Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1844-04-19
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From, the New York Tribune.
ANTLSI.AVERY MEN! HEAR CAS-
cJI-S NJ CIAYl

ton 10 which the character, ability, ana we'll
known, emphatic anti-slavery sentiment OF the
writer eutitIe it. He has just gwen new proof
of tho sincerity and depth of his conviction by e.
nnnciDat;ng all his orn slares-thus divesting
himself of legally entrcnched rights of property
worth some $4,000. Let the who has
done more. riskcd moro sacrificed more, for f.
Emancipation than Cassius NJ. Clay condemn the
decision announced in the following noble dcclar-
alton
LEXINGTON. KY, March 4, 1914.
W. j. Mck1NNEY, Esq, Mayor of Dayton, ..
DEAR SIR: Your letter of February 18th
last was in due time received, and have waited
thus long with the intention OF not answering 1t
Mt all because, rs | am private citizen, not
saokino Office at tho hands of tho People, it might
place me in tho prosumptuous attitude of attempt
mo tn influence, by mere weight OF OPINION, the
votes of my countrymen IN their choice OF Presl-
dent when neither my age, experience, nor
fame. warrant the assumption. But since the re-
cepton of your letter. have received many OF
similar import from Liborty and Anti-Sa-
very Wings in most Of the Northern States. press
ing upon me oppression OF opinion, III such
snannor that | should provo false to that spirit OF
candor which proudly cherish as characteristic
of the principles which advocate. did |. through
any anoctation of humility, remain longer SILENT
able to vote at th, approaching Presidential cleo
ton vote for Horny Clay for President II the
Third Party Liberty mon, should have an r.
jcctornI Ticket in YOUR State, would you vote that
ticket in preference Were you Il citizen OF o.
ho which Of these tickets would you vote =
The last two questions arc such as would require
various other suggestions to be made before
could Give a suitable answer in Justice to myself
and all tho parties concerned, which would De TOO
youmnous for the space OF u single letter ana
for all practical purposes, they Will be sufficiently
ans wored in my reply to tho first question IT
IS MY MOST DECIDED DETERMINATION " TO VOTE
FOR HENRY CLAY FOR PRESIDENT Men
never have. and will. in all cases, think a.
like all Governments are necessarilya sacrl-
fee, to some oXtont, of individual VIII that IS
the bost government to each individual winch tos-
tors or allows tho most of what that individual
believes to be conducive to his best lntorost9.-
The question is not, :" Can find some man to
vote for among tho seventeen mlllions,who thinks
in all respects as myself y but, . w no IS the
man, all things present and remote considered
that will most probably be able by success to give
cffectuation to those great measures which deem
conducive to nv welfare, and the welfare of my
whole country - This question every voter i'll
tho Republic must determine for himself; For my
self, after looking calmly upon all the surround
ING circumstances Conscience Patriotism, and
Of others prefer the term) enlightened seif-nter-
est, constrain me to vote for Henry Clay. The
cutve and Ministerial Responsibility, and many
other interests all depend in my humble Judgment
on Mr.. Claws election for beneficial dctermlna-
ton. md if he is elected the decision of 1910
passed BY the People, will be confirmed. and the
policy of the country settled Then. and (such
is the archv of the public mnd) not till then.
shall we have time to look about US. and project
that other great reform, the reduction of Ameri-
can Slavery its constitutional limits. and tn
concentrate the united condemnation OF the CIV
ilized world to it's final and utter extinction.
Mr.. CLAW is indeed a STAKEHOLDER wish he
were not. Yet il does not become ME. who have
so recently ceased to be stakeholder myself. to
condemn HIM. 1t is not province to defend
Mr.. Clay this he Is abundantly able to do him.
self. 1t remains with posterity to determine how
much shall be due him for the glorious impulse his
fcrvent spirit has given to Liberty throughout
the world and with them also to say. how much
shall be subtracted from his appreciation, tor his
having only failed to do all that could be done in
this holy cause. Cyrus, Themistoclcs. Plato. Ca
to, Aristides. Demosthenes. Cincnnatus and Clce-
70 sacrificed to base heather gods vet no man.
because they knew not the true God. will say
that they not religious, great. good and pat
riotic mon. L. B. Macauav of tho most
accutc and enlightened mon of this or any era.
in his review of the life of Francis Bacon. Justly
saws:
We should think it unjust to call ST. Louis. a
wicked man because. in age in which toler;i-
ton was generally regarded as 4 sin. he persecu-
ted heretics. We should think it unjust to call
Cowpcr's friend. John Newton. hvpocrito and a
monster. because at time when the slavo-trade
commonly considered BY the most respecta-
bic people as an innocent and beneficial traffic
he went, largely provided with hymn-books and
handouts. Guienea voyage. An immoral
action being in particular society generally
considered as innocent. is good plea for an IN
drvidual who being of that society. and hav-
ing adopted the notions which prevail amongst
his neighbors commits that action.
cannot. then. because Mr.. CLAW is sIavehol-
der, in community whero the whole Christian