Mr. Clay And "White Slaves."

Sometime since wc published Mr. Clny's nlIcdged remnrk in the House of Represemntives in Iril9. in n debreon the Missouri queslion, to ihe effect that we must Imvc wtite slaves i f' wc conld not hnve black ones, Sec. Wesubjoincd the reasons we had for believing t. We did not nttribuie any great importance to it, bocause thesentimenf was perfectly consonnnt with that contempt of labor which is usunlly felt nnd often expressed among slaveholders. - But it h?s been inngniiled into a gre;it nfihir, nnd fivo members of Cöngiess have certiied to the fnct that such a sentiment is on record in the Na tional Jnfelligeneer, of July J, 1820, in a note to n bpeech of Mr. Ricli, of Vermom. Mr. Clay has been questioned on tlic ( ject, and the folio wing is tlie subutancc of his repiy:';I certainly wil! not undertakc to recite what were the precise woids uspd by ne on the occasion of nny of the numcrous epeeches, short or long, which I made in Congreseou (he Missouri que.lion; but tliis Í will undertnke to nssert, wiili the iiioit perfect cuifi lince, that I never used the words,orany wfiicli would bear the import of the extract, to which Í have nlluded. J um confuíent of jt beuMiise I never entcnninevl such a scniimcnt in my life. I never conceived n conti ngency in which ] would fovor or counlenance reducing white men to slavery. To such an imputntion I may oppose the tenoröfa wholn life.during which my h unible exerlipns have boen constantly directed to tho preservation of liberty at home nnd tlie encourngemenr of its estublisli ment in forein connlries. - ïf I linve not been [ able to exiènd these exertions to the black race held ín bondage in this country, it has been becouse of considerattonsnnd convictions. sincerely nnd honestly entertnined, embracing the peac: find happines8 of both the white nnd black races. wliich have been often presented to the public. It is qui'e possible that in arguing.upon the existenee of the insiitntion ofslavery in this country, may liace r.ontettdsd that the llxck race sujp'.ied (.osr, rlnmcsfic offices, whici, undcr tlu name of tmhtlp." 'mental servants." and "itomestics,'' j ate to hefound in twery state of civiVzed socicly and const quznth relieeed the wh'-le rote f rum the performance of tliose offices. I f I have ever smployed such an argument, (of which I have no ecollection, ; it is apparent how erroneous infermees mny !nve been drawn from it whioli it did lot uuthonze." ,Tliis wc present for whai r is worih. The allusion to the argument that it is "quite possi bic" he mny have made about 'nienial servnnrs" &c. will not be overlooked. Thot thi argument had a meauingto i .mny beinferred from the con structiorr put upoi it by J. VV. Tuylor, of N. Y. his frjend, in n speech Fcb. 19, 1819. in Mr. Cluy'a presetice, of whicli the folio wing is an extract, as reponed in the .aiio.nal Jntelligencer. deven daysatter Mr. Clay's oflensive speech va made. "He (Mr. Clay) is governed by no vulgar prejudices: j'oi idt'i lohUahhor revea did fiè'speak of the performtince. hij our wivcs atul daughters. oï those domesiic offices which he was pleu$ad t callserrilc! Whnt comparison dd ktmake ktiécen the black sl.wk.s ff Kentuckrj und't'ie wHiTKstAVEs qf the North. and how ivsiavtlij did he strike, the balance in favor of the forvitr! f su ch opini.ns and expressions, even in the nrdor of debate, can fall from that honorable frenleinan, icluti ideas do you suppose are tutertained rf laboring mm by l.'.c mijoriy of slace kolders?"To tJiis testimony Mr. Clay has not referred at II. and it stanrls good flntil refuted. Messrs. Rïch ami Tiiylor are both dead: their tatements were pubüshed in tlie National Intelgancer: Mr. ToyJor's were addressed to Mr. Clay personally as Speaker of the House: their esiimony was not denied while tbey lived: and ie statement ol only 071e is now called in queson by the person most interested, at the end of wenty four year?. But the matter is not worthy of further discussin. Let every one be persuaded in.his own mind. Mr. Calhonn and other slaveholders have inde similar coinpnrisons between black and hite laborera; and the contempt of white men who perform manual labor ín aslaveholding community is general in extern, and to a Yankee, as :onishing in degree.