Mr. Clay And The Abolitionists

Somè Whig papers have attempted to make their readers believe that the sentiments of Mr. Clay on Slavery, promulgated in 1839," had undergone a change ' for the bette To all suöh wesubmit the " following extract from the speech of Mr. Clay in Raleigh, in April last, as recent ly written out by himselfr "On the subject of Abolition, I ani pèrsuaded it is not necessary to say one word e to this enlightened assemblage. My opinión was Tully expressed in the Sen!, ate of the Unifed States a' fëVv years ago, ■. and the expression of if was one of thé s assigned causes of rriy not receiving the - nomination as a candidato for the Presidency in Deceriftèr, r839: B ut," if tfiere be any óhé who doubts, or desires to ob- , tain further informatioh about my views,' f in respect to that unfortunate question, 1 rafer him to Mr. Mendenhall, of Rich-" 3 mond, indiaiia. ? Í11 seén íííat he here fully eii-. dorses niè sènïiment's of his Senate speech in opposing every schemè of i emancipatioh and then. refers any one who trmy be disposed to trouble him ón thé subject to Mr. MendenhalL ffefti&Lation is that he woiild answer all inqüi-" ries of Abolitiofrists othis subject as lw did Mr. Mendenhall. And How was that?"' By lelling him to go homa and mind há own business: for m's sfeves were as'Tat' assleek, as well clothed, and Wél) behaVed'as mr. m. ana ñis coadjutors. This veas' the sutetarióe of his advice; and this, we suppóse, would be repeated to any meddlesome Abólitionisï tv'ho might írouble him with further importuhities. Wiir self respect permit a Liberty man to voté for on-e %vho would thus cóhtemptliously treat his vemonstrances iñ bdhálf of human freedom? (Lƒ We have been somewhat amuserf .at the dfecördani estimates of the riumbers' present at" the Whi State meeting at Marshall, and at the Democratie cetebra-" tion at Ann Arbbr on the Fourth. The estimates of each vary fróm 2,000 to 15,00. A1 littrle cómitton sense would brinL them nearer together. The disputants' would do vvell (o try to discover what they mean tö affirm. For instandë. wer'e we to guess, Ve rnight say that not many more than 3,000 persons were present at' any on e time in' Ann Arbor to hear the speeches: and yet there might have been' 3,000 or 4.000 more men, w-omen, children,- and military, in the stotes, strêets and public house, du ring the day. fïerice we might aay that only 3,000 "were presen} at the Democratie celebration- that s, present at the stand of tlie sjeakcrs;andyet we might say, with equal truth,' thasóme 8,000 ór 10,000 persons we re present' at the Í)émocfátrc eïelration on the Fourth, in Anú Arbor. We presume the same explaïiatioh rriight apply to the Marshall, and other Mass Meetings. (t? The Vineyard sa ys that in'adebftte íh Detroit' betWeën Mr. Stewar't and1 Mr. Áttorney General Platt, the latter "said the Abolitïonists were tryirig tó'im-' itate men. li ke boys xcith woodenguns, bui they nevér Vould be any líe advised the Liberty party tó jóin the WhigV' The Woöderi guh boys" will remind Piatt' of this cömparison of' his, some yéarshërióe. (Cf" THe Jhcksoh Gezette' s'ays there" will be 400 Whig majority in Kalamazoo' Cotiüty. Perhaps there will. Last fall the Whig vote forRepresentative to Con-' gress Was 598, Dêhi. 644, Liberty, 229. We trust that the Liberty candidato will receive as large an inervase as either of thtSlaveholders