The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1844-09-24

proved This va. pretty well. but .iil tho great ia
! bodyment IN doubt whether he had gone far
enough Ia order, therefore, TO make all sure, an
M. Peters and John M, jackson. TO whom he replied
on the 9th Of July last. In this letter Mr.. Clay
says
81 haze no hesitation saying that far from hspsng
any personal tj,eiiOn 10 the anas1ali0n u Itras,
SHOULD GLAD SEE ir.n
Aud to this declaration he adds, as il anxious TO
cover the whole ground
"Ido not think that the subject Of SLAVERY ought 10 II
feel The question ,oay The other. Whsher Isras
be Independent incorporated IN The United States, do
not believe iosA proiong shorten The duration Of thai
Institution. could be unioiss TO refuse per-
nanent acquisition, ,chieh ,oi srist long the globe
remains, on account Of temporary institution"
This is what We should call whrlwind gyration.
The tnlbodynent IN April, deadly hostile TO an
nexation for reasons OF perpetual force" to the
language OF abolition Clay wing Slade but on the
9Th OF July following, he desired it, and undertook
TO argue down the one great obstacle TO its
plishmentl His friends must place him under keep
ers apply the paddock and il that he ,oriie no
more letters
On the tariff MIR. Clay has been equally tape io0ra
ISL. lie has been constantly speaking aud writing on
this subject plungng first way and then another
to suit the views OF his sectional correspondents Al
Ho' no 40 !" 'afot Vi tc principles oi the cOmpTo-
mise, ana wrote SO 10 his southern friends In has
letter 10 Mr. Merriwether of Georgia dated Oct "a
1913 he said, for the purpose OF showing his anti
tariff feelings at the south
~ did NOT rote for the tariffs of 1916 and 1924"
To General Bledsoe he wrote three months before
this, viz July %, 1913
81 VOTED Jor the tariffs Of 1916, 1924, and 1882"
To Mr.. Merriwetber he said he was in favor Of
the principles Of the compromise" In his speeches at
the south he proclaimed the thing. The south
ern press re-echoed 1t. The compromise brought all
duties down TO 20 per cent. ad valorem, and this is
the tariff Mr.. Clay told the south he wanted.
But what said the imtodyment in August, 1874
Here is what he said in letter dated the 22d of
that month"; read by John M. Clayton at Lancaster,
Pennsylvania
"The circumstances which led to or attended the
enactment Of the compromise, may be curious and in
terestng matters of history; but in respect to The
policy protection the great practical absorbing question
IS shall the farQf 1912 be preserved repealed the
question is to De soiped in November nert. HAVE
REPEATEDLY EXPRESSED MY OPINION
UNEQUIVOCALLY IN FAVOR OF IT."
Here is consistency for you! In I843 Mr. Clay
was dead set for the compromise; 10 1874 he is
eqtipocaly IN favor OF the tariff of lS42-a tariff
prohibiiory than any we ever had, in many import
ant respects, and unlike the compromise as any
two measures could possibly be. Such downright in
consistency would be amusing were il not for its
wickedness. 1t exhibits human nature in aspect
at once disgusting and revolving, and would annihi
late any but the worshipped idol Of ioresworn
party.
We might show up the imbodyment in other
spects equally humilating, but enough What Of his
prospects be does not ruin himself his friend Cassius
M. Clay and others will ruin for him.