New-York daily tribune., 1846-01-13

w .y-Yon hiss harsuse you have guilt upon you
daughter and applause You night Win i,N s..oI.
mean 10 it of. (applau=e) You cal! youl -:
Democrats tRoars OF sushter applause ahJ hanId b
What did the Democrats fight :or in l17o snou'o Oe
very much pleased if any OF you would zen me
A AVoiCE-Ihat freemeu should Tote' not ntse!7
Mr.. cLAY-Li5eriy Hare you given II to the IN
born millions Of Texas daughter and appiause]
A VoicE-Yes.
Nj CLAr-You ssy Yes And our friends may
Judge Of the valne be put upon the balance Oh your
arguments by this very answer. tShoul7 u as''e
and applause
Mr.. CLAT-Why the leading principle ioE "ecn o0'
fathers fought was taxation without
together. (Cheers.) And yet here comes up man
from Texas owning 100 slaves he takes MS seat n lae
House OF Representatives and thus has al nuco Poe!
be who represents s. OF the best freeIen o. Se"
York John Jacob Asor. or any one else included. Is
that equal representation.
A yoIcE-Yes. Lzughier)
ASoTHER-No. daughter
NJ. CLAY-fou send your members to "ashhston-
10000 voters (about 10 Representative; end
comes from Texas who has only l29U voters 10Y
there's only about 800 there in all Laushter AND yet
you Call !; equal representation. (AppauseD suppose
strange. was 20 come among you ne "a! !. 80 S
queer state Of things Your 100000 OF Northern free
allow 100000 Of Shareholders 10 get the uupe!
hand of you And by whose money and oy whose oooo
the country sustained By that OF Northern men;
and there would have been money Il Northern men
did not furnish i (disses The money to buy LOUISA.
ma came from northern snC 10 FOIua VIC O'oO u
Northern men was shed in order thai northern men
might make themselves and their children slaves zap
plause and hsses.)
Mr.. CLAY.-You hiss again Is il no; ruei II we de-
sire 10 differ from former Republics and regret hat hey
lived short time, let ask, why was II mat tneiT
life, glorious and brilliant short Because
they had not Constitution fo- which they hsd any rev
erence 1ney had the despotlsN tnal We su.Iel
under tonieht-the despotism OF numbers AND mao
a choice tonight go help me God d rather live under
the despots OF the Emperor of Russia or the sultan OF
Turkey. than under the desporsm OF numbers For
there. you keep yourself humble and insignificant you
may stink away into peaceful obcurity but here no mat
ter how humble yourself dwelllny-on the onehest
creek bayou the gatherer is sure to ind you out
for they saw there are two things from which
escape-Death and the aX-gaherer. daughter and
appause) The who basely submits to one iyrani.
will submit to all, and Is slave. And II know anything
of Slavery it is miserable dependence on the will OF
another. Our fathers framed the Constitution that 1t
should not be subjected 10 the despousm OF numbers,
par cuary against the acquisition OF numbers zap
pause) And yet what have we lately seen.
Mr. CLAY then compared the conduct o south on
the Texas Question with that on the Oregon affair BE
said that Oregon by discovery exploration anc
beneficial and successful occupancy he deprecated the
las ortthe ultima ratio But II II was neces-
sary take Slave State By force he would take this
free State by force and leave sensible whom
the guilt Of the blood split should rest Our ute s per
feet England dare and cannot 10 war tor and
If hot headed men both sides would keep still, we
shall have Oregon withou:
Mr. Clay jocosely proposed to buy OUT England par
tal right to Oregon with Texas and South-Caroins mo-
ney since the North liberal 10 buy Florida and
Louisiana for the Shareholder.
He contended that all history proved that we must
all either be slaves ireemen what would We do De-
clare will all be free. How this 10 be accom-
plished By standing only on the Constitution and
Laws. Give the South the pound OF esh but no blood
If they violate single right of the free ;hey violate the
entire ranchsc OF the North and the peril OF the strife
be on their head.
The he desired vary the ninth part OF
hair from the Constitution. II you wish to be generous
be so if you wish to be concliang be so but stand
close up the Constitution Wherever Slavery can be
constituonally reached there reach II appauseJ and
with the extension of Territory extend only freedom
Much applause
Mr. Clay then went on to speak OF Slavery in the Dis
rict of Columbia and show thai l00OOOOO oi tree
Northern has something 10 do with Slavery there,
seeing that the National Government has entire Jursdc.
ton the 10 miles square, and that these OOO0uoO
constitute majority OF the constituents OF the Govern
ment Applause.
There another way in which Slavery could be Con-
stuonaly reached II could be banshed from the seas
so far they under the jurisdiction OF the u 5
Government The domestic traffic in Slaves now carried
on between the could be driven from the ocean
under that clause of the Constitution which empowers
Congress regulate Commerce.
If the question again asked what had the Nortn
do with Slavery, he would answer that they could
destroy the monopoly OF office and patronage so long en-
joyed By the Slave Power and place the administration
of the Government in the hands OF those who would
wied /, conformity the great principles OF Liberty
On this point he spoke with much emphasis but we can
not follow him further.
pertaining the peculiar duties Of the Notth He au
ed o,the restriction which the Free States might put
upon the Right OF Suffrage On this subject ne called
upon the audience and the reporters Tor the press 10
mark his language when he said that subject was
the South sensitive than upon this II the North
would reach Slavery efectualy let her be just TO her
own free black population by giving them their political
rights If che would aid in freeing the south, she must
herself be free from all aint OF oppression he would
not enter upon the question Of the Natural Equality OF
the Black with the White race When he considered
the progress which the latter had made from state OF
rude barbarism their present comparatively high
intellectual condition when he considered what Eng
land was in the time Of Elizabeth and what she is now,
he would not undertake say what might not yet be
done TO elevate the Blacks It had been affirmed by those
wiser in such matters than himself that the Arts and SCI
ences were received by the Romans from ancient Egyp
ans who negroes: and he could not tell whether
in the progress of the Blacks might not be es-
waited to the highest point OF civilization and re-
inement On that point he would neither aifrH
deny any thing, but Leave 1t TO be settled oy
the developments of time and the action oil Di-
vine Providence That the Blacks in their pres
ent condition were vastly behind the Whites he ad-
med and he did stand there to plead Tor ainaisa
nation or for entire social equality Here was an ulpo
tant distinction which he begged his audience 10 note
that between equality OF social condition ana equy oil
political rights suppose he were TO meet IN tne street
live Yankee, Sucker from Indiana CoInNIacHgt I
from kentucky or even poor drunken 'hgaoohu' nc
might not prefer such men for associates OUT nc
therefore knock them down and rob themt Wouiu ne
deprive them of all political rights because ne Ga not
choose them for his companions No-it he did not
in peace; but ne would sag them iou shall be per
mtied TO have voice in making and administering the
laws by which you TO be governed. tGreat ap'
pause) Tie had enjoyed the privilege OF taking Web
and Adams and Everett By the hand and he did not
feel that those degraded because they came
from State where the colored man was allowed the
Right of Suffrage. no And If unfortunately, the
Union 10 be severed into fragments by the strug
gle between Slavery and Freedom TO what quarter could
he turn for safety and where would the principles ol
Liberty be longest preserved bu, il the land OF bunker
Hill and Lexington where Justice is not outraged by
denial 10 the Blacks oftheir porcsl rights:
He willing 10 et by cones be by cones, and "ner
he any aboring according 10 his best light
in the of Freedom whether he were Gar1sonian
Liberty man, Whig, or so called Democrat ne
could ind ii in his hear. throw cold water upon MS
plans. No. lie, him go his own wsy, and God pros
per the right But be mad besough; the Liberty party
in the late Presidential campaign not cast their votes
in such way promote the election OF Polk and
ensure the Annexation of Texas. SO he wouo no"
beseech them throw their votes and their influence
in such wsy defeat The effort 10 extend TO the
Blacks OF New-fork the Right of Suffrage Inc TWO
great parties taxing their ground on ths question:
the in favor and the against this measures OF