Mr. Clay And 'White Slaves.'

F GEJYTLEMEJY WILL JYOT ALLOW US TO HAVE BLACK SLAVES, THEY MUST LET US HAVE WHITE 'OPTES ; FOR WE CANJYOT CUT OUR FJRE WOOD AJYD BLACK OUR SHOES, AJVÜ HAVE OUR WIVES AJYD DAUGHTERS WORK IJY THE KITCJHEW The publicaron of this extract from Mr. Clav-'s peech in 1819 dieturbs the equanimity of the Wlng editora very mtich. Our neighbor of the Journal is especialJy uneasy a bout t, and shows its ulter falstty" by asserting hat "Mr. Clay'a wife and daughters do work n the kitchon, and in the dairy, and cut out iotlies and help make them." The originality of this method of proof is characterstic of the gentleman, ond will dcubtlesf add o his reputaron as a close and logical reason or. For bia benefit, we will state the argument in forra, thus: Mrs. and the Mieses Clay do work in the titchen in 1844: Therrfore, Mr. Chy cid not say eny thiog n his speech in 1819 against 'our wives and !aughters' wurking in the kitchen. This argument is, of course, irresistable, nd weighs down the teetimony of two members of Congress and the National Intelligener to the contrary, as quick as a ton of lead would weigh down & feather. But the following summary of the evidence n this case from the Etnancipator may be honght worthy of attention by some: On Saturday, the 13lh of February, 1819, Mr. Clay being then Speaker of the House f Representaüves, the House in Committee f the whole, Mr. Smith. of Maryland, n the hair, had up the bill relating to Missonn, ben General James Talmadge,of New York, len and olways a political friend of Mr. Dlay moved an amendment prohibiting the urther introduction of Sltives into that terriory. Mr. Clay spoke again;t this prop osion. On the 15th, Mr. Clay made a long nd most eloquent speech against the amendnent, which Bpeech has never been publishd. He was replied to by the Hon. John W. Taylof,of New York, olways a political friend f Mr. Clay. Ie his speech, wbich was pubshed in ful!, as revised by hitnself ,in the Naionol Intelügencer of March 2Oth, 1819, he aid of Mr. C. 'I liave often admired the liberality of his entiments. He ia governèd by no resulir )rejudices: Vet with wkat ubhorrence did he spcak of those domest ie 'offices Which he was úeasid to cali servile! VVhat comparrison id he make between ihe {black slaves" of Centucky and the 'white slaves of the North, nd how insttintly did he strike the balance íd avor of the former!' Neiiher Mr. Cloy nor any of bis friends ever comploined that this was not a correct epresentation of the6pecch. On the 17th of February, 1 820, the same subject was again ander consideration, ond a speech was made y Mr. Rich, of Vermont, alvvays a politicftl riend of Mr. Clay. That speech is publishad, as reviaed by himself, n the National nlelligencer of July 1,1820. In it he aid: 'I have by the successful infiuencf of my example, tought my sons to cultívate the enrthwhilemy duughters have been instruced in the manufacture of clothing rbr themelves and brothers, exlending even to those have now the honor to wear, and in the useful labors of the kilchen.' In a note it was said : "When this subject was under consideration at the last session, the honorable speaker (Clay) remarked to the following effect: - If gentlemen toill not aïlow vs to have black laves, ihey nvtsl lel us have tchite ones; for WE CANNOT CÜT OUR FTREWOOD, AND BLACK oük shoes, AND HAVE OUR WIVES AND DAUGHTJERS WORK IN THE KITCHEN.1 The Intel'igencer is and has olways been friendly to Mr. Clay, and the iwost iuü ond authentic record of political eventsof that day. Mr. Clay has never denied, corrected nor com plained of these representations.0 The Free Press contains a long string of resolutions adopted at a "Reannexation" of Texas meeting at Detroit, April 25. Col. A. Mack presided, and John Norvell seems to have been the master spirit of the occasion. The first resolution asserts that Texas is a part of Louisiana, and the remaining ones proceed on this supposition, and declare that the Texans have as good a right to demand admission into the Union as had the inhabitants of Louisiana or Arkansas. This sounds rather queer to us, after we have acknowledged Texas to be an independent nation!(t53 It will be seen by the official pro ceedings in another column, that at the Convention of she First Congressiona District,C. H. Stewart, Esq., of Detroit was nominated forRepresentativetoCon gress. Mr. Stewart is so well known ii each of the five counties of this District that any commendation of his characte or abilities from us would be superfluous He has the requisite qualifications for tha office - an excellent education, accurat knowledge of business, untiring devotion to Liberty principies, and a ready talen for public speaking. He will receive a generous and liberal support. {Cf" The Democratie party, so called have some queer notions. They have a Democratie Association at Marshall, which recently put forth a creed of some twenty articles, which begins thus: "1. Equal, civil, political and religious rights to all men." "2. The maintcnance of the elective franchise to every free white male citizen of the age of 21 yeafs." A beautiful piece of nonsense, isn't it! Equal political rights to all men, and the elective franchise (which is a political right) to white citizens exclus,ively! So much for sham democracy.