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Clay, Leavitt, And The Advertiser

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Day
13
Month
January
Year
1845
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Public Domain
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The Detroit Advertisér' oF the 3d Januáry has the folio wing: Leavitt's Emancïpator finds fault even with Mr. Ciay'semancipation of hisslave' Charles. He says- "It ig" nothing but wliat a gambler might do." We have not noticed,' and cannoffind in the Emancipator the passage quoted. No accurate judgment can be formod ofanarticle, ofwhich but a single line' is extracted. Taken in connection with' the precedent and subsequent matter thO above line may mean a very différent thing, from what it is forcea t'o do, when thus disjointed froïfl1 iié' pr6pef place. As disjointed it is büt a proposition of thfe simplest kind, to'Which all must assen't. If. however, the AdveVtisef mea'ns by this stinted extract to infer a tendency to' detract from Mr. Clays deed, it does the' Emancipator wrong, and treats its own readers with uncandor. In the number of thè'18th Dec, page 135,'isthe follow.' ing notice of Cláy's act óf ètóacipation:' ::GÓOD AS FAR AS IT GOES. The Ñ Y.' Tribune brings us the following pleasing' intelligence. We wish there were in' tho deed som'eihing1 tnorc like an ackhowl-" fedgement of the wrongfulness of slavéry,' though." It then copies verbatim, and without; further commènf thai statement of the' Tribune, the leading Cl'iiy orgniV. The same desire to do justice to Mr. Clay is further evidenced by another editorial in the same pnper and onthé sarn'é' page. It is as follows: "The Roóhestcr Democrat says thnt Henry Clay accördiii to a statement iri! the recent Albañy Cóhveníion, has offerèd his services as councel for Miss Delia Webster, and is now actively engaged ift her behalf. We hope it rttiy prove tru'e No 011e can, more fnan ourself, rejbice to recöï-d' á gfood deed in favor of ïjen'ry Clay. Would to Heáven we coüld e'vetf say he had emancípated all' his slaves." Why döës' not thé Advertisér publisW the above and many others of like chárácter to be found in the liberty papers, and why does it limit its information for it'rf confiding readers to garbled e.xtractsf05 Let thó petitions for striking thé word "white" from the constitution of our State be circulated irnmediately for Signaiures and fonvarded to the Legislature; Th ose also nsking for the passage of alaw referring the subject of license for' the sni'e of ardent spirits to tho towns should not beneglected. Frientlsof tertv pe ranee and of the sln've bé up and doing. The chains of the pöor Slave are clanking as it weré in our ears, the drunkard is reelirig before us, and what we do in behalf of these unfortunate fellow beings should be speedily don. Cir culate the petitions (Lƒ= We hope our corresondents wil) have sotric lilt'Ië c'ómpnssiiin ori our écs aiid ouf brains, if 6o ihey will hereufier wriie a' plainfcf band and nót tr'y to crowd matter éntübgh on one sheet, to fill "Bróthér jforiathnn' Wher tlns is done it ie néxt to imposfibly to deciplier it. 05 for ihe last ave tiiontlis the iubject whétliér tlië Meth'bdist Episcopal Church is ta bè diViíled or nót, has excited roucli interest inthut body of Chriëtikns. It is yct uncertain vhelhier it rctnains together or not. It wili be as slavery decides. ít is rumored that C. M. Clay isabout estáblishing a paper in Louisville, Ky. fór1 the purpose of advocatinfc emoncipatioti. A Vermont paper statcs that there are Bit hnndred and five clergymeri in that State, cqual to one to about four hundred and e:Lfhty two inhabiiants. Two huhndrcd and thrte of theee ar Metbodiet.

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