Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1847-12-17
Clay'S Speech.

We give this week such portions of this
famous speech as we suppose will he most
interesting to our readers. 1t has ELECTED
unbounded praise from the Wing press of
the North.
The New York Tribune declares, that
"Mr. Clay has added one more, to the many
proofs Of his exalted craftsmanship, and lof-
ty devotion to right" The Boston Atlas is
''gratifed to find Mr.. Clay taking ground
against the extension of slave territory and
'thinks his speech will have a good effect in
rallying the good sense and patriotism of the
nation" Another Editor, somewhat more
p%oetical than his neighbors, beholds with
prophetic eye the scattered legions of Slave
ry flying as chaff before the wind and is
quite SIRE 'that no human power can with
stand the onward march of Freedoms Army,
led by Henry Clay
Now we are unable to find any thing in
:his renowned speech TO call forth all this
fulsome eulogy. Mr.. Clay's ''lofy devotion
to right" Who can doubt it! Don't he
say himself that he almost idoiizes truth 3
Almost! He is not yet altogether given to
i~dolatry. Though old in years, Mr.. Clay is
young in the church, and young converts are
apt in confessing their faults to magnify
them, and confess to shortcomings such as
they have never been charged with by 9TH
ers, and would not, perhaps, always wish to
be. We are inclined to suspect that this is
Mr.. Clay's present condition. This confess
sion to a tendency to the worship of idols
we think is too full. The Great Being
whom he serves and worships-the God OF
Shareholders and duellers-the instigator Of
''robbery and crime and blood"-Me (a'hu
e Of lies, knows Mr.. Clay's heart TOO well tc
fear that he will ever worship ''any othel
Gods" before him or if he should, tina.
Truth will ever be among his chosen idols
But we are told that Mr.. Clay takes grounC
. against the extension of slave territory. W.
' have read his speech without finding sucl
r ground. True, he declares that he is opposed
to acquiring any foreign territory, for The pur
T pose IF introducing Slavery INTO il; but h
! does not say he will oppose The introduclioI
4 of Slavery into such territory, in case it shall
s be acquired. He has not added such incor
# sistency to his long course of wickednes
and folly. No, the man who boosted a fe,
% years ago that he was the principle agent i
elfecting the triumph Of the slave power
70 1920, and who now boasts that his course
relation to Slavery has been consisteI
through life, does not give the lie to his ow
m declarations and assert that he is opposed
i the extension of the hateful system of 81
" very.
N The Union, the administration organ
IT. Washington, processes as loudly, and W
ne doubt not as honestly as Mr.. Clay, to be OF
a posed 10 the acquisition of new territory f
he the purpose of extending Slavery. Whe
h. such territory is annexed, Mr.. Clay's inhr
b. ence, as well as that of the Union, will @
TO in favor of establishing Slavery upon it.
he whole life of devotion to this vile system,
ar the evidence that such will be his course.
j! And this is the great leader of Freedom
es army! The mar who in 1890 effected mo
ed for the extension and perpetuity of America
DIS Slavery than any other man has ever accor