To  this  point,  then,  at  length,  our  declension  has  reached.
We  hesitate  to  give  up  the  insane  prejudice  that  supports
slavery,  though  told  never  so  plainly,  and  from  the  best
authority,  that  the  consequence  must  be  the  loss  of  our  own
liberties — the  enslavement  of  our  own  children !  Nay,  while
we  hear  it  proclaimed  from  the  loftiest  battlements  of  slave-
dom,  that  "  the  noblest  blood  of  Virginia,"  the  noblest  blood
of  our  revolutionary  sires,  runs  in  the  veins  of  slaves.*


the  way  of  their  removal.  Those  "  obstacles"  and  "  impedimentB*'  present  the
problem  for  the  laboring  people  of  the  free  States.  Unless  overcome,  the  prophecy
of  Mr.  Clay  must  become  history.  There  is  no  possible  or  conceivable  alternative.
Let  the  people  h&n\sh  prejudice  against  color j  and  all  Mr.  Clay^s  *' impediments^'  and
"  obstacles"  would  vanish  in  twenty-four  hours.
