Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1841-1853, 1850-08-15
MIR. Claws Sneech.

ne crowded stale oil our columns VIII not permit
us to publish entire this great speech, of the
greatest efforts of his life. We wish every Wing
and every Democrat in the State could read it. But
such is the recent prejudice among the leaders of the
Wing party, against this great orator and States
man, who once their idol, and the embodiment
of their principles, that they carefully abstain from
the publication of his speeches The honest unbias
sed Wings must look to the Democratic press of the
country for his opinions On national politics we
are against Mr. Clay. He has not changed. He still
adheres TO his old doctrine of the American system
But on the Territorial question with him.
He occupies the middle ground. The patriotic and
national ground of non-intervention.
The editor was present and heard every word of
TO any effort of his long life He spoke for four
hours, the vast crowd in the the lobbies and gallery
were wrought up to the highest pitch of excitement,
and it was difficult TO preserve order and decorum,
and prevent outbursts of applause.
We shall submit few choice extracts, which we
regret TO say, give but faint idea of the speech
You have the matter, but the manner is lost If the
whole population of Indiana could have seen and
heard that &c Old Man eloquent now seventy-five
years of age his countenance lit up by the fire of
Patriotism, that burned within him, with voice
that fell like music the ear pleading for his
try, we are satisfied that all, both Wings and Demo-
Gratis would say to their Members of Congress,
&c Vote for the Omnibus bill, restore confidence,
harmony and quiet to the country''
OMNIBUS BILL.
1t is said Mr.. President, that this % omnibus" it
is called contains too much. thank from the bottom OF
my heart the enemy of the bill who gave that denomi-
natIon The omnibus is the vehicle of the people, oil the
mass of the people And this bill deserves the name for
another that, with the exception of the two bills
which follow it contains all that necessary TO
give peace and quiet to this country 1t is said some
times, however, that this omnibus is too heavily freight
ed, and that contains incongruous matter shall not
repeat the argument which have addressed to you
heretofore showing that according to the British
parliamentary law but especially according to the
congressional law this bill is in conformity with practice
In lnnumerabe Instances. But the ostenslbe objection
that contains much matter is not the real one. DO
you believe that the who sits before Mr..
BALDWIN, and other senators IN this neghborhood, ,di
You would attach to the territorial bills the Wilmot
Proviso, would have the incongruity Would not
the from Massachusetts Mr.. Davis have
voted for the whole of this ncongruous bill with pleasure
if had only contained the Wmot Proviso II is not
that the bill has much it il has too little, accord
ing to the wishes O its opponents and am very sorry
that omnibus cannot contain Mr. Wimot, whose
weight would break it down, afraid, if he were
put there. Laughter.] This incongruous measure,
which has already much matter in it, has not enough
Tor the senator Tennessee, Mr. Bell he wants
to put IN 1t two three States from Texas pro-
vsonav upon the event of their becoming applicants
for admission into the Union No, sir; is not the
riety of the matert is not the ncongruty the incom
pahlty of the measures and the BILL but 1t is because
the bill does contain enough to satisfy those who
want the = Wmot," it has been properly called
/ placed in the omnibus.
! Why, Mr.. President, homogeneous it may be sup
posed this has half the incongruity OF the
elements of opposition the BILL While upon this part
of my subject, allow to answer argument deliver
ed with ali the triumph of conscious victory by the hon
oralle senator Mr.. Hale] the other day. He
said he had gone into certain apartment of this Cap
itol, and there he had found my friend from Michigan
Mr. Cass and myself in close conversations and the
senator from Mississippi Mr.. Foote] with senator
now no longer in his place. but senator called 10y
grateful country responsible station, and who
has left US only this morning. Mr. WcbsterJ might
have inquired how the came there. May ash
to what keyhOe he applied his or his eye-in wha
curtain he ensconced-o hear and perceive these
astonishing circumstances, which he narrated with
much compaccncy and selfsafisiactian2 L Daughter.
Sir have been in repeated consultation with my friend
Mr.. Cass for so will call him, and he has shown
himself to be the friend of the peace OF his country-dur
ing the progress of this measure and also with othc
democratic friends upon this Repeatedly have
been in consultation with them upon the subject OF th
bill, and the amendments which have been proposed.
regret only that consultations have not been more
numerous and of longer duration. But how stands thu
matter with them-with the elements of opposition Il
this bill On the subject of slavery, the treatment o
California the Territories, the adjustment OF the hound
airy of Texas, the fugitive slave bill and the bill io
aboshng the slave trade there is difference of opn
ion between my democratic friends whom have con
suited and yse bnt there has been perfect union dur
ing all consultations Allow say that there
not solitary instance in which subj cct connected wit
party politics, upon which might have herctofor,
differed in the progress Of the administration of gav
ernment has been adverted We spoke OF that mea
which absorbed all thoughts which engrossc
all our hopes which animated all anxietes-he sub
ect Of pacying If possible, the distracted parts o thl
counry-a subject upon which, between us, there was
perfect coincidence of opinion.
But how does the matter stand with the extreme
who united against the measure Why, they Is.
tremes upon this very measure and upon this very sui
ect of slavery Upon the very subject under consdera
ton there among them no union Of sentiment, no coin
cidence OF opinion In meetings upon this subject
IN consultations democrats and wings convened
os.silted together. They threw aside not germane
and unworthy of their consideration, all the agitatn
party politics OF the day; and venture to say that
those meetings between my democratic friends and my
SELF there diversity ccntarety of opinion upo
the only subject that brought together. II NO
utterly mistaken there no sch union and colncidenc
of opinion between the opponents of this BILL who, upo
the very subject of slavery which it relates,
wide apart the north and south pole Some OF the OF
ponens of this bill have had quite frequent consuta
ons as its friends Whether the senator near me iron
4 New Hampshire Mr. Hale] was present or not, an
able say. do recollect to have heard tina
: he was one of them; but L
Mr.. CLAY. MIR. President, there Is neitner incor
gruy IN the freight in the passengers on board ou
omnibus. We all heartily upon the onl
topic which brought together, and which constitute
the sole object of consultation. We have Afr
cans abolitionists in omnibus-no disunonsts
frees -soers, Jew Gentle Our passengers consis
democrats and whgs who, seeing the crisis of the
common country, and the dangers impending over it, hav
together, forgetting and throwing far behind ther
their political differences other subjects to compar
their opinions upon this great measure of reconciao
!, and of harmony.
e, THE WILMOT PROVISO.
. l wish, again, to make only very few observation