The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1856-02-14
SPEECH OF MIR JOLLIFFE.

SPEECH OF MIR JOLLIFFE.
On the opening Of the Court yesterday nor
ming. Mr.. Jolleiie commenced his argument
He said: have reason % rejoice TO-DAY ii
behalf of my clients and Of the country, tha
this case is to be tried before gentleman whC
has tried similar eases, and had the mora
courage to decide against The claimant. /
was not the pride OF opinion that controile j
his judgment, bat sincere conviction Of the
truth and justice Of such course
! viii first uoiice lhe argument OF my cour
teous opponent Mr. Finnell. lie said Ken
tucky aui Virginia were not responsible for
Slavery, bul the Yankees, who sold Them The
negroes. O,hers have charged that England
forced slavery upon Us Ba; when h~ an
ger urs aud mine went down 10 Nnr,o!k 20
buy ~a,.,. were hey no: 10 BE- blameI? The
merchants and traders sold them for gold -
.or gold they would have sold the plan .egs as
well Bat were not they who ;emp,cd the
merchants to bring them slaves, equally guilty
with those who brought them?
He SAID. also that 1t va, the Abolitio nists
who were creating all this agl'a:ion and he
denounced them pot house politicians"
Now, who are the Aboli.iouists? | know
those IN Ohio, perhaps. well that gen
,lernan, bat do not know among them a
single man 10 whom the phrase, pot house
politician" could be applied.
The gentleman was lit advised in his attack.
He was firing his grape and canister into the
ranks Vi his allies, and at every charge they
fell. The Union savers, they are the pot house
politicians-rnen who love everything but
God and the poor-for the meaner aud more
degraded white IS, the more he hates a
negro. lie further charged Us with being
ungrateful to Kentucky. WHO assisted to hight
our ba tiles in the Northwest. When Ken
lucky renders aay service 70 ths Union, sac. "a.
a State, claims credit for it; but when sacrifices
are expected from Ohio, to make them
entirely for the sake OF the Union.
But We do return the kindness. When
poor and friendless kentuckian comes hero
naked, we clothe him, hungry, We feed him;
oppressed we relieve him; bouad on Jour
noy. we put him on certain railroad and
have him through in lightning speed. If
Kentucky feels aggriesed, let her ladies retail
late. Let them set up sewing societies for
poor Ohi1ans and as hospirable Kentucky is
better than picayune Ohio, let them send ten
+ for one Of our poor people 70 Texas, Kansas.
or any such places they desire to emf CRATE.
Applause aud cries Of order.
No, poor kentuckians, even the mos: ies-
t'tu'e. tiud friend, and counsel here. For all
these people, on both sides of this case, are
ken;uckians. The only difference between
them is that While they Cooking towards the
slaves are hefoicaiiy struggling for freedom.
that man boxing a. Mr.. Marshall) comes
into Court, lis hands all dripping with warm
blood, and asks 10 take the father of tha unur-
dered infant back into intermina5ie slavery
aud the grandfather back into everlasting bon
dage. (Applause. and cries of order
But the gentleman SAYS, the Constitution Of
The United S:a,es gives him right 10 these
tugiti.es.
o. star-eycd science has: thon wandered ;hero
II bring US baok the raes5sge Of despair?
Tnat straight line is the shortest distance
between two points, is axoim. The propo-
silion on which | shall base my argument IS
10 less plain. Il is: IHat cry man OF. euriA
haS t3s riSit 10 DO eptrs hing that God hqs
nsaas n 4 dug TO do. Or. = [ am not here
,Ecohs TO discuss difE:calt points. but
only As a civilian a., eriu- rights. and As some
duties are more clearly s-a.ei ia the Rlhis,
than others. w!l. vary the form. an, say:
That every man On earth has TIE right 10 do
everything tha. God. in The Bible has cieativ
ma alc !. hi day - do.
Go4 made J. the day Of Danie, - pray.
thlLS, .a7 i'-s,s So s.a,p:r. forbid it-,.; tus
sArya ..o.y ea.icspu IT, f.:s-e - bon dossa ae-
fore aa idol tfe Apostles {" preach the
doctrine oi tie reSasr, c-ion Of CranUcr and
Ri1lry 10 refuse a. bow down 20 tie sacrifice
q: the Mass AMI in doing 50 hey ali assert
Ell their right Il. sat an! da;v ara corrcla-
tive terms. aS iu,eperab.y usin siel - the
light. and hea, of the sun. Sir 10 the Com
missioner. /. .S your right s,t;iny ibere as a
CorlSeissioner Of the L. s. t. love God with
al your heart and your ueisEbor as Yourself
This Is {. right for which the martyrs suffered
and ior which our fathers poured cut thei-
blood Ike waier--the right Of every Ameri-
can citizen TO take the Bible as the man Of his
council. You have d right TO love ths. old
man. tputting his hand on the head of old ST.
mon, As you love yourself and 70 do TO him
as You would have him do to You. and it is
your duty. sitting here in the temple Of JUS
ice. to exercise ths, right
Your oath TO support the Constitution i'm
poses an obligation TO support it ALL, not only
the third article OF the Iy section hut tia
whole Constitution.
The Constitution says lis. AmendmentA
Congress shall make no law respecting an
establishment OF religion or prohibrin, the
free eX ,rcise thereof This NAV not embrace
the religion Of China and the Hindoos but !,
certainly does embrace the Christian religion
What thea is the Christian religion9 It's vi
tai principle is ''to love God with all ,,ovr
heart. and yoar neighbor As yourself" and
every law that in,crferes with this, tas do the
acts of '9S and 80. pierces the Vitsis Of the
Christian religion as the spear OF the Roman
soldier pierced the heart Of Christ on tie
cross