Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1845-08-26
RICHMOND DAILY WING.
Ca.siHs m. Clay Of Ke'lfScky and he "Irue
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TUESDAY MORNING. AUGUST 50, is,s.


Cs.sius M. Clay with some talent, benevolent
6sslinR, most intractable egotisrn, and a vanity
that pover learns anything. is one of those men
whom these latter characteristics ever spur to the
van in whatever they undertake. and Just ms GER
tsinly render him 4 dead weight to every cause
! hs espouscs.
ts.s wrong directed goodness Of heart has made
him weep for the fancin dstrtsses of the happi-
e., and best fed working class IN the world-the
Keatucky and the Southern negroes generally
merely because they work nvoluntarily instead
ofvoiuntariiy-and an absurd and dangerous and
psstilent fanaticism, especially dangerous to
the cause and class he espoused, have induced
him 70 devote his time, fortune and talents, TO
promote Abolition, northern Abolition, in the very
heart Of Kentucky.
This attempt, rashly undertaken and madly
prosecuted, has met the fate it deserved.
We have never seen the "True American,
Mr.. Clay's paper, but we gather from our ea-
changes, that after u very Incorporate course oil
some months, it veutured upon the following out
rageous denunciatiOn
.very the mos, unmis at-d, the lowest, bases, that
de wordhas be substituted Tor ever Tor our
beuer glorious, hoer aspirations lie constitution
is torn and usmpled under foot justice and good islih N
deiided, brute force substituted m place OF
hish moral tone. all the great principles OF national liberty
which inhented from british ancesty arc YIELDED
up, and left without Goa or hope N the ~oH'.
When the great hearted OF land weep, ana the man OF
rehecon msddeos in the contemplation OF our nauonaa
postaey, there p'sung gaia end pleasure who
emile with contempt and Indifference their appeals Bat
remember ye who dwell marble places that there ere
sroug and fiery hearts aud iron pixies IN the street,,
and panes glass only between them and the silver plate
on the bo.rd and the smooth-.knned the otto
man. When Knocked virtue, denied the asen-
cy ofGod the affairs Of and made rapine your no
nsyed faith, ircmbc for the day u e!outon IS at hand
snd the masses will be avenged"
The People of Lexington, it would appear,
where Mr.. Clay's paper was published, were ca
tremely unwilling to interfere with it but they
could not stand every thing, and on the llih Au-
gust meeting was held the subject, CON.
mittee Of which addressed Mr.. Clay the following
note, which and the reply to it, and MIR. Gays
appeal to "kentuckians" are taken through other
papers from the "True American itself:
"LEussrox. l4th Aug. Is45.
CAussius VI. CLAY Eq.-Sir: We the unders gned, have
been appointed committee upon tue part .. number
Of the respectable Citizens OF city Of Lexington IL cur
respond with you under the following resolutions;
Resolved, Thst Committee o; ihrce be appointed to
wait upon Cass.Es Cy, Editor Of the ue American,
and request him discontinue the publication O the psptr
called the True American" It, further continuance
Nv and To the safety of homes aud families
In pursuance OF the above hereby request you dis
continue your paper aud would seek TO Impress upon you
the importance Ut your guesenee. Your Egli,rg
and eIciting commonly extent Of which sou
scarcely be We do not approach IN the irr1
Of threat But we II to you to state, that IN
your sacty well a. Tcpose aud
OF the community, involved in your We
your reply, Ia the hope that your own god aud
nave many tSIHhs and friends, vii induce prompt
iy comply wi, request. We instructed I, re-
port your tomorrow evening AZ three
o'clock and will expect by oclCsk T.. W. 81 TO-
morrow, &c
Respectfully, &c.