Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1849-04-06

N'cSt'I WI AlC Nihlt. Tie mas never
struck out into the open deep of great
principle, for his navigation IS moi bv
compass or by the eternal stars, but like
that Of other fishermen who venture in
their w private dories, by certain land.
marks on the shore, such. for example.
as the White House. A fog leaves him
bewildered with a pair of arms and oars.
and his good or bad luck, as it NAV han.
pen.
MIR. Clay has in his time split as many
hairs as another, and, as Alexander or
dered a bushel Of peas 10 the dexterous
pea shooter, the Wing Party, in giving
their will o. the wisp leader the mitten,
should have been careful that it was n
hair one. His philanthropy embraced all
lac IS. but embraced the African with n
tiF r%cnce--that is, with a handcuff. He
was n republican Of the sternest pattern.
but who could conceive of a republican
backing his own boots ? Indeed we
think il would be hard TO prove that Gin
cinnatus, the lavorite sample of that sort,
ever did anything Of the kind. He was
willing 10 allow that Slavery was a NOR.
al and political evil to both master and
slave. but were not his chatels fat and
sleek : lie was opposed to the annexa.
lion of Texas, but then--he was in favor
oft. lie was torn by conflicting emo.
lions. Northwardly he was anti, SOUTH
wardly he was pro. He was opposed to
the Mexican war, but would have relish.
ed sIaughtering his private Mexican in n
humble way. On The question of the
Wilmol proviso, we suppose. he would
be against the extension of Slavery into
new territory, but would be in favor of
allowing "Southern gentleman" to cmi.
CRATE thilher with their nocks and herds.
In reviewing his political life, what great
principle do we find that he was ever ca
pabIe OF approaching! One, and only
one-that Henry Clay Of Kentucky ought
10 be The next President of these UniIed
States. But unfortunately he has always
had a fancy that the Presidential chair
was situated somewhere between Two
stools, and has accordingly several times
seated himself with an uncomfortable ra.
pidiiy Oh the floor. This mistake in
reckoning the locality of his desired oh.
lect misled Others 1t left General Cass
lately with his heels in the air. And vet
General Taylor found it in that very DO.
silion and succeeded in sitting down in
it,.
We have said that the name of Mr..
Clay up TO the mind associated
with the advancement Of no great princi-
pies, of no interest that has bearings
more general than Il locality or a Glass
1t is true that he was an advocate Of e.
Emancipation in Kentucky half a century
ago, and he tells us in his recent letter
that his opinions have remained unchan.
ged ever since. That fifty years have
wrought no advancement or ripening of
his ideas on this subject, does not tend to
raise him in our minds as a slatesman.--
But in truth his views of Slavery have
never been those Of a statesman. nor of
Il phiianthropist. Statesman-Iike thew
could not be, for they were limited bv
the supposed interests of a single class.
and they have received no forward i'm
puse and no expansion during the period
oil more than an entire generation. a zen.
Grafton which has accomplished more
Than any other in the propagation of So
cial and humanitary science. Truly
philanthropic they could not be, for they
were smolhered by the pressure of a
merely physical majority.
The medical history of the human
mind exhibits many instances of suf.
t%icienty ludicrous hallucinations. Men
have iancied themselves to be teonots,
junk bottles, and what not. Lord limo.
thy Dexter had a penchant for consider.
ing himself dead, and we have known
those who took it for grained that ,hcy
were alive with as little substantial found.
aIion in fact. But we have never met
with any vagary of mental assumption
more preposterous than that Mr.. CLAY
should suppose himself an Abolition
ist.
His letter reminds one of Governor
Panza's dinner in the island Of Barata.
ria. The preparations for the meal seem
satisfactory enough, and we sit down ex-
pecling u substantial repast. But, one by
one, the dishes are whisked away from
us. and We are finally left 10 make
such an arrangement with our importu.
nate appetites as the assets left to us in
the shape of knife, fork, and napkin will
admit of.
we nave no complaint 10 make Of the
three or Tour Introductory paragraphs
Mr.. Clay treats all the nonsense abour
The benefits of Slavery contemptuously
enough. But he Immediately proceed,
10 consider the question with sole refer
ence 10 The presumed advantage of The
white race. He takes The case out of the
court OF conscience where alone II car
be decided absolutely and without an,
peal and puts il at the mercy of the new.
~er'ending litigation of political economy.
II mere De no moral wrong in the rob.
berry of one half of The community bv ,be