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SPEECH 0E CASSIUS EL CLAY.
Delivered on the Capitol Stcj)S nt Frank
fort, January 10, 16(50,
The Irrepressible Conflict.
.. ii :., n o.i'nci
Anottier ai egat.uu r B
inr intended
to anect ine ive-
pub lean organizauou. ma uumg
that h hasbannounced in his Rochester
. .. r-:- T. .rtrrr nll.nn.l
speech this much abused ana cam poraae
o nnni; hn.
i t
of a conflict;
that there is a coniiict dc-
tween Slave
Labor an i Free Labor all
.L tliia "2nvrri Hit! tit: an d that that
-nflinf Kid K.-nn omntr on ana will
. . . -j :ti ..
until one or tho other utterly triumphs.
That U the assertion. Wc acknowledge it
we own up.
So let us examine
e it.
Why, gentlemen, I understood thatto be
.inKrfiiinn nf mi r fathers in 17715.
I understand that to be the openly avow-
t i
vd sentimeut of Washington, Madison, and IqW it, it is their business, and it is an
Jefferson. I understand that to be the 0ffi8ious intermeddling that tries to die
declaration of the resolution in Virginia, tate to Xvcntuoky, and hay if I be allowed
for which your candidate for Speuker of to exercise my Constitutional rights, these
the D mocratic party. Mr. Bocock, vo- pCOpjc are cowards. Inasmuch as I leave
ted some years ago. I under-tood, fur-!tuc.u free t0 daim their Stale sovoreign
thermore, that that was the declaration j ty an(i power.", I claiai to exercise my
of the late South Carolina Legislature; j Constitutional rights as a citizen within
and above all, I have it here, taken from the limits of my own jurisdiction.
Tic Louisville Courier, the leading organ ; That js the doctrine of the Republican
of the Democracy in Kentucky, tnadeipjj,. So far as the Southern members j
more than ten vears ago. lou wouui
like to read it. Then will you have the ; thht -u js our'busines, and none of theirs; : what does Mr Soward say of all this per, I intend to speak candidly and frank
goodness to turn to the filo.s ot thai journ ;but ,0 far as ,be National Govnrnrnent is wben he beard of it on his distant travel? ly, and above board, and I tell you why,
aland see if I lie or not. Cries of I corjCcrned, it wns established, as they be- Said he, 1 saw a man by the name of ' men of Kentucky, there was this sympa
"Read it." , lieve, upon the bais of equal rights, and Forbes, but I utterly deny, upon the hon-j thy for John Brown. Your resolutions
The speaker was interrupted by a hea- j tue. tnnt; int0 the free Territories of or of a mat), that I eer had any intima- here to-day, as emanating from the Dem
vy fall of rain which foiccd him to retire jjj Tj0jon Slavery shall not go. That tion directly or indirectly touching upon ocratic State Convention, tell us tbat the
into the rotunda oi the ataie nou-e.j .
I will read the extract which 1 cut with
my
j own scissors Iroui xue miquisuuu uu-
net
and by referring to the Gies of that:
paper, you will find it in the words which
I to night quote:
I presume that it will not be denied
tbat Free labor and Slave lalor are in
romps tible. The white man is unwilling
to labor by the side of tbe slae, und the
blavc is equally averse to laboring by the
side of the white man. There exists a
mutual repugnarcy, and it follows, of
course, that the ma.:1 of the labor of Ken
tucky must L-e wholly the lalor of the
Trb'ttc -aan or wholly the labor of the
blavc.''
What think you of that, coming from
this high D mocratic authority! Mark
the extent to whieh this gentleman car
Tics the idea. Not only that there is a
couflict. but he goes further He says
not only does the white man refuse to 'a-!p3rescellence the Abolition party,
bor with tbc slave, but mark him well, hejbp uudcr Wjj;aul Lloyd G:
puts tbe slave above tbe democratic in t
K t
laborer of the commonwealth and
must
you the smtimcut of the
then is his conclusion?
conflict the "nigger" is
slave. What
U? tfcat 10 thei
iu I" "-- i
dence, so that blave labor becomes en-;
tirely predominant in tbe commonweaitn. ;documentt inamucb as jt binds all tho
"What sort of Democratic teaching is tbat? tni!rj0D8 0f tbe Free States, in case of a
In tbe name of God let us hear no more , Servie insurrection in the Southern States,
from tbe Democratic party, from Gov.i Q fttan(1 by and dcfend the rights of the
Magoffin, or Vice President Breckinridge j master against those of the slave. They
of this thing about tbe higher law or of come frankly and squarely to the mark,
this eternal conflict between lrce aDS
Slave labor.
The Ignored Explanations,
Bat what did Gov Seward say? With
th. eharacteria
tades too many o? the Democratic joun-,
kir. mi lie uaLULiai auu m -
ifieations of tbat expression have been
withheld from the free white laborers
tbe South. What says Gov. Seward?
AnniaA fVinf wrbofsnorpr hrs mav be.
o
i.- i u-. u : T Unnr-A nn
of the mo.t AbliwuM juri.t of tho "! P'k'8 Tof Pbf h.
0.Ke.ltb of Ketoksay that bo . tbo gre.Uat map bat I cor tawd to
i i . j u:irtai,;- I speak of hi Intel ect. Une-idea d as
bad the clearest and most philosophic . . F , . . . .
head of any man in tbe Union; and what has been called, there is a power and
does this cfearheaded man ? Does versatility and umversali y in him that
fee leave it capable of perversion I Does " ' pocflsed by no orator, living or dead,
he say tbat because Slave labor and Free That is his opinion. He is a non-resis-laboare
incompatible, tbat tbe Republi- tent. He stands re.pon.W. for hu own
can party are going to enslave the white raa? an.d God' Ifc 18 not for
men of the Sooth, Sr to interfere with the . o defend hi- here
Slavery now existing in the South? No, j The Radical Abolitionist,
sirl 1 deny that. I will state sobstain- j Nest comes the Radical Abolition par
tially what ho docs say. He says and ty. They say tbat the idea of disnolving
this is the important item which is left the Union is too far removed, they cannot
out by tbc Democratic press that al- wait for this moral influence to exert it
though this philosophical conclusion is go- self. By the way, I should mention that
ine on wuetber it is tbe worK or tnis cen- uieuamsuu uuu iuni Uv. nuu ru .uu r.r - - f , ... - n
tury or of the next, or of ten centuries, vote. They think if they vote under the ry man was bound to confess that tho have been in the habit of holding up as a
or of ten thousand centuries, ho does not Constituting and hold office under it, right was on tbo side of e Indiana, yet
' . . . . . . t .. i.i.. .I.. ..i. fi i .u: i,n r a..f Hid ho tnv a the lato U nion meeting :
undertake to determine, nor can any otb- they would be bound to taKe me uawa ut my ByujuuLuiea wm uu iuC eu0 v. --j - - - - a
er man: but he does say that it will take
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place; not by violence, not by John Brown
raids, or conflicts and bloodshed: but
peaceably by the amendment of the Con-
-
Is there a Democrat here unwilling to
endorse that method of settling the con
flict which Dcmocratia papers assert ex
ists? Suppose tho. prcat people of tho
Commonwealth of Keutucky choose to
throw up the barbariau relic, who shall
object! What says your Democratic an-
thority? Have you not the right to do
it! Is not that the ideal If it is not,
i i.u: .u i r
ueru lueii is u uiuci iuvv iuu ion ui
oi i.: t. . 1 1 f n Ti
-the
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1UW Ol
c-v':ur ,"7: - " I"
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. . . .... . h i a 11 t n initnnr in w r a iri i
: i. i .i.:..i. i, -i;.,i
IIKUI OIIUIUSI nuuu ng iwugiu iu iin-
vcr us without our com-ent. Whatever
; i. I i 'l tt.. 1 .. ... .f nl iUnf i n
C J
Ik UU, Vii 11 L'VUU tUU IUV Ul UU". luaii IO
. I . T . r . r .1 1 1 . .
Si 7K S
and nothing else, di,guise ii a, vou may
r mTA o ' o- f i
says the Democratic party. The Ilepub-
'Hoan party in the States of the Union say
that it is none of their buboesthat if
. i
South Uaro iua. iientuoKV, and Virginia
choose to own .laves by volont.ry con-
sent, by the ascertained will of the ma-
ioritv of the people, let them hold on to
jority oi int. ptopit, ict lULUi
tne institution to an etornity, out, u ino
nanitlrt nf Snil tTi nrnlinn fipnroia. or
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IH-VJ.'IW "I J
iveutucKj, in meir ommpoceu, pu.ut, a,
i msnvorriirnsof their own oountrv. cbooso
.L i .1
tj
to auonso n ia a waj tnai cecuis iu iuuiu
EOod it is none of our business: in God's ,
- . n .
namCf ct tbem do it. Tbat is tbc doo- ,
. t i i j : 4i.: n
tiino I have always avowed in this Com
monwealth, that inasmuch as I was a
. , . . , , ,
mJ sentiments were for the expulsion of
tllia Py,te0J fr0DJ our Commonwealth; but
r.,rw iin tKot T AM nnt nlnim tn cro
jf we choo-e to abolish or maintoin Sla- J
; ;
w
South Carolina, or Missouri chooses to a
Qf that party are concerned, they say
i.s the ground tbc distinctive ground ot
,be Republican party; the onlv ground at
iSsue between the great parties o: the U-
nised States.
But, as I said before, I do not stand
here to vindicate Gov. Seward, especially;
only so far as allegation? have been made
againpt him, and through him have been
intended to set upon aud against the Re-
publican party, have I alluded to this mat-
tcr at all.
Seward and John Erown.
While upon this isubject, let us notice
the connection attempted to be made be-
tween the Republican organization as
conceined with that raid of John Brown
upon Virginia; specially, perhaps, as it
applies to this dirttingui.shed Senator from
tNew York. Preliminary to this, allow
ine to state that upon the subject of Sla-
very there are three diitiuct parties in
the United States. One that calls itself
That
yd
Garrison,
d it is stin kopt up parlly by himself
t .1 i . . t.
great Lug a-boo. WendelsPhill.ps.
n ri t i Tt r f i nruiiiur I 11 n II II M I 1 1 I
What are the doctrines of that party?-
tt ;a tnirlo nnH ennnro r nnk'now sfl.rfi he
tbeffl that lhc Constitution is a Slavery
-K if mo a. i i u v i 7
I nnd sav that, inasmuch as from their ed-
uoation and the teachings of their con-
sciences they are unwilling to carry out
! at Part of tbe compact, that they go for
of tbe Un5D; tbc Slav0
States go to themselves, and let us go to
lourjselves. If the Southern States choose
t .... ... .
j to hold slaves let them do it; but mas-
; m Ann frnm f hn rtinar
10 pe2ce
They
bUC UUV W vuw wwwv
are, however, jaon-resistsots
But let
allegiance, and inasmuch as they cannot
- m f It cr .
do tbat, they do not vote or uoiu omoi
but not so with the Radical Abolitionists
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they hold that they have a right not only
that inasmuch as slaveholders have pro-
claimed that Slavery is a higher law they
make issuo and Bay that liberty is above
all constitutions and laws, and that the
slave is allowed entirely the use of hi. - itun
r1ianrt!nn ns to whflrfi find ho w he
may liberate himself if liberation i with-1
m his reacb. To mat party oeioogcu
John Brown. To that party belonged ,
n-i. j t.- ho t.Dfl prnrn
VUUtt, MllU bUUb paiujf wviwugvt . . j
anA fo Ut . nnrfcir h otirred evorv
mu -. , d
I rl 1 tr nnrl n ennrf n 1 nffl I V imnlioa-
r - -,.
i " ;B h.nn.nd to
XTR5rQ
inf. 11 i.iiii ill v.iiiis.t&kiuu . w iw
Affop n nftnmnts m every nuarter to
-" p w-fi - , -
After all attempts m every quarter
. i r . i rr i
maUe capital out or tne anair mere uaa.iuij, auu uaugai, u..-u u "uuggi
nnl Vinan nrntrml tn h A nnn Rin al Tlfinub-' against a sunerior power, for that inde-
u.vu u.w.uu . r 1 I
linn n Dfnn1tnv in n 1 1 I f 1 n O f 1X71 th Sward
; rm f thtthe;' haVo be able ,o
implied remotely or directly in this raid!
r Ti.w-n
I rejoice that those resolutions of iovos-
ligation have been passed in the Senate
of the United States, that they may call
' ,. ,
ior ijrov. oewara, inui iuey uiajr iU
any other Republican, North and South,
and bring them before the proper com-
mittee of the Senate of the United States,
nn,t j:..
uu nieic mauu iucu Um ujj vho-
close all that thev know upon tho subicct.
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T f..n nnm it n.;il i-Qcnlf I n nnr oin.
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aicauon, ana in tne morunoauon oi moso
l.nn .tfnmnlnil fft An SoWfinl t Vl 1 3
unuj -v v..-.-
signal injustice.
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Hang-Uog Testimony.
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W bat is the testimony upon wnicn your
j t. mj;0
papers, and the papers of Madison, have
?.L.. i.nf ,1.. nn,!, h. m.n. '
t ... r, ,
renecade, ono Forbes who avowedly'0 01 tm3 ProD,eai. 13 a iratcrnai one.
foueht for pav in Kansas, and whose pay !T,heso arc tho, entiments which I have
" a . u " km onBn,L rol,n '
fought for money in that Territory
where
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J .
j u A
rnnr nmiiirpn mill m v i'iiiiii rin lu
seek homes, when driven out by the strong
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competition of unpaid wages publishes
and declares that he intimated in a con-
versation with Mr. Seward, that such a
raid was going on; as be afterwards said
he did not understand it to be auytbing
but a raid to colleot together and carry. veii now gentlemen, ioe great, queMion
dut slaves from the Slave States by a kind is pertinently asked, "Why did a large
of stampede. What does be say that Gov. portion of the Republican party pympa
Seward said? "Sir. I will have nothing thize with John Brown upon his death ?"
to do with any such project. You have
bo business to talk to me, a Senator of
the II. S.. unon anv such subiect." Rut
any such raid. 1 put it to every honest
man. to Mr. Maeoffin. to Mr. Brecken-
ridee
idpe and all their unnorters. is there a
- -- p - - ii i i
t0 death tho meanest sheep-killing dog?
I wiH speak for yoal I know you would
Dot not one of you would
Yet this is .
to implicate Gov. Seward, and through
him to cast a slur upon the great Repub-
n0an party of theso United States. No,
gentlemen, we may go down, but I toll
you hero, now, I tell all these gentlemen
we will never go down upon such testimo-
ny as that. Therefore I reiterate, wc
challenge you to the disclosure. We
boldly hurl baok the imputation as un-
true, whatever may bo iti intent and pur
pose, and we defy you to the testimony,
and appeal to the country. That is what
we do.
About Insurrections.
While upon this subject, allow mo to
6av a word UDOn the subiect of insurrec
j ... " .
tions. I belive I have made more ppeech-
ea in vindioatioo of tbe Republican party
thaQ man ju tho UrjitCfJ fgutea ortD
r r i t ri nnnuvu i ruin inu iiiriiniiuiii
o T r
O T kyilinnA f v t in m tr AnpraQflnn
single ooe of you, on such testimony as ; monwealtb; this is the meaning or the res
this by on infamous renegade who desert- .olutions as they will go to the peoplo
ed his comrades in arms, who would put ! of Kentucky, and as we read to the same
, . , - - I , . 1 j 1 to tho saints. When you accuse me, and
dence with individuals, associations, and . l" DU'U ' f ,
, i - . e ., r . t ' all of us, you accuse them, and until you
other combinations of that party, 1 am as, a" " ' J . J,
. i , ,i -tn u .,0D 1 are ready to accuse them, and are ready
, intimately acquainted with the purposes .J, T , n n .,' ... a J
of that part? as any man in America, j to go with John , G . Calhoun ,n t e Sen
, and I will toll you what I believe those I te ,of th? UnI,tcTd ?tates; and .he
wnr.Mi nrm 4a Va n Art n yA t rt in Tn TT II n
detanding, and their views with regard
. . ' . . . J
1 .k;,f f f un iit;nn nf
alave8 b force and 8ervile insurrection. ,u."- ,u ouhl not to 6tnk? at thf ,nf
j We D0W arjd alwa bave regarded tbe;"or Mo the superior workers for the
1 AfricaD as of au inferior race, and b,esnf of life and liberty remain un
I although wo do not pretend to divine the touched-dtese glorious men who prece-
I in8orufable (le8igua QFf DictJt although we j ded us and gay. u, this Constitution.
' nnot fiflV what mav bo the desisrn of The Democratic Party Responsible.
; j j a
tbe great uj am. whether tbey shall as
these questions entirely to tne pnuosopu-
ical speculator, saying that is not a sub-
jeetof political action at all; but so far as
practicability is concerned, we say that Clay, but I make tbo charge direct; bu
black man is now of an inferior raco, and if I don't produce the cvidenoo and prove
although tho poet says "that tho worm, that, I say, if you givo me tho opportuui
feels a pang as great as when a giant dies," ty, let mo hereafter stand infamous be
yet we believe that is all poetry and not fore men
...i.i. fPL r 4 e ... :) Tn tho Rent nliwo what, nnva thn frrnnfc
truiu. -Luu mo ui iuuu auu ui nuiuuu ia
desirable as it is elevated and removed
from the condition of the beast of tho field
.L i. rpuf ::.!..
toab perisueiu. jluuiuiuiuii is,iuui, nucu ,
Great Britain held' her supremacy over its short comings from the higher stand
tho immense millions of India, attempt-' ard that we havo marked out for omelvcs
ing by tbo despotic power of force, to rule still baa ome regard for truth and justice?
it by no amalgamation of interests, taking What does the representative of that par
it under a common protection and into a ty say, you lato President, and the tan
common glory, those untold millions of didato of that party for the Presidency ?
Eastern men, but ruling by torce; and
i
plo tbat uu notsympatuize witn tne ur. -
.nlt.n .tnnn thn nhurrnnr nrnnnsitmn fifffl- merloanS VOlCU Ior 100 man lliat VOU
the right waB on tho side of the East In-
dians. Why? Because there was this
development of oar race, making them
little less than god-like and divine, and
becauso more especially these men bad
Droved bv their brutality, when a tempo-
rary success crowned their effort, that
tuuv weiu uuut iu. ..ucitjr. j-u..-
who dares not to be generous, is not fit to
rn a nr tn he free, and wc al reioiced
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ru e or to be free, and we all reioiceu
when wo understood that the old British
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lion had risen triumphant over the Ju2-
onrnnnti,; i flns of the neon o.
w....w r- r -
Jtut we come uown a pace lower iu ois
u , ,
n . 1
i - T.T..nnnn mk..n i t ....... I .4
o. .... . -
nendence which Austria attemnted to
take away from them. Wh.n she fouKht
for her God-given and national rights of
indenendenco. all this was changed.
Why ? Beoau(
their slaves they
ceived a great Pr
v oy : oeoau-io, Dy me iiDeration oi
showed that they per-
principle, and in this ac- ,
ui.jn,! nr nrinxinlo iott
Uw .vuiuuu - fc.w-v ..w..v,
'based themselves indi.solubly upon the
'sympathy of all the unbiased intellect of
our wide world humanity. We all want-
rTnn.rnrr tn trinmnb. We all dnsirerl
n--j 1
her independence. So, in regard to the
... ,
hlfick raeo. I sav iiere to-niiit tbat wbicb
fr no f i
x uav oaiu " ,
VeflTS BfO. that 11 that 1SSUQ aTOSC WlllCtl
j - -
od forbid it should come, when tho Af-
'tinnn o hpn nnrl thn cnnorinr rano vnnn n
..vuU uu , . ,V "
take un arms to vindicate their libertv.
. r
which can be in some btatos done but by
T
the abolishment of the white race, I am
nn tho Hirlo nf mv own rnen. 1 he solu-
always avowca , ana luereiore i cast oacK
luiuuiuua uuiuiuuj Luab luoiu ia iu ujj
breast anv sentiment like that which
" - - . - -r
nnn H onnAtinn (ha moLMnrrnr n rntf nn.
U U IUC OUUbU. 1'UIIUCI, x ucuoc into tu
. ' T .
sentiment ho far as I know tbem,
'of the b3 f the Republican
j PartJ of the btate"' n .
pursuit oi Happiness.
I cure not who the truth may cut, whether
it be friend or foe, I stand here avowing,
and it 1 know myselt, as trod is my bei-
Republican party is responsinie ior tne
John brown raid. These are the resolu
tions. as they will -o out in this Com-
. . . , .
.purport in the Message of rresident JUa
goffin, and in tbe speecn ot tbe Vice-rre
eident.
They druw an inference, they
have now abandoned the charge direct,
and now they have drawn the inference
that our principles led to that raid, and
therefore wc are responsible. Well, now,
gentlemen, if the responsibility rents upon
principle, it goes further back than Sew
ard, Clay, or any other Republican.
Where does it go ? To the year 1776,
when your fathers and my fathers declar
ed themselves free and independent of
tho British crown, and when they further
declared tbat "all men are created free
and equal, and are endowed with certain
inalienable rights, among which are life,
liberty, and the pursuit of happiness."
There rests the responaibility according
to your resolutions, not upon us, but upon
baD,d 0 Pilots 1 hey were those
fwho made he avowals and we are those
r
tuai, &LUUU uv tuc luiku uum uuusumicu
Declaration of Independence is all a lie,
.'T riomnr tn vnnr nllpfrnf.inn. I fifiv that
' J . e bn .
you are stopped from alleging tbat against
Now 1 will tell you whore tho responsi-
icgmiuu, x u. uUfiU,u - r .
on speculation. I am not putting the
charges upon inferences drawn by Lass.
; u - r b
, American party of Kentucky-that party
, which, with all its faults, still embodies so
n,rA. truth, and vhiflh. nmid all
Wbat aoes uo soy-iue umu mm, juu
p " " .1 If
l ' : i. i ihn r lii hi 1 1 1 fi ri ii 1 1 1 tz nrn n u itnnn r. n nr.
Law, but I felt it to be my duty, and
however much I may regret it, yet a firm
regard to the Con-titution and law? ci
the country compiled tr.c to sign thtft
bill. And all this trouble says Mr. Fill -
more, ''the lamentable tratdy at Hnr-
per a Ferry, is clearly traceable to this
Where doe, he say the rcspou-
fciuwity lies i unea upou iubi wnuutiau-
m -
siuintyueai n nua upou
- i . iji At: ..:
ic measure mat ropeaica tne Missouri
In..n-nn.i.-nnri WFM 'l Iw.f.i in lwi rt ! II. fl
Oompromie of 1820
of it. Still, are We 20inil to tako Mr
Fillmore's word for it! Hih authonty
do not iutend to take
j
it; but we will rev
nc hp mnu n f wn
review for a very few u;o-
i l . C iL 4 :
ments tne nistory ot tne country in con
nection with that matterand see ifit does
not bring the responstbili y upon that
party, as affirmed by Mr. Lillmore, and
ovi.wuuu j -v. .w - L -j
party.
Well, now, gentlemen, there is a man i
latevdead. a man whose name! have.
.
he honor to bear, and w,th gr "ur.ih-
'J I "J !t f nd hcre 0 ' ! H
fend his principles. Henry Clay is ad- ,
mitted to be the founder, and entitled to ,
all the honor of it, of that Compromise of
1820. As I passed down yesterday from
mv house and mv agricultural pursuits
- - ,o
bv tho City of Lexincton. I "aw a buze
;i f mwirp uinn riispd to the metno
pile
ry of Henry Clay. Gentleman, arc you
going to re-enact the folly and madness
that tho Saviour denounced in the ancient
Jews? Are you going to ornamcut and
whitewash tho outward sepulchre, while
inwardly there is nothing but corruption?
Do you intend to build eternal monuments ,
to brass the memory of Henry Clay, while
jou trample under foot the men who have
the courage to stand up and defend his
principles? Will you garnish the tomb,
while the immortal shall be ignored in
his representatives I If you iutend to de
ny these principles, go aud level that
monument to the ground, return tbat mar
ble to the quarry, and tbeu rush upon us
and hido them in our blood, but not till
then. He is the author of that Compro
mise, and what is it? Tbat north of 36
deg. 30 ruin., African Slavery shall nev
er extend, leaving it entirely as a matter
of inferenco whether south of that line or
no it shall extend. That U the Missouri
Compromise. Now, while I admit that
that there is no power in Congre.-s to
make strictly what may be called a com
promise, becauso it has an unlimited and
sovereign power bounded only by the Con
stitution itself, so that no one Congress
sball say what a succeeding Congress
shall or shnll not do. yet the language has
been used; it was a compact, and it was el
vated and placed alongMde tbo Constitu
tion itself. An honest registrar of the
event states that after it passed, so
great was the Banctity of that mea-ure
that it became as a part of the Constitu
tion itself, tho palladium of our liberty,
and be was afraid if orer it should go
down the Constitution would go down
with it. It existed to tho year 1354.
Allegations Answered.
Gentlemen, I utterly deuy the allega
tions that I hear made in this Hall of
Representatives, that the Compromise of
1820 was repealed or iutonded to be re
pealed by the Compromises of 1850, and
upon this point I appeal to the country.
No wonder that it is dark to-night no
wonder that they have put out tho lights.
Read tho speeches of that day. Why,
Mr. Clay was alive in 1850. Mr. Clay
was in the Congress of the United States
ho took part iu tho debates of 1850,
and I am at a loss to Gud where the state
ment was made- In 1854 was the very
Qrst time we wero told that ifc was at all
claimed that there was an intention, im
mediate or remote, direot or reflective, to
affect the Compromise of 1820 by that of
1850. How will I prove that? I prove
it to you by the admission of Stephen A.
Douglas himself. Yos, Sirs, that man
who is held up here iu Kentucy, that by
a certain kind of hocus poous is to bo
foisted upon you and tbe Charleston Con
vention, tell us in his first Senate report,
before tho Kansai Nebraska Bill was of
fered, that no ruthless hand hhall dare to
riso against tbat Compromise. Go to
The Congressional Globe. I know it is
now on record. I defy the Democratic
party or anybody to deny that when they
refcrcd to the Compromise of 1320, it was
tn Ko nrriaerved for vears after. It is
W W g.. ..... . j
said it was to be repealed. Are you not
! asbamed of yourselves? If you are no
, me J ,onture auoh an as
not
. J -
Bcrtion a mat.
. 1 A
1 It is history, gentlemen. You may
tear me down from this stand; you may
consecrate the principles which I heie to
I night defend, with my blood, if you please,
' but there will taud tho truth, and that
. nsscrl
"uin ' 3 j( oerat I
au ha ev cry oor 1
untrue, that tbe Lomproj.1
asscrtiou is untrue,
kuows it to be
c of 1 S20 was
repealed by the Compromise of 1850. It
is not true 1 And that it is not true has
beou avowed by the leading man that
brought in and carried that bill, and who
basod his claim for the Presidency upon
bin devotion to tho South, Thank God
for pcu, ink, and paper, sometimes used
in thi-iCommou wealth and othoralthouth
it is very
seems.
anti democratic to use tbem it
The Game of Grab.
little further. Why
iromise
Jem-
have
hVd the nower you say, all tho time or
of the Government lo tbc present day.
You hnve had possession of tht; Govern
ment since its foundation, and where i
the necessity now of repealing thi Com
prmise 1 Why. although you had tho
iiiflucucf of tbc GovL-rumeut, both in its
foreign and domestic policy, under pre
tense of subseiving the rights of the poo
yr, you have u-sed thea to maintain (ha
rights of Slavery, and after a race of near
ly three-quarters of a century, you aro
entirely behind. The North has grown
in population and material and inlellectul
development far leyoud your growth
"the .-et'ptre is about to depart from Ju
dea ;" and what tiOn I Why. we mur-t
repeal the Mis.-oari Compromise, and
take the start upon the progressive area
ol freedom, and check this power of con
flict that The Louisville Courier and Gov.
Seward speak of, and thu we may main
tain our supremacy. That -was it! Why,
although you have divided the territory
bctwecu the North and the South, that
Territory, you say, was purchased by the
coitituon blood and treasure, and therefore
you have a riht to go iuto it, and carry
your slaves; wheu you do not allow tbu
man who goes there from Ohio to carry
them th e. You hive passed your la? s
prohibiting the African slave trade; you
monopolize the carrying of slaved among
yourseUe..
Although you divide that territory ce
ded to this Government, and make out of
it LouHaua, Arkansas, end Missouri
three Slave States and when the North
comes to take possesion of her portion of
the bargain, consi-tiug of all the territo
ry north of 30 dog. 30 min , you say,
"No, gentlemen; that game is out, we mu t
have a new deal.'' Laughter. Well,
now my honest friend, what do you mean
by a new deal i Arc you going to put up
stakes and begin anew? Are you going
to put up Loui-iana, Arkansas, aud Mis
souri, and see in the struggle whether
Freedom or Slavery is the stronger I
"Ob, no ! nothing of that kind; we hold
all we have got, and we intend to play
the game of snatch, and get all we can.
Laughter.'
Douglas's Dream.
Come on again, then ! Mr. Douglas,
for the purpose of gaininz political pow
er to the loss of his constituents', and for
the purpose of maintaining the interesta
of Slavery and slaveholders, Bgaiust t.Le
great voting population of the country
both North and South, and to make Sla
very predominant, tells us tbat tho Mis
souri Compromise of 1820 is unconstitu
tional. This man, who a few years before
had come into the Senate of the United
States, adH.ittiug that this Compromise
was pacrcd aud mut not be touched,
some two or tbreo days after had a
dreauj, and the result is that he finds
out he had been mistaken; that tho
action takon in 17SS was a mi-take,
that the action was the non-extension of
Slavery, was rc-cuacted under the Consti
tution iu 17S9, and carried out under ev
ery President from Washington lo Mon
roe, in bating declared that they had a
right to restrain the spread of Slavery,
was a mistake. He suddenly found out
that our fathers did not know anything
about the matter; their action was uncon
stitutional; it wa3 unconstitutional to
pass this great measure; and therefore
the Democratic party repealed it, and
Douglass helped them do it.
Well, what did the Northern men do ?
What did the Republican party do? Why,
they said, Gentlemen, it is a lamentable
thing that the declaration of the Consti
tution itself gives the power expressly to
Congress to regulate the Territories that
is the word, "to regulate" the Territories
making no limitation, but giving abso
lute power, and yet you deny the consti
tutionality of action under it. As I said
before, the very first action under tho
Constitution in 1789 was an exercise of
that power to ''make all needful rules and
regulations respecting tho territories,"
j and following down as long as the Presi
. dents tbat were alive at the signing of tho
Constitution, lived, and coming to our own
times as late as when Oregon was formed
into a Territory, to a few days ago, this
action has been deemed constitutional
when all tho measures wera found out to
be based upon a fallacy, and it was dis
covered that we had no power to carry
them out. What did wc do ? Becauso
wo loved the Union because wc, North
aud South, had fought the common bat
tles of the country, and joined in tbelovo
of a common liberty, standing nhouldcr
! to nhoulder, wo will try the thing once
more; wo boiieve Frco Labor u compe
tent to sustain itself; we will jo into tho
I Territory, apply the tet, aud sec whether
1 or not it thali be Freo or Slave.
(TO BE CONTINUED.)
A writer has compared worldly .fniejid
shin to our shadow; and a belter compcr-
I ison was never made; for while we wjaik
i in sunshine it sticks close to u, buttho
moment wc enter the shade it deserts m.
To enjoy to day, stop worrying nhout
to-morrow. Next week will be just, as
capable of taking care of itself as thisronc.
And why hhouldn't it ? It wili bave sev
en days' more experience.
Tbe water that flows from a
tlnaa not conceal in wfntcr. And
spring
thoso
sentiments ot friend?hip wtiieh bwfroBi
tbe hc.art cannot Ijc froaWn adVcrity.
it.
ft.