The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1861-02-08


A Letter from CassiuS N. CIay !
CassiHs NJ Clay has writ,en letter {,
the spealcf Of thc House ot Represents
tivcs Of Indiana, on The present crisis.
Il ia rather a long document, and wo are
only ablo to present II ~ tundehs-
cd form.
Mr. Clay assumes in il the same bold
petition he hes ever taken. According
TO him The present threatened dissolution
Of the Government should take no reHee-
ting man by surprise. The conflict be-
tween free and slave society is "irrepres-
sibls, Wit has always been a disturbing
and Obstructive elemcnt--and now forces
upon NJ the fearful issue ot"yicldiug 10
its uuqucsliohcj rule OF "suIlcfiug die.
solution Of the Union"
An exam nation OF tho facts in the mat
tor makes Mr, c, come 10 the conclusion
that neither the Personal Liberty Law
the refusal Of She Republican party 10
allow slavery to 10 into the Territories,
nor the election Of Mr. Lincoln, are the
real causes Of the difficulties now convul-
sing tho country, hut the desire on the
part Of the South 10 "rule the Union,"l~
iic maintains that the "Irrcpressible con.
tliet has been brought out, and victory
has porchcd upon the standard Of liber-
y." South Carolina, however is not sat
isned with the result, and she now ass
Pircs 10 a separate existence and all the
Cotton States sympathizing with her,
"Now," asks Mr.. Clay, .."whnt shall
Republicans dol' itc answers this ques.
tion as follows:
They can have peace BY acquicscing
in oil the demands Of tho slave power;
but Il is peace at tho expense Of their
equality In the Government, and lose Of
their liberty. Thefc may bu soine who,
like Eaop's fat dog, will accept the terms;
but |, who, like his wolf, have not only
will part company here. We can have
peace by allowing the Government to 20
into dissolution. Mr. Lincoln can say IN
HE inaugural, whether issued from Wbsha
ington OF New York; can those States
which stand by the Union, conc up and
take the oath of UllegiHhco 20 tho Con-
Atitutinn of tho United States of America
and the laws made IN riifsuuhce thereof;
and those Btales which choose may
peaceably file off 70 whatever new nfIini-
ties may attract them, But look at our
plains, our mountains, our rivers our
seas, and say how long would such q
peace last. Aud, lastly, we can have
peace by standing on the Constitution
(and the laws Of our lathers) as Il was, Is
and shall be. aud making others do the
samoa peace which will secure us
safety at home and respect abroad--a
peace which will continue the GRAND.
est development Of civilization which The
world has seen; and which, | trust tho
Providence Of God designs, shall be
lenpthened out, into Car centuries, when
the sword shall bo turned into the prn-
ming hook, aud the lion and the lamb
shah lie down together forever,
And continues:
But suppose the time has COME, whoh
tho Justice Of God shall be NO lohrcf
withheld, and the mdhness OF Slavery
shall seek out its own destruction by d
dissolution Of the Union--pcaeeable ut
foreible. What thonl Shall we give
up all us lostl Not at all. God rules
still. lfthe Cotton States 20, thoy 20
to ruin, sooner or later. The grain
growing States may stand by us-give
up their s'avcs--double AT once their
whole property by the advance Of real
estnte--by Immigration ahd capital from
the Free States and foreign hatiohst or
if they prefer, keep their slaves with the
same, or greater security, IN the future
as IN the past, subieeting their System "a
the economical laws, and advancing civ.
llizutioh till suIh time ~ We shall be.
come a homogeneous nation, aud all will
still be well. but IL double madness
and folly shall send them off with the
Cotton States, still would the Fedora
Union rtand, with twenty millions o
free hearts and free hands 20 defend Il a
home and abroad safely against worl'
in arms,
In such case Wo would seek byfrlehd
| ly negotiation with England the unioi
Of tho CanadOs, which would moro thar
compensate Us for the loss Of the South
, aud in turn we would stand the ally o
England Ia her contests with foreigi
, despotisms; and the two Garry on tn
/ progress and civilization Of the nation
Ia that union Of sympathy, and race, an
freedom, which only now Slavery for
bids.
Mr.. Clay concludes ii the following
noble style:
! Standing in the vanguafd Of great an,
| dangerous movcnent, am told that lea
ders Of revolutions rarely survive them
may fall by the hands Of violence
may be driven into exile, and may sui
fer poverty and die IN obsearityi Whs
'hall / sayl What shall / dol Lister
III hear tho voice Of cUnsgienea-th'
voice OF God--aof tho great dead; 9Th,
man dies, bot his mofiory lives.h "GiYC
me liberty or give me death"
JVLrus' USE OF THE BArt.T'UB. .=Juliu
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