New-York daily tribune., 1845-01-22
Cassius rs. Clay on Slavery.
The Frankfort Commonwealth contains t

The FraH6JUrf Commonwealth contains the
following explicit and admirable declaration
T. 3. STEVENSON, ESQ.
Sir: l ask the liberty 10 make through your
columns SUMMARY statement OF my visws upon
the subject OF slavery BY q portion Of the people
o! this State never expect TO be fairly represented
TO the great Of the people, who have no inte-
rest in suppressing truth, would appeal against
the calumnies Of unscrupulous partizans.
Slavery is municipal institution. IL exists by
no other right and tenure than tbe Constitution OF
Kentucky.
am opposed to depriving Shareholders Of their
slaves by any other Than constitutional and legal
means OF course, then, | have sympathy for
those who would liberate the slaves OF Kentucky in
other ways. have 10 connection with any man,
or set Of men Who would sanction or undertake. the
illegal liberation OF slaves; and feel bound, by my
allegiance 10 the State OF Kentucky, 10 resis, by
| force, II necessary all such efforts.
Whist hold that The United States Constitution
has no power TO estahlish slavery in The District OF
Columbia, or in the Territories. in any place Of
lis exclusive supremacy; so | contend, thut in the
States, once adiai;jed into The Union and thereby
! become sorereisa and independents Congress has
power right TO interfere with or Touch slave
ry, wiihou; the legitimate consent OF the States.
believe that the addition of new Stare STATES, or
slaoe territory, TO this Union, is unconstitutional
and impossible.
am the avowed and uncsmpromsiog enemy Of
slavery uDu SUdii never Ccds6 10 use dlt
tionsl, and honorable, and just means, 10 cause
Its extinction in Kentucky, aud It's reduction 10 its
| constitutional limits 10 the United States.
| Born kentuckian and sayeholder have no
prejudices cnmities 10 CRAFTY; but, impeed by
n of self-respsct, love and justice, and the
highest eTpediency shall ever naintain that lib
erfy is our only safety.
For the freedom OF speech and OF the press, l
never shall cease to battle while life LASTS. If there
is anv Keniuckian so base 10 WELD these Consttu
,ions and glorious privileges, without which il is
the veriest mockery talk of being free people,
envy him not: slave 10 slaves, let him soddan IN
hisialany. With such hold no iellowship-from
such ask no quarter All ! ask is an open field
and fair Gght.
Your obedlent servant, C. NJ CLAY.
Frankfort, Ny. Jan. :. 1915.
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FRUrTs OF TEMPERANcE.-The writer of this
paragraph we'll remembers the time when in Peach
au-a small agricultural town of some 1880 inhati-
tan,s in Caledonia County, Ver;aont--ihere ware
more than thirty dis;iiIeries Of potato whiskey.-
Though most Of the whskey thus manufactured
was sent TO Canada, large quantities Of course
consumed in the town and lis vicinity 10 the great
deuiment OF the public morals and with the worst
effects upon the industrial relations ard pscuniary
prospects OF the people. Many embarked 10 the
business, however, for the purpose of making
money than from love for the liqaor and there was
in the people snbstratum Of conscience and good
seHse t,hunks to The benign influence OF common
schools, the time honoled Academy, and the faith
fui precept and sodly example OF the yeversd old
minister OF the town. which prepared them to be
aiDoug the very FIRST 10 welcome the new light OF
tie Temperance Reform Among those who en-
listed heartily in the good cause was Hon. John
slaiiocks, afterwards Member Of Congress, Judge
of the Supreme Court and finally Governor Of the
STATE The distileIiss were ali long since aban-
doned uad we believe no ardent spirit Of any con-
sequence has bseu sold in the town for number OF
years. Recently the question Of licensing the traffic
was submitted the people OF the several Counties,
and each citizen who chose TO do so was allowed 10
record his vote. The vote in Psacham stood II in
favor and IFS against licensing. The Vermont
Chronicle, al!Gding 10 these circumstances, peril
nentiy asks, ''When single town can free itself
from such an incubus thrty-iwo disiiilsries who
will despair of the Commonwealth ~ The Tenn
persEce Reform has indeed accomplished wonders
all over the land, bat doubt whether il has ever
achieved more brilliant or substantial triumph
than in this obscuro town which nesles securely
and peacefully ainc the Green Mouu,ains of Yer
moa,.