The weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1858-1860, 1858-07-20

In fragments fell tho yoke abhorrsd---
The footstep Of foreign lord
Profaned the soil no more.
Williams Cullen Bryant.
Mr.. Blair on the Stump-His Views on
Emancipat ton.
At Florisant, No., on Saturday last, Mr..
Blair held a discussion with his Democratic
and American competitor for Congress,
Messrs Barrett and Breckenridge, he making
the opening and closing speech. Mr. Barrett
resorted to tho old dodge Of attempting to
identify.the Free Democracy ofMissonri with
the Garrison Abolitionists Of the,East, and
was conclusive'y answered by Mr. Blair, as
may be seen by the following extract from
his response to the charge:
Mr.. Barrett knew as we'll as any man of
that large audience that Mr.. BARS senti-
ments did not agree with those men who
have been palmed off upon the people as his
political kindred. Mr.. Barrett knew when
he was reading these partial extracts from
the most radical speeches of abolition ora
tors, that they were not his sentiments, and
that he had not the least sympathy with
them. lie knew full well that they cannot
possibly become his sentiments, and he must
say that there is a species of low demagogue-
ism to which his competitor has resorted,
which i'll becomes him as a candidate for the
high honors of the people, and which, for its
very shamefGlness, should never be resorted
to by anybody. lie knows that when ! ad-
vocate emancipation, but reiterate the sem
ofI nlJ o,,l+ l,a
best men of olden time He knows | but
give utterance to the opinions OF such men
as St John Sinclair, who declared that the
best interest Of the Union is bound up in the
project Of getting rid of the negro slaves
Washington, Jefferson, Madison, all favored
emancipation have drawn my sentiments
from the patriots of our early history men
of enlarged experience, Of profound intellect
| of thorough wledge-thelnselves slave
holders, but having the destiny OF their
country uppermost in their minds. They
were the sentiments Of Mr.. Clay. lie de-
sired it for Kentucky, and thought slavery
burthen upon the prosperity OF the State,
thought that to be the case in Missouri,
and believe 50 now. / openly advocate
| these sentiments, and have never yet disa-
vowed them, and am surprised at my an
tagonist, who after hearing that our slaves
can be removed from the State without the
loss Of single dollar-and knowing that
the best interests Of the State would be pro-
NOTED thereby, and knowing such to be our
sentiments, and that we do not intend to set
our slaves loose upon socit ty-thus attempts
the lowest species of demagoguelsm, and re
sorts to such contemplate methods OF en-
devoring to excite against us the prejudlces
and passions of any class Of our people
A stakeholder myself devoted to the pros
pert; of Missouri as much as any man who
treads the soil-proud Of my Stase-prond
of the white race, and studying their inter.
ests, shall not allow myself to be branded
by such assertions All who know mo
know them to be false and he who attrib
utes t. me such sentiments as were read tc
YOU, deserves 10 be met in no other way thar
that in which always meet such calumny
Mr.. Blair said his friend Breckenridge was
mistaken when he said that slavery had
never passed away as the result OF polite
al movement All the States at one time
to Grated slavery. Massachusetts came IL
as free State under the Constitution. Johr
Jaw in New York, and Benjamin Franklin
in Pennsylvania, accomplished the emanci
patton of slaves in those States on the grounC
OF interest ! would like to hear efany maj
in that day denouncing Jay and Franklin a
Abolitionists. Why, he would have de
scended into inlamy.
And now what are the results of this poll
cy of emancipation in New York and Penn
sylvania? New Y ork was behind Pennsy
vania. Virginia was the first State N til
Union. but when New York stripped In
letters from her limbs she out ran her com
petitors, Who should be thanked for this
Mr.. Jay or those who opposed his policy
Had Virginia adopted the advice OF Madison
of jefferson OF Geo. Mason and of many Q
her gifted sons, what would have been tn
result? With the finest fields to be found OF
the round earth-with mountains cralnme
full Of ore-with fine harbors upon her Sc
coast, containing within her limits every cit
ment necessary for great and prosperou
State-with mild and healthy climate
Astounding in natural scenery unsurpasse
for it. magnifconce, what should be her pC
,iton? In the face Of all these facts sha
we be denounced for advocating the polio
Of such men as | have named? 1t we b.
lisve emancipation will be conducive to I'll
growth, development and prosperity Of th
. State, we should labor to achieve it q
hot u8llSNG Ill StlliuS AASti4tli
, Believing it will benefit the condition OF thos
who by the benefcence of our laws are mad
citizens with us in the enjoyment OF thi
, princely heritage, believing something shoul
, be done Which shall place Missouri on tn
. line Of progress, and in the work OF rapid d
E velopment no terror, no threat, no epithe
, can deter me from marching right stragl
, to the mark for the accomplishment OF tn
glory and prosperity of this State, which
f love, and of this people who have SO gene
ously supported me. Look at iowa--th
other day wilderness--a naked prairie
now she almost outstrips Missouri, and i
the next Congress will send US many repre-
. sentatives rs Missouri Willyou furnish IN
clue to this prosperity? Why, it IS til
vast superiority Of white labor over force
labor and believing this | shall not stan
here and cry out, Don't agitate, Don
, agitate." In all the States where emancips
ton has taken effect it has been on the afte1
born No one has a vested right in pro-
erty not 10 existence On that principle W
could never emancipate, but we have TIA
, right to say that all born after certain dat
shall be free, and besides we can legislat
them out Of the State, SO that we can have
homogeneous white population.
Dark blue eyes are most common in pei
sons of delicate, refined, or efcminate natur,
light blue and much moro, gray eyes, in th