Democratic standard. [volume] (Georgetown, Brown County, Ohio) 1837-1850, 1844-06-18
,,u - ~ Avn WHITE 81 LAVES.

"a with having said relative TO white
slstss, in Tho debate OU Che Missouri
question, viz.
aIfgenilemen tDiiI NOT alloC US 70 hare
Black SLAVES, they must tet Us h9re
WHITE ONES; for WE CANNOT CUT Our 4
vrnrwooD. AND BLACK OUR SHOES AND
HAVE OUR WIVES AND DAUGH
TIERS WORK IN THE KITCHEN"
a. auswerdo Mr.. White, Mr.. Clay says
6fthis exlract--
al certainly will not undertake 10 re
cite what we're the precise words useS Oy
~ an The occasion OF any ol the numer-
Sas aueechea, short orlOng, which ! made
in Congress on the Missouri question;but
this / WIN undenake 10 assert, with The
most Deriecl confidence, that never
aesd The words, or any words which would
hear fhe import Of the extract; TO which
i have blluded.n -
,"It is quite possible that, in arguing
upon ,he existsnce Ol the institution OF
slavery in this county, ! may have con-
tended lhst the black race supplied those
domestic Offices which, under tho name
ofAhelp .''..menial ssrvssts," OnA"dOmes.
ties sre 10 be found in every state OF
civilized soclely, anp r cOnssguUn y. ny oa.io,m
nsveu '%o ~ w oS,;oss IcIhavo svsr ern.
Moved Such an argument, [of which |
have no TscolleciiOn) Il is apparent how
sEFOLtous interences may have neen
ep4p WRm /" Wp'S" " S'u NV
!, ~, Al, cIov
s. "v' ~ ~ .e',Iss ~, 49,. Ahon,
~eu'o Pls'u 80 ~ wv .I.".sd .,n.o r.
Wen"-"'o go - .ss..I !, !.
MADE hesPescn a'u'" - ~
quite possible, and even very proOaOle
that be does not now TecOllect what he
did ssv.snd II he "wiIl NOT undertake to
-sci,S what were the precise words used
~ .bim on The occasion alluded TO- how
can he declare positively what words no
d;d aotuseY He however makes an ad.
,n,..loo IN tho last paragraph we have
,Ouotoa from his letter, which amOuOls
;mrliedlv. % 4 plea Of Quilty If he con,
.anded. a. he admits lie may have done,
.,.h., n. ,,,,oL ,aco suonlisd tboss do,
..s.,i. oaics. which under The name Of
..h.Ir i amsn;al servants y aud..domes,
,io.r -, i y fonnd IN eysrv state ol
.o.i.,v ana copssousn,lv rclisyed The
,.l,,s i,.ca f,om ,ba perror,oapce Of those
oN;c.s VI. i,no, quite probsble that he car.
,;.a ~, ,ha idsa which such argument
ls,d. i AID ,dd.d.io supuO,, Of Of slavery,
4,Itvsn,lemeu vim no, allow us,iO have
Slsck Slaves, they must let us have white
ones. gos we cannot cut our own frewOod
and bIeck our shoes, and have nur wives
and daughters work in the kitchen"
ona vssr aftsr Mr.. OIsv's speech was
=. A ,..h.,o.d.k. NJ,
msus y N0ps'sss, = = S"'s
A'ch, 9 msmoer OF congress, win haVlDg
spoken as aboyo quoted. Twenty. five
veArS aFlor the spaech, Mr.. Clay dsnys
I,.,.. wo,d. ~ .noh irro,,. hr, ,coo,r.
~,
Pan'es n's ueh'a' "''n ah aoD''Ss'on 'ne'
be may have used words which would
besE similar conslruc ton. , ,,8
.Rut hear wha, was said IN consross bv
~. w..,... -,.,,h.., ,Ir.o.. ~, WI
'ls's e. e =. ~" t'0w AvN'
ana personal and poli1lcal friend otMt.
CIsy. On the same day that Mr.. Clays
,sresch was made in which he used the
S...,,.o. ;rnn,.A ~ IN, Al, TIL,
ri,E @
spoks 80 io'iOwsi (anu MS speech was
published lp the National lntelligeacer, a
,ShiR puper.)
sYou cannot degrade Il Tlaborl more
letIselually than BY establishing a system
sAs,shy y i shall %. % performed Principslly