The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 184?-1851, 1845-09-03
Cassivvs M. Cgay,s Paner.

Last week we published an account Of the
suppression of the publication Of the "True
American" an abolition paper, commenced byI
Cossus M. Clay, at Lexington, Ky. All the
nows VIC have since that affair is, that the press
and type have arrived at Cincinnati, and that
Lexington is no longer the scene of tumut and
disturbance.
This transaction has caused great deal of ex-
element throughout the country, and we OBJ
serve that meetings are being holden in various
places, to give expression 10 opinion in relation
thereto. We have always looked upon Cassius
NJ. Clay as a political mouGtebank and an arrant
hypocrite-a man who is determined to gain no
toriety by any means, however despcable. This
man profeased, during the last Presidential cam
paign, to be an abolionist--yea, he even went
SO far as to formally liberate some of his slaves;
and yet, at the same time, he was perambulating
through the country engaged IN making federal
speeches, coaxing the abolltonsts to cast their
sufrages for his kinsman, HENRY CLAY, man
who has ever treated the aboluonsts with the
utmost contempt and avowed that 'two hundred
years had sanctioned and sanctifed negro slave
ry." With Cassius VI. Clay federalism and abo-
| litionism have boen convertible terms-he Can
profess one thing and practice another. The
True American newspaper was mongrel affair
"a two faced Janus. Ostensibly it was an abo
Iiton paper, but secretly federal concern OUT
and out, But while we thus speak Of Mr.. Clay
and the paper he published, we must not be un-
derstood as approving of the proceedings at Lex.
ington-far from it. We are the decided friend
of free discussion-of the freedom Of the press
''To speak his thoughts is every feemans right,
In field, in cabinet, in council, and in fght.'
We arc opposed to every species ofgag law
and are in favor of the "largest liberty" Mans
thoughts should not be prisoned--his locomotior
not restricted The Constitutions of every State
: in the Union 1--WE believe) have provisions in re
gard to the liberty of the press. Sec. 7, Art
10, of the Constitution of Kentucky declares
5 "That printing presses shall be free to every per
son who undertakes 10 examine the proceeding
: of the legislature or any branch of government
and no law shall ever be made to restrain th
right thereof The free communication O
: thoughts and opinions is one of the invaluable
rights of man, and every citizenmay freely speak
. write and print on any subject, being respons
BILE for the abuse of thai liberty" This is YER
: good. But to whom is man responsible 70
abusing the liberty of the press? Certainly nc
TO town or county meeting. If a person i
: bels another, or the government under which h
! lives, there are laws provided for his punishment
+ Those laws declare wherein wrong consists, an
y point out the method of redress! When an il
J. dividual or crowded assembly undertakes t
/ administer the laws and punish offenders, Il
{ community can be sale--no mans life is secure
We would as lief live under government of bal
barans as to entrust our life and property to til
" keeping aud protection Of men who are goverr
20 ed by the code of laws enacted by Judge Lyncl
r. While, therefore, we heartily disprove of th
!, sentiments and doctrines avowed by Cassius n
- Clay in his paper, we must at the same time el
y Ter our solemn protest against the measure
which were resorted to for the purpose of shu
= ting up his mouth.
.
" 0~FLabor is the true constituent of all wealt
e money is the mere representative or measul
is of labor whoever lends his aid either to expan
Is or contract that measure commits as great mi
5. raj crime as store keeper who alters his yaI
stick or peck measure to cheath customers,