New-York daily tribune., 1849-06-09

I'D gn0o'V
AFR. Clay belied In Europe.
ya,,onal Aati- S0rc,y Standard pub ishes
iD dissent letter from Richard b. Webb
v.s,;o Ireland, full Of dulcet eucomium ON the
o. s.aoce and mercy of British rule ia that
e,..A Island and Of rejoicing at the failure Of
= revolutionary movement Of the Young Ire
" ..ty last year, from which we make the fol
living extract
,s.n. YOU for the N1c- York Tribuae you sent me.
I. Inow whether you thought would bc more
Ia by Henry Clays plan for gradual tmancpa.
sn. kentucky, or Horace Grceleys glOuhcauon oil
tn Ia.rfbropy and ststesmsnship exhibited IN this
LIONS proof Of attachment 30 liberty. exhibited by
10 philosophcr and friend In either case my
y. n love Tor drollcry has been fully gratihed both
- "a Greeley are droll but Greeley being most IN
es,.eni Is most ridiculous. The great hentuckian,
thst the pcrpetuaiion Of Slavery In the United
se-s .imposshe and that some of the popular poli-
80 must come forward with some plan, has pro
80 schemo such rs ono might expect from lover
o,sr.v whose appreciation Of justice and humanity
49, in the (in famous declaration that his nifty
h'1O'. TAT and sleek He takes care 10 postpone
save sfnencernent of his plan 10 date 30 distant that
tne - hone he will not toe there TO see. Taking OF
se,sc.n know OF no fanaticsn so horrible a. TINS
s.-,,g Of American Freemen TO American slavery
el.tos 10 IL with an individual tenaciy such os no
ID9 - ever shown in its attachment 10 liberty
49, "a .oueihng Internal in this horrible hdehty
IL, ri. Clay who has spent his long lie IN canune
re- s, Eberty and sbOring Tor the perpetuatlOn Oi
soV., soV-, degrading bOndage-whO has calculated IN
hdnDi ,b tbc bodies and souls of three millions Of
e%o % heings: and at last just AS the world Is sip
In heresh his feet, and the grave IS yawnlng 10 re-
PIs M and the accursed Babel he has helped to
eo ,o,,ering 10 its fall amid the applHuses Oh ma
90. "a he congratulations Of all good nen-in ms
uY1 VA, ~ comes forward with his abOnnahie states
hin, IN devise a scheme to put on the eVll day til
m1 -i., the time when he shall no longer be above
md and his reputation shall nave ro'ed 70 It's
sroper dimensions. 1'"u "D. -,
S-ss of ruthless STAKEHOLDER for the maintenance
bs,ne and weakness of the United States IN all
~ ,orious integrity for another thirty years at the
=. isssi have seen this plan OF Clays noticed IN
,ssr.l of our newspapers, and always win correct
.,,reeston of the scheme and ITS huthOr.
We do not know that it is essential to the fu-
,o,s u,elune. Of Henry Clay that he should be
,sbtly estimated in Europe, although rlpe as he
~, wears and in the honors which follow emil
nan, pubic services, it may be that the country,
IN the grand era now dawning, will yet have need
Of him in some capacity wherein the worlds good
ooiniop is essential. And here is a triumphant al
6rms,iou that the European press IS assuring Its
readers that Mr. Clay's recent letter asserting the
Justice and expediency of General Emancipation
in Kentucky, and suggesting plan for ehectlng
that great end. was really impelled 10y consum.
mate hypocrisy and craft--by an all-absorbing de-
sire 20 fortfy and protract the existence OF Slave
ry-ibst it is in fact nothing else but scheme 10
"pul of the day OF Emancipation
Here is presented grave question of fact. is
4 the that Mr.. Clay's impulse was that indicated
BY M. Webb Motives must ever be matters Of
inference bat in this case there are data which
enable us TO decide with moral certainty. Our
,ubic journals and public men most devoted to
slavery must certainly be able TO judge whether
pr Claws letter tends toward the result indicated
by yMr Webb-must be as well informed on this
lead as any one man who never saw this CONT
ssnt And they are a class not destitute of sens-
bhiy to the interests OF their cause. Ewood Fish
u, lecture was printed and reprinted by them III
extras and pamphlet fOrm-was spread all over
the South, and votes Of thanks from many gati b.
srng Of ultra Shareholders have been transmitted
to the author. Have any such tributes been
,wuded to Mr.. Clay for his letter. Who can
name one !
We state from positive know ledge, and are pre-
pared to give abundant evidence of the iact-that
throughout the Slave States Mr.. Clay's letter was
received with gratitude by those Who openly or
ssrety desire and hope Tor the extinction Of
Ss'ery and by that class alone. The journals aud
Individuals who desire and labor for the perpetu.
alton Of Slavery, on the other hand, have univer-
sally received that letter with disapproval and
Uerslon-and have very generally denounced its
aaihor therefor as traitor TO the South and TO
slavery. Those Of the former class who have cor.
eemned 1t have done so on the assumption that il
ntOO far in advance Of public sentiment to be ef
iechye-that it would have bad better effect if it
had not gone so lar against Slavery. We have
bot recently conversed fully on this point with
New Eng and Abolitionist returning from a eis
urey tour through the States OF Kentucky and
iennetsee-neither OF them esteemed ultra in its
devotion to Slavery-who found comparatively
ie" prepared to go as far toward Freedom as Mr.
Gay has gone In that letter, aud none ready to
s'eP beyond him. And we assert, as our deduc-
Non non correspondence and acquaintance with
he Save States certainly not inferior to Mr..
"eoe'' that while many in the South are now
"hihg to admit themselves adverse to the per-
Pe'uaton oil Slavery who were obstinately silent on
'oa' point prior to Mr. Class letter, there is not
''asle point whereat the cause of Emancipation in
'ne South has suffered damage or impediment by
reason Of that letter. Nay we assert that there
'ahho' be found in all the Slave States three intel
gent and reputable persons who will unite in
'Ae opinion that Mr.. Clsys letter has in fact post
pOned the termination of Slavery in the South. or
Vat II was intended to have that effect.
now then, have Mr.. Webb and the European
''.'nss In whose concurrence be rejoices, been
" INTO their grievous error How but byrhe
OF those among US who make
ssde OF Anti Slavery. aud whose thrift depend,
" heir ability to convince their supporters thu,
Nsy alone are sincerely adverse to the con,inu.
'nce Of our countrys greatest cursel And isit
s's question worth considering whether a vocs.
,.a Which can only thrive by calumny il reall,
worth sustaining
,"sCoSsS APPOINTMENTS The following ap.
FIps,neais pAais for Wisconsin have just been made
s,sSnesl~s-Ehss starr, Milwaukee W h Preniiss
lS-s'ssa Fails. George c. Pratt Waukesha; 5.
Erssss ssnesvhle Alfred Sergeant Mukwonago; h
Ro..sS' rochester Henry sayrs, Johnsiown M
sk.ssn1 hoass Kecpas-Abner Rouce Racine Joseph
q ~ sui"aukee; Charles ONcil Southport
sheso,m'.o' mo'h, Port Washington. Thomas C. Homer
RT:us.A J. r. Dousman, Tail Point, Green Bay)
Ssprr,s,.,st'- e''.e--Cspt Gilbert Knapp, Racine
Surao. . %'s"' on ne La@es-henry b. Miller,
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