Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1845-11-11
From the Lexington Observer

"THE TRUE AMERICANA again
exhibited itself in our City on Thursday las,
purporiing TO he printed here, Lut Of ,bs
fact we donbt. We should rather s,jpboS;.
i, was printed in the city of Cincnn nj. and
brought here afterwards.
There is no mn, we believe but C.. NJ
Clay. who would ag,in attemp: this rasl,
procedure. He is, or seems TO be deaf To
| the en,reates of friends, the remons,rapce.
Of foes, or the solemn enumeration of public
feeling, displayed 10 him in the mos, clear.
emphatic manner. Ii the vision baun,s his
Imagination that none but his personal enc.
mics alone were engaged in The abatement
| Of this great moral and political nuisance.
| which lie set up among us, let him dismiss
! the simple and ridiculous suggestion from his
mind; and rest assured that never will he
fud any people more calm, more collected.
but answering in their resolution to pro.
tect themselves and those dependent upon
them from the fatal effects of such paper
1t will not be the act Of one man or any set
fmen, bu: the deliberate act of a united
, people. How they will act we know moi,
| 1t may be in one form, or il NAV be in an
other, but that men are determined to pro.
| tect themselves he will most assuredly find:
and all his appeals in behllf ofhe l. bertyof
| the Press will never convince this people
| that The Constitution of the State ever con.
templated, by its provisions, 10 protec, Pr
per such as this.
The truth is, and his short editorial ca
reer demonstrates it, Mr.. Clay is wholly un-
fit to be at the head of Press, as the aivo-
cate ofany cause. lie may be an able
man, but he must have something besides
mere ability. The Press is The great lever
of modem times, al-powerful for good, still
more potential for evil. To put such lev
er in the hands of C. NJ. Clay, hee dless,
reckless, impetus, ultra, and revolutions
ry, is almost like putting torch into the
hands of an incendiary.
We have nothing to do with Mr.. Clay's
motires. He may be animated by just and
pure motives, and he seems TO be in earn
est. So much the worse for u.s. If he were
IA mere hypocrile, playing game for his
own elevation. he would soon be detected
and exposed. But if he is in earnest, reso-
lule and honest in the faith by which he is
inspired, then must he be met with deliber-
alton i'll the terrible crusade which he is
bent on waging.
Dor readers know our views about this
matter. We hold that this thing of Slavery
ought MOI to be disclosed in the publis prints
and we have HERETOFORE given our reasons
for that opinion. We will not reterate
them.
1t is easy to defy foe. Mr.. c. M. Clay
can no doubt do it with as much GOODNESS
as Kenuckians usually do. But to turn a
cold ear TO the councils of kind friends, who
feel, and he must know it deep sympathy
for his suflerings, and an ardent attach
ment to him as man, exhibits charac-
ter for which none can feel any possible re-
spect.
Let not Mr.. Clay suppose that we arc
now recommending any acts of violence.-
We utterly disclaim it. We are the advo-
Gates Of calm, orderly, deliberate proceed
ing to protect ourselves against great pub
lie nuisance, as il has been found by the Ju-
dicial tribunals of the Country. We are no
lawyer, and do not know how is the way to
abate nuisance.