The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1855-09-15
PROM the 1ndi.nopoii. Repunue.n.

/ From the Indianapolis Republican.
Clay and Campbell--whe is an Abolisie.iss
When Mr.. Campbell was suddenly take,
i'll, at Masonic Hall, on the evening of thu
LIST, he was in the act of reading an eloouen1
extract, from. a speech of Henry Clay OF
African Slavery. 81 was replying to those
pld line Wings, who, protesting to revere
The memory Of Mr.. Clay, claim, to. be the
only national men, and stimasize such mer
as Campbell as aabolitionist," g fanatic .
wooley head" &C., and to those Hunke,
Democrats, whose love for the spoils induce
them to wallow in the mire of slavery pro
pagandists and justify themselves with hyp.
ocritical pretence of admiration of CLAY!
Many readers have expressed desire to
see the full extract of the speech, the read
ing of which was cut short by Mr.. Camp
bells illness. Mr.. G.. states that he read
from the identical pamphlet copy which was
sent to his father under the frank of Mr..
Clay, when he was yet boy-that it was
the first speech he ever read on the subject
of slavery, and, that tie. first impression
made on his young mind against its extern
sion was attributed to the eloquehce of the
great Kentucky Statesman a. -,
The speech may also be found in Cham
bers' edition of Clay's speeches, published iii
1912. Mr.. Clay thus speaks of Slavery and
those National men who opposed the
agitation
"What would they who thus reproach us
have done ? If they would repress all ten
denotes towards liberty and ultimate exaanci-
patton, they must do more than put down
the benevolent efforts of this society. They
must go back to the era of our liberty and
independence, and muzzle the cannon which
thunder its annual joyous return. They
must revive the slave trade, with all its train
of atrocities. X
+ They must blow out the moral
lights around us, and extinguish that great
est torch Of all which america presents to a
benighted world, pointing the way to their
rights, their liberties, and thsir happiness.
And when they have achieved all these pur
poses, their work. will yet. be incomplete.
They must penetrate, the hutiiar1 soul and
eradicate the light Of reason and the love of
liberty. Then, and moi. till then, when uni
versal darkness and despair prevail, can you
perpetuate slavery and repress all sympa-
thies, and all humane and BENEVOLENT efforts
among freemen, in behalf of the unhappy
dage.
"Our friends who are cursed with this great
est Of human eUHS, deserve the kindest atten-
ton and consideration. Their property and
their safety are both involved. But the lib
eral and candid Among them will not, CANNOT
expect that every project to deliver our coun-
try front it is to; be crushed, because of a
possible and ideal danger"
eff l could be instrumental in ERADICA-
TING this DEEPEST STAIN upon the
character of our country, and removing all
cause of reproach, on account of it by foreign
nations could only be instrumental in
Kidding of this Foul BLOT that revered State
that gave me birth, [Virginia,l or that not
less beloved which kindly adopted me as her
son.. tKsntucky,l l would not exchange the
proud satisfaction which l should enjoy for
the honor Of all the triumphs ever decreed
to the most successful conquerorr %
Mr.. Campbell and the Republican Party
only propose to check. the extension of Slave
ry, and the spread of the ''foul blot !" They
do not interfere with it where it exists under
the Constitution. Mr. Clay wished to abol-
ish it III Virginia and Kentucky. He wished
to eradicate it-which means to @pull up by
the root" "to Destroy" ITO end % Against
whom, then, lies the charge of Abolitionist?
We think the ''Old LINERS" who shed crock
odile tears over Henry Clay, when they ap-
peal in behalf of Slavery Extension and the
repeal of the Missouri Compromise viii here
after be forced IS consider that gut spiked
WIN. R. M Il tie tie Republican, nom
inee for Delegate, passed through our Village
on Saturday, en- route for the extreme South
ern part of the Territory, where he intends
to address his friends ON the topics involved
in the political canvass.-Winoaa Express,
September 11M.
u A dispatch from Halifax Informs the
New York Times that, owing to some mis-
in laying the submarine cable
between Newfoundland and Cape Breton, 1t
was lost when the vessel was forty miles from
Newfoundland. There is no intelligence of
how it was lost.
e Scion Borland, ex-United States
Senator, ex-Ambassador to Central America
and present editor of The Little Rock lark
Gazette and Democrat, has taken his formal
farewell of the Democratic party in an edito-
rial leader Of his paper, and declares his flu
ture adhesion to the principles Of the Ameri-
can or Know Nothing party:
DEATH OF Hon. A. nj. ScHERMERHoRN.-
The Rochester papers announce the death of
the Hon. A. NJ. Schermerhorn, who repre-
scented Monroe for two terms III the House