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October 12, 1838
The Liberator
Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts
What is this article about?
A Virginia friend defends Henry Clay against accusations of being an abolitionist, calling it prejudice, and accuses Martin Van Buren supporters of hypocrisy regarding the Missouri question and free negro suffrage in New York.
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HENRY CLAY.
A friend of Mr. Clay, in Virginia, says:
No man can believe Mr. Clay to be an Abolitionist, whose mind is not the slave of prejudice. But it is the climax of impudence, in a supporter of Martin Van Buren, whose course on the Missouri question, and whose vote in the New York Convention, in favor of conferring the right of suffrage on free negroes, are yet fresh in the Public memory, even indirectly to insinuate such a charge against Mr. Clay. Men who indulge in imputations of this sort should themselves come into court with 'unspotted garments,' which they do not, who support a Missouri Restrictionist, and an advocate of Free Negro suffrage.
A friend of Mr. Clay, in Virginia, says:
No man can believe Mr. Clay to be an Abolitionist, whose mind is not the slave of prejudice. But it is the climax of impudence, in a supporter of Martin Van Buren, whose course on the Missouri question, and whose vote in the New York Convention, in favor of conferring the right of suffrage on free negroes, are yet fresh in the Public memory, even indirectly to insinuate such a charge against Mr. Clay. Men who indulge in imputations of this sort should themselves come into court with 'unspotted garments,' which they do not, who support a Missouri Restrictionist, and an advocate of Free Negro suffrage.
What sub-type of article is it?
Biography
Historical Event
What themes does it cover?
Justice
Deception
Moral Virtue
What keywords are associated?
Henry Clay
Abolitionist
Martin Van Buren
Missouri Question
Negro Suffrage
Political Defense
What entities or persons were involved?
Henry Clay
Martin Van Buren
Where did it happen?
Virginia
Story Details
Key Persons
Henry Clay
Martin Van Buren
Location
Virginia
Story Details
A friend in Virginia defends Henry Clay from abolitionist accusations as prejudiced, criticizing Van Buren supporters for hypocrisy on the Missouri question and free negro suffrage.