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TIE GREAT AsHTABULA JUBILEE.

THE GREAT ASHTABULA JUBILEE,
Twelve hundred carriages Of all descrip-
lonesome carrying from forty to eighty
persons-rolled in procession from Old Ash
t0bula into the town of Jefferson, on the
4th Of July, and were greeted by dense
concourse Of Wings, among whom were
several hundred ladies', making altogether
a crowd of upwards Of EjgM Thousand.
Banners, Military, Music-every thing
was there to make the scene gay and an
mating.
The following letter, from among those
received from distinguished Wings invited
to be present, we give, and our reader will
indit worth perusing'
LETTER FROM CASSIUS M. CLAY.
LEXINGTON, KY, June 21, 1914.
GeatIenmn;--I have Just received your
letter Of the 10th instant, inviting me to
attend a meeting of the Wings OF Ashta-
bula county on the 4th day Of July next.
regret that my engagements, among
which is an appointment on my part to
command the volunteer unliorm troops OF
this State, to be encamped on that day,
will prevent my acceptance OF your polite
and complimentary invitation.
| had the honor to be member Of the
Harrisburg National Convention of 1889;
well remember the deep emotions which
perfaded that noble band of Conscript Fa-
theirs of the Republic, among whom few Of
my age had the honor to sit. The mon
strous and frequent usurpations Of Andrew
Jackson had produced in the minds Of all
observant men, who loved Republicanism,
the most painful forebodings Of an absolute
loss of liberty. 1t was, therefore, no mise
rable party trick, which impelled us to Sc
parate without formal manifesto Of Wing
policy, but an all-absorbing love Of liberty
and noble resistance to tyranny swallowed
up the many subjects Of material and eco
nomical interests, about which we might
have Differed, and all acquiesced in the
absorbing necessity Of a concentrated eff
fort to revive in the hearts of the people
the slumbering fires of '7G. If tears were
shed by aged and clear headed patriots on
the occasion, it was not only because they
parted with their long tried friend and
leader, II. Clay, as they then supposed for
ever, unrewarded for the gallant service
of 80 years devotion 10 his country, but
because there erose in the bos0ms Of oh
then present q generous sense Of mutual
sacrifice, devotion To country freedom
which could not hat display itself in that
terrible manifestation of sincerity when
manly and proud spirits are not ashamed
TO weep, From that moment, when many
had almost despared Of the Republic, a
new aud irresistible ardor was spread
through the Whig ranks Of the republic
which resulted in the ever memorable tri-
umph oftho Patriot Harrison.
know not how it may be with you, men
Of Ohio, but in my bosom the same emo
tions are yet living, not at all etlaced by
time or the relative position OF our cause
with regard to the preservation OF thl:
great Commonwealth. If the vital faith in
the capabhtv Of man for seli-government
be not a Wing doctrine, then | am no
Wing. If equality of suffrage, Of political
privilege and social position, dependent
solely upon virtue and talent; he not Whia
principles; then | am no Wing, In a
word, if liberty--true, vrtuous, constltu'
tonai liberty, be not the basis Of the Wh9
party, then am Ino Whig. 1t is this vita
and living principle of the Whiggery OF 20
which next to God, is the object Of my per-
petual alteration, that gives that position
which greve to say induces you now tt
call upon me to be with you, II | have
any power, it is not the power of genius
of learning, of Fictitious position, If an
known to you at all, it is because OF the
power of prnciple--I cannot monopollze
tit is mine-it is yours-it belongs tc
our country--to all mankind. While | dc
not underate the subordinate projects
of Wing policy, I prefer to linger upon the
great and eternal lines of separation be-
tween the partes-the one advocates law
the other anarchy-the one appeals tC
reason and precedent-the other to preiu-
dice and passion-the one builds up-the
other pulls dowu--the one is for advance
ment in comfort and civilization, by Great
ing wealth--the other for self-induIgence
on the proceeds of the labor Of Others al
ready expended-the one for the honest
distribution of the proceeds Of labor by
E governmental actions---the other for spolls
by the monopoly Of office, The one is con
sorvative--the other revolutionary, Ih'