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Henry Clay To Cassius M. Clay

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Day
14
Month
October
Year
1844
Copyright
Public Domain
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About tho last or September, it is bj that a letter vas found in Canal street, Ne Vork, trcmpled in the mud, directed to Casaius M. Clay, and purporting to be from Hen ry Clay. It was offered to the Evening Vos but its publication waedeclined because it had not been obtained in an honorable manner - The Morning News declined, believing it beanother Roorback offair. The Democrat publ.shed it,andslates that Cassius subue. quen-ly called at the office, and fter examining the letter pronounred it genuine. Th" Tribune thinke, that whether genuine or not it is a perfectly honorable letter, such as Mr' Cloy might properly write. f t b0 genuino , it ehows conclusively that the objeci of the' mission of Cassius was to bring over to the support of Henry as mnny Liberty men as possible, and that this object wa weJl known to Henry Clay, and he cautious him agajnn pur-uing it unjudiciously. But Henry . ihankJvP to CaPsius for h8 friendly p„ poses," fcOKFIDRNTrAL .] Ashland, Sspt. I3th, 184 f. My Dear Sr,--T received your favor of thr lOth inst., in which you state that you will bo in Boston on the lOth, where it is injpo. sible thia letter can reach you; and I thereforesenditto the Hon. Willw Green, to be forwarded to you. I om perfectly persuaded of your frbhdly ntentions, and fee! gratefnl for them. But you can have no concepiion, unless you had been here, of the injury which your letter to the Tnbune" wus doiDg; and that was nothing in compnrison Jo fhat which it waslikcly toinflict npon the Whig cause in the State of Tenhessee, North Carolina and Georgia. Our friend, John Speed Smith, aswell as oth. ers, tbougbt it even endangered the State of Kont ncky. This effect resulted from your un(lertokingr to speak of private feelingK, and tliose of rny near end particular friends, snd your statement that i ou hod been ten years operating in the abolition cause. Uuder these circumstancei', tbcie was on absolute ncceseity for the note which I pub'ished, nlthough [ regretted it extremely. I endeavored so to shape it as not to wound your fee'ings, and I hope I did not. Had you been here, yon would have con curretf with mysdf nnd other friends in thinking it indispensable.You most be nware of the very great dcticacy of niy position. At the Nonh, I am repfcsented as an nlfra supporter of the institution of slavery. while at the South lom des=cnbed as an abolitionist ; when I nm neilher the one nor the other. A wo have the same súmame, and are, moreover, related, great use is made at thpsoiithrrninst me, of wbaterër ftills fiom you. There ynn are even tnisreprepcnted as my son; henee tho necessity f the grcalest circumspection, nd especially ihnt you should avoid committingf me. - You are watched wherever you go;and every word you publicly expres will be tortured and perverted as my vn sro. After all, I nm afraidyou are too sanguine in suppos-ing that nny considerable numberof Ihe Liberty men cun be indticed to support me. IIow can thnt be expected after tfxrjr had voted against Mr. Slade? With asiiirancês of my thankfulrress for your .friendly purpses, and wilh the best respecta of Mrs. Cluy, I am truly and faitlïfully Yonrfriend,

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