Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1846-01-22

twice as much as labor driven with the whip or by
compulsion. Have you thought Of that In the
South there 5000 900 of blacks, and 5, 900 900
of whites Now, throw out of consideration, il
you please, the 100000 of blacks, and take the s.,
DOC, 900 Of whites who although not so accustomed
to toll we are satisfied can perform at least onehrd
the labor of those at the North say one-haf Ad-
nit that the laborer at the North produced
S25 month, that at the South would $3.50
The white laborer at the South would then
produce $3.50 year, and the Northerner S3OO.
Multiply this by 600 900, it gives you 81 800 00O,
900 annually; which would be producedbythe whites
at the South ifthey worked those do at the North
But with only half of this labor, it gives result
of $3.50, 900 900, which might easily be produced
annually by free white labor at the North. ZAP
plause.) Turn round aud put this $3.50 900, 900
against the $50 100000 cotton crop, (appause)
and they would have by this $500, 600 900 more TO
exchange for the products of the North, than they
now have by means of Slavery and the Cotton crop
Applause know it is said that whites would
be in the habit of nearly living up to their in
come; but no man who has been observer of
the commercial concerns of the country can fail to
observe that all classes under such system would
have largely more to expend, even if they did live
more extravagantly, than when they had a total Of
only 6O,OO0,0O0, (Applause) So that justice
and truth are the true policy. 1t is best expeden-
cy Honesty as in the old proverb is the best
policy, after all. (Applause) And you have only
the heart to WISH and the energy to carry it out,
and blessed as it will be by God it must succeed.
(Applause,) The history of all past time, and the
very nature OF things, prove ncontestlbly that this
must be so. loud and continued appause.)
Let us inquire as to mental Development be-
tween the two sections. A young man, IA class
mate Of mine at Yale college) went from New Ha-
ven to Virginia; and in order, suppose, to make
his book sell, he gave the private history Of several
Of the F. F. VS. lie came to Kentucky and they
said to him: "Well, you've come from the land Of
wooden nutmegs and leather pumpkin-seeds
Qaughter) and you've been 10 the Old Dominion,
the land Of the F. F. VS., and what have you
found there" "Why," said the young man, 1--WE
found nothing; there are not three literary men in
the State" Laughter And it is so, out of pol
itcs and law. The remnants of the nobility and
the cavaliers have gone down to oblivion, and leav-
ing nothing bright permanent behind them
And yet in that small State of Connecticut, not
less than 80 men have made for themselves ma
tonal reputation, that will live with the lands Lam
guage, besides their great and varied achievements
in arts, sciences, literature and philosophy. Zap
plause)
Who are your historansl There is but one re-
sponse Turn to Griswods book of the Poets of
America, and how many do you find there that
come South of Mason s. Dixons llnel Go to the
courts and high places of Europe look at those
who have distinguished themselves honorably
abroad, in numerous ways; and whom do you 6ndl
Northern men, who have risen from the body of
the people by the power Of their intellect Zap
plause.) "But yet sirs,' say the Southern men,
1--WE have hitherto always governed your 1t is
too truel 1--WE have our feet on your neck" 1t
is too true. Applause and few hisses) Al
most now, but certainly in short time, and you'll
not find man or woman in the Northern States
who cannot read or write. (Applause.) And yet
what numbers you may find in the South who can
do neither.
l love the South (Appluuse) 1t is my birth.
place l am not a Southern man with Northern
principles Applause and laughter) love my
country, and | would make her great and glorious
Much appause.) And it is because tcOuH make
her great and glorious that thus tell her Of her
faults. (Very general appluuse)
Shall | speak of the morals of the SOUTH That
other portion of the Human Being forming the
Great Unityl They tell us in the South that Sla-
very is the great shield of moraty-in the whites
If that we're true which it is motif that were even
true, yet who would say that God is a God of jus.
tice and mercy, and yet admit it an argumentl
AS well might you point to the state of Society in
Great Britain but who would a-gue in relation to
the classes there that there was less crime among
the aristocracy of England than among the great
mass! Would that be fair comparison No!
fou must take men and women you find them
and thus, in your statistics of morals you would
have there to dot down 5000, 900 of abandoned
men and women to begin with, and that at once
shuts out all comparison. Have you looked at the
records of blood and murder at the fatal rencon-
tres! at the street fights at the dues, where not
by mans code tho' in the eye of God) the deliber-
ate killing of man in an arranged fight is as
much murder as stabbng him in the dark
Where are your divorces most numerous Where
but in the South, with several hundreds annually
and yet we are told that chastity in the South far
exceeds what exists in the North (Appause)
1t is an inevitable result of the laws of God and
man. that where man violates one great law, he
will with but here and there an exception,
sooner or later violate all the rest This very
principle of Slavery is the subverson of the great
est law of mature. 1t is the law of force and when
that law of force-when Lynch law is abolished,
then Slavery dies. Much applause and consider
able hssing.) And yet there are many who
smooth and roll back their hair, and look grave
and roll up their eyes, and say that they wish that
man, Clay, well, but that he's too violent; he's too
harsh; he uses arms in his own defence. (Leugh-
ter) But suppose a were to be stopped on
the highway, to fall in cave of robbers, Il use
the terms here in no offensive sense,) and he had
sword by his side, which ought he to use, his
tongue or his swordl
A gentleman (stling right in front of Mr. Clay,
with lady by his side)-hs sword, to be sure
Much laughter.)
Mr. Cay-Why certainly if he didn't, he might
be called pretty good fellow, but he'd be sure to
have his pocket pretty thoroughly picked Qncreas-
ed laugher) So, therefore, | say to you. Church
men, who sit in the places of the Sanctuary, and
enter into the inner places Of the Temple that so
far as we know anything of the Divine Nature,
Slavery subyers it completely; and where Slay.
cry exists, there true morality cannot exist
There are men amongst those institutions that
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