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Another Letter From Mr. Clay On Annexation!

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Day
14
Month
October
Year
1844
Copyright
Public Domain
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Mr. Clay has written another letter, defining his position on Anuexation once more. We do nol see that the tenor of il varíes materially frorn the olhers. The drift of t seems to be, that if the people will make liaste and get ready for Annexation by any process that may be called 'common consent,' he will be very happy to add to the general gratification by sígning the bilí for Annexation. Ií the reader can make any thing more oí i(, he nmy do so. Here is the letter, addressed to E. Atwater, of Ohio: Ashland, Sept. 18, 1844. Deajr. Sm - I have received your favor of the 9th instant, and appreciate and thank you for the friendly motives which prompted it. I take pleasure, in compliance with your request, in saying that I adhere to every feeling, sentiment and opinión expressed in my Raleigh letter upon the subject of the Annexation of Texas, and that it was far from my intention to vary in the smallést degree from ih'em by either of my two letters addressed to Alaba ma. It is only by a gross perversión of their contents that any discrepnncy with the Raleigh letter is made out. It was my purpose, among other things, to say in my Alabama letters, that I had no private or individual motives to object to Annexation; that my objections were tbunded altogethcr upon public and political considerations; and that if the United States, by common consent, desired Annexation, and it could be effected without national dishcnor, without war, and upon just terms, I should be glad to see the people of the United States gratified. These letters were written m consequence of statements at the South being boldly put forth that I would stand out in opposition to Annexation, although the whole people of the United States might desire it. Parts of paragraphs and expressions in my Alabama letters have been torn from the context, and a color attempted to be given to my meaning, which I never intended. Someofour opponents are constantly treating me with the greatest unfairness. They have gone the length even of forging for me language which I never used, and of gnrbling and shamefully perverting that which I did employ. I am, with great respect, yourobedient servant,H. CLAY. Edgar Atwater, Esq. il?3 A respect ed friend w rit es frora Macomb Co. Sept. 29: "The cause of impartial liberty is fast gaining ground in this vicinity, underthe faitbful labore of the Rev. Mr. Kellogg; who is well qualified to defend the cause of truth . A man whose doctrine of expcdicncy ia to stand out before a world in contending for the inalienable rights of all men. I had the pleasure of meeting wilh the friends of liberty near the centre of Washington, on Thursday Sept. 10, and aftèr addressing Jhpni from the elf-justifying question, 'who ig ny JYeighbor?' the frienda organized into a Liberty Association by tho adoption of a constitution, fe., and eloctcd BENJAMIN HAYNES, Prefident. kdrbw Stilt, Vice Ptw'U Jamks H. Rork, Sec'y Euab Ricb, Treasurer." The Plymouth Rock says, tho mrst xaicroad introcfaced into the United States, was the Quincy Kailroad, nearly thrco miles rt length, leading f rom the wbnrf t the rnouth of the Neponset Rivor, to the Ba&ker Hill Quarry. It was built in 1826.

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