The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1847-12-10
From he LouisriHe Examiner
MIR. Claws speech.

Inc great speecn oI MI N'aJ 20 Nv.
yet out. Probably it has been published
to-day at Lexington. If SO, we shall have
it early next week.
There are some incidents, however,
connected with the delivery Of the speech
which show the spirit of the man and
the occasion, and which (several CORES.
pondents having noticed them,) we de.
sire TO put on the record.
The parts of Mr.. Clay's speech that G.
licited the most applause were those,
which announced that he would have
died rather than have voted for lie, IRE
ferrng to the preamble of the war act)
aud which denounced slavery and the ex-
tension of slavery.
When about tointroduce the lattersub-
iect, he paused, and in his deepest voice,
and most imposing manner, said:
Iregard slavery as great eyil-great-
lyto be deplored and | will add. fraught
with injustice to our fellow beings who
are the subjects Of it,"
Long, earnest, and deafening applause
followed this announcement. The dull
lest heart, says one correspondent, would
have beat tulmutuously." "I wanted
when he said this" declared one true
hearted Kentuckian, "to give a yell that
would wake the nation"
The orator catching the full force of
the feeling around him, and rising with
the occasion, affirmed w:lh deeper en-
phasis, and more stirring eloquence:
FIFTY years ago | advocated the adop-
ton of the Pennsylvania scheme of E.
Emancipation, and had it been made the
law, we should have been entirely rid of
the evil of Slavery. And with the ad-
ded experience, observation and reAec-
ton Of these fifty years, | regret-l deep
lyregret-and deplore ihatthat scheme
80 wise, so polite, so just. had not beer
adopted: FOR MY OPINIONS ARE NOW PRE-
cIsELY WHAT THEY WE'RE THEN"
The enthusiasm here was seemingly
at its height. Il clapped, danced, shout
ed" says one usually sober. 81 felt like
boy, so glad was to hear a Kentucki
an, talking out so bravcly for freedom,
adds another of our gravest citizens. %
tell you, my friend" affirms young E
mancipator, "Old Hal (God bless him!
has this day done work for anti SLAYER.
in the South which will do wonders"
But from all accounts-Democratic a
well as Whig-thc most exciting seem
of all was, when Mr.. Clay read and tool
the vote upon his seventh resolution
Here he paused, as he did in his speech
and rising his tall form to its utmost heigf
uttered short appeal which thrilled e'
cry heart"
III am now about to offer a resolutio
on another subject. hope that this al
dience Il trust that this people who hav
hearts sustain it. Their honor cal
for a response. The common justic
which animates and unites them, dcmanc
that they should repudiate the thoug ht
acquiring territory for the purpose OF e.
tending the evil of slavery"
The audience waited not for the res
lution They knew what it was! Al
as one man deafening cheerrang out
mo robbery" any how, said one. IN
robbery for slavery least Of all" e.
claimed another. "And," says one
our correspondents, "the cheer told m
asI would tell the world that Kentucl
never was, and never will be, prop
gandist of slavery, or server or dete
der of any propogandist."
Silence was restored, and Mr.. Cl
read the seventh resolution.
Shout followed shout uponits adoptic
1t seemed as if the pent up feelings
the crowd had for the first time, an q
portunity to flow out, and be expresse
The occasion was literally Ieveled in.
II behaved like boy" said frie
tous. whose heart is devoted to the eau
of freedom. 81 was drunk with joy, a
heard Henry Clay speak against slave
as he did"
Such were the signs. unwritten ,
spoken, witnessed at Lexington; a
what bode theyl What is their impo
That he is The man Of Mepcople who a
boldly utter himself on the subject @ dt
~ FIR tie people. They know its I'M
tice. The feel its wrong. And they v
hail HIN as deliverer who will lift
his voice wisely, and testify by his exa
pie, against this injustice and wrong
The south mants no slavc ertcnsion,
slace Territory. Let those, else~h'
who are for FREE SOIL, but do their dr
and never will the curse blacken foo
Mexican land by our consent