Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1855-08-01

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Jid go did speak 10 y krye audiaee
and AS not m.pies,ed Ii the moment VI
his departure, With The prospect u 4 tlv,.
iy and unequal conflict before hini. be
sent the following characteristic letter 10
the iin,:fgns,i Gazette.
LErTEn TxoA cAssrus n CLAY.
.sasat,.nisaee n the ci,,eipsati tIszr,ls
Liberty or Dsspotism.
July -, 1855.
FDe. GAzETrg Ito morrow go. 10 the
field Of contest, TO determine whether the lib
rrfy Of speech and religious freedom is
Longer possible in a slave State! In this un.
equal struggle; az tlo result Cannot be FORE
seen Ideemi. dac my own character add
the great issues pending, 10 say parting
word ihsossb press ~,,rre suppression =
u impossible. Born and bred in A slave
State, erery hour Of my experience compels
me to ayow that the world has not yet begun
TO conceive the consistent Jeu:tism and un-
fathomab'e airocity Of the slave propagan-
da! They who stand a. he cradle, ignoring
the holy sentiments which conseerate the
| piedgrs Of devoted and mutual love, TO cat
! cchise Gods nobest work, and to stiae th
immortal aspirations Of haman soul, are
not the men TO show magnanimity, or in
du'ec in the weakness Of justice, mercy and
truth.
lr is their yocatinn,o dominate orer the
human mind, and to subject brute power to
the superior force Of intellect. GFptle pol.
isbing, and wi ming, stern bullying, and
most remorseless'y cruel--arp ealing at one
time TO tho sentiments, now 10 the passions,
and then to the fears Of inen--they mus. be
''eunning in fcfcs'' indeed, who can stand
up uLder such odds. No wonder then TINT
| they have taken possession OF the press, the
/ pulpit, and the Government; and that the
| boosted liberties of the American people lie
crushed and bleeding und ,r the iron heel =
! But despotism is, under whatever name. cv-
erywhere the same; and it's chief and last re
sort is force. To that has the slave power
nov come. Its organs threaten to drive on,
| the new Congress with arms, renewed VIC.
/
and the rife, and the bowie knife, overthrow
the ciyilpbwer; and lespotism rules supreme
| in places of Wanted "popular sovereignity,' y
in the great prairics 80 socnnly pledged "a
Liberty, to Civilization and Christianity.
When Governor Reedrr is Threatened with
halter, and assaulted with intent to kill
the representative of the American sove.
reignty, Franklin Pierce, who was very mani,
in summoning the nations power to the re.
capture OF a poor trembling fugitive from
slavery, repudiatcs his own government anG
piunges the sword of justice into the ar
Of his own standard benrer, it cannot be ex.
pected that should advance, unopposed, thu
vanguard Of the "Repubiican'' army in tn,
midst of its enemies. ses now hav,
long seen the meshes gathering around me-
Let no man, therefore, too harshly reproy,
me il the instincts Of self preservation hav
caused me to cry ont too wildly, for the com
posed ears of self delud,ng nation, ngains
the ever onward march of Despotism Whel
Douglas & Go. repealed the Missouri Com
promise, how could refrain from denounc
ing them as scoril,y Of death? Not from
me mot for me comes the imprecation.
and mine will be forgotten in tho greater is
sues Of this crime, and my voice will be 81
which follows in its wake, and the lamrnta
tions Of the widows and the orphans, whic
it will have made! No, to all America til
time has come Liberty or Despotism
The Courier of Louisville, found US quiet
} " at our work. it called upon its myrmidon
. to initiate the deeds Of Atchison and Doug
las and S,ringfellow; ready with pistol an
bowie knife, they silence John G. Fee, tn
, | faa nartr - ID.
ligion., II lie had not have followed fas
in the footsteps Of this execution. this ha
not been the land Of slavery! He il faisel
accused of distributing tracts to slaves, an
exciting instruction! Mr.. Fec sends his de
NAL to the Courier with the programme 0
his action, laid down in the annual report o
tho American Missionary Society. Did i
retract lie calumny did it publish its rcfu
tation. No, that would have been like tn
mercenary tool of despotis,n. Uuheard h
is condemned and siIenced!
Icomc to the rescue of my friend, the de
fender of my cause; resist men who, ono
more against me, also, unheard, publish
libellous letter, and Jesuitically invok
bloodshed. aag
The resolutions passed Mt the Jcssamin
meeting and published in the Cincinnati Ga
zettr, were read at the assemblies at Brusl
Creek and Scatlold Cave, that there nigh
be no question about our motives and &C
tons. know too we'll the scoundrelism o
that party to trust myself to their magnani
nifty. hatter myself that my name is laced
be ond the sphere Of calumnv. and all IN,
past history gives assurance that my friends
may have cause to mourn my fate, but nevel
my principles.
1 1 eat r,1Np IN ,px.I Lar
ter to the New York Tribune, after the Ne
braska crime. ask of you the favor of ii.
| republication. am cheered that find nv.
self in sympathy with the great minds an1
heroic hearts of the Nation. Thank God TO,
! thus foretaste of .tthe good time coming
All hail, Ohio all hail, the .sNor,h pal
hail, the REPuBLIcAS PARTY!
: Go on, then, with the sentiments of tht
18th of July inscribed on your banners
July the 4th, and July the 18th: may the,
both be eras to be ever remembered among
men ?-Whcn the aspirations of the crea
jefferson shall ba fullle6d, and the revolu.
ton begun in 'T6 shall commence being com
pleted in '55
I But We shall not have peaceful triumph
Deity vindicates and expiates the violation
Of His eternal laws. Blood consccrates eve,
the remorse Of great wronr. Standing her,
under the acknowledged responsibilities Of
home and country, which no man can atwiil
put on, or put of, ! calmly lock destiny
i ing, my aspiration shall be immortal--ma,
our country yet be free.
| Your obcdient servant,
en-. Clay.