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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC02448.05 |
| From Archive Folder | Abolitionists collection: letters and documents |
| Title | Cassius Marcellus Clay to unknown discussing his run for Governor as an antislavery candidate in 1851 |
| Date | 23 August 1851 |
| Author | Clay, Cassius Marcellus (1810-1903) |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Written from "White Hall," Clay's estate. Clay, an emancipationist, replies to a letter from an unspecified recipient. Possibly discussing his run for Governor as an antislavery candidate in 1851, writes, "The number of votes cast for the antislavery candidates is small- I believe my vote is about thirty five hundred... The causes of my small vote are the inherent difficulties of the movement; Old party organization, and the violent misrepresentations by the Whig party of my views." Declares, "...slavery is the disturbing cause of old partyism everywhere... the time is near if not now- when there will be only two parties. One for liberty and Union- the other for base submission to the slave power to the enslaving of the whites- or to the dissolution of the Union!" Contains a postscript in right margin, initialed by Clay. |
| Subjects | Election Emancipation Abolition African American Author Slavery Politics Government and Civics Whigs Reform Movement |
| People | Clay, Cassius Marcellus (1810-1903) |
| Place written | Richmond, Kentucky |
| Theme | Slavery & Abolition; Government & Politics |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859 |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |