Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1844-04-02


# Clay IS red with his fellows blood; duein
: has been his pastime; the gaming table ha
been ms favorite resort, and profane swear
ing much oftener ON his lips than prayer
: we think the reading of the bible, the FAM
(; ~ prayer, and the making of butter NAV al
j, be Jumped off as petty trick to humbur a,
! unsuspectlng man whose position gave hin
influence. But without further remark a
an onset TO the vague chimeras of the brair
OF the editor of the American, we submit The
! following:
From the Emancipator
Mr.. Claws SYMpATHY WITH L,pop
I'll the gentlemen will not allow us TO have
BLACK slaves, they must let US have WHITE
ones; for WE CANNOT CUT OUR FIREwoop,
AND BLACK OUR SHOES, AND HAVE OUR
WIVES AND DAUGHTERS WORK IN
THE KITCHEN"
have not been able to find any report
OF this speech; but in regard to the debate,
find it commenced on Saturday, Feb. IL.
The National lntelligencer Of Monday Is,
is torn out ofthe files IN the library cfCon-
gress. The Intelligencer of Tuesday 10Th.
gives Mondays proceedings. 1t was on
motion by Mr.. Tallmadge, of N. Y. to a.
mend the bill authorizing the people Of Mis-
souri, to form a Constitution Mr.. r. moy-
ed proviso, ''that THE FURTHER INTRO
DUcTIoN OF SLAVERY OR INVOLUNTARY SER
vITUDE BE PROHIBITED, except for the pun.
lshment OF crimes whereof the parties shall
have been fully convicted" Carried, 20 to
81. The Intelligencer says, ''thc result of
the motion appears 10 have been wholly
unexpected The advocates of restrict
ion were Taylor. Mills, Livermore and
Fuller; the opponents, Barbour, Pindell.-
CLAY and Holmes. In the House, Feb l6.
the restriction passed, 81 to 76.
Extract from The speech OF Mr.. Taylor,
of New York. Feb. Is, 1919, on the Mis-
souri, Bill. National Inteligencer, March
Goth. 1919:
"You cannot degrade il [labor1 more eff
fccually than by establishing system
whereby it shall be performed principally by
slaves. The business in which they are
generally engaged, be il what it may soon
| becomes debased in public estimation. Il
is considered low and unfit for freeman. |
cannot better illustrate this truth than by
re(e ring to remark Of the honorable gen
tIeman from Kentucky. (Mr. Clay.) !
have often admired the liberality Of his
sentiments. lie IS govrned by no vulgar
prejudIces; yet with WHAT ABHoRRANCE DID
HE SPEAK of the performances BY OUR WIVES
AND DAUGHTERS, Of those domestic Offices
which he was PLEASED TO CALL sERvILE!
What comparison did he make between
the ''black slaves" Ct Kentucky, and the
"white slaves" Of the North; and how in
stan,ly did he strike the balance in favor
the former! If such opinions and express
ions, even in the ardor Of debate, can fall
from THAT honorable gentleman, what IDEAS
DO you suppose are entertained Of !!aboring
men by the majority OF slavcholders?'
This certainly leaves no room for doubt
or cavil, as to the fact Of his having made
such speech. And there is no record or
pretence that he ever explained or qualifi
cd it, There it stands to this day. But we
find further proof. The next session, the
subject came up again, and in the National
Intelligencer, Of July l, 1920, we find the
following extract:
Speech of Mr.. Rich, Of Vermont. Feb.
II, 1920:
81 have by the successful influence Of
my example taught my sons TO cultivate
the earth, while my daughters have been
instructed in the manufacture of othing
for themselves and brothers, extending ev
en- TO those have now the honor to wear
and in the useful labors Of the kitchen"
In note it was said:
"When this subject was under consider
alton at the last session, the honorable Spca-
kcr Clay remarked to the following ef-
feet:
''lF GENTLEMEN WILL NOT ALLOW Us TO
HAVE BLACK SLAVES, THEY MUST LET Us
OUR FIREwooD, AND BLACK OUR sHoEs, AND |
HAVE OUR WIVES AND DAUGH- |
TIERS WORK IN THE KITCHEN"
Here we have solved the dde in Mr..
Clay's history, yet unexplained by his hi
ographers, how Mr.. Clay, who, when Il
young man, was SO Jealous for the aboli-
ton Of slavery in Kentucky, should when,
old, exert all his influence to defeat con-
venton to correct the monstrous absurdi
ties Of the State Constitution, for fear they
might in some way touch the subject Of
slavery. and either take measure to bring |
it TO a termination, or TO curtail the exclu-
sive political power held by Shareholders in
the State government 1t is the contrast
between the poor unsophIsticated young
lawyer, and the rich planter and aspiring
statesman; between Scott, The Shepherds
boy, and Lord Eldon, the Tory and H'gh
Church Lord Chancellor of England.
The "Myscrics of London" by Eugene
Sue and other, are in course of publicatio on,
at the New World Office. They arc said
to possess a still higher interest than the
'.Mysteries of Paris" The work is issued
in shilling numbers, as fast as tho early
sheets are received from Europe.
A GREAT VALLEY.-The Missippi Val
ley has no parallel on earth--its length
may be estimated at not less than $500
miles; and its main breadth is from 1900 to
1900. There are many facts 10 prove that