The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1844-08-16
From fhe Tuscaloosa Monitor.
LETTER FROM Mr.. CLAY.

LETTER FROM NIX CLAY
Believing that Mr. Clay had been mis-.
understood or grossly nlisieprcsen,ed, in
regard TO a portion Of his Texas letter,
we noticed the subject in the Monitor Of
the 10Th uli. We then said:
81, has been falsely charged by his op.
ponens, that Mr.. Clay addressed himself,
for support, to the aboiitionislsof the NORTH,
ia the following passages Of his letter;
"' do not think that Texas ought TO be
received into The Union as an integral part
/ Of il, in decided opposition to G wishes
.or considerable and respectable portion
Of the confedefacy.'
After abiding 10 another par, of his lei.
ter, which, taken in connection with The
above, showed that he referred TO the states,
aud not TO the people, of the conlederacy,
we stated that Mr.. Clay's meaning was,
that if any considerable and respecta.
BILE number of states were to assume an
attitude threatening the integrity Of, or like.
Is TO dissolve the Union rather than ADM,
Texas-then, with such prospect, annexa-
ton ought TO be abandoned to preserve the
Union."
We forwarded 10 Mr. Clay copy Of
he Monitor, containing the article, and
also notc respectfully calling his attention
TO 1t. His reply puts an end, al once, to
/ all speculation on the subject:
Ashland JAly /, ls44.
/ My Dear Sir; received and thank
you for your friendly letter, and the copy
of the Monitor. You have Justly conceiy.
ed my meaning, when | referred in my
Texas letter, 10 considerable and respect.
able portion of The conlederacy. And you
might have strengthened your construction
Of The paragraph, by reference 10 the fact
that, at the date Of my letter, the states Of
Ohio, Vermont and Massachusetts, had,
almost unanimously, declared against an.
neXation-the legislature Of Georgia had
declined 10 recommend it, and other states
were believed to be adverse to The measure.
Asioihe idea ofmy counting the aboltionsis
it is perfectly absurd. No man in the Uni
ted States has been half as much abused
by them as have been.
consider the Union great political
partnership /; and that new members ought
not TO be admitted into the concern at the
imminent hazard of It's dissolution. Per.
sonalIy, | could have no objection TO the
annexation of Texas but certainly would
be unwilling TO see the existing Union dis.
solved or seriously jeoparded for the sake
Of acquiring Texas. Ifany one desire to
know the leading aid paramount object Of
my public life, the preservation Of the I'm
ion will furnish him the key.
From developments now being made il
South Carolina, it is perfectly manifest
that party exists in that stale seekiae a
dissolution ofthe Union, and for that pur-
pose employing the pretext Of rejection Of
Mr. Tyler's abominable treaty. South
Carolina, being surrounded by slave States,
would, in the event of dissolution Of the
Union, suffer only comparative evils; but
II is otherwise with Kentucky. She has
the boundary of the Ohio extending five
hundred miles on three free States. What
would her condition be in the event of the
greatest calamity that could befall this
Nation
In Kentucky, the Texas question will do
the Wing cause no prejudice. am glad
10 perceive, in the proceedings Of the Clay
Cub of Tuscaloosa, similar belief ex
pressed as TO Alabama. 1t was bubble,
blown up by Mr.. Tyler in the most exccp.
tIonable manner, for sinister purposes, aud
lis bursting has injured nobody but Mr.
Van Buren,.
Retaining an agreeable recollection of
the pleasure which derived from form.
ing your acquaintance last Spring, | re,
main, your friend and obedient servant,
II CLAY.
STEPHEN F MILLER, Esq
Tuscaloosa Alohama