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Joshua M Howard, Of Michigan; Vlc-,
tory ljlrdsoye, ol New York; Thomas A..
TomIuson, ol New York; SmIcy N
Clarke, OF New York; Charles HUDSON,
OF Massachusetts; Archibald l.. Llun, Of
New YORK.; Thomas W Williams, Of
Connecticut; Traman Smith, oI Connec
ticuI; DAVID Bronson, Of Maine; George
N Briggs, Of Massachuse is; and Hhand
Hall, Of Vermoui.
"WAsuMGToN, March 3, lS43 "
Ofthe Wing members of Congress, who
signed this address, (tor it was scorned
and denounced by the Democrats,) each
one was elected by the Wing party, each
OF them is still a Wing an ardent friend Of
Henry Clay, and each Of them has been sus-
tanned since this denunciation OF the South
by his Wing constituents Of the North. thus
endorsing these libels upon US and our in
sttutions. These Wing members Of Con-
gress denounced slavery as can evil and
curse, as an institution "unjust injuri-
Gus to the interests and abhouent to the
feelings of the people Of the free States;
+ and, finally, they declared that the attempt
to sustain it by the annexation Of Texas
would 'GuIIy Justify dissolution Of the u
MON" If these charges are true, they dis
grace and degrade the South. Yet they
were made by twenty-one leading Whig
friends Of Mr. Clay in Congress, and en-
dorsed subsequently by their Wing constit-
uenls. Nearly all Of the these twenty-one
members were sustained for reelection by
their Wing constituents, or those who did
not return again to Congress they elevated
to higher staions. Thus, Mattocks, in
Sept. lG43, and Slade, in Sept 1874, Were
elected by the Wings as Governors of YER
mont, and Briggs, in Nov. 1843, as Gov
ernor Of Massachusetts,. Such are the al
lies with whom the Wings Of the South are
asked to cooperate in the election Of Hem
ry Clay. Such is the party in the North,
whom the Wings oi the South are asked to
place in power-thus sustaining the ene-
; mics who denounCe, instead OF their friends,
the Democracy of the North, who sustain
, and defend the South and their institutions.
Mr.. Giddings, Of Ohio, one of the twon-
,, ty-one Whig members Of Congress, on the
lst May, 1874, against the annexation Of
: Texas, says
"a long life Of public service, in which
he Mr.. CIay) has shown himself honest
and independent, gives the country the
best possible assurance that he will main
.an those rights to which have alluded,
and will tClpe out The ,tout disgrace already
, brought upon our national character, by
U attempting to make slavery and the slave
g trade a subject of national support" Nr.
q Birney, if elected, and were in possession
q of Mr.. Clay's talents and experience COULD
! DO NO MORE. w. II. Seward, the last whig
; Governor Of New York, and an ardent sup
' porter Of Mr.. Clay, thus speaks and writes
i in the name and with the sanCtiOn Of the
: entire Wing party Of New York. The N.
e York Tribune, leading Wing and Clay
7 organ, Of August 5, 1884, contains the let
ter of Gov. Sc ward of July 8, 1874, to the
Wing mass meeting Of Wa erVille, pub.
Il lished and endorsed by them as a part Of
their proceedings, IN which he says; "Oul
l' adversaries (the Dcmocrats) are broken uT
i in their central councils and in their eau.
. Gus cohesion. They have committed them
e selves, beyond retreat, to to the extension
and iortiiicatiOn Of human savery'-that
, is, to the acquisition Of Ierds; and he con-
cludes by saying: "OnCe compel our COun-
trymen to admit that the Wing PARTY are
as Hcy truly are, the PARTY OF EMANCIPA-
TIoN and progress, and we shall no longer
u have to complain OF any portion OF our iel-
= lOw-Citizens. that they strike down the arm
s which uphoids republican institutions, and
| thn,, iDr tbn ,,nI,ltp NITpli,rn -
=, In his speech of 18th July, 1914, to the
y great Wing Syracuse Convention Of New
York, and received by them with unboun,
ded applause, Governor Seward says tC
y that portion present who were Abolition
L ists; 81 have always believed and trust.
q ed that the Wings Of America would come
II up to the ground you have so nobly assum
Is ed; not that | supposed Or believed they
would all at once, or from the same lmpul-
ses, reach that groundi but that the progress
Of events would surely bring them there
@ and they would assume it CheeHuIy,--
Is That cOnsumaton has come. All that /:
h dear to the Wings of the United States, il
# regard to policy, to principle, and to ad
- mjnisratiOn, is now involved with you
- own iavorte cause, in the present issue
p" upon the admission ofTexas into the Union
r You have now this great, generous, anC
We triumphant party on the very ground tt
ID which you have invited them, and for no
- assuming which prematurely you have sC
ID often denounced them" and he adds;-
q "The security, the duration, the extension
a, ofslavcry, all depend on the annexation 0
" TcHa5. How, then, can any .(i'iead Of c
y u Emancipation vote for PoIk) the Texas can
10 didate, or withhold his vote from (Clay) tin
'e Wing candidate, without exhibiting thc
Ut mere caprice Of faction" Such are the o
OF pen appeals Of the Wings Of the North
nj though their meetings, presses, and lead
II ers, to the AboIitonists, to vote for M. CIo,
ID and overthrow slavery. The SentinaIsays
h "What gives Gov. Seward some show o
i,i, Al. .i,.i ,,I fg, -,