The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1844-03-08
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'""J o''.'>t'o>5 1~a'HcuiS 1" p1->~,Iuc lnteih-
gencer sayss the result of tue motion appears tov
have been wholly unexpected, The advocates Of
restriction were Taylor, liIls, Lyermore and Fulx
Ter, the opponents, Baiber, PindelI, Clay and
Holmes. In the House FEB. I6, the restriction
passed 81 to 76. 4
Extract from the speech d Mr.. Taylor. of New.
York, Feb. Is, 1919, on the Missouri Bill. Ma
tional Intelligencer, MarchSc, 1919.
''You cannot degrade it [libor more effectuaiy
thanby establishing asystem whereby it shall be
performed principally by slaves The business
in which they are generally engaged be it what if
may, soon becomes debased in public estimation,
1t is considered low and unfit fNAlsemen.A can.
not better illustrate this truth lsS by referring
to remark oftbe Honorable geLslepan from Ken.
lucky, (Mr. Clay.) / have often ad,aiited the lib
eality of his sentiments. He is govssssss by NO
vulgar prejudices; yet with what abborrance did he
speak of the performances BY our wives and daugh-
ers, Of those domestic offices which he was pleas
ed to call sERvnE! What comparison did he make
between the "black slaves of Kentucky, and the
'wlite slaves" the North; and how insta ytly
such opinions and expressions, even in the srdor Of
debate, can fall from THAT honorable gentleman,
what ideas do you suppose are entertained of la
boring men by the majority of saveholders!'
This certainly leaves no room for doubt or cavi,
as to the fact of his having made such speech
And there is no recorder pretence that he ever ex.
planned or quatiedit. There it stands to this day.
But we find further proof, The next session, the
subject came up again, and in the National Dtelli-
gencer, of July I, 1920, we find the following ex.
tract:
Speech of Mr.. Rich, of Vermont, Feb II, 1920.
81 have by the successful influence of my ex-
ample, taught my to cultivate the earth, while
my daughters have been instructed in the manufac-
turc of clothing for themselves and brothers,. ex-
tending even to those have now the honor to
wear and in the useful abofs Of fffssie ffssie Kitchen
In note it was said
"When this subject was lPder consideration 6e
the last session, the honorable Speaker Cay, re-
marked to the following effect
"D ganth men ,ciH not ailOW as TO hare blaef
Slares, they must titus hare Uhite ones; FOR We
CANNOT CUT OUR FIREwoop, AND BLACK ouRs
SHOES, AND HAVE OUR>WIVES AND
DAUGHTERS WORK IN THF KITCHEN"
Here we solve the riddle in Mr.. Clay's history,
yet unexplained by his biographers, how Mr.. Clay
who, when young man, was so jealous for the
abolition OF slavery in Kentucky, should when old,
exert all his influence to defeat convention to cor
rect the monstrous absurdtes of the State Consti-
tuition, for fear they might in some way touch the
subject ofslavery. aud either take measures to bring
1t to termination, or to curtail the exclusive pot-
ical power held by shareholders in the State gov
I'ernment 1t is the contrast between the poor un-
sophisticated young lawyer, and the rich planter
and aspiring statesman; between Scott, the Shep-
herds boy,and Epss16s9don the Tory and HigEr
Church Lord Chancellor Of England.
The symP'hies of the mill boy of the Slasbes, are
lost in the pride of the owner of three score slaves
and he who once batted in the little creek while
his horses were Embarrassed from the plough, now
| turns up his lofty nose and exclaims:
1--WE CHNNOT CUT OUR FIREWOOD
IND BLACK OUR SHOES, AND HaVE
| OUR HIrES AND D.dUGHTERS IVORY
LNTHE 1ITCHEN
Let every farmer and farmers son, and farmers
wife, and famer's daughter in Massachusetts. cut
from some newspaper. the portrait and name of
Henry Clay and paste them up in the kitcken and
every mechalic in the shop, with these words as
the motto unlerneatb-
at the geLdemen WILL NOT ALLOW us
no HAVE BLACK SLAVES, THEY MUST
LET US HAVE WHITE ONES; FOR WE
| CANNOT CUT OUR FIREWOOD AND
BLACK OUR SHOES, AND HAVE OUR
WIVES AND DAUGHTERS WORK IN THE