New-York daily tribune., 1846-01-13
CAss1Us NJ. CLAY IN NETWORK.
The Meeting and .he Speech.


assembled under one roof in the City OF New ork
convened at the Broadway Tabernacle last evening
To testify their admiration OF and sympathy ioE
CAs.IUs NJ CLAY OF Kentucky in his intrepid strug'
giles and generous sacrifices for the cause OF nvef
sal Freedom and TO hear him speak In oenal Oh 'n
Policy, Economy. Necessity and EteFnai 'u'N'e -.
r,,..c;,.,;, all who are held in Bondage except
o,,, crimes The spacious Tabernacle was
.-o,.doa before the hour q o'clock fixed tor the
-, of the meeting though it will accommodate
anne 900 persons, and soon every NOOK ana aiSie
was densely packed with eager, enthusiastic + rec
MO-, No such audience was ever before crowded
;o,o the Tabernacle and thousands went away un-
able TO obtain standing room within the walls OF the
edifce.
Precisely al o'clock. Mr.. CLAY was introduced
TO the audience by H. Greeley with few words OF
ausion to his pas; history and present attitude and
was received on rising with rapturous acclamanons'
Mr Clay took the stand, and enchained the auditors
for folly two hours laboring under some enoaTass-
nent at first from the immensely Of the audience,
the enthusiasm of his reception, and the difficulty Oh
making himself heard by all, but warming as ne
proceeded with the fervor Of Patriotism and love o
Humanity, stimulated by the cheers OF the sympa
,hising thousands, and gradually rising 10 hsN''
and still higher flights Of the poblest Eioquehce-
Tho following is a condensed report OF his speech
Es commenced with few preliminary remarks IL
which ne sated that If looked back through past h
.orv and noticed the development OF 'he huina'' "o
ord ,s -esuts we were always enabled 10 tace eoie
b;- p,on the tablet of time by when 70 geioe Us IL
m tho progress of mind still higher state OF
~ fl he
human development. he ADDED tha' tnets'o' C. nc
claimed for himself no mer, for originality in his efforts
he bad merely attempted TO take up that "hich nc au
learned by ro;e and add his mite TO that which was
already before the intelligence OF the word.
We of the United States claim 10 be the hrst people
who laid down the basis OF the government OF men
I, ia ths that Government consists of one omnlpotent
principe-that associated together IN acivhzea
state shall obtain greater amount OF liberty toan iney
can whilst living in the natural state: nat y shou. e
10 all associated under it the same rights enu equai oei
~ and if Government docs show that 1t does THIS
fit shall in any way trench on the rights oi any por
lion of the governed then say that ttat uoVe!neut
ought 10 perish whetherit be Republic or MONARCHY.
(.re there was considerable applause, and few iaint
hisses) And tha, Government which cuts OF portion
from am of their rights. and leaves them even worse
,han they were in the natural state. conno By any pos
ability be permanent Government (Appiause)
Whilst am not insensble to the injuries inflicted on
the African race-he almost countless mseres and tor
lures which many Of them have endured Tor centuries;
whilst admit fully that God has given rlghs wnlcn are
as clearly on the dusky face Of that injured
must insist that am mainly actuated by
still higher mo,ve-the greater motive OF achieving the
independence and liberty OF my own, the wne
Anglo. Saxon race of America (Much applause) And
God has so ordered that you cannot trench upon any
the huubest link in the great chain OF human
ity-but the injury will reach to the highest INK ana
draw ali down with it to destruction Applause. ad-
yocae then not only the interests and liberties OF the
African but also those of the 100000 OF whites who
should have been treemen on this soil oi the united
States cloud applause9
Men, told By some, are lnnuenceo IN the Iong
run by their interest," others there who say that
most men are mainly influenced by the nober and trues
principles OF the human heart but wsn you 10 pear
in mind this higher truth which s that justice and in
ierest 60 together. (Much app!ause) Nhen viii men
learn il
do not assume any peculiar sagacty, or any peculiar
merit for advocating emancipation in all the Slave
States of the Union. had only lift up my eyes and
see what was going around me daily and the convic
ton forced itself upon (Applause.) Was amo
tous of power or influence popular applause Ihe
conviction forced itself on me that these much
more abundant in the free States OF the Union Was
fond of the artso painting, OF sculpture, oil music
of poetry of all that constitutes the embodiment OF the
beautiful and truei saw that all these existed in
higher degree Of excellence in the free than IN the
slave States Did look at the subject OF Education =
that the mind developed itseIfto far greater de
gree in the free than in the slave States-wh the added
conviction that had always done and would continue
so 10 do thro all time. Applause2 So that II IN me
course am pursuing, am madman-it am ianatic
Il do desire to destroy those glorious developments
of art and scence-those luXuries of refinement OF
which those who aectto cast such an nputaton on me-
claim to be the exclusive conservators applause
Ii had seen the contest only once deveopec-lil nau
seen the struggle only trcd-I might have doubted
But thirteen times has the battle been fought on the
question whether man belongs TO himself or TO another
and l3 times has been decided In favor OF hoer zap
pause) Was not thl- enough
Until since the period when it has been customary to
take the census of all the products and manufactures OF
the United States il you talked to man about freedom
as compared with slavery he'd say Look TO the
cotton crop And he'd tell you il was the great staple
the only source OF wealth produced, TO take TO Eu
rope order get back thence what wanted for our
use in this country But Gen Talmadge told us in his
recent address before the American Institute OF this city
that the little State of Massachusetts produced more in
manufactures dn the grosst true more than the value
of the whole crop Of the United States. Cloud
applause But the Shareholders argue that this manu-
featuring wealth is produced from part OF the cotton
crop itself How is this Let US see lou see the
$4,000 600 of cotton tha, goes from the ports Charles
ION Savannah, Mobile and New.Oreans annually but
YOU do not the S60000,C00 which comes North to
buy mules and clothing. and implements of agri-
culture and other matters Tor the negro. SO that
after all the assertion is true TO the letter that
the little State of Massachusetts does produce more
wealth than the value OF the whole of the cotton crop OF
the United States isppsuseg VIII you look to that
You hear o. an intended Railroad that 10 be CON
strlcted from Memphis through the wids OF the Far
West Why you II ind that there is MT capital enough
in the whole South to build IT, daughter and applause
But YOU II find, by and by when there are sufficient
number of people who desire travel in that direction
some shrewd and enterprisng lan VIII start up and
find the capital while other ingenious ahkccs VIII sc
out and budit Increased laughter and appiause)
Look TO the Mechanic Arts. fyou enquire al the Patent
Office ut Washington relative those results of the extra
ordinary skill ingenuity ana inventive faculties OF oui
countrymen you will lind that 99 out of 100 are from the
Northern Staies) Applause) Have you thought Of that
men otthe South for know that am speaking to many
Southern men, beside many from my own State o
Kentucky This is enough prove that position though
in relation to matters of mechanical skill might so or
ad n6na show the superiority OF the Free over the
Slave States. (Applsuse0
How about agricultural The actual territory mear
that which 10 strictly lable and profitable territory OF
susceptible OF profits four times greater than that
the North Gad yet look the products Have you ever
reflected on this Ind with regard TO all those grea
public works of improvement: there hardly any thinE
in the South that begin compare with those OF the
North And If there is change there ehsl remair
so for ever Remsn soY No. we shall recede farther
and father being able TO hold any comparison with
the North. (ApplauscI
! know that there are shrewd men and intelligent n
they are accounted who contend thai il is better 10 keel
these 3O0 0O0 of human beings IN slavery aecause w
eet the proceeds or profits their abors But this o.
true-which i, is motif this were true-irishtiu as
would be thus 10 obtain wealth only by humsn sutierin
and bood-by tramplng into the dust a.: human reht
and blessincs-how horrible mus, II be 10 hnd tina; VIII
all ihis is the That gold be