Indiana American, Volume 12, Number 14, Brookville, Franklin County, 29 March 1844 — Page 4
SPEECH OF C. M. CLAY
linits, and recklessly trench t.pcn the liberties iOl the north, tlirmiph a
.,r..f c a porttcn on caiB?utn that the rigkt of petition ie lc
v o v vwgrvfnoaai jjts i ;- u irifjaom or epeecb and the cress
fricf, on Saturday the 30.' of December.
1313, afrA White Sulphur Springs in Scot I coxntu. Ay., in rftfj- o Co. f. ,1. Joiifou, and other.
Concluded. If we conquered in the war of Independence, it was net because of
with Lord Chatham, I say that in a good cause 'out jwt cause- tb tngiana could have crushed America to atoms, free white citizen It was the consciousness of justke which ner-j South for opinion'
is suppressed t he t member.
censured for opinion sake that the post office is wrested by violence from the purpose of its creation.-they are outraged, that their colored citizens, cooks, Bailors, contrary to the express language of the Constitution, instead of beinr allowed the privileges of citizensihp, are thrown
"iu prison and deprived of their rights with-
bey are indignant that their
s are horribly murdered in the
ved our n0. in ; 1 ! T. , ,or ""nln '"C without having viola-
was the right in which vve cohered, h"..! , tKS'R a TuVJoV l7 ' the right that called the gallant of all land
our standard.- It . ih. H,ki i ;.i Zl. ' y re uis.aii.tieu,
ihr,i.n r.11" m-uBj.u-nno most solemn treaties of
nUu U!l (ravsea the states should
the United
be nullified by the extension of
t i3 unfierf Jtd h'rJ nf J.-.1-0 It .1 1 -vvie,.u,n vue vUerosee nation,
jt in is,, ., k;i J . 1 l"B cause ana the progress of the F or oji in mis war which you are madlv Drotecda .- h ..1.; .1. r J. :?.... r. .
till?, th s insniriniT h,",. .:ii ...... u Y 'I !. .".' minions 01 uoliars Have
1 . . 0 .i. mil ue uonie, Itlic1 hv lie K..t 1. .. .1 ... . . 1
f?-. n .1 ,. r 1
nrn tire ei. nun-.
, ueen lanen Iroin the hard pnrninra of il. a o
v..i- . .- . w ,
dredtbosnd rrl.K.,," r .. V"r cu' "nLc".mir,y thousand valuable lives
b-jfore ihev leave home w A Z 1' "r.hced by disease ami the Indian rifle, blood hr the exteil n r the homes of their
sclvc what ther a T ,t VvV" "tr cl, were their rightful inhe
b!eedinr and d'.in, - V.,,. -au 01 wl"cl llle Mtributo to the sole cause
raise in practice, and ko pioven to be by all exSn'i'w0" . dergatfy to human nature, and blasphemy against God himself. All America except Brazil and the Fnited freed lheir 6,lre8: re all the whites, slaves inconsequence! At the Revolution, on the day of the declaration of Inde-
Hi-uuence.au me ."states held si
TIT II 1 . m
"6 "lanbawilUbCUB iOW
- - lucie are liur nc.n-slaveholding States; are those ten mill or iSortlrners slaves Great Britain, in. junction with all Europe, except tke wiser
tionary and civil wars, was inundated Ly arm-i
inheritance
3 cause to those
iuiiiiion mat 01 right, no new State could hnvrt
t rii rt-ri pitnn w, : 1 - . . ,
of the terrible nidpmi re.i . l " " .J '"V810 swjmpe. They are solemnly of
H taiw vi a.
will t'en.,v.it 11,,' . I C ' j Vs 1 '""SjOeenaamitteJinto the Union. l.on.enslavcdTn'rn rk the coati"? domestic slave but if u fail, as seem n4 U Sen they, "and slaIba chains Wh,ch we have f. P.? t." !lle I i 6Uc1' .strengtl. as ta destroy
come the heritage of n,,rn..,;.. ; " . uan o nuerty that yet lingers in the
Ao, Mr. President it cannot wZ if, J ' , i0 . "nd m lhe South." All these grievanco:nes ,a the 2 t?J iV?o '"5 borne, for the peace, solved, I for one, w,:i join mv dost nv w hi h PVnency of the Union, bought the North, lie-in Kentucky mv mo Should earth. I ahail stand unarmed by il JC 7Jvnov r?h7lhLn0W' "CW; T,0,U,e ll,C Constitution by denunciation, a living sacrifice f" J her best are J $ fT ofI"tcndil1? ery, thny prosperitv; I shall not fear death iiltr ff Vi l' . ue deccnJnt8 of the men of LexWbut live. But SrSd da Pt beroatoruin.andshesh.au P efor SruS ,lt r,U!n0U9 "T'ences at to the rehnoh,n,:!t of horllJ :"n.ce"d5?ve.r- A,,d b?c. ,H not shut
rot till then, taking uo ,v li.msn',,,',1 .,5o 1 .. 1 ! . 1 .- . no d.anSer w,Jlcl1 threatens us with
.... ..-!!:.. . .. ' e.c, ...,.
. exu. 1 suaii, m other land
itmiuerty which was hopeless in home. I would to GjJ, that my
uns oay reach everv o
1. ; . . o
tovciy sand; then, indeed, would I rwi .,P1
.1... J : - j ... ' --" - "
urn lu'soreaa alternative cou
out my words are feob'w -
WS ft. inrf M.a : , .-.
...v ,,nss Eciioa iiiic me
- . .; 3 J,- 0 , aanSer wl"cli threatens us with C fiork ;f:nTJ'?10 diSS0lullJn-beclusc 1 da"e to speak r naiivi'Sl 7 C tri,l,,.'r,dini? with Jerterfon, that r2 : ''in0trM dangerous that it may not ide . t ! be combatted with reason and argument-.be--iae anj , cauge i wijj not f nom,Hr f:1,.nr . .
ulu neS hTpnen :Kaf,a fr,T U',e fsil,h of 'm ancestors because I cl ocd Ton, ?hese , l (Xi:S nJ PM" timm iron! lliese1 mofmn nrnoi it..i . !... . .
a n,, '') sen 10 me oasest and most
uiaiiunoraoie 1)11 runups hv
rvmi -1- ... l. . . 1
.f'v "men iiuman power cannot onen ;. . ' ' - '"""'s i'uwhc and darknes. broods over the land 1 once nior! : I V ,P i' Vf 7 ne whs is not a msdti!l God himself shall say. let there be i i " ? ''y Bck,noW cd8 t0 " "terly false, that Gentlemen 1 now tla iter thtmselvM that8 !n ' bI8'r."-ecause I am willing there w.ll be no dissolution of thT Union I, l i t a, UW,-that V"! -8iX hundred t,,0,,sand frc ICirt l - "r" lul- -lOn. Id. White Rltl7Pna nftLla . i.i .
t-uoanu in r.11 i im.i .1 ' . tuuiwiuim eaiin nave
some
slaveholders 1 am to be
ti: arc 111 11. rtinro 1, 0 .
Mm loud talk i!.,t tho- r.' :...".rinBl WCl1 the
tion-that it will wear away once more TdiJ!IUD fan itionist. and the ban of the then. "It is natural for maVtotn mo. I can-
llius onsof hn:,p. . 1... . " i ul ""n answer to
the naintaltru.K 1 I" i"" " .rCS 10 Mr.G.ddings
u ncivii iij me voice 01 i,
a comnlenientarv lptior
of Ohio, but I am published
I...... U Il I I
tail syrea, t,l( e!,e has trmrormed us into Trl Sa 1 1 V '? onem' t0 mT coun' beast." Alas! that these tin s of other d fs If V, W iC"' m J,c Kcw Ycrk Tribnne, I madefanuliar by school b.v L'a" at ion should Tf tt ' i PS,tJn' 'nd in dere rush back uuiin ili ,n.,.;.. .. ! . " ' " i of w"ch I challenge both North and Somh i
tive awful energy. I kno.vVe rsVrth at a t' ,n-V,eMfr " donieJ Publication in they .rem earacst. Twcn v of er leadS' til, T"8" btb P Uical ni "nd minds, her ablest, most natriotic ell izrn I havf S "a ,h CtCrDal P"tin? bt the freemost solemn!, declared in the rJAr L ih.! &e 're"; .ycomphantic speeches are
IS" bi idf-f tP?J,rfd in,tf ,he ea" f lhe rfM- People, Yes sir,! 7 f that Sa'ne pe'le are barred b despotic :n j ' intolerance from recei
m me event 01 tt,e annexation of Texas country, the Union shall be ua mnre.
they have sa.d it-depend upon it, they will dot "olerance Jrom receiving any light by which wS n ,-',ey- Wi': do- ,Since thc linie- ry CT r the!r righf3 and free theniselres
..-.....uv,luulllullol lne uw or 1!53 iy""''ciomiuoors(area5or.tcAicAfcri'n Oil Till It tl Prpcc r? . 1 . t .
. L v I'itctlll U1C I1UUU
. cuuuiau DI3CK3 iroill deso At ntv nur qcA
appeal to the first great principles of natural end American aw, to sustain my policy .gainst
luuciiui avanco. I hct ropo va
- ' a v
ignorance ana Otrgaruto their iLmr I
iu .ua.miiiu against sucd tiendish injustice. If
pupnc opinion oe maeed omnipotent, then let
us innnuers sirine terror nto ilo fnin.!.
sentinels on the watch-tower nf i;h,ri.ti..
1. !K ? f f r? ' ,eUer' and P"8 ! fa,f Prphcts wh0 h"c bas'T urped me tri-
1 . .... ...j, .i,clJ, ,,, , lllnK 1 fuuo ui me press. 10 6ay that I am an Mm. -""!n"chtbul the true feelings orXorth- litionist, in the snse which Im".
all moral progress would have you believe, that I would sanction insurrection and massacre,
ern men as any other man in Kentucky
I hey in divuled into three parties upon the object of slavery. First, there is the small banaof aohtionists, who are Tor violence, if necessary, in the extermination of slavery. I hey are few indeed, and deserve, as they receive, the execration of geed men in both the ISorth and in the South. Then come the Liberty party, embracing a large portion of the virtue, intelligence and legal knowledgc.the Christanity and patriotism of the North. Taking the ground first occupied by Washington him-
eeit, mat slavery was the creature of the lawi the wortd, disproves.
ana snoid c abo ished bvtaw. the anneal tn ?t;it ;.. r 1 .. .
votes, now in IS43. thev noil Z u- "r!clves 8nrt thc infernal slave-1
and !ion !!,. I..11.,. k " - "u""i "auu lu" rcno
r . e,"'UUICUIlUCin
niV wife, rl.il,' ran mnl 1. n. I .1 ...
j 1 --" ."uiucr, uromers anu sisters, and relations, and friends, are all hostages for my sincerity, when, restraining myself to the use of courteous terms, I repel the unjust and dishononngimpuUliontTLat i am an al)0iilio. 1st in the sense, that I would take away, without just compensation, the rights of property in slaves, which the laws secure to me, and some thirty or forty thousand citizens ofKen-
' Vi 10 u,e 1 foune, which is befo
re
aves.not except-
there are thirteen
illions
anarchies of Snain anit P.inn.i 1
since emancipated many slaves, and now, in if i43' tG ,,Cr ,,onor be il EPken. bave liberated 30,000,000 or her East India serfs, in all her wide domains which touch on everv eea, and embrace every clime under the whole Heavens, there is not, nor indeed can there be a single slave; and is she enslaved! No; she has sense enough to knowand hart enough to teel, that it is justice, honor and glory, which secures the liberties of a people and make them invincible and immortal. Do gentlemen take the absurd position, that one hundred and eighty thousand Treed men could enslave Ketuckyl West india emancipation proves that Hie great majority of freed men
7,u uc -'npioycQ econo:nicilIy in the same ollices at 6niall waires. which ihp nitv fill u i 1 It
perhaps more ease ind safety than now exist, out should they move turbulpn
would be no cause, and which no man in his senses believes would happen, and were I disposed to indulge in that vaunting spirit, which to-day his so powerfully infected us, vai five thousand such troops as those 1 have the honor to command, to whom gentleman have been pleased to allude in a mannerso complimentary at my expense, I would undertake to drn e rrom the State the assembled one hundred and eighty thousand in arms. They further tell us with reverential gravity, that "God has de61gncd some men for slaves and man need not
u I V , reverso decrea; it is better thit the blacks should be slaves, tkan ihe whites." 1 his proposition, whirl. I .lmm .....!..
false, passes away before the glance of reason, as tie dew before a summer sun. I shall admil morn! r
"'-j r arguineiit, mat some
men a ways uave, and possibly will perform
ineniai omces lor the more fortunate. Let the
a oi nature and of God, have its undisturbed
oLiion lei me periormance of these offices be voluntary on the part of servant, and that beautiful harmony by which the highest intellect is
un.iea, ny successive inferior links to the lowest
miiio, win never be disturbed- The sensative highly organized and intellectual, will
e.uua.,y r.6B ,rom service to command: the
buhiu, ana pronigate, the insensible and coarsely organized vvill sink into their places.-the law
v. v.uu a.u emigntened freedom will still be preserved, and the greatest good to the greater number be secured forever. Buv when municipal aw, and not by the law of fitness, which is the law of nature, not regarding the d;stinctions of morals, mind or body, whole classes are doomed to eervitude, when the intellectual, the sensative, the foolish, the rude, the good, the bad, the refined, the degraded, are all degressed to one level, never mure to rise forever, then comes evil, nothing but evil 1 ike as from dammed up waters or ncm im ci.n,.. a j
, ' I - -wins, UUUUB HUM explosions come slowly but come at last nature mocks with temporary dissolution at the obstacle man would oppose to her progress, and at length, moves on once more in all her
u, iramu.oieu vigor and unfading loveliness which from eternity was decreed. That the black is inferior to the white, I readily allow; but that vice may depress the one, and virtue by successive generations elevate the other, till the two races meet on one common level, I am Ii2n fi r ... 1 1. .. : , .
-.-.... ... ....j .uuiiiL-e.i. .uouern science in the breeding and culture of other animals than man has most fully proved this fact, while the ablest observers of man himself, all allow that mental and moral physical developments transmit their several properties to the decendant corroborating by experience the divine decree, that the virtues and the vices of the father shall be visited by the children, to the third and fourth generation. In the capitals of Europe, blacks have attained to the highes places of social and literary eminence. That they are capable of a high degree ofcivilization, Haytidaiy illustrates There we have lately seen a revoIn lion , conducted in a manner that would do
uuu. u u,u ursi people on earth, one of the avowed grounds of which was, that President Uoyer neglected to secure genaral education to
w. Feop.e, a consideration that should make some vaunted States blush in comparison After the expulsion cf the tyrant, they set about forming a more republican Constitution, admitting the whites who had participated in their dangers and success, to all the rights of citizenship. If history be tr.i. u-p
owe to the EVDtians. en;.! t I r .i V
r . ' ; u ui i iic inouern Moorish race, the arts sn.1 .j
early seeds of c.v.lization. How many centunes did it take tn hrincr ik --..
wi a . . V m )erieciion: W hen we reflect how little time the negro race has been under the influence of ofi,r o;;i;,.i
nations, and the rapid progress they have made in an upward direction, wa h.o nn
treat them u-i.I. n.. .u'.l ,ca.ou,
.... .. V toiuempt, which in
ed troops from the United Staws, marching! . M1""OR LJIIIJAUYT from our very cities in open day, with colors ... e have ,on2 wished to have for our own flying, led on by land-mongers and bond-spec-: ,'braT a uniform edition of our favorite ... ulators, to violate the neutrality of a countrv U,org' 1,1 this gregarious world, ten tho-i?al at peace with us; whilst she protested, end im- ma have toScther, vhat one cannot hare ah
" "j ic ires ui itepuuncan. sisternooa u. iwutn 10 join and
tn r.nm V - .... ,. . our rnvfilpil 1 i K . n . I. .. i : ...
cj,aic uci c uuswrrea tver ewrenties ana , ,,v,a,J y uavmg one like it thpm li.oi 1 .. : . l ,. . sp Ivee llu iV;.-, -...u:.: .. '"wii-
Ju" 1.1'nnjiaims uy sending ucii. Gaines ,
give us
Cv this combination we can ha
iave it
iicLC!f.ij;imii ntT very Dorders, under 1 v"weay a oook oi poems wl,;,! .... ' Costs n firillnr h
i'"-Kui-c"1 euaiuiuj uur own country, out in " ""-'v "uu uonars in Lom
fact to aid in the rescue of Texas from
I r " -"ULU
ih in. ave lor a sliilliriLO anil inci,j , '
. n.l . r., r... ...i .i . . h l fr fr ! n . 1 - r-, " -t . 1 . ,T . . 1 . . ' r r t ,
auiug iwt, uui mien me Canadians, inspired i"5f-"j cn ui dook5, one short aid by sentiments of true liberty, invoked the .ne ,a,, one fal anJ one thin, we may hav'g God of battles and the sympathies of nations them of one symmetrical shape, leautiV;.. ta her rescue from the British crown; that Pfm,e 'i bound to our &nd your likinri. Britain who we are no w told, is about to seal win ,ru?t our ,aste to select the holu us up hermetically that Iliitain with and we will throw you in, in a preface Miiai whom we have had two exasperating wars; wo kl,0,w of,he aull.or, and what we think of that Britain whom the gentleman so much i ,lls Works n for our trouble in proof-reading denounce, dared to come into the borders of Publlsl,ing, packingand forwarding we wiM the United States, and to cut out an American ! .pay "rseJves out of that little un-niiscd and vessel lying in our own town; aiid to destroy 1 fecund shilling. the lives of American citizens, resting under ': c haTe insensibly arrived at this idea bv the folds of the broad banner of the stars aad ?er L,,r"d stePs- we tried in vain for vear. atnpes: And whenMcLeod, one of the perpe-' io Cnda Polisher who would undertake anew tratorsof the deed, was taken in our borders. ' cdll,on of our poems though they were com
nere ne naa tauntingly intruded himself, and v uul Prini aaa "ough (it seemed to held to answer for the murder, this same hau- us) .,hcre was demand for them which mi-h-ty Britain, defyingly assumed the responsibil- J"stiry l.he edl,in- Against advice.we ihought ty, demanded his unconditional release, and we ,,nis,,t al ,easl fu"'h our ftiends copies to denounced war as the consequence of relusal ; "au Iy publishing them in an extra of the Where then-where, I ask once more, was M,rror- fur Price that would just pay the exthat military fervor which to-day would hurry penfe of Pr'n,l"? and circulaling. To our ro us to battle? You heard not then the blood S!,ia11 as,0,,'s'''npnt the orders for them came of your brothers crying to us from the ground 111 ?!' r,aP;dl- while they were in press, that we for vengeance! silent and placid as the still wa-' Pllb.llbhcd a VCiT ,arg edition, which is still ters that which have forever closed over our selu,1"i "eely, and it then occurred to us very murdered countrymen, you open not your n3turaII' lat one of two things must be triicmouth! Aye, more yel-your Major General Cl,ncr 'nePul!'crs were perfect cormorai.tg
us- n nit-I'mnis mcr cvm.Aij r i .
."i'vmcu Hum DOOKS, or
fallible judges as 1'he next th.-nni,t
might not still bear with their pitiable humili- Was an eas7 ne. Could we not, out of our y. Your attorney General was hurried off OWn bet!er JuJSment and smaller expectation to New York to guard with all the inviolability ; Pro-fu PWish as handsome and cheap of a great National officer, McLeod from harm. edl,,ons f other authors, whose works were
ocutury vi otato continued to write ' ' ,Jr lul"e a" i.et us try!" said
iiiouiu: Aje, more yet your Major General v" "cH"""crs were perl was sent in hot haste to the Northern border af lo,hePr"Gls they expectei not like Gaines, to enter the euemv's country' ' ll:ey were no1 ways infa but to keep the peace at home, lest England -1 what Works would sel1-
frequent and explanatory letters to the British I Ln'erPr1Minister, anxiously protesting that the laws of Before "rriTing at this idea of the Mi New York would no doubt relent t, i brar'. however, we had made rrnr
er after trial, which the General Governmenl 1 rPublisn in l"e same cheap form, other work if they had the power, would immediately do! J !" own at wcre as much called for a
the Poems in short all the Prr,so v,i r x-
. il 1JJIS fVOlir hnmhlo cn....i r .u-
vv ... w.v. Bi.,,aiii ui nils nrps-
All ltlle wn I. o .4 I rt I- .1
j " - " iu near, hoi oecause we were not indignant, not because we rccmrAA ,,r.
selves as in the wrong, not because whether ' t?1 Writin' dcar reader!) Our dear ally Gen right or wrong, at other times, we would not i 7i1,s!,has a, ni-di.ced his popular Songs
uaieiiung McLeod as Haman. No it was! , . wnicn "ave sold with the same because we were unprepared for war. that j 5 Icctnc "pidiiy a the others. Our ''Letters although England stood single handed against ' f,31 Ullder a bride' are now ready, and Penus, we pocketed the insult and the unjury, and I "m.nS h? the Way are in preparation and will
w ,,a b 11 It N fir I V II . h M rtHvn4;-
w. Uu LCI HAT
solves every year ftom the ti
a .
j-iiuu. n cucn acnntinued rate cf
leave ii to the tcflectimr
on? t wiU be before
i vvuili iiiiii 1 1 r nnnr w . . -1
me of their organi- tionist as I was .gam n IMti. ZZl IT
increase, in the same House of Bnr-....: .. ..
. . - . r - .
meed it, and would appeal to
to determine h ;cui n .. . r-V l,,ai
ihpr . ... Ti A: . "atu u o Kentucky in such
political power of the North. L C f"?1 8? .! 11, that sh
-j , .w .u uum uiuigiLHIII lima nh I .nn.1,1 : J..
i . . . n touuu-
tre lrpt irt o ,.r V-.-.- . ' '
. vi .luiiiitm men. hnirnin... i. . e"
edtoslavery in principle, but whrforbeart.'. Q I 1 'ntfre6t, to free herself from Ukeany active part foV its remov.!? I have ever
they do not feel many of its i!..hB. Pul c speeches and wtitin
i cor
. . i i . , v. v m. a hiiu v iiiinfjK
the: conseauencea of !w w,,: rlt"e Ql l,us district, that if Kentuckv
. .-.v,iK u ?ul, uniriPd : v.i.1 him unmmi. r . ... - j
v. c tJ B Vl reaSon and religion, stands equalyl condemned. M,y, then, lam taunted by both pro-s aycry and anti slavey men, do I hold
navei.: i ninnucnced hv f !,a r .. -
. . , . J viiinuiia ui me wor d.I intend in my own good t.mc to art nr
asi reieaseu ine prisoner. And now uhon
these ten millions of Northeners they who cast our cannons, build and man our navy: who make our swords and munitions of war: whn
are capable of inventing more infernal machines than the demon of war has yet dreamed of, and who have the iron nerves to use them; now when thev are not onlv nnt fn- ...
but against us now when we are opposed not to England single handed, but tn nil rti,;.-t..
H nm unttorl n-lil. f : .
-....v.v .. mcAitii, now wnen we are in
a worse state or defense than before; now in a manifestly bad cause, where we ore loosers whether we stand or fall, now when we are to be hurried into the miserable policy only worthy of mad men, of seizing on Texas and waging a general war! For one, I dare not, I will not do it. I pray you to consider this matter yet a little while longer: sleep on it a few nights, if sleep yon can; scrutinize the admonitions of an unerring conscience; see if it be a cause which you can pray for; a cause upon which you dare invoke lhe dread arbitrament of the God of battle. If it be not. desert it now and forever; renew your vows upon the desecrated altar of an injured country; spurning all parly trammels, trample into dust, the black banner
, -....v., mm uisfuiuuoniic ironi every
uuuse lopinrougnoutlhe boundless empire let there be thrown out once more the soul cheer
ing uanner; "Liberty and Union, once insep erable, now and forever."
Chenn and Snhtnnlinl TJr.l T. I ...i -
scenes, preferring according to the oft Kn.,..j
S7h! UIS t?5ey hsre' "therthan fly to those they know not or." Then there remains a fragment of men, who are the shameless advocates of s!a very; with a perverse nature.auchas inspires the unworth kn. r
cmivicta, they pride themselves upon tk.,- 'JZZS. f1i,t,on"a"
eunoence ,0 gmh, and chalIen!re the hh " - I ,Vrr . V ? a?. ". Constitution,
t r. .. . . - vum ui uneiue word 'n m' n ti.. ...
cred instrument, am 1. Such an abolitionist as Washington, who, s- far from lending countenance to the propogation of slavery, as you are deC,??d thtton 811 Per occasions.
Wa9 IKP Pnnilivk to f- I trr
.. ..VKH iU llcc erseI, ,rom l&e C0Un. sels of pro-slavery men, that slavery would perish i of itself, by the voluntary action or masters and theirresistable Torce orcircumstancea whirh
would compel the people to the use or free in-
van-
band
stead of slave labor, as every way most a.' tageous.-.uch an abolitionist as were thai
entirely, as in speak-
i ii - 'V" iuio.i on proper occasions.
enter the peniteatiarv f,,r !ii..:..V.:"ou,2i "." "nuence and his vote should be cast for ih
peaking of the Nonh, I mention VuJJl en 0.f.l'avery mong men, am I al-
wfa "eh 'TT lhem 10 lhat "otoriety r.rtLIt i dcVired f obtaining b, .'LtU,U.ld,C,le- .1" ''"imating Northern IX
yi pics iuL-in over cnt
mg of the morals or Kcntucki
illustration.
nLrff "din?.em rather a. those V.'S7 !. f.,!?v? !!,onist as wa Jfferaon. the
r,?w. V" ,n'ft8 r?nce ha. inflicted uooni fc.aiV?; I'Jk r"!& you a P""
ii iiiuddi, ina vaa ire nrui;a. . .. ..
Then eir, these twenty mtn of whom I have Unini.r' th trU5 T,Pcnts of the senaaTflf lli.e ,7lt f Northern freemen, r?.l!. Tree Uo th,t etent or the two &lSrtliwhich "-"let.t.d! . Jhf! pP"on of those men-they Mrem in Congre-they are before
i... w.v ety lbtt lery, not con at with the im non.ties allowed itintKnr;
ilBHA will. U. - .. : "
n7 1 Tmon th has been here to-day , and often elsewhr j - .. . , '
tA ih.i k. . "'K"iiicaiiy aavanci Ie.d'.l.hlt. th.e VMton is "whether the whiio.
m wvi m i nn nri. ' nnsi 1 1 rrt a ik ki..L. ...
fT WWPtct, bit transcended it. "r.'V.r c"' or. b':k ba
- -. ,,v v Tiuiiri.
ho fhrptnli. n-h.t I
tially come to pass, that slavery, if not destroyed, woald jeopard and finally extinguish the libertie. of the white, them.Ptr.. .u.V.f?
;ery.fth.bUcki.ce,if,ot remedied by the Whites. Would Lot , J :. ' luo
. , . - ismtuj liaeil -BUCD .. And wf -ch, i ,
an
take
?uch an issue is false in
uu. i av.i, a, io me soems best in view or all the premises let, I thus far pledge myself, that whenever' Kentucky will join me in freeing ourselves from tiiij curse which weighs us down even unto death, the siarcs I on she shall dispose of as to her seems bast. I ehaU ask nothjng in return; but the enhanced vaiuS of ny and, which must ensue gradually from the day that we become indeed a free State. I will po rJl"gve ,me I" e lbr 1 will not
I..- . I 1 7 out i will agree to be taxed to buy the remainder from those who are unwill.ngor unable consistently, with regard to
v.Ia I 3t i .. . 10 Presc"t them to the State, and then I shall deem myself and my posterity richer ,n dollar, and cents, even, than we were ,nwrUr,nfr,0m,thisdisression- We are old that England almost surrounds us, and lhat if we do not break away from her fatal grasp our days are numbered; and to excite
u. pau.wi.c.auignaiion, we hear the taunt,
'" uy our very last
was lost, and the T I -J I ..
unu wiitrre men ir.m i u . ,
v;w j . "ic sworas which to-day are so restless in their scabbards -where were your indignation meetings, your chivalnc defiance, your patriotic ardor? If we must fight England, let us meet her in defence of our western border-there let us vindicate out sullied honor; there batteling in the lrll:yXh' rH no'tdoub,
- uiuiuciii uu n nnse sinndar -:. ...
But no! we don't want to fight En.
titles in lands tn ho
treaty, territory
country betrayed!
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