The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 184?-1851, 1844-04-25
CIay's Opinion of White Slavery.
From Clay's Speech in 1919.

From Clay's Speech in 1919.
"Lf gentlemen aciH not azIow as to hare black
SlGres teymuSt let as 1Dlite ones; for 1ce cannot
cut oar ovn fre1Cood and black our Shoes and
haze our wires and daughters ,cork in the hit
chen"
Such were the opinions of Mr.. Clay, express
ed in Congress in 1919. This startling avowal
has caused mighty shaking among the bones Of
whiggery The coon sheets are making spas
motto attempt to invalidatc the authenticity of
the above extract. In the first place they assert
that they have searched Nles's Register, and il
does not appear that Mr.. Clay spoke at all on the
18th of February, 1919. Now, it so happens
that Mr. CLAY DID SPEAK on that day, on the
Missouri Question, and an examination of Niles
Register will prove it beyond the shadow of a
doubt. In the 10th volume ofthat work, on page
81, the following proceedings ofcongress will be
found, viz:
MONDAY, February Is, 1S19
"The House having again resolved itself into
committee of the whole, Mr.. Smith of Md, in
the chair, on the bill to authorize the people of
the Missouri Territory to form Constitution
and State Government, and for the admission of
the same into the Union.
The question being on the proposition of
Mr.. Tallmadge, to amend the bill by adding to
II the following provso:
"'And provided, That the further introduc-
ton of slavery or involuntry servitude, be prohi-
bited, except for the punishment of crimes where.
OF the party shall have been fully convicted and
that all children born within the said State, after
the admission thereof into the Union, shall be
free at the age of twenty-five years.
"The debate which was commenced on Sat
urday, was to-day resumed on this proposition,
which was supported by Mr.. Taylor, Mr.. Mills,
Mr.. Livermore, and Mr.. Fuller, and opposed by
Mr.. Barbour, Mr.. Pindall, MIR. CLAY, and Mr..
Holmesn
Here it will be seen that Mr.. Clay did make a
speech, in which he opposed an amendment to
the Missouri Bill, prohibiting the introduction Of
slavery, on the 18th of February, 1919. This
much we have proven--there is no disputing it
In the second place the federal editors assert
that they have examined the National Tntelligen
Ger, on file in the library of Congress, and nc
speech of Mr.. Clay can be found, containing the
declaration above quoted. That may be true
but what is the reason that the speech cannot be
found in the Intelligencer? We will tell you
reader 07- The page of the Intelligencer con
tanning that speech, has been torn from the Con
gresSional files! Who could be guilty of so das
tardly an actG Certainly not the the democrats
for they by all means would wish to preserve it
The conclusion is inevitable that it was done BY
the friends of Mr.. Clay! Now, as the speech IL
self has been destroyed, we must resort to secon
Diary proof, which is the best that can be furnish.
ed, and under the circumstances, is about as goo6
in lar, as though we presented the speech itself
in hec rerba
The National Intelligencer Of the Goth March
1919, contains the speech of Mr.. Taylor ofNew
York, made on the same day on which Mr.. Clay
spoke, and on the Missouri Question also. From
that speech we make the following extract:
you cannot degrade it [laborl more effectu-
ally Than BY establishing system whereby il