The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1847-12-09
From Tie Phil North American and Gazette
MIR. CLAY'S SPEECH,
AT TUE MASS MEETING IN LExING

II
e Aver me organ zalion OF me meeting
hf Gay rose ana aoofesseu u suOssahti
any a. io'lo"s:
LADIES AND GENTLEMES
The day is da,k and gloomy, unsettled
and uncertain, like the condition Of ou
country, IN regard 10 the unnatural we
wrh Mexico. The public mind IS sglta
ted and anxious, and is filled with setoJ'
: approximations as 70 It's indefinite conlInu
arce and especindy as 10 the consequence,
.hlch lie termination may bring forth
menacinr the harmony, II 10, the existence
of our Tnon.
Its under thcse c,tcums'aaces prescr'
myself before ,eu. No ardlaary occasion
would have drawn me from the Retirement
10 which | i've; but. whist single pulsa.
tian orthe human henri remains il should
If necessary, liz dedicated 10 the service
orone's country. And | have hoped 'hat,
although am private and humble ciii.
IN an e1pressioo of the yiess mud opin.
,on. entertain. m,ghr form ,oo,e lalle al
at,o, n tho eenerals.ock or information
.od aF,d small ,.i,.onre il DELIVERING
- 60. ~ 800 All aa,,a,
.h,ob s,,,o,na,
80 al =, nn,noso u .,
,o.,,o.t. Ga sao.cl, !, any o,ol,
in. a.a,o,.oai d,s,lo, bsva h,on.b,
La,.....t ha,,o,,a,.,a, t.o.,.,,
~
-
year autumn 'as c''hr' a'a W S'S''' y
lowers mas passea away 10 'hr PfoaIess
o. years ~ sPtlh9 INC has sone ~ snu
Too an ~ me autumn o. ne, hod ieeS we
lfost Of Hae. NY oeslfe Hhd am are 70
ADDRESS Nou' earnestly ca'thy' seriously
ana palnlf, upon 'hc etuFa tn1 moule,l'
ious subjects when nave bfoo9h' Us loReth.
er' And am most 'hilei'ous lhst cot
SOLITARY ~o'd NAV iall from ne OFFENSIVE -
any Marty o. person 10 Inc @hoie extent 81
NE ! mon.
war, pest'ence, ana iathlne, ~ NC com.
mon consent Of mankind, arc nc three gfea'
iest cnlamliieS winch can beial our species !;
and Sar ~ nc most ore w. J1sliy s'aha'
totemes' and 70 front. iesti'ence ana AN
ire, no doubt Tor ~ise' although lnsrfn's'
pc PURPOSES are ah'e''ot's y 'o'iue.ie''
. hleh y = ouf nn,N' '"etet''e' y ~"
win obeliencP' ho,ho.e seo''''ss'', u'u =,
sleta''on' 'n'' ''u''.i'' ~ = - - ~
'ae'f faseees afe t''i'lF"' "es p''ns' -,
atea sfea' ~ e'''" 49,, '''gY -, o''
..slety soon f,eo'''s lou, ~ .'''e.s'
W lima - !, -. -
- A.. a.,o-..t - o,,xelyas
a.. -, u. a,,,,;oo !. ,,5c6
-. 'a,'l.nea,n-;.s yic,.si,ndes are ma.
4-s. r.az,,... 80. /, ,be sac, fee az hi.
L. .-4,n Tho va.ta of human treas.
~ !. y. tas.es and n ne tntthp1s Il ar
CO.. to,h bolI,oe,an, natloas. and lie s.d
eF.c,s or mao,led bodies. az death. and or
s.s,Ia,,on a,a,,e lone after IT, thundcrs
s,c h,sbed n neare. War unhinres socie
r. d,s,n,bs i. ne.cerut and regular indus.
try and sratters noisonous seeds OF disease
I'd ,r,ro,,l,, which continue to per.
,,,,.,o, md d,frnee then, b,neful Influence
I,a, afe,, thas ceascd Dozzhne hv lie
H., ro,no and paoesnt,v. il beoeta n
-, n wJd adventure and romantic en-
,n,,,,za and of,ee disooal6es those " no
afnhs IL IN It nffpr their return from the
tioody 6ords If hattie. from enpspinv in
tho industrious and peeceful vacations of
ida
We,te ,prormed hv n statement, ~bich
"a o,.,,en,lv correct, TINT the number of
IN, conp,,vmep slain in thu. IampntabIe
uex;rs, ua, nttboroh If has vet been Of
o,ly - month. existence. il couai to one
halc ofthe whole Of The American los. do.
,,o, the seven venf's war of the Revulu
uonl AID venture IN assert that the ex
cond,tnre Of treasure which it has occasion,
81 wheo II .bau core to hs firly ascer
tanned and footed 90, will be found to be
more than half Of the pecunisrv cost Of the
war If our lndependpnce. And thtsis the
condition Of the party whose arms have
heen eyefvuherp md constantly victor.
ons
How did We unhapnilv get involved in
,btssar1 ltwss predicted as the .consn.
aueace Of the annexation Of Texas to the
United States. live had no, TEXAS, We
sbnpd have no war. The people were