New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-08-10
cASsIrs n CLAY ~ ILLINOIS.
POLITICAL MOvEyENTS-UNI0N or PAR
TIES FOR FREEDOM.
co-r.s,sudeBss Of MY Trbrae

nishtd the arch traitor who moved the repeh of th'
Missouri Compromise in the Senate; aud his subordi
nate Richardson who seconded that movement By
bringing II forward in the House. As Huukerlsh a.
Illinois IT, and although SIZE is the martyr State hag
ing killed LovejOy for defending the freedom OF the
press; end though by Ler black laws she has made
herself practically slave State, and is represented
in tie Senate by savehoder in the person Of Stephen
A. Douglas. yet as dark as Illinois is. she has been
sadly misrePresented by Douglas. Shields snd Rich
srdsOD. Illinois is making effort 10 throw of these
pestilentisl incubuses. The people of Illinois do not
sustain the repeal Of the Missouri Compromise, though
Douglas says, by action of the Legislature, my
Estate backs me-" There is more prospect Of his
being hacked by finding bis political friends q would
say Ass0ciGieS, for believe the fellow has frends)
laid HPOn their backs and his power in the State back
/ blokeu.
CAssrrs NJ CLAY, the noble Kentucky moral hero
vas nvit Il by the Young Mems Association OF Chca-
CO. to com, 10 that city and deliver address the
Fourth of July, as their Orator in the celebration Of
that day. He accepted with the implied understand
ing that there should be DO restriction his rgh; of
speech on that occasion He did speak a mighs
speak in the cir of the residence OF such man 90
Douglas and which hsd discarded the man and his
works. There much wincing of the Postmaster,
his kree-shilng editor OF Yong AHericd, and his
Kind threepenny torch bearer to shed light and honor
on the daIk path OF the modern apostate. The argu
meut If these that the Foarth of Juy should
not have been desecrated by such political harrangue
&c that speech was,-tbat the day SHOULD have been
Given to tie aorhcation of glorious institutions
and he Union-and yet, at the samc sCnr when CLAY
was honorng the name and the cause Of l716, by de-
Tending the principles OF personal liberty and true
popular sovereignty as ught in the Declaration,
in the Park overlooking the bright waters of Lake
Michigan in The city aud State of the Illinois Senator,
the sane Senator Douglas throwing contempt on
tie cause of the Declaration, and sneeTing at the
names and slurrng the fame of those patriots By har-
raneueDg in the streets of Philadelphia, the city Of
the Declaration, the rirues Of the prostitute Ne
braska. and slayebOlding sovereignty. AT the same
time, too. "two-penny lawyer, one OF trio, the
last of the lot of bis legal friends, was "expending
wind" in aid Of Nebraska to a few weak backed
Democrats in tie country.
Mr. Cay's letter. published in your TRIBUNE, had
received considerable notice in these parts from men
of all parties who would not 60 with the party and
Slavery down 20 ruin; aud approving in part of the
recommendations of that letter. requested Mr. Clay
to continue bis abors in the State discussing the Ne
braska and slavery issue. Mr. Clay, without fee or
reward accepted of the Invitation, and meetings
appointed for him from the eth to the 18th OF July, at
Ottawa Bloomington Springfield, Alton and Quincy;
eso at Burlington and Davenport in Iowa; at Rock
leland Joliet Aurora, Freeport Rockford aud Elgin
in Northern Illinois. up to the I'D. These meetings
were all well attended by intelligent audiences
will briefly notce some Of the leading incidents of in
terest AT part o. these meetings which have lesson
OF the future in them.
At Ottawa the defense of the Douglas cause was
left alone in the debate 20 drunken lawyer with Lis
face glowing with Nebraska and whisky; and the
CHEF supporters NhOW Wnen the cOhllcL was
let their light shine from glowing cOuntenances around
the bar OF the nearest grog tavern. The whole Doug
las Guard the leader Of which, holding his rambler
of whisky ligh up " swOre and bedamned' that they
for nggers aud whisky in Nebraska The peo
pie sustained Sir. Clay almost unanimously and passed
the following resolution their expression of the
basis of action in the present campaign:
Rsore6 That tho great purpose Of our Government,
declared by the Declaration Of hide endonce and
aiiimed IN the preamble in the Constitution is LIBERTY
III ia 4 q -
a. Government now is wholly for Slavery, shown by
il having broken down the ast barrier TO Slavery eg
erosion il il the duty Of the people to join, ire
sItcve Of pelty, in effort to overthrow the Admins
taon oDd the vernment from the slave power
This assembly therefore pledge themselves to each other
and 10 tie world 10 disregard party ties to join in union
Of political action revoluonze tie State and Nation
voting for we will not earnestly oppose every az
gressvo measure of tie slave power.
It was feared that the meeting at Bloomington might
prove failure, the Committee of Arrangements
tor the meetings knew nj persons from whom they
had courage 10 solicit aid in preparing for the meeting
But il turned out one Of the best in the State
The population of this region is largely Southern,
and a considerable portion residents OF Kentucky
since Mr. Clay commenced bis efforts there for
emsnc patton. They are men who are not known
antiSlayery men, though really driven from the State
by the crushing influence OF that despOsm the nom
older. They Were the people of the State, who
had they remained aud been free would have made it's
wealth and character. Mr. Clay is much beloved and
LonOred By them though they bound down that
they Ciulu give MIN out support IN their own
State Many Of these men, with noble traits of human
nature, seized his ready hand with rude grasp aad
with rude speech, and eye and heart sOftening with
en- oton, welcomed him to this State 1t is a cheerful
thought that those who labor for the good of others
sometimes receive some such honorable testimonials
Tie cholera panic preceded the appointments at all
the places south of Bloomington land the Douglas
Guard shut the State House against Mr. Clay at Spring
field; and further the farmers were excessively busy
in their baIy6ste and could therefore afford time
for the service of the State yet large congregations
assembled TO hear him. There were at least fifteen
hundred people in the grove at Springfield, nOtwth-
saudLg The State Eegis'cr lied ia stating there were
10 mue tLan three hundred. More people heard him
from tie stand in the grove than could have been
commonated iii the State House.
At Alton there the silence of the Sabbath hour
the streets deserted, no teams people from the /
country to trade fox fear OF the cholera We. Mes.rs.
Clay and Codding addressed audience Of fifteen ,
hundred from the steps Of the Madison Mil. The /.
Postmaster, English defended tie Administration. /
sn in doing was compelled 70 claim the Nebraska
scheme setre. increment Of Pierce and Douglas Jr
he abolition Of SiareTy, and unless il so, he would
repudiate the Administration. few moments after !
the close Of the meeting, he in consultation
in front oil the Post-Ofce with DR.. Hope who claims
tie honor O. having shot LoyejOy. With great indg.
nation be Or. H. inquired if such meeting and such
q crowd in tie pubic streets, TO hear Clay would have
been tolerated in Philadelphia, in Baltimore, or in |
Washington, and swOre that il should not have been in
Alton, and led be damned if be would Mt have paid /
for the eggs 10 mark the speakers. The party lines
being pTetty closely drawn Dr. Hope the assassin OF
LoyejOy, End TIE Postmaster one side, and ell the
rest Of the people tie other, the attempt to egg
down tie speaker, would have been rather of an un-
equal contest with popular sovereignty.
At Quincy Kimballs Hall was crowded to hear Clay |
liz the Afternoon. and Codding in the evening. The |
leading minds Of this growing city present at each
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