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

rer,;r,,t no, Iess than SO have made ior
,.,onaJ reputation that will live Eitf the lano ia-
- La.;d. their great and varied achievements III
srr,- sciences literature and philosophy tAppauseJ
VINO are your historians There is but one response
IT,, m Griswod's book Of the Poets of America ana
ho many do YOU find there that South oil mason
A. Dixons lnei Go 10 the courts and hgh places oi
Europe ; look a. those who have distinguished tGeil
delves honorahly abroad in numerous ways and "not
do vou and Northern men who have risen from ihe
body Of the people by the power OF their intellect
plause1 But yet srs." say the Southern men we
have hitherto always governed you" II Is 100 uur
I'VE have our fee, your neck " 1t IS too Hae, ~
ulause and few hisses) Almost now. out cel'aH'; ~
short time, and you'll not find man OF "oni..
Northern States who cannot read or "ti'e p,S rt
And vet what numbers you may 1Iu - 49,
can do neither. ,;~., ,..a
am not Southern man with Norlneln pI5
~ be -sst and Glorious Much appause) And il
is because could make her great and glorious ihsi
thus Tell her Of her faults ey yb Son,b bss oe
NORTON of the Human Being forming the Great Unity p
hev tell as in the South that Slavery is the great shled
of moraty-in the whites II ina, were tIue "hch Il is
no, tha, were true yet who could say that God
"a God of Justice and Of mercy, snd sc. admit II as an
arguept7 As well might you point TO the state OF So
cet in Great Britain but who would argue IN relation
-. rho casse. there that there less crime among the
srstocracy of England than the great mass =
Would that be tair comparisoni No You must take
men and women ss you fnd them and thus in your sta
,istics of morals you would have there 70 dot down O0
600 of abandoned men and women 20 begin with, and
that at shuts out all comparison Have you looked
at the records of blood and murder al the fatal rencon
at the street fights al the dues where not oy
mans code ho in the eye of Cod the deliberate killing
of man in an arranged fight is much murder as stab
bing him in the dark Where your divorces most
numerous Where but in the South with several hun
dreds annually and yet told that chastity in the
South far exceeds what exists in the North Appiause
1t an inevitable result Of the laws Of God and man
that where violates one great law, he'll with but
here and there exception. sooner or later violate all
principle OF the euovereiOD
of the greatest law Of Nature 1t is the law OF iorce and
when that law Of force-when Lynch law is abolished,
then Slavery dies. (Much applause and considerable
hiss:ng) And yet there many who smooth and roll
back their hair and look grave and roll up their eyes
and say that they wish that man, Clay, we'll but that
he's too violent he's harsh; he arms in his
own defence (Lauehter) But suppose man were 10
be stopped the highway, to tall in cave OF rob.
bers q the here in no offensive sense) and
he had sword by his side which ought ne TO use DIS
tongue or his sword
AcESTLEMAN (sitting right in front of Mr.. Clay with
a lady by his side)-His sword, to be sure (slucn
laughter
be called pretty good fellow. but he'd be sure 10
have his pocket pretty thoroughly picked Increased
aughter) So, therefore, say 10 you, Churchmen VINO
sit in the high places Of the Sanctuary and enter into the
inner places of the Temple that far as We know any
thing of the Divine Nature Slavery subverts 1t complete
y and where Slavery exists, there true morality can
not exist There amongst those institutions
that love aud reverence; and therefore, tell them
they stand on sandy oundation-one that cannot stand
the test of Divine Law-and therefore, would nave
them leave and leave suddenly. (Appause 1t Is true
that In quarters the conscience may be touched
but there remains still the seminal evil: Applauae)
told them long before the mob Of the 18th OF August.
that Though there was love o. morality ana order
amongst then yet that the few bad spirits would con
cenrate and overturn their good purposes. And 80
will ever be. And because fully acknowledge that the
Church has in all ages sown the seeds OF truth virtue
morality therefore invoke all its leaders TO see II S!a,
very be a Sin or no. They will that It will not stand
the test Thus ask, that they warn their fellow men,
that those who hold their fellow men in bondage cannot
belong the Church OF Him who sRld Do unto others
as We would others should do unto you Much ep-
paus: with considerable hssing)
Slavery has powerfully affected US politically. Our
foreathers felt this when they about TO inquire
what was just and true They started then with this
fact that ali born equal and equally entitled
TO life liberty and the pursuit OF happiness. Nor was
this mere rhetorical flourish has been SO frequently
so mpudently asserted. (Applause) It is true that
some pretend combat this and say that all men are
not born equal. In this may be argued to
very limited extent but am prepared to prove that the
Declaration of Independence is true IN theory and true
in fact (Applause.) Some men are born with much
wisdom. and some born fools; are they equal' No.
Some are born with much personal beauty and some
deformed they equal No. So with the one born
wealthy, and the other poor But what was the sense
in which fathers meant that al men are corn equa
In political to his being governed by man. re
between God and his fellow he is 10 AL inents and
purposes equal. (Applause and hisses and cry OF n
niger is white mans equal.') And though may
be born poor, and dirty and ragged and crooked yet
equal political rights (Much applause.) And II any
where within the range of this Government AS now ad
Innstered it shall be found that is not considered
entitled to equal political rights that portion OF IL must
fall, and every good man will say, Amen. cloud ap-
plause, and considerable hissing)
The grea, principle of Government is that it is bound
procure liberty in the social state than ne
can procure in the natural state and the government
which says to Il You shall not possess your own
wie-you shall not have your own chilG-you shall not
select and enjoy your home-you shall not take
nj
that Government subvers every principle Tor which
was formed and if God is just it will be dissolved
(Nluch applause and hsses.)
At the formation Of the Constitution IN l'e" we mao
then fought long aud doubtful war and our fathers
induced form certain alliance with the south
and thus that clause introduced which has been
subversiye of all these principles for which they began
the They agreed that Slavery should exist IN the
South until the South chose throw it off in its own
good time and pleasure This fact 1t is true has been
denied by some who in their zeal for freedom have
gone far. But regret that any man should go oe
yond the principle for which they ought to contend
because such is calculated to bring the "hoe
cause into disrepute (Applause9 There was ihen an
agreement that Slavery should exist In the southern
States And there farther agreement (more tne
PITY that if Slave escaped tc Tree state sne .nt.ei
should return him into Slavery. and also that none
should be introduced from Africa. (Appausc) 90.
therefore, the North Joined hands with the South In TINS
matter and departed from the great principle tor which
they had fought the bloody battles OF the Revolution
(Applausc0 So therefore, II Slavery stll exists IN he
South you OF the North equally guilty oil It's exist
But there be extension OF
Territory of the Union you, OF the North, are far
more guilty than others because you did sri 'ith jar
less temptation ! Much applRuse)
Let us how this operated in actual practice 1 ne
trainers of the Constitution with the exception OF the
Slave esq of l7S9 formed Free Constitution so iar
as they had the power do and pledged themselves
the world to work for human rights and liberty and
that this should be Government OF Freedom so far as
it should be extended in all time. nor should we forget
the blood they had shed for this purposel (APpause
They said that should be deprived OF life and oer-
,y without law What crime, then, have the black peo-
pie of Virginia Maryland the Csrouas, Georgia Fiori'
da Alabama. Louisiana Arkansas Mississippi Missouri
Tennessee and kentucky committed. that SO lar as they
are concerned this Constitution lies sumbering with the
dead usages OF past ages Our fathers meant that THIS
Constitution should be carried and fully yndicated
For this they freely shed their blood and treasure And
if we are but ourselves $50 far our blood and
treasure are coacerned ii shall be rindcd:e6 and God
save the right Great applause and hissingD
You will gnd that Washington and Lee and Henry and
Madison and of the Southern except those OF
Georgia}-the entire delegation from The South 10 the
Convention looked 10 the time not far distant when
there would De slavery the South. And all their
actions clearly showed ,ha, they wished thoroughly
abolished that both The and the memory OF It
should soon pass away from the minds Of men. (Ap-