The northern galaxy. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1844-1848, 1845-09-03

of an outline of the plan which we had in
tended to present. 1t may be that my paper
has not been conducted in the most Pscinc
manner, but is there not cause for mutual re-
proach between myself and tho Puoiic ID
which I am placed! And those VINO no"
most denounce me should remember tnet
NV nap,r was denounced oven 10 advance,
in the fuII disnyowsl OF all the incendiary pur-
poses which my enemies now affect to I'M
put. IA me. Tam willing to take warning
from my friends or enemies for the future
conduct Of my paper, and while am ready
TO restrict myself in the latitude Of discussion
of tho question: never will voluntarily aban-
don right or yield principle.
august l6, lS45. c. NJ. CLAY.
Monday was tho day appointed for gene
raj meeting of that portion Of the citizens oil
Fayette County who were opposed TO Mr..
Clay and determined to suppress his paper.
The ouly information We possess of the pro-
csedings of that meeting is contained in the
following extract of letter published in the
Herald of yesterday,
LEXINGTON, Aug. IL.
Yesterday there were people from all the
adjoining counties, 10 assist in the work OF
protecting our interests from the IncondIary
movements Of the Aboltionists.
JIM. Bullock was chosen chairman OF tie
meeting; Benjamin Gratz secretary. The
eloquent T. F. Marshal arose as speaker OF
the day-he read the articles from the pa
pers-Clay's answer to the Committee, and
bis last letter, requesting TO be beard before
IF Nv
Marshall introduced with some few remarks.
the report of the Committee appointed by
the citizens. together with the resolutions
prepared. The report will knock the antici-
pations of the abolitionists as fiat and dumb
in this State, as the last resolution has knock
cd the printing press.
The last resolution is 10 about these words
THAT the press we will stop-'Peaceably
if we can, or, forcibly if we must A Com
mittee OF sixty we're appointed to proceed to
the office and take down the press, box it up
and send il to Cincinnati.
The Committee went to the office-the
KEY was given them-the city marshall re-
ported progress, that in a few hours the
press. &c. would be on the cars.
The Committee reported at . o'clock that
the press was taken down, and pledged
themselves that i'll few hours it should be
on the cars. Ex-Governor Metcalf, alias
old Stone hammer addressed the vast as
sembage OF human beings for two hours, on
the subject OF abolition, and the peaceable
manner in which they had conducted them
selves, on this 18th day Of August. which
will long remembered by Kentuckians.
leave the meeting TO write these few lines.
neglected TO inform you at first, that c.
NJ Clay has been sick with the typhoid fever
for thirty five days. aud could not be person
ally present.
As il is no where in:i:nated that Mr. Clay
gave his consent to the removal of the Press,
we are left to the conclusion that the pro-
eesding was an act Of lawless violence; and,
as there is no account Of any effort on the
part Of Mr.. Clay to resist the removal, we
presume he was detained at home by illness,
and that bis friends did not deem it prudent
to int rfere.
We shall defer all comment upon these ex-
traordinsry event, until we receive further
information. Meanwhile We do not relin-
guish the hope Of the ultimate triumph Of
Right over Wrong, even in Kentucky.
Slavery by the aid of Lynch Law may have
obtained a temporary advantage, but Truth
and Freedom shall yet win glorious victo
ny. We are strengthened in this hope BY the
following just sentiments of the Louisville
Journal:
I'VE cannot bur hope that, notwithstanding
the intense excitement which prevails,
enough sober reason and common sense may
be found to save this time-honored Com
monvealth from the disgrace Of mob vio-
lence.-Persecution never yet succeeded In
its effects to annihilate opinions; on the con-
trary, the history Of mankind is full ofinstan-
ces proving that opinions never thrive so well
and never produce such abundant fruits as
when opposed by the tyrannic power Of
kings, churches, and mobs. We sincerely
hope the lessons ofthe past will not be lost
on our felow-citizens of Lexington, and the
meeting to be held this morning may resolve
that it ism expedient, at least,to resort TO mob
law to put down what the law of the land
sanctions, namely, freedom of the press and
speech. The law which secures to every
STAKEHOLDER his property in his slaves is re-
sacred than that law which gives to every man
the right to utter and publish any opinions
he pleases in relation TO slavery. The law
is the only safeguard ofslavery. and slavehol-
ders should not, by their example, encourage
others to trample on it,
Is there one attribute of the Almighty that
will not be arrayed against the enemies of a
Free Press in favor of him who, iu utter alb
uega,ion of all personal and selfish considera-
lions. dares to stand up in its defence in OPP
position to the efforts of violent and lawless
menl
p. S. Since the foregoing was in type We
have received letter from our correspondent
at Cincinnati, which is here subioined. II
speaks in language as eloqusn, as it is justly
indignant of an outrage upon the Freedom of
the Press. which will yet recoil with stunning
force upon its short-sighted and infatuated
authors :-Irib.