The Arkansas banner., 1844-08-14
Fi,oa. hle Memphis Tenn .qppeai. MIR. CJAVsS J.As,1, r%er,rIfff,p n

ierred to Ill our last, and upon which we pub- llshed some sensible strictures from politi- cal adherent of MT. C., the New Orleans commercial Bulletin ;-we 'Srepeat the dose'' from the Huntsville Democrat:
 ASHLAND, July l, Is44
 MY DEAR SIR :-l received and thank you for your friendly letter, and the copy of the Monitor. You have justly conceived my meaning, when referred, in my Texas letter. to considerable and respectable portion of the CoaJederac.t And you might have strengthened your construction of the para graph, by reference to the fact that, at the date oi my letter, the States of Ohio, Vermont and Massachusetts had unanimously declared against annexation; the legislature of Geor- gia had declined to recommend ii, and other States were believed to be adverse to the mea- sure As to the idea of my courting the AoolItlonlsts, 1t IS perfectly absurd Noman Tn the United States has been half as much absused by them as have been.
 consider the Union a great political part nershlp; and that new members ought not to be admitted into the concern at the imminent hazard of It's dissolution. Personally, could have no objection to annexation of Texas :; but certainly would be unwilling to see the existing Union dissolved or seriously ieopard- cd for the sake of acquiring Texas. If any one desire to know the leading and paramount object of my public life, the preservation of 'thls Union will furnish him the key.
 From developements now being made in South Carolina, it is perfectly manifest that a party exists in that State seekinga dissolution of the Union, and for that purpose employing the pretext of the rejection of Mir. Tylei's abomlnable treaty. South Carolina, being surrounded by slave States, would. in the event of a dissolution of the Union, suffer on- ly comparative evils; but 1t 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 befal this Nation!
 In Kentucky, the Texas question will do the Whig cause no prejudice am glad to perceive, in the proceedings of the Clay Club of Tuscaloosa, similar belief expressed as to Alabama Il was a bubble, blown up by Mr. Tyler in the most exceptionable man. ner, for sinister purposes, and its bursting has injured nobody but Mir. Van Buren.
 Retaining an agreeable recollection of the pleasure which derived from forming your acquaintance last spring, remain
 our friend and ob7t sery't,
 II. CLAY.
 STEPHEN F. MILLER, Esq. Tuscaloosa, Ala
 We would most respectfully and earnestly entreat the attention of readers of aH parties to the following candid and opposite remarks upon the above from the Huntsville Demo- crat. The true position, as well as secret views and motives of the writer are so clearly and forcibly disclosed, that none but those wilfully blind can fail to see them. As be- fore remarked, the Texas question has but two sides-the English and American sides It IS believed hbe only persons in the United States who oppose the annexation at all times now and hereafter-are the Abolitonists- hence, upon this question, they are the allies of Great Britain. Mr. Clay also opposes it now, and hereaffer-hence he is the ally of both Grea Britain and Me .4bolitionisis of ttiS country. Let him twist, and turn, and vapor, and chafe as he may, to this conclusion every sensible mind must arrive, after a calm examination of the subject But we will no longer detain the reader from the remarks- which follow
 HENRY CLAY'S LAST LETTER
 It seems MT. Clay has been called upon to explain his anti-Texas letter-doubtless, be- cause 1t was manifest, that the position taken by him in that letter was utterly indefensible, and rapidly sinking his cause We allude to his letter to the editor of the Tuscaloosa Monitor, of the lst instant, which will be found in our columns. He now intimates, that when he declared, that ssTexas ought not to be received into the Union, as an integral part of it, in decided opposition to the wishes of q considerable and respectable portion of the Confederacy''-he did not mean the people of the Union, but meant the States. Does Mir. Clay distinguish between the States and the people of the States Or does he now mean the States without the people !? We understand the people formed, and still do form, the Confederacy-and when we speak, or hear others speak, of Ca considera- ble and respectable portion of the Confedera- cy," we understand their meaning to be, c considerable and respectable portion of he people of the States, and not mere blank space, marked out and designated by metes and bounds.
 But, MT. Clay says-"As to the idea of my courting the Abolitionists, it is perfectly ab- surd. No man in the United States has been half as much abused by them as have been."
 Oh! no-Mr. Clay tells his southern friends the idea of his courting the abolitionists IS perfectly absurd No other man has been as much abused by them Does MT. Clay believe this himself? or does he persuade himself he can make an intelligent people be- lieve an assertion, contradicted by so many facts and circumstances Noother man half as much abused by the abolitionists as him self. Why, does he Clay the hattering unc- ton to his soul' that the people are so igno- rant as to be duped by such statement Do not the people know, that he admits the con- stitutional power of Congress to abolish sla- very in the District of Columbia-and that he has declared himself in faror of receieing, referring 10 committees, and respectfully re- porting on abolition memorials, by which Congress and the country are continually
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