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Hear Gov. Seward!

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Day
22
Month
July
Year
1844
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Public Domain
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Gov. Seward, of New York, vu inti'i ted !o attend the Whig State Meeting tl Marshall.. ín bis letter to the State Cbrn minee, June 12, he soys, if he ehoold comrr he could only epeak of eundry topic, the Tkriff, Distribution, &c. and 'add'a to these, "The deplorable error of adding bulwark . to the fallingf institu'ions of siiavkrt, whtch: is THE CHIEF CAUSE" of ALL oor t NATfOWAX CALAMITIW, AftD' TUK ONLY SOÜRCE OF NATIONAL DANGER, and implore the free people nf Michigan to standby the cause of Human FreedbnH" Every Whi, and every Whig' paper ta Michigan, will award great praise to GoTern or Seward as a logical reasoner, and an nb!e, if not profound statesman. All the uw w to make of the sentiment of hi jut quoted, is to stop the mouths of thoie diminutive Whig poüficians, who are ever prntinf abuut the "one idea" of the Liberty party, ani ns.serting1 thar their principies are not important enough to ensure the euccess of a great' politica! org"inization. Now we aek these gentFemen' whetber the peaceful and constitutional removal of that which (L7"To cinErcADSB orALL oxm. katiowal caiamities, and the ONLY sourck or hattonal danoer," is ot an ohjeet worthy the atteotioti of the whole American peoplè W would'ask them if söch en evil ie not a legitímate subject of politica 1 action, and whether we are not rightr when we ateo "implor th free people of Michigan to stand by the eaust of Human Freedomt" O 3t appears that Cassiu M. Clay wat a cond of John Clay in the recnt projected duelv which was settled without a fight. Heaccepted the situation with the hope of reconciling the par'iea. The Cincinnati Hcrald having commented OU' this counlènancing of crime, Mr. Clny ha writ; ten an articl for the HftraMin which h con-dem ns duelling as criminal, and y et justifica it a a necpssary means of self defence. Il ia the samr ground substantially that Hcnry Clay has taken. We have room only for the followin{rxtrcts ' ''Whilst I do now ns I have elsewhere donr through the press dentsunce dutlling o erimftal'r J hnll not say that cases mny not nrisein whichi I'migh't not resort tothi ';ultima ratio Regum." I have foueht a duel, nnd in a oase wherv I dii! not fee! thnt I was jumirled by the moral lw. I hnve therefore made the proper amend to a rlrtuous public sentiment, by nllowing in my letur in ihe Intelligencer in J843, that I "deeply ra gretted" the circumstancee. Sb long a ihespirs t 6 inferior to matter, so long will the senaibilñ lies of the soul, the cherished sanctity of th heart, the love of character, and aa inviolabl gond name, become eminently the subject of (ƒ defence. If the laws afford no remedy, man i thrown back upon his original and reaerved righu, and consciecce. Grod and mankind vindiwtt bi action." .--: ■ "ï

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