JDcuofeir to politics, literature, QVgricuItitre, Sricnrc, illoraliti), ani metal intelligence.
VOL 19.
STROUDSBURG, MONROE COUNTY, PA. FEBRUARY 9, 5360.
NO. 5,
Published by Theodore Schoch.j speech of cassitjs h. clay.
TERMS. two dollars per annum in advance Two Delivered on the Capitol Steps at Fr ank
doftars and a quarter, half ycarl' and if not paid be- fort. January 10,1660,
fore the end of ihr. vcar, Two dollars and a half. J
No papers disconunued lunl il 1 all arrearages are paid, , From tb(J Cj0innati Gazette,
texcepl at the option of the KditOr.
iDAih-crt.sements of one square (ten jinesr or .less, t Governor Maeoffin in his message, and
one or three insertions, $100. Each additional mser- ,. .. . , e ,
ton, 35 cents. Longer ones in proportion. V ice-r resident Jjreokinridge before the
Having a general assortment of large, plain and or
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Justices. Legal and other Blanks, Pamphlets. &.C., prin
ted with neatness and despatch, on roasonable terms
nt this nffir.fi-
J. Q. DUCKWORTH. JOHN HAYN
To Country dealers.
DUCKWORTH & HAYN,
WHOLKSALE DEALERS IN
n . . s c,n
Groceries, ProTisios5Liquoiss&c.
Mn en nnw ctrnnt. York. 1
No. 80 Dcy street, New York.
June 16, 1859. ly
To Miss ill, a, Ohio.
Now fades an Autumn day
Like foam upon the sea ;
How transient was its stay
But remembered long by me.
Tho sun has set in the west
Beyond the portals of a fair day ;
In the quiet midnight hour, while I rest
Gomes sweet dreamingsof Addie May
0 ! sacred to remembered charm
Dear friend, now severed from my side;
If folded in thy loving arms ! rose, innumerable lights were brought and
Swift would tho drearv moments glide. 'distributed by unknSwn bands through
out the crowd, and for more than three
' Gentle maiden, time will bring
Changes o'er the fairest one;
And its shadows darkly Sing
On the heart of beauty won."
4' But the beauty of the mind
Time aud change can ne'er efface,
And the heart where truth's enshrined
Ne'er may lose its winning grace."
s. c.
n.
An Enormous Hotel. The brave man, relying on bis courage,
Philadelphia is about opening the lar. ! never queaiens that of nnotlicr. Thoe
est hotel in the country. It' is to be .wh mep. know full well I am not
Sailed "The Continental." The furniture m the hab.t of peaking of my courage
i now going into ,ome of the rooms, while or ha.v 1 ,"duled,.,D '"Twh?t
others are receiving the finishing touches. 1 eonslf er ap bad hf.blt of Kentuckiona in
it contains 530 room., so attributed and ' enera - of speaking of their courage,
arranged that every one is fully supplied , however, transgre-s my oroiuary
ith light. Every possible convenience f l-Df" f 1
of modern architecture hs been in bound-, thoujbt-if I hod thought that you i whose
le.s profusion. Of the chambers, 300 ore lood has illustrated every battle-fle d
supplied with hot and cold ffter, and ! f"! the be?inD1D2 of our government to
t. r:n i .1. . . ,.,;uix. r.,r. ; this da v, were wanting in that virtue, and
'there are 50 bath rooms similarly fur-;. ,. , . ... . '
m.hed with water. There are 50 water! ' 1 dld not know that your illustrious an
losctson the different floors. A tank 1 1 . ginning with Boone and Keu
on the roof contains 50,000 gallon, ofton. diownTto tb,f oa' possessed this v,r
water, from which the pipes lead off forji tbat .X as"n l"e !and , M.cs'
thf Ktinn v nf ho.e in ease of hro. The
WBter tax for the building has boen fixed
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at 81,000 for the first year, and a meter
will be used to ascertain the annual con
sumntion. A steam encinc will be con-
a !i i. t. nn,i Ti-511 1 courage; uut, it is uecause tuat I Know luai
stantlv at work in the basement, and will fc
. i . a c I am here, and anions such men and in
constantly operate a sort of passenger .
railway or durub- waiter for eonveji'm, ! pntuck that pe.k here to night The
boarders from the ground to any of the!.0 a.rc syS generous-always 1 and
. - i -T,.,n ! placiogiiupltcit couudKUcein tbisgreat tun
UDr-er tones, as m the I'llllt Avenue no- , w , , T , t j .
t 1 w York daniental truth, L have never feared logo
C ' 1 CVV .. 'forth through all this broad and glorious
The Great Hastun Steer. ind of ours, relying upon tho justice aud
The great bullock noticed in the rc-j magnanimity of Keutuckians. I never
port of the Cattle market two weeks ago. ! afed, I never cared, whether they were
as having been raised and fatted by C ! Democrats, Republicans, Americans or
Haxtun of Columbia County, N. Y. to the ! of ny other party denomination, i hank,
enormous weight of 3,450 pounds, and G3. pntloajen tbw trust of n,,no has
sold to Lalor of Centre Market, was killed never neon falsified. V bother I stand in
and dressed at Patterson's slighter- i jour State Hou.e or whether I stand out
Louse, io Pir.t Avenue, on Thursday, , 6,(3 of your State House whether I am
Jan. 19, and after hanging just a Weok.:"oaiied by light or covered by dark
his went was weighed in the presence of ' 1 c.el e(lua11 safe wmle 1 am amoDg
a lame company of lookers-on, many of ; KentuckianH.
homwereconMderablyinterested.baving1 .Gentlemen, there are some peculiar
invested larly in the way of bets upon circumstances attending this, my address
the net weight. We beard it estimated ' !Sut. that call for allusions that 1 am
that 3,000 had been staked in this way. . not in tho habit of making. It has been
The bets were very various, estimating '-1 know not what is the portion and
the the net weight upon all the figures power and influence and talent and intcg
from 64 to 71 per cent of his live weight, , lJ of tbe ParlJ wbm 11 cane-that
which wa, when first brought to tho city, if Cass.Clay was allowed to speak to-n.ght
a weighed upon the Washington Drove "tho city of Urankfort, the world would
Yard scales, by David Alierton, 3,452 believe the Kentuckians are cowards and
Three days afterward, weighed upon the that as John Brown had intimidated, or
i a., mn ,-:fK cnnloa scared," to use the word, Virgioia; so it
Bame scales, by tho same mac, witb scales .. & '
carefully balanced, ho weighed 3,418.-" wouW go out that I had innmidated the
Afterward, upon 2 wo othSr scales, h5s , unlhon of such men of Ky as surround
weight 3,416. The dead weight is for 'o-n'ght Gentlemen what madness,
foreuarterS-lst, 700 pouodef 2d, 603 what folly is this 1 It is because you are
pouDd-1308. The hind quarters-Ut, bravc-.t is because your courage is on-
W 2d, 460-951 j-Total, 2,319 lbbs. questioned and unquestionable that there
' 1L . , : t, i; e is a confidence abroad not only among
The excitement during the weighing was 10 w uuu " j .
. r . . men, but among women and little chil-
intenso tbe street was crowded with per- .f , . . . ,. nnA
sons anxious to get the first news of theen, that I will apeak here to-night, and
weight The net weight is not quite 69 not only beard but respectfully treated
bounds per cwt. upon his last live weight., Shame on such a sentiment as that How
2V Y Tril 'would it do for you, whose name has be-
Une' 'come synonymous with the word courage,
Cure for Corns j to hear it said that you go out to silence
If "a poor cripple" will take a lemonthe voice of Cass Clay io death to prove
cut a piece of it off, then nick it so as to that you are men I will not elaborate
let in the toe with tbe corn, the pulp next this idea. 1 he very women share none of
tbe corn, tie this on at night o that it this intimidation I am proud to say
cannot move, he will find the next morn- thooghl do not often speak of these h.ngs
ing that, with a blunt knife, the corn will the wife of Cass. Clay has written to bim
tome away to a great extent. Two or thi- day; not that she hopes I may escape
three applications of tlm will make "a alive from a scene of intimidating threats
poor .ripple" happy for life; and we shall .that have come from high and potent aoor
I glad?? hear SfeLul, i .! - f KenUcky- o n ma.
The N. Y. Independent says that three thoughts; and she "prays God that I may
preachers seut out by tbe American Miss- most gloriously vindicate my principles
ionary Society, have been expelled from to-night." You men that bear me to
Jackson county, (Ky..) with shaved heads night, the very women who hear this sen
and tarred faces. Their names are Rev's, timent.will go away better men and better
Geo. Gandee, Wm. Kendrick. and Robert women for tbe hearing. Tbe timo will
j0De come when to those who shall sucoeed us
Kentucky Legislature, bad assailed the
I I I1IL.1I71LO U IIU U 1 R J 111U LCIIIllIllllIII
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furl t 'I linen Mr I'Iitt acmrml rr rfn.
ym.j. j. i - aa,. uiuj uih . iu. v
fend. Following the event of John Brown's
raid and execution, tbe suppression of
rm i rf .7 . xt . ,
. rm.- t-i o j7. XT i
J- Jt'tC OVUM neWlpnilT Ul IMCWDOri DV
I 1 t J
violence, the OXpult-lon 01 John (jr. heo
, r t? f
ana associates irom mauison bouncy,
Kv.. and the dei-ijTn on the cart of tho
j i t
Slave Cligarcy to perpetuate the reign
of terror in all the South, it was peneral
ly given out that Mr. Clay would be si
lenced. J be balt&r with which .Drown
was bung, the bloody lance which ho used
.nbattle5.ai)resentrom GoVf Wise to
at rn .. r i i..ia
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Gov. Magoffin was freely handed about
id h rank fort. While a central journal
openly put it if Clay was allowed to speak
in the Capitol, Keotuckians would be
proved to be cowards.
Mr. Clay did not ahk for the Represen
tatives' Hall; but it was generally ceded
that by tacit consent he should occupy it,
and the door keeper, Mr. Grey, promised
to uave u open aim nguieu up. jdul ul
i the appointed hour the Hall was closed
'and dark, the night was gloomy and a
storm threatening, the gas lights of the
city were darkened, and in the "very im
1 taense audience," as described by the rc-
ke abovo a whisper. As Mr. Clay
hours he was listened to amid profound
liilence or occasional applaajo. The dif
, Cculty of arranging bis references makes
I the report of bis speech lose much of its
mnity; but truth is considered of moro im
portance than rhetorical arrangement,
j KENTUCKI4XS ! That most profuond
land philosophical- historian, in my opin
ion, of all ages Gibbou speaks of cou
rage, ana sincerity, or its equivalent,
truth, as the greatest of human virtue.
,
sons, the Clarkes, the Breckinridncs, the
Clays, the Crittendens, and a host of oth
er men that have made you illustrious a
cionr men. then I miirht question your
nnii x 1 1 it r l i l ii i u L' uwvw
if fortuno shall suffer them, it will bo a
proud reflection that you thus vindicated
your title to the name of courageous men.
T . ,
No Personal EeelmgB iiingagetl.
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Some gentlemen have supposed that,
inasmuch as the publication which I made
stated that I would here, in this place and
at this time respond to the message of
Gov. Magoffin and the late speech of
your Senator elect,Mr.Breekinndge I had
some personal feelings against those dwtin
gmshed gentlemen, and that some perso-
nal or private ends were to be Bubservod
at this time by attacking these gentle-
men. Nothing was fvrtherfrom my pur-
pose, 'ibo only inauguration mat ever x
att ntled, and I am now 49 years of ago
waa the inauguration of Gov. Magoffin.
I learned to respect him from what I
beard of him and what I had seen of him.
I reaard him as a braTe and generous
man So far as tho distinguished Sena-
A. mm. n1nA- I r Stir wy a AAnflAVTinn nil
tor olect from Kentucky is concerned, all
men who know me, know that among all
the distinguished families of which Ken
tucky boasts, that I have always been
proud of the Breckinridge name. I have
from earliest life looked to aocae portion
of them as the guides and pilots of my
political opinions. I have been personal
ly associated with them; my family has
been associated with them. I would not
have said these these things did I not the
occasion call for it, and did not know that
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these insinuations have been made. I
would say that of all men whoso namos
are now presented to the American peo
pie by the Deraooracy with regard to the
nest Presidency, that I would not see
any one attain that high position sooner
than John C. Breckintidgo of Kentucky.
Equal Eights.
But, gentlemen, neither Gov. Magof
fin nor Senator Breckinridge arc infalli
ble, and here to night, bumble as I may
be, unhonored as I am by having
these doorf closed upon me, a native of
Kentucky and a man that belongs to one
of the great parties of the United States,
I mean to be the peer of the gentlemen,
and equal m every respect so lar as man
is equal to man. God knows I do not
detract from, nor do lenvy tue honors or
tiie.se distinguished eentlemen. for what-
ever else can be said of tbem, it cannot j
a - j., ,
bo denied that they wear their honors , Up0U tbe platform of Mr. Fee; upou that
gracefully and with becoming humility. ! ground we must split. He was responsi
We mut recollect that in this Common- j bje f0f bis acts, and I for mine. That
wealth we stand on a broad basis of e-ban been my whole course in connection
quality, and that, whatever other people j wjty these parties.
may think, I have just as much right to it 6 uutruc it is absolutely and en
be heard here and now aa other men. Let tirely untrue ou the other side, that I
my opinions be what they may, those o- l8aid tbat these men ouht to be expelled
pinions ought to be fairly canvassed, and from the Commonwealth. My position
if they arc good, you sbould vindicate was onc 0f strict neutrality. I said that
them by carrying them into practice, and wbile I was williug to see these men ro
if they bc bad, then it is your duty to re- i m0ved by law, if They violated any law,
jeet them and take those that are better.
Is Sincerely an Emancipationist.
As I said in the beginning, Gibbon says
of the two greatest virtue?, sincerity is one.
This, gentlemen, whatever may be my
shortcomings with regard to courage, I
believe my sincerity and loue of truth
have not been questioned, and although I
am hero alone, ono among a million, dif
fering from you.it possibly may be, I
know that you will credit that I believe
that which I say I believe. I do not de
ny that, following the faith of our fathers,
T n m on nmn nfir.nf!rnlsf. TTflW wmild T
commend myself, then, to you, if, having ooivcd my letter, at a distance of about
matfe this avowal everywhere within the n hour's ride from my office. That was
limits of the Commonwealth, I should con- what Judge Field told me, the day before
ceal or deny my sentiments T Ho is not I ft. I have inquired with regard to
a dangerous man that goes about openly the other letter to Ihe Cincinnati Go
and abovo board, avowing what his sen- sette,nd have learned that there has
timents are, but he is the dangerous man been no such letter received in that quar
who, having sentiments denies them, and ter'
you all know and feel this truth, and ! Fee and John Brown,
therefore it is because you believe I ! What further? Mr. Foe is stated hero
have been true in my utterance, that I sanctioning the raid of John Brown
have been able to stand comparatively a- upon Virginia. A voice on the outskirt
lone in the State, telling these things. I , "Hurrah for Brown!" Let us be hon
am, upon this subject of Emancipation, estl Fee is an exile; ho is a native Ken
just where I always was. But I do not , tuckiau; ho has, away from this, explain
now intend to discuss this subject. I do cd himself; and I have received a report
"not now propose to enter into a debate as-, of the speech at Brooklyn, and he there
to whether we should, by gradual, and stated that while he admitted tbe self
distant, and prospective means, get clear consccratiou or in other words the do
of Slavery. That I have done upon al- votion of John Brown, ho did not ap-
. most every stump and in everygcounty of ' prove of bis course, nor of his way of eet
this Commonwealth, again and again tlingthe Slavery question; m other words,
That i not tho present issuo. It cannot i he was opposed to insurrection. It was
be denied, and you all know it, that I hava his view of tho matter that ho should go
alwavs stood fairly and squarely upon Up slaveholders, and by argument induce
the Constitution and tho laws, that I have
ever been obedient to law, a law and or
dcr man.
The Madison Counry Mobs.
Now, gentlemen, for a few personal ex
planations, before I enter upon tho vindi
cation of the Republican party. Allow
mo here to state what has been and what
' yet is my position in my own county.
! There are distinguished gentlemen hero,
j members of the Legislature, and outside
' of the Legislative body of Madison, and
they know that that whiob 1 say is so, is
truth. I allude to the expulsion of tho
R?v. John G. Fee of Kentucky, and some
nineteen other citizens of the Common
wealth by birth and choice, from their
homes; and their departure into exile.
Some three years since, on the Fourth
day of July, when Mr. Fee returned a
gaiu to the State after a temporary ab
sence, he took the ground of what may bo
called tbe Rudical Abolition party, that
as a citizen of tho Commonwealth, he ow-
nr tin n Ctrl ll nr. a to the Constitution and
.rCf. 7Za on the subiect
--&
" . i" iij k:
of Slavery, anu mai ue pmmcu uiwii
th higher law of natural right. A1 -
though l-accorded to M. .hat which I
now
belieye and still aseert, thai no waa
1 honest--that ho was pure in his purpose,
that ho was actuated by the highest love
of Christian charity, yet it was not tho
1 ground upon which I stood, as"! was a
- j i i - t n
Constitution and law-loving man, 1 ar-
hlm j coa,d nQt &nd sbould
q b bj thafc j owed u tQ
.fc tQ thosQ uhof
mn oftbe C0UQt who held no slave.,
wbose oause j ,eaded and wbo cQnfided
.q lcadersh to say to them that his
waa n UQSafe and unteDable position, and
omj wbich nQ mancanhold. that it would
imincdiatel bri them into comflicfc with
lb(j ofbe Qf and that that
sjUo no . whom stre thened
. m.:ata:Ded That :3 what
I told him aud them. Well uow, I am
no Don Quisoto to go forward and fight
the battles of every man who may veturc
an opinion upon the Subject of Slavery;
and am I to be accused as a seditious man
and denouQCed b otbera as a bul, bc
.
cause l was wining to stand Dy tnose
men who took and maintained the ground
that I had taught them to stand upon!
I put it to every man that hears me if it
would not have boen base in me, after I
pursuaded men comparatively ignorant
to como out and take ground against Sla
very, if I had deserted theml Although
I love life as much as any man, and have
perhaps as much to hvo for as any man,
t u j a ii i i. r
1
, , , ... e , , a :t:tA
would be cuilty of suob base ingratitude,
t il:u.:.-l
I say this, that wherever a man, planting
himself on the broad constitutional ground
rtf nu -TftfJinra rf l77fi fr 1! rr c ma T Will
8tQQd fc oQd dofpnd bim tQ tb(J be)fc of
i ...f , . . . . Drotaot:on
j j , a r
as I can, when the laws of the country
refuse to give him what the Contitution
guarantees to him as his right. There
fore I could not stand by Fee and bis as
sociates. I believe ho is as pure a man
as ever I know; yet I did not believe his
position was tenable, and I was not will
ing to take ground with him. I not only
proclaimed this on the stump, but at a
I later day, when Lwas asked by men sym
i pathiziug with him, coming from other
portions of the Uuited fcjtatee,
if I could
j not conscientiously lend bim my
aid and
countenance in carrying on his work, and
enforcing his doctrines, I declined by
letter, announcing that I could not stand
, I was the sworn and eternal enemy of
j mobs, come they from what source they
might. As soon as I heard that my
namo was connected with this transaction
in that way that I, who had fought a
gainst some eight or ten mobs, had come
' aod sanctioned a mob I immediately
wrote to the editors of RicJanond Messen
ger and The Cincinnati Gazette utterly
denying it, aud stating my views. What
was the result! I was told eight days af
ter it was done, and that, with the influ
ence of my namo, ho of The Messenger
received my letter. Iu eight days he ro-
them, and, by the force of divine teach
ing, pcrsuaae tuem to rcimqmsu muir
hold upon the slaves.
A Sorry Hoax.
Well gentlemen, tho report reaches us
of boxes of Sharp's rifles having been
transported through tho ordinary chan
nels of commerce to Berea. After these
men are removed, we are now told that
this was all a hoax. All I have to say
about that is that it was a verry sorry
hoax. A sorry hoax as far as Feo is
concerned, doing him great injustico, im
puting to him a criminal intent that ho
did not entertain and a purpose he did
not design, and, so far as the Common
wealth is concerned, certainly it is a sor
ry hoax.
So much in connection with tbat sub
ject. I admit that a great many very ro
spoctablo gqntleman in tho County of
Madison wero iu this affair men for
whose oharacter and lives I have a pro
found respect personally, and good feel-
, . , , . i; t. it.
ins.
aud friendship. All 1 cao say is
' that I regret on their account, this trans-
if!n4.Mn lu,t mora esneeiallv do I reeard
i --h, , . , " ..
, lb. mououo. tb thing must have upou
, I b. of ho pco, o o o ....
nu ttC. c
education that these men were bestowing,
Mr. Fee has nothing to lose he will go
where ho will be paid as a time-i'orving
man, or as other preachers of tho Gopt-l
of Christ, but the number of tho uueduca-
ted, constituting two thirds of every born
child in the mountains around that little,
colony, will be the sufferers by his absence
The Hew God.
TT7- . i.u i ..'a a ii.
tvo uiu iuiu uiciu iu mat ic nun mui , - e , - . - . ..
.,. t , j . ncnt cood of tbe community can rest ; it,
this man imported a new cod that tho . . 6 , . -a 'aJ
i i. i-i i j a j u is tbe only permanent security for goods,
slaveholders god was not good enough . a i- t
, , i , h 4 , ... . property, reputation, lives, and opinion,
for him and his associates, and this is at- y J A. J' , ' - i o '
a -i. a j . t ,i and that was the sense m which con
tributed aa a reproach. 1 knew the com- c, , L , ,,.
. . , r , r it ator Seward has uttered that sentiment,
munity in and around Berea when 1 w:t3 , ,:,i
u jt , . e and he has again and again said
a boy, and 1 say that they were or the , L. . , A
. i At. t Kin when constitutions were made ana laws
most vicious people that ever 1 did know; , , ,
. , , r , ,'i enacted, not that we should cast ignominy
a drunken, tobacco ehewmg, whislicy: , , t .,
, . ,. ' , , , , jc I,- and reproach Upon tbem, or disobey tbem
drinking people; debauchery and fighting . . i i j ':, :B
. , , , . 6 B but that wo should acquiesce m them, o-
could there bo seen as plainly as the noon , . ., ..... 1 iaj
, t a v. li.u- u a beying them until they are changed by an
day sun. Bat, now.how is all this changed. , . f p . J f- uu
m.J . i j i i a a intelligent constituency, acting through
The price of land has advanced as thee Tb . . . ' , r
, . ., , i A i ? the Legislative Department ot tho (jov
gentlemen themselves admit, and moraii-, . r. . i nr,A !,,
? . , i- j j a 'eminent. That is what he said, ana tncro
ty reicns where disorder was predominant. ,T . .. , A TT,,n
Wtl b au , , , . i . I stand by him, here and elsewhere, now
Why, sir, they have invaded tho great, , - J ' , . nn vn-
a a fv- i tt ? w.t oi and for ever, and there is not a man hero
State of Kcntuoky. How : ith Sharp s , , . e.tnT,A u n
. . , J, . . , , vt ,!to-nicht that does not stand by us, ae
rifies, pistols and bowie knives 7 No 1 , j . . . .if u:t,n
i. a -.u .i xt m a . i t. i knowledge that principle, that higher
but with the New Testament, the school-f ,. p'j :e i10 5nrn
, au i. i ii -n law. that reliance upon God, it be aare
house, tho church and the saw mill. , .. . . .
T " ' , ,. . ii ai 'speak his honest sentiments.
It has even been objected that tuey were rw , , . A i irt-c ;n
.nJ ,iti v r At. We bad a great deal ot it at least, in
ereoting a saw-mill. Where, beforo, the f TTnii ('mm
. , ,. , , i , , . . . this some Iteprcsentativea liall irom
inhabitants dwelt in huts without windows ; ... r , , , in . l f mhn
, .lt , n - a i. which we are excluded t,o night. loo
and with mud floors tucse men have in-, found there wa? a "higher
troduced nea frame buildings. Ihechil-1 W &Jat wag thatl)hiDQ and 0qs
dren that before were indulging m idle-' t God? It w g,averjl Slavery
ness and dissipation, had been jeformeui. j ,,u ra ii
, . A n.i . a u i us' higher than heaven and earth, and all
and were going to one of the best schools ; consfUutions and law3 It is foaud in
m Madison County, and in so saying I CoDSliAQtion we are told 0r it is high-
make no single exception. A certain de- j er tban tbat Oon5lilatio nnd siDCe tbat
grec of self-respect has been inspired in.. we bavQ board nolhiogof lhohigh-
the people, and I venture to say that now . f g Seward! That thing
there is no better people ,n the btatethenj
those who surround the colony of Berea,,
in the county of Madison. This is the
new god they introduced. No, oirl no
new god has been introduced. It is the
same God who befoie the long centuries
created the heavens and the earth, wbo
based His Throno upon the eternal prin
ciples of justice, and draped it in the un
dying beauty of harmony, liberty and
love.
Well, gentlemen, with this personal ex
planation, I proceed to the main argu
ment': and for the purpose of brevity. I
shall group together the allegations made
r- I O O
by the Covernor in his message, and the
allegations made by the Vice-President
in his published speech. The peculiar
position in which I am placed will pre
vent mo from going into au elaborate ar
gument, as I had intended, ad you will
pardon me if I skip much and perhaps
thereby weaken the strength of my dis
course. The Higher Law.
I undcrntaud the preliminary charge to
be, in the first place, against what the dis
tinguished Senator elect chooses to style
tbe sentiment of a leading Republican of
the United Stntes, none other than Gov.
Seward, the present Senator of New-York.
Allow me to say, in the beginning, that I
am not now, and never have been, a par
tisan of Senator Seward; but, utanding as
he does, one of the representatives of the
representatives of the Empire jStatc of
New-York,, that great State in which cen
ters not only tho commerce, but, I may
say, the political intelligence of this coun
try; admitted by on all hands to bo as a
ble a man, if not the ablest man in tbe
Senate in the United States, I say I would
be doini njustice were 1 not to vin
dicate hini from all that is unjustly
imputed to him hero. At other times
atid in other places that Senator is
perfectly competent to viodioate himself,
but hero in Kentucky where tbat vindica
tion, on account of the censorship of tbe
press, and in part, the refusal to allow
tho constitutional freedom of speech, be
will hardly else be vindicated. I imag
ine I shall not be considered at all intru
sive if I answer ono of thoeo charges
mada by those distinguished gentlemen.
The first denunciation that comes to
us with regard to Mr. Seward is that he
is a higher law man. Let us look at that
for a moment a hisrher law man. I in
tend to bo very distinctly understood on
this subject, in thu .time ,, as great issues
-issues unparalleled in their conscquen-
oes m the world-are independent upon
tho principles advocated by parties, you
should not go away with doubt upon your
minds, and you will allow me to go into,
details as to the true moaning of this term.
I understand, then, gentlemen, m the ;
common sense in which this term is used
by a higher law an enactment which hijs
the sacrcdness, the weight, and the power,
that belongs to no human law. Now, are!
wo a Christian people, and is there any ,
man that claims to be one 0 '
brotherhood of Chn.tianit; the wil deny
that there is an overruling Providence
who governs the universe by eternal and
: v ... . - .-
immutable laws which will prevail, "jo,
vicious or sacrilegious attempts of man to
the contrary noiwiinawouiuH i
no man who will be so regardless of the
hentiment of Christian goodness as to ut-
tcr any suoh ideas as that. That, then,)
is the "higher" law which he aennowi
od 1 and aUbou "h i d o no t quote hiTom
thl book I will atate his position .pecifi-
ca ly: It wis on the question of admit-
ting the irritory on the9 Pacific as a Free
S.aSte, when he said that California ought
not only to be Free, but a homo for those
driven ouV from the Slave States by tho
, ;i iu j ii,.
competition oi uuPa, a. .
crs driven irom mtimu uruUT
.t..inn of oarrital in tho Free State; but
thcre Was a "higher law" even tban Con-
stitutions, to which thii new CoDstitution
should bo conformed. I put it to every
Democrat who bears ofo to-night if that
is not the troo doctrine. If that be not
o, bow dares President Buchanan to
niako his recommendations to Congress,
in the namo of tho Almighty God !
That, then, is the assertion. It is not
on asertion that brings anarchy upon a
community, but it is the ono principle of
right and justice upon which tbe perma-
Deutralizcd a3 cbotnjHt3 sajdone for,
as oommon men may urge.
(JO BE CONTINUED.)
The Hew Senator from Tezas.
Some events in the life of Mr. Wigfall,
the new Senator from Texas, who takes
Gen. Houston's seat, strikingly illustrates
the State of Southern Society, and the
barbarous practices of men eduoated un
der the duelling system.
Several years ego Mr. Wigfall was a
iCPlUblil Ul OU Ul LJ Ui I Ii J j Uiiv v ujwm
j ber of tbe Legislature of that State. A
i diSculty arose between him and Mr.
Brooks, the fafher of the lato Preston S.
Brooks, and Mr. Wigfall po-tod Mr.
Brooks as a rascal and coward, after the
Southern fashion. Mr. Bird, a son of
the then wife of Mr. Brooks, came to town
about the time, but in ignorance of tho
difficulty, oalled on Mr. Wigfall, with
whom he was on friendly terms, and in
vited him to his then approaching wed
ding. The two gentlemen were proceed-
ing through tue street togeiuer, wuuu iuo
placard in question attracted Mr. Bird'a
attention. Turnina at once to Mr. Wig
fall, he asked if he, Mr. W., was its auth
or. Mr. Wigfall responded that he was.
Mr. Bird then said he would tear it down.
Mr. Wigfall forbade him at his peril
Mr. Bird, however, did it. A shooting
affray immediately followed, in which Mr.
Bird was killed by Mr. Wigfall.
A son of Mr. Brooks, sen., took up. the
quarrel and challenged Mr. Wigfall.
They met. Mr. Wigfall received Mr.
Brook's firo unharmed, and then dis
charged his pistol in the air. The duel
was at this point arrested. Immediately
afterward Mr. Wigfall received a second
challenge from Preston S Brooks, known
subsequently for his assault on Senator
Sumner. This challenge Mr. WigfalL
declined to accept. The quarrel, howev
er, was not allowed to subside, and to a
void further bloodshed Mr. Wigfall soon
after withdrew from tbe State and re
moved to Texas, where he has sinoc resi
ded. From his seclusion tbencebe has
now emerged into the Senate of the Uni
ted States.
Two Living- Issues.
Tho following statement by the Alba-
-
ny Journal, of two phases of the present
i proac siayerv issue. ia veiy iuiuiuic.
-i : : r..:i.u.
Democratic party claim that
or , exi
J .' itfTcl prflcludod.
Ropublioan party take 'issue'
Hq and clai tbafc
on wbcre it is sanc.
. ' affirtQtivc local Uw. This is
J , .f nQ Qtber ,j33Ue, cn.
J. canv u wouU of
contcst
flf Qm
in3fcan tbe Domocra-
4 J
not expressly tor-bidden, but tbey de-
P anywhere, to
J This
independent of law; and
fc tbQ p lrf Suali a0
(.J bag becQ forccd int0 politIcg by
h Detnocraoy. Could there be any
' tical i3Sue thaD
J A Tb. in Tennessee, ha,
recovered 815,000 in a suit for breach of
promise again;t j man named Pateraon
The case excited grea inures as he
meet eminent counsel ! n the S tat wro
engaged upon it. 1 he verdict is the
heaviest ever rendered m a case of thu
kind Tennessee.
,
borne people use one u "Bv-
i .t -
uity to get in debt, and the oidcc uau to
avoid payiog. ,