The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1844-08-08

regard - = paTiiuh q - TeKns lE.teF, -
nolleF1 - sljeei n lhs AoaiioE a DE-
lesh ~ We IA ID:
@it1a4s ben falsely ehazeed ~ Is oP-
poseaas. has Mr. Clzy sddFszsed kimseh.
soTsuppSr. = - zb0iisi0n@sas a lke nnElh.
= DE ollowing paz2ssofhh lruzr
81 Do n0l think ihaz Texas nu9hi %
BE ssoeEsed inlo ne IA;oa = - fnlexr&
pan 81 il, IN decidrd oppoaiiion % ahs
wishes o. considerable snd rrspeeizbk
portion of LIS eoaEedeacy.'"
Afla abiding % another pan q has -
Ter. @hich. taken in e0nncetiOa M1h the
above. shO~a1 filai be reScsnd 70 die
STATES. and not 70 che ponFle. Of the eos
federaey, ne stated that Mr.. Clsy's mean-
Ing sas. -fhat IL any considerable and
rsspeeislks' nnEzbsr q sizies were 70 a.
sumo N attitude threatening ne iniegn-
~ a. on likely 70 Dissolve ihe Union rain
e. ihan admit TeIas-lhen. wiah suth
prospect annexation ought 10 be akan-
doned 10 preserve he Union"
We forwarded V Dir. Clay > copy Of
DIE Menitor. containing the article, and
also > note respectfully calling his atsen-
ton 90 h. Ills Teply puts m end. atonce.
10 all speculation On ihe subject:
Ashland. Jaly I. 1874.
Nv DEAR Sin: I received and aaank
wa Cor your friendly letter, and The copy
Of The Monitor You have Justly conceiy-
ed my mesning. when ! referred in my
Texas letter. 10 considerable and respec-
table portion Of the confedcrry. And
you might have strengthened your con-
struetion q the paragraph, by relernce 10
the fact that Al the date Of my leiier, the
states Of Ohio. Vermont and Massachu-
seits, had, almost unanimously, declared
agains; sRuexstion-ihe legislature Of
Georgia bad declined 10 recommend il,
and sther states were believed % ec adj
verse % die measure. As 10 the idea Of
my eourting the abolitionists il is perfect
" absurd. No man in the United States
has been half as much abused b. tleu as
! have been.
consider the Union a great political
partnership; and that new members ought
not 10 be admitted into the concern al the
imminent hazard Sf It's dissolution. Per-
sonally, could have no objection to the
annexation Of Texas; but ! certainly
would be unwilling 70 see the existing
Union dissolved or seriously jeoparded
for the sake Of acquiring Texas. II any
one desire To know the leading and para.
mount object of my public life, the pre-
serration OF the Onion will furnish him
the key. I
From developments now being made n
South Carolina, it is perfectly nantes
that party exists in that state seeking
dissolution Of the Union, and for that pur
pose employing the pretext of the rejec
ton Of Mr.. Tyler's abominable treaty
South Carolina, being surrounded by slay'
States, would, in the event of dissolution
of the Union, suffer only comparative
evils; but il is Otherwise with Kentucky
She has the boundary Of the Ohio extend
ing FIVE hundred miles on three free States
! What would her condition be in the even
ref the greatest calamity that could befal
this Nation!
/ In Kentucky, the Texas question vii
do the Wing cause nc prejudice. ] ar
glad to perceive, in the proceedings of tn
!, Clay Club Of Tuscaloosa, a similar belle
expressed as to Alabama. 1t was bub
bic, blown up by Mr.. Tyler in the mos
exceptionable manner, for sinister pur
poses, and its bursting has injured nobo
dy but Mr.. Van Buren,.
Retaining an agreeable recollection o
the pleasure which | derived from form
ing your acquaintance last Spring, re
main, your friend and obedient servant,
I'll. CLAY.
STEPHEN F MILLER, esq.
Tuscaloosa, Alabama.