The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1859-10-13

and others, have the audacils u Appcdi 10 The
great name of Clay to sanction their mon
ltrous wrong.
That appeal should palsy their tongues and
blister their lips, whenever they uttered II in
the hearing Of old Clay Wings; men who
itood BY him for quarter OF century Gap
l,lause.) L love his very name. l have pa
:ience with all arguments save only these, and
I abominats the mani have 20 word OF
Scorn in which TO expeetorate my sense Of
the enormity of such conduct
Yet YOU are told thai old Clay Wings
should do WHAT Vote 10 extend Slavery:
ignore every principle taught In and by the
life and practice OF Clay. Old Clay Wigs
should do what? Become bound with the
life long enemies of that man, to establish
doctrine never dreamed Of by him. l could
read 10 YOU from Webster and others, but
viii not now take the time.
THE wILMoT PRovIso.
A few years ago there was ; ate Con-
veulion of the Democrats. There were pass
ed resolutions in favor of the Wilmot Provl-
So Does any gentleman doubt that? lfso,
| have the resolutions here and can read them.
Otherwise, | viii not fatigue you or myself
by reading The Wing Convention took the
same grounds Well now, the exclusion of
Slavery has strangely become an Abolition
doctrine Gentleman have departed from
their own teachings. The Democrats in your
Legislature passed similar resolution, ap-
proved by the late Governor Wright. and
now they deny it all and say II is all Adolf
tion Aboli;ioni AboIitionn' Niger, mig
serl nigger.' That is the answer to any
thing, everything. and all the time.
To relieve me / will tell a story, though
have no talent at story telling. being a truth
loving man and lawyer. applause and
laughter.) There was an old gentleman
who had trained and educated his son for the
ministry. After passing through long course
al study, the son came home licensed to
preach. The first time he preached was il
| his fathers village; and of course the old
man went to hear him. He preached from
this text: And Simon's wIie's mother lie
sick Of fever The old man listened &c
the sermon with all the iouduess and favorit
ism Of father; he heard It through with
pleasure Next Sunday he rode Ten niles tG
hear him ple oh again. He heard hiHl, ana
again lie preached from the same old text
And Simon's wife's mother lie sick OF lie
yef.' He heard him through; but though
he would rather he had chosen another sab
ject, he said nothing. But on tie third Sun
day he rode twenty mics 10 hear hi, son preaci
and To- it was the same tex, And Simon:
I Nlit G}.bltatl lie SICK Oh d tth tT lie count
stand ID no longer, and he halioed ou' MI
son, uiy son, is not that Old woman dead yei"
So, my fellow citizens, in reference to Ii,
cry of niger" and Abolition l. il r.
! about time the thing was dead? 1t is aeac
to all n,ents and purposes, with all INTEL
| gent and honest met; Yet these men iusul
! your intelligence by using the same cry, by
j.. preaching the same old sermon.
/ am now brought summarilv in the his
tory Of things, to 1920. La 1920 when thi
Compromise measure was passed, of which
I you have heard, for thirty years, peace wa:
restored-a comparative peace. Not tina
full Justice has been done, not that the entire
anti-slavery sentiment OF this country wa;
satisfied; yet the people Were willing to take
it as the best, under the circumstances that
!. could be done.
/ DRIED SCOTT DECIsI9N.
i But gentlemen ask me If l am prepared
/. To make war upon decision OF the Supreme
/ Court Of tie United Stats. make war up
| on that decision l make upon evil ey
| erywhere ard under all circumst ances, and a
| all times. l make war upon that decision a
Gen. jackson warred upon the decision il
| favor Of a bank Of tie United States. l ap
| peal TO an enlig htened public sentiment.
| remind the people OF the United States-th'
| free people OF the United Siates--that tn,
order in the book Of Divine Revelation is at
ter the book Of Judges comes the book o
l Kings. L. sir, resist tyrants and tyranny
l whether the tyrant sits in the halls OF Con
gress or upon the bench of the Supreme
| Court of the United States would not re
! sist that decision by force! No sir, becaus.
| the Constitution Of the country gives me
I power greater than the enlightened public op
nion and Christian conscience of the Repub
lie. To these make my appeal. l shall re
sist that decision until the Supreme Court b.
l properly modified, until Freedom, Ions
/ strangled Of utterancea not only in Congress
but upon the bench OF the Supreme Court o
the United States, can safely assert her sway
Perhaps have elaborated this subject Ion.
| enough perhaps too long. | wished to &c
! Glaze 70 you what my opinions were upol
this subject, humble as they may be. l All
| not hers to eulighten you, the people of oil,
| Wayne. Far from it. l regard you as tn
citadel of RepubFcanism as you were 0
Whiggery. long continued applause)
| have never been brought here to speak t.
! This people before for the single reason tina
/: our friends never thought it necessary L
! send missionaries into old Wayne county.
/ But it may be that there are yet few strag
/ Cling, wandering, disconsolafe !ocotocos We
worth saving even 10 old Wayne county
1 (Laughter)
/ | suppose We understand each other thei
upon the sui ject of slavery. 1 would rest;lc
slavery 10 is present limits. | would maxi
no war rpon slavery in the States, bat
wou,d have Tree discussion here and every
where upon the subject, Let have light
The Grea. God Himself prior to the grandes
works of the creation, said ''let there b
light" | re-echo the sentiment. In relis
ous ard political discussions "let there b,
light and The country il the end, viii de
eide rightly We counsel 10 resistance, NJ
oppression will remedy this thing at tie bal
lot box / appeal at this hour to the true
popular sovereignty Of The country. ! at
the people to rene mber that on the eatti
yen and they T, present almost he oHniPo
tence Of Heaven Tor the ..weal or Woe" Q
the republic