New-York daily tribune., 1844-04-10
.r Cav and the slavery Question.
Froa ii, BaTsIe Carrier !L'eel :

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Ar such irg9i1t.9a.
II We ,ras. the attention Of the South VIII
&c, be attracted to the appeals which tie Van
Burcn press Of TIE North Is ins:d,opsly and NJ
tribely making to the Aati-sIavery sentiment N
support oi their candidate. There is not : true
word Of tic above which might not te urged viii,
far create. force against III Calhoun, Gel John
son, Col Benton, or any ether eminent Southern
man than against Dir. Clay. Now the Van Bu-
rcn lounals habitaally assure ibeir Southern al
lies that their claims shall receive far and equal
consideration IN the Convention Of the party, bt!t
the truth is "a, otherwise If such attacks as The
I above arc submitted to- Southern men are barred
from the Presidency, no. for the next term only
| but for ali terms The EDITORS who pcFscvcro IN
tbeee .ssaulis cannot make their readers Jump
! Inn Crow at the word When Southern can
didate comes up on theiT own SIDE, they wiii say.
{" You objected TO Mr.. Clay as Shareholder
how can you ask US TO support candidate o6-
noxions Ia the same censme And true enough,
how can they
As TO Nh Clay and Mr. Van Buren, We Do
not sse how cilher OF them has claims on Abo-
itionsls as Such for Their support. NJ body
asks support for NEr Clay on the Pretence that
\ he is an Abotionis,, or friendly TO Abolition
There was time when Mr.. Van Burcn could
have been claimed as uniavorabIe 10 Slavery
when hc voted in our State Senate against the
admission of Missouri or any new Slave State
INTO ;.Ic Union. Since 1873, however, he has
been Northern man with Southern principles,
and If Abotionsts could be insuItcd by him wc
should think ms casting yol. III favor Of allowing
Postmastcrs 10 stop all Antl.Slavery matter IN
the Mails and his volunteer pledge 10 veto any
bill 10 abolish Giavory IN the Di-tric. "i 90
lumb,s. would be of tic kind 70 90 H. VIC,
certainly. considered the Mail-stoppng bill n
gross and clarng violation Of the pla'ncst Con
s.ituuonal rirhl. and the Veto threat, with i's
accompan;men,s, d very dastardly piece OF gra-
tuitous Inalisnity But the Abolitlomss seem
generally 10 like him tie better for these, and
/ 10 pay into ms hands. as his followers, by out
raging the Right Of Petition, play INTO theirs II
is all a nice little game Of help one another be-
tween them.
How Mr.. Clay has insulted the Aboltionsts
50 grossly we are not told-probably by frankly and
ably opposing them when called upon TO discuss
their projects. We arc sure he never went out c'
his way to assail them, as Van Buren, did N his
Inaururs.l. nor has nc advocated The sitting OF
Abolition by violating the Constitution, as Van
did in his casting vote Tor CaIioun's Mail sup
pressing bill But II opposing them frankly,
and giving ms reason. therefor is grossly insult
ng then Mr. Clay has so insultcd them.
But the Councr asserts falsely that ilr. Clay
is pledged 10 uphold the institution Of Slavery
to the utmost cxtcn, Of las influence and ability,
and to ensure It's continuance 10 the end OF time
if he can possibly effect it." All tlslsis tho com
age of the Courier. So long as the question was
an open one in Kentucky, alr. Clay zcalously and
ably opposed The lcgaliznC of Slavery. So late
as 1897, in his Speech before the American Co
lonizalion Society, he condemned Slavery mos
earnestly and expressed his ardent desire for lis
extinction In his Speech against Abolition, SO
late as 1899 he again declared that, !! he were L
citizen of a community wherein Slavery were 10,
already established, he would labor earnestly ,o
prevent It's intIoduct:on.t But in the actual con
dlicn of things at the South, with the subject
race 50 numerous, 50 physically strong, so intel
lcctually inferior, Mf Clay believes Abolition
would be extremely pcrilous and probably preJu-
dcial even to the blacks Now we differ from
him entirely on this polnt-wc think the danger
| lies IN c0aiiaUiBg SlavcIy-tho safety in ;crmIn-
ating t--and VIC arc sure the progress OF the iFcc
aud slave labor islands OF TIC West Indies viii
soon demonstrate this beyond cay Bat Mr.
Claws belief Is no preteXt-lt IS an honestly-cn-
tcrtaincd, irankly-avowcd conviction. Ought he
for this 10 be oslraclzed from public station for
which he is cmnently fitted when nearly all the
WisC VI
his own section share his conviction THIS Is
the practical question: and we answer it decided.
| " in the negative. We think j; neither gencr-
Gus, polite nor lust 10 exclude Mr.. Clay from tine
/ National Councils FOR sharing the almost univcr-
sal sentiment OF full thFd OF the unlon-a SEN
timenr which we are confident Time and Events
vii! correct, beth III HIM and thcm.-At all events,
| we cannot mistake III assuming that the stab Of
the Courier Is aimed at the vitals of nearly ono
half lis own party, and is thus at once deadly
and uoachcrous.
Sreecl on Cclonttaiicn Clay, Life and Seebs. vol
l. y. 81 q. X NJ, c,linn.
Scc h, LIS and speechc, sol Il p ~ C. y NJ. ei,-
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