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FROM the Tuscaloosa CHA. + Monitor.
LETTER FROM MR.. CLAY.

Believing that Mr.: Clay had been MS.
understood or grossly misrepresented, 10
regard to d portion o: his Texas letter We
notified THE subject in the Monitor OF the
18th 81 Jdhe.- We then said:
III has been falsely charged BY bis op.
ponents. that Mr.. Clay addressed himself.
for support, @ the aboIiionists Of the
North. in lhe following passage'of IBIS let
ter: efi
II do NIT think that Texas ought 10 be
received Into the Union, as an integral
cart nf 4 - as44.: LII
portion ofthe Confsderacy."
After alludins to another part. Of his
letter. which, taken in connexion with Me
above. showed that he referred To- the
States, and moi TO the People, OF the Con.
federacy, I'VE stated that Mr.. CLAWS
meaning was THAT if any considerable
and respectable number Of States were
to assume IAN attitude threatening iheiin
,egriiy of, Tor likely 10 dissolve the UHion
rather thar admit. Texas-then, with Such
respects. annexation ought to be aban-
doned 10 preserve The Union"
We forFarded.Ao Mr.. Clay a copy OIL
the Monitor containing the article ,and
also noiite Irespe ctfully calling his al
teniion ioEil His reply puts an end, at
once, to all speculation on the subject:
AsH1kND, July |, ISL
NV Ddar Sri received and thanh,
YOU for YOUR eriendlyletter, and the or
py Of The Monitor. You have justly
conceived my meaning when ! referred
in my Texas letter 10. considerable pof-
ton Of the. Confsderacy. AMI yop might
have strengthened your construction q
the paragraph. by refegence 70 sthe fact,
that At the date Of my letter, the States Of
Ohio, Vermont and Massachusetts, had
almost unanimously, declared against an
nexa;ipn ;fthe Legislature Of Georgia had
declined 10 recommend il, and other States
were Believed 10 be averse 10 the mea-
sure. AS 10 the idea g my counting the
AbsIitiouists it is perE ayeabsurd. NJ
Imam 10 tie Uniied Sfsl been bal
as much abused by the 3sSe BEEN
I consider The Upiol Ar-poliiical
lpartnershIF.; and that an. Ben6 onghl
not 10 Sc admitted into lbe concern CA she
imminent, hazard,ot its Ydissolution. Per;
sonalIy ] could have no objection q tbe
annexation Of Texas but certathIJ
would be unwilling 10 see the existing
Union dissolved or seriously jeopardet
for the sake Of acquiring Texas. ]
any one desire 10 know the leading AMI
paramount object Of my public life, The
/ preservation Of this Union will furnisl
him the key.
| From deveIopements now being mad
10 South Carolina, il is perfectly maDiies
that party exists 10 that State seeking
ldissolnlion Of the Union, and for that por
pose employing The pretext Of the rejec
lion Of Mr.. Tyler's abominable treaty
1 South Cafoiina. being Surrounded BY slav'
States, would, 10 The event Of 6issolu
| lion of The Union. suffer only compare
ktiye evils: but it's otherwise with Ken
1tucky. she has the boundary Of the @
|hio extending five hundred miles o
Three free Stases-Waat would her Goa
| dition De 10 he event Of the greatest e.
/ iamity THAI could befsll this Nation >
1 10 EeFihckys the Texas question wi
s do the VI big cause no prejudice. ( al
glad p perceive. 10 the proceedings
1.-The Clay Club Of TuscalooSa, a simit
lSelief Expressed as 10 Alabaha. Ii'w
bubble blown up BY Mr. T&ter lin d
most exeeptionsble manner. fol sinist
purposes and its bursting has injured D
/ body suI Mr. Van Buren. zsf
Re:si1ins an agreeable recollection
THE plkaSare which I derived from form
ling ybus acquaintance last Spring. | 7
. main yonr friend and obedient servant.
Il H. CLAY.
IL SrepgEs r MLLER, Esq. Tuscaloo'
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