The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1850-08-16
MR.. CLAY'S SPEECH.

il in full before our readers; yet we cannC
forego publishing the concluding portion
which. as an appeal TO every. lover of hi
country and friend the Union, exceIs an
: Thing OF the kind we have seen. The fol
lowing is the portion to which we refer:
Mr.. President. wish had the phvsira
power IN give uiferancp IN many, man
ID, as which srlI have; but have II no'
| must hasten towards n conclusion. Tn,
responsibility OF This great measure p,Sse
from the hands ofthp Cnmmltee. and from
nv hands. II is IN awful ard lrcmeniou,
responsibility. hope that vDu will NEE
il with Just conception and irne appre'
citation OF its magnitude, and the magnitude
Of the consequences which may ensue
from yonr decision, one way or the other
The alternatives. | fear, which the meas>
nrp presents. are concord and Increased dis
cord, a serious civil war. originating in its
courses on the lower Rio Grande, and ter
mlnaiing, possibly. in us consequences,
with the upper Rio Grande in the Santa
Fee cunnirv; the restoration OF harmony and
iraternal kindness.
| believe, from the bottom Of nv soul,
that the measure is the reunion of union.
| believe it is the dove Of peace which. Ia.
king its aerial fight from the dome Of the
capitol, carries The glad tdings OF assured
peace and restored harmony 10 all the re-
molcst exrremiles of this distracted land.
believe that it will be attended with all
these beneficial effects. And now let us
discard all resentment, all passions. a II pets
" ieaousies, all personal desires. all love
of place, all homage after the glded
crumbs which fall from the table Of power;
let us forget popular fears from whatever
quarter they may spring. Let US TO TO the
IImped fountain of onadrllera;ed pa,rio.
tsm, and performing a solemn Iuslralion,
return dlvpsled of all selfish, sinister and
sordd infrmilies, and think alone of our
God, our country, our cOnsciences. and
our glorious Union. that Union wIthou,
which we shall be- torn into hostile irag.
men,s, and. sooner or later. become the
victims oI military drspo,Sm or foreign
domination.
Mr. President. what ,s an individual
man. an a,om nlmost invisible without u
magn,f, ing glass, mere srerk upon the
surface Of the immense unlverse-nor n
second in time. compared to the immras.
( urahlp, evpr-hernning and never.endrng
ptprrit,--a dropnl water in the great deep
which -vapora,es and is borne off by the
winhs-a gram Of sand, which is soon
gathered TO the dust from which we
sprung? Shall being SO small. so petty,
sn tlaeting. so evanescent, oppose itself 10
The onward marrh OF ae'ea' natlon' 10 sun
s's' tor eyes and ages y come, 10 oppose
itself &c that long Inc OF 1osier''", which
issuing from oGr IONS, WI, endure during
the existence OF the world. Foroid H.
God; let us LOOK al our country ana our
course, elevate our iiVes 10 'he d'gh''y OF
pure aud disn'eresl"d patriots, OF wise ana
"nIIch'enfu s'a'eS'nen' ana save our Coun,
Try from al Imprn'ins danger. Wha''
IN me WarcA oi ,n's ha''on 10 e'ea'heSS an"
| power, we sh"n'd ne bhf'eu Drnea'h 'he
wheels 'hat proper II onward What are
we, hat Is any Han worm, VINO Is NOT
ready AMI willing 10 sacriice himself Tor
| the benefit OF his country, when 1t is ne'
crssary Now Mt PRESIDENT. allow me I"
make short appeal To some Senators, 10
the whole Ot the Senate. There Is my
Trend from Virginia. (Mr. Nason) OF
whom have never been without hopes.
| have thought OF the Revolutionary
blood ot Georg" Mason which hows IN ms
veins, OF the blood OF his own ialher, ol his
own accomplished father, my Trend and
cherished friend for many years; can he,
knowing, as think he must know, the
wiSheS Oh 'he Peorie "' MS o"" "'a'e-c"n
me- WIN 'he Hho"'tege "e possesses "
me pun''c sentiment mere anu o' 'ne "'Eh
opEsa''ohs c"s' uP"" nun ny n's noo'e an,
ces.ry-can ne naE''" Virginia S'e''es.
ana most glorious WORK. 'ha' ""'N III 1p"S'
when she' perhaps more 'hah any ONE,
S'a'e' contributed her ihora' ana Po!nca'
power To erec'-can he put az hazafd ih's
noble Union win all us pehehcent enec,s
ana Consequences IN 'he pursuit OF an
s'rac''ons ana metaphys'cai :heories--on-
Jects uhatla'nabe or 'mposs'h'e IN 'Heir
naiure-w'ih all mar h"hor OF our own ma
i've Slate which reverence an. r".p'c'
WIN as mUch ''Vo''"h as ne u"Ts WINE
ne honor o' mar o'a'' a"h '"' ""n"T "'
me SCUM are preserve" "n'iiiI''eu ~ 'h'S
measure. apfe"', sir, I" ''' '>eh"'"'S ''o'h
lihodr i>l'nh ana from b''r" are my ~
'lr iHrndS "h'ch nave $1,000 "' "P' '"u
Nv which nave >'o"' !" AL 'he ''c'Ssl-
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