The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1844-09-12
From hs Nashville Union
MR.. CLAY AND TEXAS-THE GREAT
EMBODIMENT AND THE MOON-THtlR
MONTHLY CHANGES--A BUBBLE
EQUAL TO TIE GLOBE ITSELF.

MR. CLAY AND TEXAS-THE GkEA
EMBODIMENT AND THE M0ON-THLlh
MONTHLY CHANGES--A BUBBLE
EQUAL TO THE GLOBE ITSELF.
Every body who has read Mr., Clay's Ralaigh let
ter to the editors OF The National lntelhgeneer mus
have been convinced that he was opposed 10 the an
OF Texas 10 this country, both now end lot
ever; for II Was bis opinion as expressed IN ms om
words, that il were prefer Bile to have Canada ne
public side that Of IeTds on The other, and m'
United States, The t'isnd 81 both, betUeeh hfm hi'
was the substance OF has argument as summed up III
the concluding paragraph OF II. This was his J"s
pOstion-sDd his leading parsans from one extreme
of the country to the oher, boldly ayowed Their or
position 10 the annexation Of Texas accordingly
Indeed, the great question between the parties no"
became "Polk ioiti TtraS," on "Clay wihom Texas
and this has continued TO be the Issue up TO INN
time.
In his letter to Stephen F. Miller, Esq, of Tusca
loosa, Ala. dated ut Ashland last July, he changed
ground little, aud said "PERsoEALLr, could hare
no OBJECTION 10 The annexation Of Ierasi but Ger
lauly would be unwilling to the existing unior
dissolved or seriously jeoparded for the sake oil ac-
curing Texas" Does any reasonable or sensible
man believe that MIR Clay entertained the slightes
apprehension Of dissolution Of the Union as a con
sequence OF annexation' Nothing like IT, On the
contrary, he regarded the proposition as an Idle and
exploded bubble An unreal, momentary and Trivia
thing, which had already passed away without nJu'
ring nylhng anybody worth naming. This was
the light in which he viewed the annexation ques'
ton at the time of writing the Miller letter. Tor the
next to the las paragraph was as follows;
an Kentucky the Teras question icH do The Uhis
cause prejudice glad TO perceive, III the pro
ce tdinas OF The Clay Club Of Tuscaloosa, similar
belief expressed as to Alabama uas bubble
boion tp by Mr. Tyler in a most pionobh manner
for sinister purposes and its bursting has injured nobody
| but Mr.. Yam Buren,"
How con dent Of Kentucky tThis was before the
late contest, in which his political friends Of that
State sustained a loss of 81 ,000l How mognar
nous the aliusion to Mr.. Van Buren, who had with
drawn from the contest! How ablsipe of the Presi
dent of The United States And how signfcani the
terms chosen to express his contempt for the great
| American measure which now absorbs, as 1t did
them the nations attention! "lt WAS a bubble
says he, ''and its has jued nobody" MOI
nothing Ii was but 'mouthiul If air" and oil
course would never again be thought of by "the
great Embodiment" In every sense it was =" an OBJ
| soete idea," past forever
| But 10 What have here Another epsile
from Ashland the subject of the bursled bubble p
Verify 1t appears in the Tuscumba North Alaba-
man, Of August l6, (dtler the results of Kentucky
Indiana Missouri Illinois, &C. at the late State elec
tons were knownD addressed to gentlemen of that
State by this time II had appeared that IN Ken
lucky, the texas question had done the Wh{ cause
some prejudice"-and what effect did this have on
MIR. Clay's Texas opinions We shall The
OF his argument, is annexed:
! "But, gentlen n, you de,irous Of knowing by
by what policy would be guided, in the event of my
election Chief Magistrate Of the United States, in
reference to the question of the xation of Texas
/ do not think II right TO announce in advance wha
will be the of a future administration in re
spect TO question with a foreign power. HAVE
HOWEVER, NO HESITATION IN SAYING THAT, PAR FROM
| HAVING ANY Personal OBJECTION TO THE ANNEXATION
OF TEXAS, SHOULD BE GLAD TO SEE 1T
WITHOUT DIsHoSoR, WITHOUT WAR, COM
MN CONSENT OF THE UNION, AND UPON JUST AND rAIf
TERMS. DO NOT THINK THAT THE SUB
jet OF SLAVERY OUGHTTO EFFECT THE
QUESTION ONE WAY OR THE OTHER
WHETHER TEXAS BE INDEPENDENT OR
! INCORPORATED IN THE UNITED STATES
DO NOT BELIEVE IT WILL PRoLoNG OR
SHORTEN THE DURATION OF THAT IN
STlTUIlON. 1t is destined to become extinct, a
some distant day, IN my opinion, by the operation OF
the inevitable laws population. 1T WOULD BIZ
UNWlSE TO REFUSE A PERMANENT AC
| QUESTION, which will exist as long as the globe
remains, ON ACCOUNT OF A TEMPORARY
| INSTITUTION"
| What an asto uishing change has taken place in
the character of This question since NJ Clay wrol,
his letter TO Mr. Miller! 1t ras a bubble, the scat
tered fragments Of an exploded bubble. Ii in
judgment A PERMANENT ACQUISITION
WHICH WILL EXIST AS LONG AS THE
| GLOBE REMAINS" No wonder the wing speak
ers here on the 2lst had heard Of hut not thr
| letter. The democracy Of Kentucky have don,
their part towards producing this wonderful chang,
in the mind Of Mr. Clay. That which he before re
gardei as mere fogbank, he now clearly discovers
| to be the Rock Of a ses.
! Thee must be something wrong in the changes o
Z the moon, or the course OF the wind. Who knows
but the next letter from Mr. Clay may bring him out
IN favor of iHmediae annexation; and, if possible
carry him a bow-shot beyond even GOV. POLK
| HIMSELF
What think the honorable and honest wings OF
such presidential candidatei Let them answer a,
the polls.