The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1851-04-14

Here's to you with all my heart
For in the Union Compromise
You noby led the part.
Here's to you, Harry Clay.
Tho there have been disunion scones
The year that's passed away,
They've added ustrc to the
Here's to you Harry Clay,
Here's to you, my noble soul.
And each succeeding year
With us shall pass away,
Assembled here, we II praise true men,
Who did no fears betray.
Here's to you Harry Clay.
/. .c's to you my noble soul.
Who boldly in their places stood,
And TO friends and foes did say
Were for the Union, that alone,
A said 10y Henry Clay
Here's to you, Harry Clay.
Heres to you, my noble soul
God bless the noble patriot
While he is far awsy;
May Cuba's winds give joyous health
And strength anew each day.
Heres toyou, Harry Clay,
Here's toSou my noble soul
And may soon behold the
For whom meet this day
Whose names cngraven our hearts
Ills namc--0ur Harry Clay.
Here's to you, Harry Clay.
Here's TO you my noble soul
And now let all hs friends arise,
And give to joy fun sway
And for the Compromise three cheers,
And three timc- three for Clay.
Here's TO you, Harry Clay,
heres to you with all my hart.
JosrrH WHITE Esq, of this city, respond d. After
few preliminary remarks. in which he referred the
occasion which brought the assemblage together and the
object for which they had convened he sailentlemcn.
I recognise but higher law and that il the law Of
thinking what please. Applause and laughter) And
whenever meet this association have ample guaranty
from the past that IL thtn will it be that
in accordance with that higher law may say what
think. (Applausc) Since assembled gentlemen.
year to celebrate the birthday of the great American
common. Z. Providence has placed him in position to
play stin more conspicuous part than lac ever played
before. By the wirs the Vaccinations ani the plots Of
politicians a extreme opinions In the North and the
wles Vaccinations aud plots u politicians Of extreme
opinions in the South the integrity nay the very
stcnce Of this great Union jeopardized Urged
iy some dcmoniae spirit, that sought for private all
yanctmert In the public disadvantage, this Union
carried to the point Of dissolution. aud strug
Cling In it. throcs when the old of Ashland. with
seyenty wc spent years clustering about him. again
stepped forward. the admiration If hs countrymen.
to rescue the Union which he had twice already
rescued from impending peril (Grcat appllusc) 1
wish, gentlemen that time permitted with due regard
to that justice which we must mote out to Others,
and especially to the distinguished strangers who
present TO go into the origin and history Of those
dssen.ions and hosc differences and anmostics that
endangered this Union of ours But time will not per-
nit Yet feel that can't do justice to the occasion.
nor to the (Ar Cay) 70 you not to call
your attention for few moments to Of the great
measures q cempromsc-the mighty theme Of dcnunci-
alton ut the North-an Of which has been reflected
its author Henry clay. (Applnu'e) And | allude t.
To- ay few words the subject for the reason th,
though denounced as 1t has been. believe thc true
state a the case has not been presented to the country
with reference 20 that law Men Of diseased imagna-
tion violently disposed to endangcr the integrity 81 this
Union, are engaged now in the North dcnouncing this
Fugitive Slave law and are Inviting resistance to the
cution of that law of the land N the time was,
when patriotism demanded that hc who had heart TO
feel for his country end dared to utter his sentiments
he ever dared 20 utter them, that time In my judgment.
b the present. (rtat applause aud cheering What IL
this Fugitive slave law with the denuncation of which
the abolition press oi te North u ringng-wht, II the
subject Of the denunciauns. and inyocatOs and abu
fations OF ab0litious seeking Office which pray TO God
they may never obtain, (Applause) Gentlemen talk
u 4 4 were n
sure; IL Il established right, evil prin
ciplc. Not so. The origin of the evil AGAINST which
these men complain. lies further back than the act
Of 1850 II lies In the federal constitution and Il
Is the key stone of the arch which rests the whole
temple Of eur government. (Chcers and applause
And when these men apply thesr understanding to
what they IL nnUncc. and ascertain that II the
handiwork Of Washington and Hamilton. and other
great atctmen mcthins their che, would mantle with
shame and that they ought to pause have s,d that
thi. bin establishes NO right. In this may be mia
taken but II does establish any right II v to the
slave and not to the master our declares
expressly that person held 10 service labor in
state under the laws thereof escaping into another shall
IN cou,cqucbcc q any law regulation therein, b. dis
charged IRON such service or labor but shall be delivered
up ON claim Of the party TO whom such service labor
may be duo What, then. l. the right of the master,
rot going To travel beyond the constitution which
was built that great pyramid q powcrhr United states
Of Amerca-whiCh concrs all the blessings cnioy
and which lumnatcs the darkest Europe itself
tAppiau-c am not going t. inquire whether that con
stuton was wrong when our forcfahcrs and ourelvcs
hayc become all that under IT, am thankful for
H. blessings and viii not denounce the who trans
mtted them tous Great appausel There l. the con
stuton-read H. And what l. this constitution that
hear much abuutg IL u the Law paramount. In mo-
dorn abolition yernacuar II u the higher law Of the
land. (Cheers and waving of handkerc hief Aud this
higher. nay more. this highest q human laws. has
cured the right to the stakeholder IL hts slave escapes
and says that the fugitive. by his voluntary act
can't be set free, but shall, ON claim being made
be delivered up 60 his master. Now. without the law
Cf 1880 how stood the case wish 20 God men would
study more law and loss fanatcism (lrvat laughter
in which the speaker joined II l. a matter of al.
iudcaon by the supreme Court of the United states
that the stakeholder. with the constitution In hts
hand may enter the state into which hs fugitive slave
may have escaped and there. invoking aid from the
state Suthortcs asking nothing from state authority
but clothed with the arm ~ the constitution he may,
ly virtue Cf that constitution. seize hs slave hy the
The constitution that Il the udcaiCn of the the SUI
rrcmc Court ~ the United states under the constitutions
and although in the days II jackson. the doctrine
taught II appeal from the Supreme Court of the Uni
ted states tu the people, who alone could enact higher
law. thank God Il il not the doctrine of Henry clay
and never his doctrine. (rhc assembly here stood
w aud checrcd yehcmcntly lie entertained the
doctrine hat IN appeal Ivy from the supreme Court of
the United states That question has been submitted TO
that high authority hy that high authority VI hal been
settled and the right o the slave holder under the con
iution has been declared by that high authority 20
tend his travelling into the free Statos capturing his
slave and returning with him without the intervention q
the state authorities and II any interfere he sub
ect to Indictment That the condition master and
slave without the legislation of 1850 Where then l. all
that scky patotism Of the last eight months and who
has awakened It now Did not these gentlemen know
that this ret a. 1850 confcrs right the slave
hoder But what the act Of 1850, II u the dccara-
tion of constitutional right and II points ont the
mode In which that right shall he exercised That the
only change In the condition o. master and slave far
as the question II rccapture Is concerned What IL the
case under The new law The slave escapes and the master
pursucs The master Is obliged TO 70 before ocer Of