Indiana American, Volume 12, Number 13, Brookville, Franklin County, 22 March 1844 — Page 4

SPEECH OF C. 31. CLAY.

DeKvpfd in a M Meeting of a portion cf :i.ver- in a n s .-vieciiEg 01 a poninti cl ! he ciiiz-ens -f the Sth "OH)frPional i in t.i .3.3 !S43, at .be. white Spring Soo'.l connty, Ky., reply to Cut. K. M ool coomy, nr., in reply to I ul. K. M. JOIIXSOX, and others. Mr. President, and .Fellow C tlzens: In pre .eiiting the res.lut.oas which I have offered as ..agitate for those reported bv a main ritv of w . . - i y oar coinii.itiee, i to not nope to oe more s occeSarulhere,th,n I have been in the commits ttseu. i ins pisce o! meeting, the presiding fficer, (Col. R. M. Johnson) and the audience ho favor me w itb a Lea ring, all forbid any expectation on my part, of carrying the substitute, lint I rejoice, humble as 1 may be in ability, unknoA n to fme, and of no consideration among wen, tkat association with your name, in this iay's deliberations will give me a factious importance, w hich will recommend what I shall eay to a hearing from the people of the United States. My opinions, of little intrinsic value, rMf excite the minds of my countrymen to reflection, and then after miture consideration, I dare venture the assertion, that the position I Lave this day taken will be maintained in practice and vindicated at last by a recognition of those principles, which it is the province of his. tnry to enforce and consecrate ia the affections of mankind. Regarding the question at Usue as second cs!y to those which hive forever illustrated t;w? year 1778, I shall epeak with thit freedom which ? inherit as my birthright, and which I o much e.ir to transmit unimpaired lo my posterity. Th-m:j!i yet young. 1 am old enough to kni.v, from s&J ex .er ence, what liistiry in s-ich melancholy tstr.iiris his uttered in vain in I j lUe lc-sf eirs of men: tint the best cf coun- ?! i fr f.-vnii b :-inr k! .V3 v 3 tie most aiwonta. b!e. WJ.-n! v;r wrerk. t tif .v i:i j fv.-? cr thijs o' it fy h-urd, wh; k ife, is in of; e ;i rin-cat vessel is threatened iai'1 wh would stive her by !a .l !h-i b ixes ofgjU and othre e!i; r:l. ?-l endearment, ii hardt he wiio maintains that a!l i ;i trusted til! huh life and trcasure are irrecoverably lU He who from g,od mt,vs give, eve, bad aJviee, is entitled at least ta just f .rbeirince." whilst the man who adriiices t!ie best of counsel for seltUli purposes, deserves no consideration for his services. 1 hose g-iiitie.x, n who would annex Texas

tothe Uon.andhurryuabHndfoId down l-i.U.cio prec.j.iceof rum and dishonor, have here nlsh- stilleliim ar ir n-,r .1 . . ttesesa.e s a es at least, popular prejudice in ! selves ! So not t ie V(Z''n ' " ' -.wur-their fror On one side are honor,J power, I that a breh tre i 'e bw wealth, and easy access to famn nn ti. r.iU.Lr...: ' . -""lrry 10 ine laws

side, denunciation, banishment, poverty, and I absenrity threaten. If I then speak freely the iruin, wnen vou, mv counirvmcn. are rwn a : the fruits of the sacrifice, no man can say that 1 asc too much, when I pray you to hear me with a patience, bacoming the solemnity of th9 occasion. First of all, then, I protest against this appeal to our sympathies in behalf of Texas, and these unjust denunciations of Mexico, as foreign to the true issue and eminently calculated o l?ad us into error. Though truly, and with sorrow be it said, of Anglo-Saxon blood, bone of our bone, and flesh of our flesh, in the language of gentlemen; I ask you, what claims of sympathy has Texas on the people of the United States? EujoyingalJ the blessings which the Constitution guaranties to the people, with all the otIL es of honor and proit open to the humblest citizen; with an nnocccpied domain extending to the distant Pacific, like our first parents gijng out from Eden, "with the world before them where to choose," in any clime, a home they voluntarily banished themselves from their v.ati-e country, disavowed the glorious principles of the American Declaration of the rights of man, renounefd the inestimable privileges of the Federal Constitution whieh was their inheritance, and forgetful of all the lies of common blood, language, and home, they became the fellow subjects with a half barbarian people, of a distant Spanish Prince Yes, without becoming the advocate of Santa Anna whom we have hoard denounced as a tyrant and traitor, for the purpose of piejudicing the causi which I vindicate: trusting to indestructible truth and avengin history, I challenge a comparison between Texas" and Mexico. The Mexican people, inspired by that Declaration of American Indipendence, which recreant Texas has renounced. In 1S21, vindicated by a glorious revolution, her title to independence of t!lO Soanish nv-nnrr.i! an,! ..... J : . the postulate taught by our Revolutionary ho- j mi,- iu .a iHTupiu ciTiuot 01 right be governed without thjir own consent. In 124, Mexico, following the example of the United States and Great Britain, who in 1920 had declared the slave Uade piracy and punishable with death, prohibited, in the language of Jude Story, this "infernal traffic-" In 1529, onceriore unlike Texas, she made it part of her constitution that no person born after the promulgation of the satit;. in the several provinces, should be held a slave. Again in 1S29, this mnch abused Mjxico, declared slavery was extinguished in the repiiViie. and elevating the dread standard of "ttoj and Liberty," she called upon the sons of freedom by arms to vindicate this immortal decree. And wh"re, row, throughout this vast empire, did this ghd note of liberty fail to receive a willing response! Alas! for tlie recent Saxons of Texas, the decendants of Washing. tan. and Je;T.r.vi. n.1 A-t., ..i r...

Tv-,o i . j "..vi wikMi.,;imoe oi me who e of the crest valley of the lexis, who h,id received from a ntr.i i -,. .... i. t. - , . r . " ie m !ne

government a gratuitous fee simple in the finest GJM on earth, cxemnt frnm i,r,i;. r,- . years, an 1 without other sacrinca, save a!!eriI - - . . ' J -t. . , , pii- uaQ mst soleamly sworn to vieui; lexis, was the hrst to raise the black t Us of "sla very and n emancipation" aye. I exas was lV only peo.ile who dared to brave V3 initiation of mankind, by resisting that libertv which has made lln nlnoinii. - MvLvtiitii uni.iiry forever m.'mira'jl ! in thii annals of th world" And yet. Sinta An at is a most horrible fles,,ot, and mu.h-inj-ired and oppressed Tens is the defender of liberty! Snta Anna w!u has civiliz-d the barbarian an. revolutionary spirit of his people: who has eunpres?ci th-. daring bands of robbers,w!i3 infested the high ways, making life unsafe property insecure, and commerce inpracticable; who has encouraged education and the nc.ful arts; who has caused to be rceognizd ,he pnnc.pUs ofeqiil rights and representative government; who, in the midst of the c.nbarrassments of the world, and the exhaustion, arisingtrom reyolationary and civil war-., which have especially harrassed his own country, has preserved the Mexican faith inviolate; whose many callant deda in u-.r nn.i . , , " --- nave ny the almost unauunous acclamation of the people BP A 111 mirl Arvitti oltl9 !.:. .. r . " 01 the Republic- Santa Anna, who has ofteu liberated American citizens under circumstances which induced rnrrl.n.l o.1 .1 .- 'i iu ct.uu iiiciii into fcopepss exile; Santa Anna is an odious tyrant; "7 fenegaue irom the land and religion of it adopted and fostsring country; Texas, the tsn.A- !. r- . .

its debts. tb ?:.!? of net r,.,v t...

1 "lovely i ':-eyofein. ;tae it tocuremb:.ce. !tbo-h we Ml with! . . Limujun we i into t ne common grave. Hut in t

v. Hut in truth weprU-wW the .Mirf iv-v. I;' .-W.y.J"r fltet frfra te coast of Af-

as ar.J Mexico: l.ori.cr ii . .i " I ;.i -. i . . - .'- two ind, pewJcst tuitions is ton. , no ccneern. V

'w 'w - "'vi 'jt ' seeks allajice even .T.v" .Ml,6fie? o it. I am na i -... nine ici.urnce ana me hoior ol mv 'own country Tlp enmo , " ! me l TZe ?L J.. EEi!.? me to repel foreign interference and to defend my own rights, constrains me also, to keep aloof from, and respect the pec&liarorganiaation which other nations have deemed most suitable to secure their rights. 1 contend then, in the language of the first resolution, that the annexation of Texas to the Lnited States is contrary to the laws of Nations, and iust euase of .-r c t.: , ' 7. .n. ui jicaico. jhe recognition of the Independence of1 lexas by the Lni-ed States, may or may not I j i. i war, it remain ed with -Mexico to vindicate het injured honor. ui pocuci me injury or insult, as to bcr seem- , j j v -o v nut cccirred best, relying upon her own capability of maintaining the integrity of the emnire. lint maintaining the integrity of the empire. But when the imted States, not confining herself jum or it may De unjust sympathv, not reetramed to an opinion tbat Texas is or ought of right to be an independent people, makes" herself an active and principal party, by taking hold of the province, in controversy ths forever ruakng it impossible for Mnim tn rnv.-r count ry which up t ) that time was lvit pirtiailv Ihpn I !,.'. Va..:,.i . . itiuporan.y in i.er view r.!ieDatei!from

t o Lave no- evidence that .he best government ...dr.Jo1 t-VMn,,y,-,18 ,,,e venif weweredi.po.edto grant that now at S'Sfe f'l r"eSl ,,berl "ep.ffand.t, lam satisfied to fifty years' corlrairt IL earncstJer,ei;denrea n.i.,.r-,L...Li .r .-0nslr?,nl e"ie8 the impassive

----- . ..iuj ims inn muv jasi cause uon 01 siica p iwer ni'ist 1 1, .rr k i of war but that she would be disraced in the ed at once 'n' ""'l"' eyes of ail Xations if 6he!,d not use herij.rgou tha slavery I ' w' " ' 'V -vrry power for the vindication of her injured r other territory," acq ,ircd ' 1 , honor and violated territory. Learned author. Ichase. or voiuotary Ce on bv m Tnt ?" ty has been quoted here with the vain expecta- Congress may f. n u tUem n,o 1 Vp s ' , 'i t.on of pursuing s th.t M.,xic has no ladmTt them into I i i un vov f ' 7 causeofgnevai.ee in the event supped. I .deration, it involves r l' "o ;r;aculrmP8Cn8C,by -T-cece the power to do tbUVhtn

.he consience of men f r he r-,,hr n6Une":es' h:g but sovereign power can make the law "if"' tV.S: !b. l1-f lie m-,,,ic''1 once having been

, ;-r" .iiirniN nHiionsjiHepeiiui-ni, unites Use f with ll.ia l!ni,.n .t a e orought to be forever based. Wnat sir, that moment its .overcy j. l0t nj wit! have we a solemn treaty of amity with Mexico, it falls slavery at the same lime If the s a e .say notmng at present of natural right, and about to be admitted 1 1 ''it

' .l"C.pS"0, ,r'eP to seije with a raon that m, stni Z: " lyV.?er up paration. justse'oTwaM ' VZr IB at i,.n ,,1.1 .... . . M. J .be price f bll ,a vl.,d r.ith!ans 7 o

. . . ' i.u.i.1iiui-,..vi iii-aveii, uiisi i,e Uonstitut on remainSuppose atsometirn,i.ftAr;tar.m,Y,.nr.r.Jinv..nui, ... .i:.. llul . re""ln

ment, Mexico had agreed with tM that they were. nnflV. a.'Za .i.i 7. I

K- f - j j , "-""' iiii.iu!ci.h io nuMciureunren iron, all t ie r stron h il.N be free and independent; and suppose Mexico having no ground to.tand upon in m.kinV ou't had subsequently thereto, thus addressed us; a cause of necessity , they n last come outVi.h slain in b!i,t t ' ,ey ,nJ,!,,:e,1 P "ddowD with tin pan beating o, cow's h ol t " i ?' yU ',aV? CalIed to ',,r ld horn8 Wowing whenever any party ends are to blood hounds ,n vain, to the horror of all chris-ibe achieved, That it has ceased tJ Itt act nasi" orriZT,Sht y"rS rV,aVe WUh U,C W,'0,C I in b-VP' Wh0 are tnmed to sho, af er i nforce ol the empire carried on a hopeless war familiar shows-yet, Knoland is the , u Jl lr, -li .r;daa 0Ufselves' Peaceably this old enemy is in the field, that a military Ll r T',rWe n,USt-" 1 sbM not man l.kcmys-lf should be the last o s op to ask whether wo should have deemed! the rescue. bavwi? rX-ar' ,r 10 "y wLat W0Uld A1U,CU in tl-e eyes of some it may be trea(Llll, n' r?'yr, ?n 10 a kind oriUs' tWS bout this haurrharS wHr uVoTl""1 rlU0lMhe', aSS,n tfnrtr'U,ebrave cannot l but honor tlrL ff . ' P,0P,e "re p,r"?2,in? ,ho ,bravc- 1 scorn 10 compliment myself indithrow off an unjust and tyranical rule, have and rectly when I say that the creates' warriours rn",iri:n!.Jf5!Lfy.f mtuous nation even when are in the main the staunchest friends of peace; in alliance w.th the tyrant, in sympathizing the man who intends to run away cares not how with, and recognizing the independence of, on the battle may come on but he who has ?ve?Ptr-M!d- Uerfe,',e.r:c,:t,,dcff l,'e mo- determined to die or conouer, will be s ow , iL"hfCaU8?the,njnrodcUre Sonlt and Wellington are nien T ? thC ,re?,y Cf amity" "ut Sad t0 w"ikp spirit of their peop.e. wnen I exas is the wrong-doer and Mexico the and the correspor denee of Sett and the (Joveiinjured party! here, whrrp. iint ,i.n ..;1,.i niir.fJnor.i ..r v... i .. . .

OlSglllSed motives. WAnrlnrr tl.n . - ..-.... uiu i vstriuuiuilije l Virtue, but shameless am n.tonto . .. 1 7 . . . ........jj ma ii-striuuiaiiue in r " ' J u u it cu 1 a j -a city impels us tothe breach of faith and the dis 4 V "lv"-" ,n'iu nnu iue uisregard of natural right; she will not only, and ought not only declare war against us. but she, will iiislly claim the nn.rorc-il ...n. ..i will jiisl?V claim the .inireri. crn.V aid of nations, to enable her to viddicate her desecrated soil and insulted sovereignty. The wrongs of Mexico, the w ishes of Texas, the armed arbitrament of other nations aside. the cace is still far from being stripped of its smbarrassments. It matters not so much what other men may think of uf, as that we may think well of ourselves, happy.happy indeed are they who condemn not themselves. If we had our own consent and that of the North to this annexation, still I deem m ii-Ajs, is n iree ."vaie. could

rnnstitution-jwantingnn

ally he admitted into the I'nion ny .ha,, the necessity of the case, the d ad 1ternai.ve of war, might not, under the treaty T making power, eonTpd us tovtoTil acquire territory. Whether the nrovinr-ea nfir

Louisiana and Florida were nen.iired rnntitn-lma"npr

...... , u, ui , MIS noI ai 1 ins 1 1 teilay undertake to question. They were admitted, however, by the sovereign proprietor's consent, one of them layingaround the mouth of the Miestcsipni riv-

t-atthislite.layundertake;w f,"ld,he' reIa,e x1 "s'f neglect and desre mlinlitr. t... trtiCtion thev have suflVroil inn.oU r..

.... . .. munrrasei v., imcoiCTcu wnneiernai pmhrri.-cinni u r .1 - 1 , . .rriiiuniin le Of tlie W'linlP nf IKi --II .1.untiuiiat ti M II WOP insinuated, no disasterous wars threatened, and yet able jurists t patriotic staieemen.denied the constitutionality of the acquisition, and threatlution. But where is the necessity for the annexation or I exas even irshc desired it even if Mexico did not denounce war even if there was no violation of national faith? even if she was not a siave slate where. I net ; .k. ----- - i, i. iii ii.ernnclt mtng necessity which rrontr. . . . ..... ... t i uni pven by ,h, Constitution nor anticipated by ... nuumrss it is not territory that we want.our wide unoccupied dominion stretches from the Mississippi to the far Pacific; we have already more land than we are able to defend from savage incursion or British insurpation " W e want more ilave state, to off set the fanatical free Slates." Let t!i- world hear it: you admit, sir, that we want Texts to extend slavery among men. unutterable emotions "suable my bosom.- I ask the chaMer of my liberty-nr ym.r liberty; I call upon the Declaration of American Independence upon which it is founded. I invoke the spirit of freedom which in the day of snrTerin and threatened despair inspired its utterance, as solemn protects againsts this most unholy scheme. Shall we not blush to draw the veil, which has hardly shielded us from the contempt and loathing of mankind, for proclaiming liberty and practising servitude; shall we no lonser gull them by the hypocritical plea or necessity, the sole defence of tyrants! Anew w. incur the guilt of slavery, and are re t A k.iti nven - .. --.-- " taw uoiiii inr iro m -! . il..

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IC."" "7 " i?hi siavc i,., IT .,' " .:w in "Bibbet and bind bind ..? , A".,1 I5:'l!'i:l nd tie world, that :)v" ve oeen eiiaeluu a sil.n-n ,..,?. f.M,.,n .'arcc, when .-u taut an mm. r a i . k.-, . . fifty ye. re' consira nmispl nr iko . ., . , . wueii iace pive U urL d 6'very ""d at homo, and like ,v, .- i ; -iiii ti noiDf, ana line theonentul prophet of Medina, you are ready v prosaic your faith by fire and sword throughout the world-that henceforth and forrIJ0Ui tchw'r1 I'H be, -slavery or t l a ,"rC 1101 for the P'ectdcnts of the part, I declare that there rs no power in the beeral Const. tution by which a slave State can be admitted into the Union. Slavery canI'uiciisi DV Hie I' by act of Congress laws of the soverei -uiuibi pvme law of nature: it cannot exist Slavery did exist by the r e " me lormanon oi me constitution thev ti soverignty denyirg jt t that extent to the vicaiuic 01 Ifie.T lidilPrt will it A j Congress the power ,o m, . Uv 12. fl at the .cuure or w,e.r wined will if they vested in atthesametHne j UJJed the power to unmake him. II then the Congress can make a slave Mate they can ur.m.kaslave St,te;and if she had t!.atp ,wer, it is her bomulen duty nt to a..d new s.ave St l,c8 i i?,e tJaaa-.n. but to purge it unmodiaiely of il.i fatal d.scare wl.ice il.re-.i-?nS de:ul, tothel.r.-,es ,.f ..,e .,... ltr.. I hey whoeontoMd.,;,.-,,. fr ,e ...hxii,;,,' fthe iM,ve Stuo of iw... ..r.. :....! .... . l....,-...t. 1 I . . '""I', 'I . . " lteiKh waxx.tl.e -m.t). tbe tertitorv of the U. State-";, J.-i . " sovereignty and made a slave. fMrarninntii J C of course never could have r 1 repeat once more, that independent of Art. Hh, of the Amendments iif ihu r ,.. ".!ery ""r1 1Xlfl bV of Congress-but v. fc vwi ien i ii i nii JoV, "..J, P-ss language -no , ...u uo j-.(.mCU 01 me, iDor v or rrm. , i. cnjl d I , te. S.nJ .r","'." .v, iitaini, WIllIM me lAinptll.it inn rom.ir, .lean H nZ " f..?!a 8'"e &l,C i "" L,on. When gen.tiffl.,Ii:.... .iT - , b """v "mvo mi iuu .n nuie o rier is an iioiu.r to them and to their respective natione In a bad a woman may put me in n:glit, but plant mc upon the right, and I am proud to say that the man does not live svhom I dre not look in iimr. ,u cause a woman may put me inflight, but plant ( To bt concluded next vetk.) AT . DICKINSON & CO.'.S BOOK STORE AND BOOK-BIXDERY. Xo. 10. West Third Street, Cincinnati. DICKINSON returns thanks to his friends for the favors thev have so liberally bestowed on him for nearly five years, and begs to assure thfm n,i 1 i...u i. his part to merit a continuance of , HIM I ?ll(tll vZHU9 rTi 1 P , 'ne limes, Wnding; did they ",am lh? P"'er "f sPe well as all ol how many tales of wo ' ,,J " me negieci and des,,rlir,ion mey have suffered merely for the !wanl "fa decent exteiior. which minlit have jn supplied for a few shillings, and wonld nor nivnrn. ia j, . ... I. 111111 iiiv mutuary and Iripni - . -. r.. . . . . " 1,1,1 ti 1 1 nne senoiar and gentleman, preserving iirni immure generations, All descriptions of Binding neatly executed. wciiiit iiieii libraries tittcd up and repaired. Music and Periodicalsbovndto rttttern. lAidi'S Scrap nnd Guard Book, Albums and Portfolios, of all descriptions, o?oe to or der. Binding done for Libraries, Institutions, &c, 011 advantageous terms. Gentlemen residing at n distance, experiencing a difficulty in getting their Binding, will find it to their advantage by packing nnd directing them as above, style and price; they may rely upon their being well bound, at the lowest prices, and carefully packed and relumed without delay. In all such cases, the owner will be cUareer' with fro, rr.it j . order for payment lor the bindinrr . i,., . . . . . 6 " ""l or firm in Cincinnati, is required. :v . ae keep a beautiful VIEW OF CINCINNATI, on letter paper, for strangers to send ,0 ,heir friends at a distance. UC. 520. 1813. 44lf. Connersville Teleranh , , , . "IV v oil" charge G. Dickinson & Co. R L A k"S. fN hand, constantly at the American office v the following kinds of blanks: Deeds. Snmmonses. Mortgages, Quit-Claim Deeds, Title Bonds, Note oflland, Subpoenas, Executions, Constables' Bonds ConBtabl-s' Sale..

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A NEW ERA OF sa Shakespeare in America! and Illust, ated Edition of th e Bard e.trcn e rcr j nllincd. Edited by the to the public, the Pobli.Wj. 'o J that he will spare neither expense norn. makethis edition of the W KCt f f'' t- any that has heretofore aP Jared-in?. trations, typography and partir be royal octav Bj willllT , Jd" lrts. price 12 cents, which places it S'y the means of persons of , he Jst fin. ,cd for" tunes whilst on account of its peculiar beau,; . .w.II gam itself admission into the Vbr.n a to be one of t Ihosewhowinhmk in ne feet .te w.II only be sure of it DT MkLI e Darts an il.ov ...i . ... - "'"r"

fir?.,rffA:l,'"n.,rt Press. The r "-Mieu in Jinrcli. lKuSEtM-ITs. S KVT"n ''""rated editions Cf 5IMKI.1 l.,HK. lately pwh!i...ed jn Fnrare amongst the m- st beau,i(u speeimers rf he rccen, a, d remarkable improvement . r ,l e "'rea't r0; C'S'8- "' 7 combin great excellence ot ejection wi,hCoomy f price, has g yen an unprecedented diffusion tL the most useful as well ns ,he ,ost exas ! production, of aeatt-of Design. "tt-,-,t I :e desigr.s ofKrv. .... r. ... .,, cation cf s hakespeare exnrrs. ' . M.'h wonderful truth ard I ner. lnl(t (,o WAod rmriatinr. r ... aci.rrraey8 to scenery, costume, arch tc.-ture and antiquity as to i.ketl,P . ' . !1,u' most instructive commentary upon the IVt's .w ...... loeniDodv m an 4r. 1 r6eed:l,US' cnervd with equal excel fence 0 mechanic ..iW. . . other engravings from emment artiMs. a. 11 nolds, ruscli, S. Newton. c. and to "ccom pany t,,em with a leant.y Fr,tcd acT. But the nublishrr n;n... .1-. . - should nay some parrof7..e,K her to the greatest of Poets.as to one who be" longs not solely to England, but to all .7 ""o speak t'ie tonaue I Lit SlnLae,... - could not content hunsplf ..n. . , ,. cation orc,1.iN,ion. He" Z t va ied upon K W- We,., whose reputation a. an rtist is already ihd.ntifiJ .;n. 1:. , . ".in mo ii.ur.. try a h story. to contribute a series of origim ance in other details of art as his taste may sug. gest forthe I uslratinn r,J -.u-i : .. . b. . - . ciuiiriiMimeiii e! this publication. 1 rom iU ., publisher, instead of reprinting the text and enmmentary of any po, u h, E,lglsl, impre.s.on. was desirous that his edit,,,,, ,h.mld have the supervision of an American editor. This ta.k pVACrtfUndCr,aken by AX C. VEU. to TniPfc , P f 10 h,n"Uhy ' cd.tor is to fUrn,fr, the reader wiM. a carefully prep,r. ed and accurately printed text, unencumbered ny any notes or comments upon the pao-e itselfs however useful they may be elsewhere, they of the Poet s thought, and to disturb the :.g. ic of his scene. Much notes as may be thoui-ht ,;i,ier"l,"n,"n or cr,t'c,B"' of tie text, will be thrown into an Append. x to each The text ofSh.ke.pearoV dramatic wrrks, drawn from old pruned copies in hi r, 1ICI; he never pa,d under the authorVo n eve was consequently d,.... ,y ,1V and ohseur.ties. I, pa,rCd during the last cen-n-7r.i " ? B""c',nn of varying editions until the revision of .Stevens and Malone, whose ext. (or rather that of Stevens.) has become tlic standard from whirl. .1- 17..1and American Unions ,.VH be-n printed, will, VA rir.il Q rlonrne .f . . . . T'iL - l,,0USM' h intense and conZfo U r,'rS"akep"" II v ,! t .. 'Jl'ff conv,ct,"n ' ery many of , he numerous thouirh sliirl.i ihn i. ati-ms from the ancient , ex, ipXin "eiKsr erroneous inlerpiilatmns. sometimes wcakiug ihe sen.; and o'trn substituting an arbitrary monotonous metrical regularity tothe Poet's own native melody. Acc.rdu.gty very many of tl.e.e rmenilntu.n. havc been rrjrrted hy the belaud best KmOirb editors, cspccally Mr Knight and Mr. C.-lhc, and the reading nf lipoid folios and quorto have been res oreJ, .nless where some error of the piess or manuscript was undeniably manifes. let there arc many tnch pasMgrs confessedly corrupt, and requir.n? confectural emendation; lhare are alr-o deferences of reading bctweea the several old impression, affording grounds for some diversity nf text and warm controversy between the more recent c.i tort. 1'pon these, the Americsn editor thinks it due to therharacler of, his ediiion, ,0 decide for himself witl cut implicitly following the text n any one modern edition. As ,ho n.iliistry and learning of prior editors have furnished the collaiion of various readings and the authorities npi.n which they may be supported, the ark 11 no longer that of laborious investigation: tut, as it were, ofjudicial decision enlightened by contending arangemcnt. As many of these variations are of near! equal probability, and as some of them are doubtless the author's own alterations at different periods, all the mora 'important reading! will be presented to the reader in the note for his own selection . These notes w ill also contain so much of commentary as may be useful to explain antiquated words and phrases, obPCIirpltf Ynr--.l . ,. ..j j -v.r-.u .-Esape., ana ai:usionaiouusolute cpinions or the habits or history of the ...ii.., ma wimie 111 as condensed a form practicable. But any commentary npnn SbakfSneare. howp vrr l.rioV ..-.. I.I u : ..- if it "".i. "WMIU W IIIIJCI Cb. ' - did not present some view of the higher criticism enployed. not on the interpretation of his lane-utire. hut noon h;. ii.M.ni,t i.;.ri..ricter, his poetry, passions, philosophy! The only M.j-..jr ere arises irom the abundance, ui magnificent variety of the materials contributed ftlir,n 1 1, n 1 - . a I 1 f . . . . . 1 1 .... . "'ft "5 "-ii ceiuury OJ me most oninw minds of Europe. Still it is believed that this duty can bo satisfactorily performed without swelling the edition to an inconvenient bulk, H. VV. HEWET.Publisber, 11 fm, 21 Broavay.