Wabash express. [volume] (Terre-Haute, Vigo Co[unty], Ind.) 1841-186?, 1856-08-13


House. saturday evenhg was ore e ~ &
nest sfFur'a Nc ever had she pleasure ~ her
inc from spy one II was frrai eiFers and
worthy n The ensishie reputation wAish ~
orator has siready aequired a. one Of ~
first popular sneakers inihi- country Heheld
NJ before DC fyes Of biz hearers he dunliei.
~ ard eouupiiops of tho present democratic
leaisrs. ard cxroaed With Tie tif'crest invee.
tive he scl6,h motives that prompt them 70
action He showed how AID vhy The N,rih
srn traitor Siephes 4 Douglas introduced >.
20 tie council of he nation thai infnnous
hill, which repealed The Missouri Compromise
and drew upea IN penrle lhss hitter pertiran
>sarfaf IN which they are now engaged He
stripped with ,be hand Of a master the lions
kin frum nc democratic party. ard leg H..
ratci deformifv so hifeous and deceiffll
that Il VA. shocking aud disgusting 20 an hon.
est men Re proved clearly that The obiec,-
o. Southern dem6cmts.were fit. 10 abrogaic
the compromises Of orr fathers. and ihen force
their peculiar institution Ia territories made
free hy those compromises. by the con.tiiu-
ltion and by al law He resisted, with the
most -cathing dcnunciaiion the advance Of
slavery North. Tie said that tho Constitution
Of this country carried slavery nowhere, but
protected il in all p aces where il legally cx.
listed lie would not invade the rights ofihose
States where human beings were held in ser.
yitude but he would forever protect the free
virgin soil Of this great Repablic from being
contaminated with the foot prints Of slave.
Col Lane said lac was native of Keu'ueky-
be had been rurtured. into manhood amid the
institution ofslavey loved hisueiiys State
1.-The blood Of her chivalrous aud generous
hearted sons. had moistend every battle fell
from the Lakes 10 New Orleans. II was the
home Of Harry Clay and it was is soil that
now shut out the sunlight from llis mortal re-
mains He loved Kentueky.-but when be
compared her energy. her industry and her de
velopmeris with those Of his adopted State
while he felt proud Of the latter. his heart bled
for the former. He saw the African vultur,
that was gnawing on her vitals. aud the land
Of Daniel Boone, instead of having net work
Of Railroads trayersing her in every direction
she can boast Of but two. while in her sisiel
free States the whistle Of the steam car car
|, be heard from every hill top. fIom every val
ley asd from every plain. He referred TO Vlr
, ginia. the mother Of States and Of statesmen
and compared the silence and profound mac
ton that pervaded her entire commonwealth
, with the State of New York-with her com
merce whitening every sea-her railroad
aud telcgraphs going out from her capital, Xix
p, arteries from the great heart OF man. TO ever.
town aud village within her borders-ard he
Empire City. setting As the erowued queen Q
this misunderstanding and sparkling Wit
: riches. aud controlling with the gracp of
! giant. the trade OF this Continent. lie drs'
:. these pictures and then Said, there is SLAYER
i. and here is freedom, choose ye which shal
rule over you"
: The effect produced by this presentation Q
the great questions now disturbing the publ
mind. was overwhelming Some who ha
heretofore been undecided as 10 the proPe
course to pursue. shouted FOR Freedom an
! Fremont The speakers arguments AID his
: acknowledgements were 80 conclusive, tha. non
I but the most obstinate or the most FOOLS
1 could fail of being convinced.
a We have never seen so large. so respectabl
D and so attentive an audience assembled in on
! Court. House. as greeted Col. Lane on Satin
! day evening. Every condition of society an
; every phase Of politics were there-all ana
e ious to hear. and all we'll satisfied the goo
;. effects Of the speech, whom. the orator close'
: Mr. Lanes oratory is not that studied efo'
IS Of the schools. nor is his action The measure
Il GESTURE praciiced before the mirror. His el'
r cuton is the native. spontaneous out burs
ing Of a warm and overlooking heart Ii
action is that which follows the words, an
y helps impress them upon his hearers. Il
y speaks a. one fyltlng for the truth and Il
the right No man could SO eloqueully tall
d and so nohly feel. unless he nursed in b
r heart, the proud consciousness that lroedou
free spe .ch. virtue and the right was on h
side.
}. We have listened TO Col Lane many time
: before but we never felt the charm Of his or
!. tory, the deep. thrilling overwhelming pow'
OF the orator. so much as on Saturday ov'
ming lie carried with him, the minds of II
a thousands who sat before him, with the ea'
= that the giant of old. carried the gates Of h
'e fortified city. From the moment he con
" menced until he concluded. he poured fort
y one continued. unbrokcn stream Of argusnen
/. Of eloqrence aud Of whitening depunciatioi
IN fact we can only conclude as We begun, b
saving the effort was 4 glorious one. aud NO
thy the enviable fame Of Henry ;. Lane
fl ------>~ts -
y Pro~Siavery County Convention.
= The Slavery cxtensonists of this count
z nominated the following a. their county ticl
Z a. on last Saturday; solomon Claynool an