Demoine courier., 1854-07-13
Mr.. ClaYke'S SHhGfii.

Mr.. 0arke's Speech.
This gentleman, according TO previ-
Gus notice. addressed the citizens of this
place and vicinity, at the Cour, House,
on Tuesday the llth inst And, al.
though the notice was very short, and
this is the busiest season in The year,
still Mr.. e. had respectable audience,
and was listened to, throughout, speech
of some two hours length, with a,ten.
ton.
We wish that we could, for the ben.
f, fit of our readers, give them at least the
substance of Mr.. C'.s speech, but time
and space will no, permit, were we ca
pable Of doing so. Mr.. Clarke, rs q
public speaker is hardly exceIled by
any one, in The range of our acquain-
lance, in Iowa, and he in the most able
manner showed up what is termed, and
very properly so, the "Nebraska Swim
dle;" giving the history Of The extension
and agressions Of The Slave power upon
the rights and interests of the free States
from the commencement of our govern
ment down to The present time. Mr..
&. showed conclusively that the posi-
ton now occupied by the Wing party,
and the mass of the People of the North,
in regard 10 the repeal of the Missouri
Compromise, was the same that was &C.
cupied by Jefferson, Randolph, Clay,
Webster and Calhoun, and that it was
only discovered within the last few
months, that it was Democratic and right
10 abroga,e this Compromise, and thus
trample down the las, barrier to the
progress of the great national blight
Slavery.
Mr.. G.. said he did not wish 10 med
: die with the Institution of Slavery
where it exists by law, as State insl.
tuition. but would oppose i, with all his
power wherever and whenever attempt
ted to be legalized and sustained by the
general government, as National in
s'ilution, as has been attempted by tie
passage of the Nebraska bill; ard stri-
kingly illustrated the insinceriiy of the
supporters Of that bill, who have rra,ed
long and loudly in favor of "squatter
sovereignty" as being the essence OF the
Nebraska Kansas bill, while at the same
time il gives the appointment of Cover
nors, vested with the Veto power, Judg-
es to decide the legality of laws, Mar.
shals TO execute them, and host of Of
ficials, who will doubtless be taught TO
favor the "pecular institution to the
President! Fellow. citizens, amt this
squatter sovereignty with a vengeance
Are no, Messrs. Dodge and Jones, your
Senators, and Mr.. Hem, your Repre-.
sentative deserving Of great credit for
neglec,ing the interests of Iowa to aid
the South in her nefarious schemes of
aggression upon the North!
Will you not repel these aggressions?
Aye, we feel, we know that you will
The People are aroused 10 sense of
the danger that threatens them, and the
voice of political demagogues cannot re-
strain them from acting up to their con-
victions Of right. The hand writing is
on the wall. and II plainly says to the
Dodge pro.slavery dynasty, ",hou art
weighed in The balance and hast been
found wanting" The result will be the
complete and total route Of the Party
that endeavors 10 bolster up the present
Administration, and the election of Rep
resentatives that will not mis- represent
Iowa. This will do, for the once, and
will teach men hereafter to beware how
they trample upon and disregard the
warnings of an outraged and injured
People.