The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 184?-1851, 1844-04-25

shall be performed principally by slaves. The
business in which they are generally engaged, be
il what il may, soon becomes debased in public
estimation. Ii is considered low aud unfit for
freemen. | cannot better illustrate this truth
than by reference to a remark ofthe honorable
gentleman fiom Kentucky, (MR. CLAY) II
have often admired the liberality of bis senti-
ments. He is governed by no vulgar prejudces;
yet with WHAT ABHORRENCE DID HE
SPEAK Of the performance BY OUR WIVES
AND DAUGHTERS, of those domestic offices
which he was PLEASED TO CALL SERVILE!
What icomparison did he make between the
BLACK SLAVES of Kentucky and the
WHITE SLAVES of the North; and how in
santy did he strike the balance in favor of the
former9 Ifsuch opinions and expressions, even
in the ardor of debate can fall from that honora-
bic gentleman, what ideas do you suppose are
entertained of laboring men by the majority of
lslaveholders"
Here Mr.. Taylor notices Mr.. Clay's speech,
and partly quotes his language. Is it at all sup
possible that Mr.. Clay would have permitted MI
Taylor 10 have attributed such language to him,
ifhe had never used it? He is entirely too
shrewd politician for that! And would any
honorable member of Congress have the mean
ness to put language in the mouth of his fellow
member, that he never uttered? We think not.
Mr.. Taylor was Representative from the State
of New York, and with Mr.. Clay, voted for John
20. Adams for President in 1924. We have not
only the evidence afforded in Mr. Taylor's speech
that Mr.. Clay used the language above quoted,
but we have in addition the evidence of Mr.
Rich of fVermont. During the next session of
Congress, the subject ofSlavery in missouri, was
again brought before Congress; and the Nation
al lntellgencer, IA paper which cannot fail 10 be
good evidence with the opposition,) of the lst of
July, 1911, contains the speech of Mr.. Rich
from which the following extract is made:
81 have, by the successful influence ofmy ex-
ample, taught my sons to cultivate the earth
while my daughters have been instructed in the
manufacture of clothing for themselves and bro
thers, extending even to those have now the
honor 10 wear, and in the useful labors of the
kitchen"
In a note to the bottom of this speech will be
found the following:
"When this subject was under consideration at
the last session, the honorable Speaker (Clay)
remarked to the following effect:
"'I gentlemen aDiH not alIop as to haze black
SLareS, they must let as haze wtite ones; for WE
CANNOT CUT OUR F1REwooD, AND BLACK OUR
SHOES, g. HAVE OUR DAUGHTERS WORK
IN THE KITCHEN.'
Now, we have conclusively proven,
lst That Mr.. Clay did make aspeech in Con-
gress, on the missouri Question, on the 18th of
February, 1919, byNiles' Register.
2nd That the Congressional Intelligencer,
supposed 10 have contained thatspeech has been
destroyed.
Sd. That Mr. Taylor of New York, and Mr..
Rich of Vermont, Doth quote MI. Clay S language,
and prove that he did use the very words attrib-
uted to him.
4th. That MI. Clay has never disavowed using
the language, and hasnever replied to the spec
ches Of either MI. Taylor or Mr. Rich.
Are the federal editors now satsfed2