Holly Springs gazette., 1844-08-03
From tie iu>caloo>a Monitor
LETTF II FROM Mr. CLAY


Believing that Mr. Clay had 5eeu misun
dersoo O. grossly misrepItst stnl,d, IN re-
gard 20 poi:ion Of his Ttx,s later. ueuo
uc,d the sui pct ia the Moui,or of l9lf ult
Ne then saId:
Il has been falsely charged by his oppo
Ecn's. that AlT. Clay address. hlnseif 10.
suTPorI. 10 the aboinioni,ts Of the North. IA
the flowing passage of his liter:
Il DE- not ,hink hat T~xas oueh, TO b..
rectir'd into th' Cniof:. rs an integral par
oi =, va tfcid'd opposition 10 the wishes of .
con@dsrab'e md respectable portion # a. /.
Cenfederoey"
Afer ailudIne TO eno,her part of his letter.
which, takfn In connection with the above.
sho"'d th,t he referred TO the States, and
not 20 the People OF the COnfgdrracv, W..
stat that Mr. CI,y's meaning was, '1hai if
any 'cens'derabi- and respectable numb
oi srates we're TO assume an aiiIttde threat u
ing ne iH'eg iy OF. or Iik'I 70 dissolve tht
Union. raihrr than aduii Texas-lhen, wTh
such prospert. annexa'iou ought to be uban-
dJn'd 10 pres-Ive the ULion"
We FORWARDED a. Ar Clay copy Of the
Monitor continuing The atticle. and also d
uo;r r'Spt cifuIlv calling tis attention 10 i.
Ii IS rspi, Iu's IN md. at once. To all specu
l'lion on the sutj ct:
ASHLAND July /. 1914
Ny Dear Sir:-l received and thank
-you tor your irndly lgter. and the copy Of
the Mu"ior. l4u have justly conceived
my mf auing. when .f-Itrd In my T,K,s
ltltef. To- y c"nsIi' rabe and rrsprc,ab bic uor.
,ion Of The Confede,0cy Aud you might
nave stttngtEtnrd yuut cousiIuciIun of tht
par1gtaph, by rsfrrtuceS TO thr fact that a
the date If my litter, the States Of Oaio. Yer
mont aud Massachusetts, had, almost unani.
mously declared against anupxalion ;lhe leg
islature of GtO,g had dc lined II recon-
mend II. aud other Sialrs were btiitved IT,
te adverse 10 the m-asure. As To the idrr
ot nv counting The abtli i1nis.s it Is parf-c'.-
|, absurd. No man IL the Unit,d States
his ben halt as much abn. d by them as
have been
| consider the Union a GREAT political
paunttS ~ and that new members oughl
not % b. admitted 'nto the concern ~ III,
imminent hazard Gifts dISs ,.ution PersoI
ally, could have no objection 10 the an.
uexs'ion OF Texas but certainly would
br unwilling - -, ihe -xlSriue Union dis
solved seriously jropasded for the sake OF
ocqpi'iug Trxys lfany one desire 70 know
The leading and paiam' INT oti CT cf m,
public hie, the prestrvation OF tnis Union
VI iut nish him the key.
+ ON develop mrntS now being made in
South Cd5olIaa. II is perfectly manifest tha;
d party exiS'S IN that state srFking a disSo
'uIion OF he Union and for that purpose { m
pioy ing the ptetext Of he a. Ei,ctina uf Air
ISlrr's abominablt treaty South Carolina.
being surrounded BY slave States. would. H.
The ev4 mt OF "a dissolution of the Union suE
irr on v comparative evils; bu, il is o.her.
wise uith * n'uckv She has the bounda.
~ of The { nI0 xtcndipc FIVE hundred miles
un three free Safes. WHAT would her con-
dItion BE- IN the even, Of the great, ST calainI-
" that cou Il BE- fl this Naiicn?
la Kentucky, the Trxas question will d.
the whig cause no prejudice am glad to
perceive. IN the procrs diuos Of the Civ
Club Of Tuscaloosa, a similar belief expres.
sed rs 10 Al ,hlma. II was bubble, blown,
up by Mr.. 1 ylrr in the most exceptionahl.
mtnner. far sinister purposes and rs buis;.
ing has injured no body but Mr. Van Bu-
rem
Retaining an agreeable recollection ofthf
pleasure which derived from 10 ming you
Acquaintance last Spring | remain,
Your friend and obi servt
Fl. CLAY.
STEPHEN F MILLER Esq.
Inscaiousa. Ala.