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Clay And Calhoun

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Parent Issue
Day
23
Month
May
Year
1842
Copyright
Public Domain
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Mr. Clny ie uudoubtedly, from present indi, cctions, to take the course - to lead the bat tleing cohorts on one side. His forcea are beginning to raii6ter in ober earneaf. Thoso ra his interest are organizing for the conflict. Hie friends in congress - the more ardent of them- ure doing wiiat they can, to expnnge1 Mr. Tyler and his administnition. The Wliig members of the New York Legislalure endorse for the loftiness and purity of his charp.c!cr. They firter him, and falj into tha most drivelling man wrship before him.- They most eignificantiy adopt him as the representative of their alledgcd principies. Hia authonty is the alledged xponent of their creed. VVhat a change has cotne o'er the spirit of their dreams" since 1839! Need the botcie knife anájñstol interest cast about for a truer representative - a more trustworthy guardián? VVhy ehould tie slaveholding dynasty seek for safer hands to wield tha scepter of their power? The most cunninoand wiry manager of them all, Mr. Clay is aftogether the most dangerous foe the north has ever had to encounter. An advocate of perperpetual eJavery, he propotea to wash out the African spot by the stjaJtby process of Saxon amalgamation. How siiall he be matclied on the other sidel The man is at hand. Air. CaJinmn combiuea in hiniselfall the eseentiaJ eJements ,to meet ihe condition of the sJavehoJderd1 creed, Persevfring, inflexible, able-iinbued with a deep jealousj, of freedom, and of course a cordial hater of northern eociety oud iutereöte tho combined beauties of elave whipping and breediug would lie cherished by him as the apple of his eye. With sleepless vigiJance Jie would guard the most loathsme enclosure ofusm. vvnnmit ine worfc ot violence and blood, of prostituti. n and all uncleunness, wou'd go on without interrupción or liazard f'rom wjthuut. What he )ack on the score oi'Clay'a addres, flexibility, nnd ever changing exsediency, is "erbnps made up lo him by somewhat more dignity oí' characler - a clearer apjrehension of great principien, and perhapa more personal wortli on the score of moráis. Al all events, he will do. Let these tvvo champions of robberryand outragebe formerally placed at the head of the respective panisnn boats! For Jiumanily'a sake, lel it be done! Let the world gaze at the spectnelo, strane and confounding ae it might seem! The rnore distinct and palpable are ihe deveiopementb of fulaehood and cJelueion, the speedier and more certain shall ba the triumphs of trutli and right! Come the day qmckly, when the line shall be seen and cnowju by all men. In such an event we shall without doubt see S'aid sober minded ciiizens,wlio ■tnt'cc to chenah a deep regard lor tlie safefy of the republic- for the inuiiUauinnco of" frep and just principies; for the slave even, enter into tlio contest with waruith, and zealously conspiro with ihe unprinojpJed and reck]ess to elévate these princea of tyrants to tho highest rosponsibilities in the republic! VVorise than this - thr worse, we shall see those who clnim to bc baptized into the impartiul love and benevolence of the gospel, pather around the ballot boxes, and there deliberalely betray the Savior in ihe per on of liis poor, dispisèd representatives, into the hand of Jhtir cruelest perseculorf - the bitter enemies of ihe hurnan race! Let the sun hide liis face in blackneös!

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