C M Clay

This gentleman is now placed in a peculiar position. He has been endeavoring to persuade Abolitionists to vo(e for Henry Clay because he was á friend of emancipation, and opposed to the administratiön öf Texas. It appears from the last letter of Henry Clay, ; that he was altogether mistaken in his pretnises. .Cassius is now bound, as an honest man to refusë his' s'uffrage and support to on e in whose character he was so greatly deceived. If he adhere tö his proslavery relative, ho thereby places hïmself in the attitude of a mere politician. If he renounceshnï), and acts.oul those principies he bas so eloquently urged on oihers, he will establish for himself a lasting reputalion, and gaiñ the confidence andes-' teem of the noblest and best of men in every country. It is a critical situation; and his present choico will determine his future destiny. There is now no medium course. "No man can servó two m asters." He must now decido for Slavery or Liberty. There are perióds in the life of every man, -where one decisión, if rightly taken, leads on to reputation, honor and ttftue; or, if the determinaron be of an opposite tenor, it prepares the way for ignomin}', contcinpt, and disgrace. Cassius has placed himself in this critical situation, and hem'ust make'that decisión which will at once establish his character as añ independent, upright man, or as a mere subservient selfish politician. We shall soon eee whiclï course he will take.