The Davenport daily gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1869, 1856-08-05
n osot ossAssiag 81 bsysox Speech Of
eoaotps II Clay.

The pres o! natter relating to our own
slsctisa be- prevented any reference to the
Great Yrsosst Gathering ct Dayton, Ohio,
on the soth alt. The meeting was fully
equal, both in sRihus ssm and numbers, to
the nrnsser Assemblases OF 1870. The
number present vas ysriously estimated at
fron 5000 70 1000. Among the speakers
we're Gov. Bingham, Cassus NJ. Clay, and
Hon. a. Burlingsme. Mr.. Burlngs me
~ decidedly the hero fihe occasion. The
gallant mssnsr in y hieh be has made mani
feet tAs pol;roonery Of the assassin Brooks.
he's nsis him = popular At the West and
Northsest o. he 10 in Massachusetts, and
eve ere Glsd to learn thst he is tie speak 4,
various plsoes in Iowa dgFisngg, ;. .ssr,e H.
O. Ger 'sSsrty welcome. and have no doubt
that much good will result from bis labors.
The Cincinnati Gazette says Cassius VI.
Cay made one OF bis most eloquent speech
es, and se cannot do better than copy from
that paper the following imperfect synop-
Bis OF his remarks
@Ar. Clay showed that slavery drove
white men out of the slave States that il
had done 20 in Kentucky-fhe population
and progress of which be compared with
Ohio. II not only drove out free popuIa-
ton, but everything else that was valuable;
even the richness Of the soil, for where once
grew the cotton and tobacco, were found
hr,a, ,ha vanilla, 81
The Northern laboring man could. and
ives born to the fret rank in society and
wealth; but 10 never knew such an instance
al the South. Slavery sunk the man. II
developed him neither physically or mental
~. II crippled the South ia ito workshops,
iu factoriss, its heids end its schools s.
Whsa 10 talked thus TO Southern men dem
ocrstie srstors would &c, up and say to the
white lsbosers, "This man 10 q fanatic, and
vithsl ambitious, but don't give up your po-
sitioa, for 1t 10 better thas that Of the Labor.
iaa aen Of the North. Ave, the negro
sieve Of the South 10 better of than the
Northern lsboYer." Such insult do thew
ding q the Worth. What insult have they
not hurled 81 itf
He stated that the rank Of the slavehold-
er was aristocrsticslly preserved by inter-
marriage only with Shareholders. In Eng
land il was less difficult for peasant TO wed
nobility than for man not stakeholder 10
marry into the slareholdins sristocracy.
They were aristocratic even in their legal
relations with the North, and demanded and
received services for which they would rem
der no consideration or equivalent. When
the apprentice Or horse OF Northern free
man escaped, he might hunt him up at his
own expense; bu, when the properly of the
aristocracy of the South escaped, the strong
arm Of the government, the army, and +
necessary the navy, were called in reauisi-
ton to catch and return the property OF the
Southern aristocracy.
He endeavored to show by instances. how
the legislation in Kentucky and in all
Southern States, was in favor OF the slave
holder and against the free white laborer
II a house vas set on FIRE add burned by d
slave. he ceuld be taken from his master
and tried for the crime, but the master
would be repaid by the State the value Of
his malicious piece OF property, but If the
owner OF the house wac consumed in it,who
paid the widow and the orphan for their
losss II was only husband and father,
not negro slave, and hey got nothing. -
This wss the logic in all slave States.
He showed that there was no security
for the life Of the six millions of the non.
Shareholders in the slave States, and related
numerous Instances OF their murder by the
slave holding sristocrscy which went IN
punished. He declared that he had never
heard Of STAKEHOLDER being hung for k H.
ing non-slayeholder, bu, knew many in
stances of men being hung for killing slave
holders.
He declared the conduct of Brooks in
stealing into the Senate Chamber to perpe- |
trste the outrage on Sumner, "more das-
tardly than Is usual, even in the South"
He spoke of Barlingame, and declared |
that he and Wilson were worthy the pIori-
Ous memories of Lexington, OF Concord.
and of Bunker Hill. The reason the South
struck Northern men down in tile Senate,
was because they believed the North lack.
ID courage, They were just beginning to |
Use their violence on the North--only Civ /
ny them foretaste OF what they would do
iter a while.
When he would say TO them In Kentucky
our nnti-slayery sentiment is yet feeble,
VI we are backed by that of the North"
'e Democrats always repF I'd, I'VE have