New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-07-23
YREEDox or SPEECH IN KENTUCKY
The FOURTH OF JULY IN MADISON co.
KY.-AN GRAFTON FROM CAssIUs NJ.
CLAY
Of The N. Y. Tribune.

CsnsspssseHce Of The N. Y. Tribune.
BEREA. Madison Co.. KY, July {, 1857.
Az Am stranger to your columns as a corre-
spondent il may perhaps be proper for me To state
at the outset, that am lately from my former
residence in Western Ntw-York, and have been
preaching the Gospe, for few weeks past at some
Of the stations aud Free Churches planted by Mr..
Fee and bis colsborers in this region 1t has been
suggested TO me that publication Of a statement
Of facts in regard to the celebration Of the Fourth
here would be a source of encouragement to the
friends Of Freedom throughout our country.
The Fourth Of July has been celebrated in an
appropriate manner by the friends Of Freedom here
without opposition for three years past This year
between two and three thousand people assembled
on that day at beautiful grove where the necessary
preparations had been made. The assembly was
called to order by Mr.. VIM. Stapp. After repeat
ing the order Of exercises aud making few apprO-
pirate remarks with reference to the day, the Rev.
Mr.. Fee offered prayer; the Declaration of INDIE
peDden'e was then read by DIR. VIM. Chase Next
IN order was music, then an Grafton from the Hon.
Cassius 81. Clay. He enchaned the attention OF
the audience for u hours, with an address full of
earnest thought beautifully and eloqueny expressed,
and Astounding with facts which show concluslvely
that the question of Freedom the great practical
question If the day, and especially appropriate to
be discussed on the Fourth Of July l shall not
attempt but q mere outline Of his Grafton. He
commenced by referring to the day made menora-
bic by the signing Of the Declaration of Iudepend
ence, an event which he regarded as one Of the
most important in the annals of time, for he said
the great principle Of the equality Of the Of men
in political rights, though it had long struggled for
existence among the nations and had long ago been
revealed by God in the language, 9 He is no re-
h..f
by any nation as standard in government After
exposing the foolish sopbstres of some modern poll
ficians who deny the great seli-eyident truths
of the Declaration, he proceeded to say that he had
not come there to build sepulchers to the prophets
or to whtewash the character of any of the past or
present, but be had come to try to keep vital the
spSt of Revolutionary fathers rather than to pro-
nounee eulogies upon the dead He then proceeded
to show that the despotism Of Slavery in this coun
try is more cruel and tyrannica, not to the black
man only, but to the non slavehodiDg whites, than
that against which fathers rebeled in rs. For
proof he referred to the rule of the Slave Power in
Kansas, and to the late decision of the Supreme
Court, and to the crushing monopoly of slave labor
upon the Shareholders III the Slave States, aud
that in none of the Slave States, except, perhaps
Tennessee lie the voter allowed the secret ballot, be-
cause a. one ProSlsyery politician which he quoted,
expresses it, if that privilege should be allowed ut
"wOuld destroy the wholesome influence of the
Landlord over the tenant" He showed, by the
United States census, the great advantage OF free
labor slave labor and said it is but the reitera
ton of the eternal law that whatever is right is
e1Pedient
He spoke of the social equality existing between
the capitalist and the labOrer at thu North aud of
the excellent system of public schools in the Free
States, compared with the schools in the Slave
States, showing again from the the great adj
vantage of the former over the latter Ill regard to
al lufpI nm hp IN VIZ. a
O the Wanting claims Of Democracy, and OF the
" Manifest Destiny of the AnglO-Saxon race" He
said if Slavery were admitted to be right" the
cornerstone of our Republican institutions '-"the
best social system in the world whatever you
might call it, it could not be Democracy for $4,000
shareholders to rule over rs, O00 O00Of people. In
regard to manifest destiny, he referred to the
ing voice OF history. He spoke of the mighty en-
pres of the past--Of Babylon Of Greece and Rome,
OF Spain and of other nations, all of which claimed,
in tier day OF power aud prosperity that they would
subdue the world. because it was their manifest
destiny. Where are these nations DOwl Men OF
America, take warning, he said, for there is no
eternal law which can be violated without mourning
IFS penalty and the violation of moral law brings
with il the most severe penalty. Slavery conflicts
with the great law of brotherhood taught by the
Savior. He closed by referring, in a sublime and
impressive style, to the great laws of progress ad-
hitting however, that hitherto there have been
reeessons, as well as advancement in civilization
still in the man, he claimed there progress and
the final result would be-Unyersal Freedom to all
men.
Mr.. Clay then offered the following resolutions,
which were carried unanimously, with the exception
of two votes in the negative 1t may be just for me-
to state that number of Shareholders and Others
who have generally been regarded rs Pro-Slavery,
were in attendance:
R.ossd By the free people Of THE Commonwealth Of Ken
eiy that decision in the bred Scott by the ..
oriS Of Judges the supres Court the United states
the Tntsa siss. Conatisn and the pvcsdens
and direct IT, s,esHsw hs s Se haSd s Of
White man bound respect Of like atrocity with its
corosry that single tavehder make Slave Territory
sSs s sSS NO sn as esSe l
Hshs which a slsveholder is bound to respect
.ps .sssS.I s BY foreign or viii be
defended BY all constitutional means ~ the DEATH
A bouutifIl dinner was then served up in picnic
STYLE with no appearance OF anything stronger on the
ground than saltwater and lemonade, except IN
one instance 1t was evident that man had taken
something before he came there, but generally the
best Of order prevailed throughout the day. After
the dinner the people again assembled around the
stand and listened TO deeply interesting address
from the Rev. John G. Fee.
He commenced by referring to the early history
Of our country, and showed conclusiyely that our
fathers intended to have the great principles OF the
Declaration Of Independence applied to black men
10 well as white. He went into an analysis of hi
man rights, and placed qpOn an mmovabie basis the
great doctrine that every man had right to him.
self, showing that law was not made to invest
rights, but to protect rights inherent in human
ture. lie spoke Of Christianity US the great nstru-
ment with which to bring public sentiment up to
the acknowledgment Of these great truths. He
referred to the power Of the Gospel to abolish
Slavery in the early periods Of the Christian Church,
.. that in the time Of Constantine there was not