Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1844-03-05
SPEECH OF C. NJ. CLAY.
CoNCLUD ED.

CONCLuDED.
Gentleman, know, fatter themselves
that there will be no dissolution Of the In
ion. In 1903 and in Is 20 we are told that
there was the same loud talk that there is
now, about superintendent it will wear
away once more as It did then. at is NJ
tural for man to indulge in the illusions of
hope; we are apt to shut our eyes 10 the
painful truth and to listen to the voice OF
of that syren, till she has transformed US
into beas s." Alls that these lines Of 9TH
er days made familiar by school-boys de-
clamation, should rush back upon the men,
DRY with their primitive awful energy.-l
know the North: at last they are in earnest.
Twenty OF her leading minds, her abest,
most patriotic citizens, have mos, sClemnly
declare in the face OF men, that in, the event
Of the annexation of Texas to this country,
the Union sail be no more. Yes, sir, they
have sa d it--depend upon it they will do
what they say they viii do. Since the
time. whel in the vIrdicatiJn Of the law Of
1888, found it necessary in order TO pre-
vent the flood of the Southern bl cks from
desollting our State, to appeal to the first
great principles Of nature and American
law,to Sustain my policy against blind and
maddeneA avarice,l haze received from all
parts o. the Union, letters and papers up
on the vital subject of 81 very, and think
know as much about the true feelings OF
Northern men as any other man IN Ken
lucky.
They are divi ed into thee parts upon
the subject Of slavery. First, there is the
small band of aboIitonis:s, who e FIR vio-
lence, il necessary, in the determination Of
slavery. They are few indeed, AMI de-
serve, as they receive, the execrdton Of
good men both in the Moth and in the
South. Then C me the Liberty party, em-
braciug large portion Of tie VIRUS, inlell-
igence, and legal kn wedg he Christian
ty and patriotism Of the North. Taking
the ground first occupied by Washington
himself, that's avery was the creature of the
law and should be abolished by law, they
app al to the llotbox, not The bayoact;
like the great ish Reformer, hav ng faith
in the power ofreason, truth and virtue they
expect to achieve bloodes revolution,
more orious than any yet arising from
force and arms. This part, few years
now in l 43.lhcy poll siXty-ivo III usand
men at III ba lot boX;h wing doubled them
selves every year from the time OF their
organization. AT such continued rate Of
increas., leave II to the retlccl,n5 10 de-
terminc how long it viii he before they
absorb the Whole political power OF the
NortA. Lastly there Is great mass o,
Northern men, " no are oppo I'd 10 slavery
in principle, Hal ra1 forbear TO take any
active part ro~ - rsDUyal: not because
they do not feet many vi IT'S evils, COZ oe-
e&sSs they fear the conscQu. noes Of enter
ing upon united scenes. prctcrr,ng accord
ing 10 the oft repeated maxim, to bear be-
evils they have, rather than ely to others
they know not Of Then there remains a
fragm nj OF men, who are the shame esS
advoc ,tcs Of slavery, with n peryersc ma
tire, such as inspires The unworthy bosoms
of convicts, they pride themselves on their
preewtpe nee oi ga Il, and challenge the ab
horrcnce oil mauk nd to elevate them to
that torietv which they have daspalred
OF Obtaining by vir uous deeds, In csti-
mating Norjhsrn {. cling, lshoI. pass them
over entirely, Is IN ~pcakiUG %. the mo, ais
q
trntlpr, for dcst. alton. So in speaking
Of The North, mention not these m7n, re-
garding them rather in those uutcasts, whom
God IN his 3engeance has inflicted upon all
nations, and who are peculiar 10 none.
Then. sir, these twenty men Of whom
have before spoken, are the true opponents
OF the sentiments Of the great mass of Nor
,lhern men-ot the two fragmentarv pa ties
which | have enUme ated. You know the o.
pinlons Of those men-they have avowt d
them inCongress; they are before tie world.
They say that slavery. not content with
the immunitcs allowed II in the original
compact. has transcribed lis assigned
limits, and reckIessly trcnched upon the
liberties Of the North, through a violated
Constitution. They complain that the right
of petition is deued-that the freedom OF
speech and the press is oppressed that
members Of Congress are censured tor on
pinion's sake-that the post office wres-
ted by violence from the purposes of is
creation; they are outraged, that their col
ored citizens, cooks, sailors and others, con-
trary to the express language of the Consti-
tuition, instead of being allowed the privi-
Ieges OF citizenship, are thrown into rison
and deprived of their rights without just
cause; they are indignant that their tres
white citizens are horribly murde red in
the South Tor opinions sake, without hav'
ing violated any State or national law, OF
without having been tried by a jury of theil
peers, which is their inaltenable right
They are dissatisfied, that the most solemn
treaties Of the United States should tie
nullhed by the extension Of Georgia over
the Cherokee nation, and by which the
missionaries, free citizens OF the Moth,
were thrown into prison, and there kept
contrary to l1w,and in disregard Of the Sn-
preme Court Of the Union: they are ag-
grieved at the.eause and the progress OF the
Florida war,by which, forty millions OF dol
lars have been taken from the hard earn
lngs oil the people, by which many thou
Sane valuable lives have been sacrificed BY
disease and the Indian rifle, bv which our
national honor was furnished in the en-
ploymeni OF bloodhounds, 10 drive the un-
offending savages from the homes of their
fathers, which were their riph,r,l ;cbou;