Postscript: Another Letter From Henry Clay!--Cassius And Ant...

The following letter from the Lexing ington (Ky.) Observer, was received just as our paper went to press. We have no room for comment. All we have to say ís,Kead! Readü Ashland, Sfp 2ü, 1844. Mr. Wichiliffk: - The editor of a ueigli boring prini, (the Keniucky Guzette, of'Lexington) callmg my attenuon is a letter of C. M. C!ay, Esq., under date the lOth July, 1844, and addressed to Col. J. J. Speed of Ithaca, tías appealed to me, wiih so much eirnestness, and with a purpoae ofsuch unufftclid sincerity, to say wheiher I approve or disapprove of ihat letter, that I have not Uie ïean to deny .to that editor the very greal gratificalion which he will derive from the pvusalofths note, especially whea it gives mè eb little trouble lo write it. Mk. C. M. Clay's letter was written VITHOUT MY KNOWLEDGE, WITHOUT ANY CONSULTATION WtTH ME, AND WITHOUT ANY authorityfrom MB. I never saw it until 1 ■read it ín the public prints. That gentleman ;is an independent cilizen, having a perfect ight to entertain and avow his ownopfnions. I AM NOT RESPONSiBLE V'OR THEM, as hií is píOT for mikk!' SO FAR AS HE VENTURES Tü INTEáPREf M Y FEELNGS. HE HAS ENT1RËLY AiliiOONCEIVED THEM. t believe him to bk EqUALLY MISTAKEN Aè TO THOSE IN THE CÍRCLÉ OF MYPBRS0NÁL FRIENDS AND' NEIGBBÖR6, GENBRALLY'. In my spéecÜ, adJressed to thé Senate of he United States, and in resolutions which I offéed to that body,' in' my address to Mr. Mendenhulï, about tvvo years ago, and ,on vaious other public occasions, i'hüvê fblly, freey, and é'tfplichly avowbd m sentiments and opinïons, ori the subject of the insiituti n of slavery and abolitióní I' ADHERE TO THEM, WITHOUT ANV RESERVAHUN, I HAVE ' N.EITHËR ENTER TA1NED NOR EXPRESSED, PUBLICLY, OR PRIVATELY ANY OTHERS. And my friends and neighburs generally, so far as I have iriterchanged sentime'nts witB th'em, coincide entirely with 'me'. The setiliments aríñ opínions,'so"expressed by me may b'e biieSy slated'to be: Ist. That Congresshas no power or autlior'ity over the institutiori oí Slavery'. 2d. That the extstence, ny&ïntenance and" coiltinuance of thut Instituiion depend exclueivèly uponthe power andauthorifyofthr! respective States, within which it issituated. And SÜ That Congres cannot interferè with Siavepy in the District of Columbiu,' withtiut' a violótion of good failh to Ihe State of Maryhmd and Virginia, rniplieö, if' not expreseed, in thé termé, objects, and pürposea 'of the grant of ten miles sqrtare to the General Government. So far from the success of the whig canse javing any injnrious tendency, as has been alleged, I believe it will have a powerful effect in tranquilizing and harmoniz niiig all parts of the Uniori, and in givingconfidence, sirength, ? ..,...■ ■■■ . - and security to a!l the great interests of our country. I hope that your editorial neighbor will be now satisfied. And, as I trust ihat I do not exagérate the pleasure which this renewed expression of my views and opinions will give him, is it too much to anliGipate that he will forchwiih renounce the error of his ways, and come straight out a etaunch and sterling whig?