Democratic banner., 1845-09-13
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SATURDAY, SEPT. -, 1915.
AATCIINhN, HOW GOES THE
NIGHT?

taos which mad lately taken place at Lex
ingtor, Kentucky. Allhoughth press,
the instrument with which c. NJ. Clay,
would have endangered the lives of so
many Of his fellow citizens, was re-
moved, We did not believe that the diff
fculties would end here. Oar predic-
tons have been too true; is final ter
mlnaiion is too plainly Swallowed forth
10 admit OF u doubt. The position
which seine Of the prominent papers in
the North occupy, is at once dangerous
and disgracefll. Their appeals TO The
mass Of the people, although not so
open and brutal, are from tina. very
cause, tie more dangerous. Like Clay,
they do not call upon the opprcssors;
they 10 not directly say to the Slave that
glass and sash stand alone between them
and beautiful woman and booty; but they
speak Of "treedom's battle begun" in
connection with the iisgraceiul conduct
of NJ. Clay-"The work Of prosecu-
lion commenced, say, the y. J. lib
une, and al such stuff as false Is i, IS
dangerous.
The Cincinnati Gazette uses this Ian
guFgc: IL a ireemen under tie Coas';-
tuition and laws, may not speak Il his
thoughts, what is freedom worth? If tor
speaking ont, he shat! DC crushed by a
lawless mub, where the difference be
tween this and any other dcspotisn.?
The retr!bL!ian viii comrI" And even
the Louisville Journal, so long the stan
d4rd bearer q Tie Wing party in TIE
west. and from whom we had some right
~ expect better things, finds Itself com
PEELED 10 disappro.c Of he action Of the
citizens Il Lexington upon This coca
sion.
NehaIc cver Keen opposed to mU5
law. We look upon ii as exceedingly
dangerous, AID should OILY he re>orted
to IN cases Of impeIious necessity
BIT there can be no palmer case Of SELF
'--cce suggested 10 the human mind
than tie one at Lexington. Self-defence,
Say the ~law-books, is the first law Of
Eltnre-it is one thai rides over and
stand superior 10 all law which man
may malc-it is a law implanted into
the nuiaan bosom by the .~i!mighty, and
should, IS it viii be, even obeyed. We
care not what Clay's professions or Oh
jects were. We must only look at the re-
suits OF the establishment Of his PAPER
at Lexington.
L IS said, and not cont.adic'cd, and
wetake j! that there CAL be 10 doubt Of,
the fact, that from the period Of the cs-
Enlistment Of the press, that tie ne
groes in and about. Lexington, were ev-
er chanting and singing songs, tie i'm
port Of which was, that C. NJ. Clay was
their Savior, that he would brake their
chains, Sc; that they become insolent,
and many Of them refused 10 work a. al.
These facts taken in connection with
The base and inilammatory appeals which
limited At the commission Ct al! the
cranes known TO the catalogue, was G.
nough TO rouse The citizens, those who
had wives and daughter, q: the mercy
OF these incarnate fiends, TO the highest.
pitch OF frenzy. The only wonder IS
That they acted as sell as they did; the
wonder IS that they did not swing the
carcass Of the canting hypocrite and
i~nceEdiary, to the limb Of the first tree.
This is freedoms battle with a VEN
geance. How much longer arc we to
bear IN silence the insolencc of men
who seek under the garb Of religion 10
deluge the South in blood:2
To one Of Clay's fiery temperament
where every thought seeks ~utterance;
where irankness and candor are perhaps
ihe principle characteristic of the man,
many excuses are &c be made. But 10
Tie cold b!ooded, cold hearted and DELHI
crate mcendiary, those who write as
The editors IF the Tribune and Gazette,
Il thing should be awarded but the
rock and The ratuye." The miserable
"retches who have expiated their sins
some under the gallows, and some in
the prisons Of the different States, are
i1e mere tools Of these designing vii
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