
American interest.-That great question
'e'''ed on the basis which have suggested,
'ugh' to conduce to the harmony, as | an q
PERFECTLY persuaded ina, it would to the
prosperity Of the whole country. q
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Explosion and Loss Of Life For The o
ir1t time 10 long while we have to record p
10 explosion in railroad locomotive engine '
: occurred on the Petersburg rail road on J.
he Odd nit. The Inte'I'genrer Gays tina, q
IA locomotive, with train Of ,hir,y.two u
,urhen cars, left The Depot Of the Pusburg u
lad Roanoke Road, al about 9 o'clock. Al U
or passing the first curve on the road, it
vas discovered that one Of The cars had got
IF the track, and the Engine was of course
stopped; the Engineer getting a
|own to see what was the nature Of The o
|,fficultv. As som as The car had been n
placed on The track The Engineer le- G
urne0 to bis pos, end put the Engine IN 81
notion. No sooner had he done so, than II
he boiler uursted, tearing the engine 10 q
toms, and the Engineer literally into pie q
e.; al the same time killing negro man q
rho was fireman, and injuring another so Fl
much that his life is dispaired o. The body q