The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1859-06-29

e The course of the Senator from New HamE
It shire, Mr.. Hale] does not surprise me. 1t
=, perfectly in keeping and congenial with hi
v general course upon subjects of this kind. FL
2 pronounces deliberate act of the Exeeutiv
of the country-our common Chief Magstrat
It as ridiculous. Now, sir, that is matter o
e opinion, it depends upon the opinion other
t may entertain of the person who expresses it
: But the Senator will allow me to say, that upo,
subject of that kind, and uponrhetorieal sub
: jeets to which he has alluded, there are twt
= standards of opinion prevailing One, that o
5 the member himself; and the other that o
5 the body of which he is member.-And i
he will allow me to tell him, the appreciation
, made by a member of his own capacity for de-
bate, and readiness in it, may be much higher
than will be shared in by other members OF
this body.
Mr. HALE.-That is ''matter of opinion"
Mr.. CLAY-And I put nsy opinion against
yoaYs But must take occasion to say that
on scarcely any occasion have l risen to speak
in this body when the Senator has not followed
me, as if his great object was to compete with
me the palm of elocution. I yield to the Senator.
I know the self complacency with which he
generally rises, and hope he will receive this
surrender on my part of any ambition between
him and me to contend for the palm of oratory,
with the complacency with which he usually
rises in this body and presents himself before
us. Oaughter.)
Now what is the aim of the Senator? To
t consider this mob-this negro mob-as an ise-
lated affair, as an affair of the two three hun
dred negroes only, who assembled on that occa-
sion, and violated and outraged the laws of their
country! Is there any other man in the Sen
ate who believes that it originated among
| these negroes DO not ace all know the rama
fed means aolich are employed by the abolition
ists openly, by aeord and by print everyaohere,
to stimulate these negroes to acts IF Uiolence,
commencing them to themselves, and to
slay, murder and XII ece,yJool.y al pursuit Of
them in order to recocer and call them back to
the duty and serpice from achich they had
escaped?
Does not everybody know that it is not the
work of the miserable wretches (the blacks)
who are without the knowledge, and without a
perfect consciousness of what became them or
was their duty ? They are urged on.and stim-
ulated by speeches, some of which are made
on this floor and in the House of Representa-
tives and by prints which are scattered broad
cast throughout the whole country. The pro-
clanation, then, has higher and greater aims.
IL aims at the maintenance of the haao. 1t
aims at putting do,cn all those qcho qcould pat
do,on the Ia " AND THE CON.STITU-
1ION, be THEY BLACK OR WHITE!
Clr, look at the manner IN WHICH q foreign !
hirelng has been introduced into this country
in-e#aea to propagate his opinions and doctrines
with regard TO the subversion of one of the in
stitutions of this country. [ allude to a man
who is said to be member of the British par
Lament, by the name of Thompson. He has
been received, not in one place only in Massa-
chusetts but in various places, and the police
on one occasion assembled to protect him sehcn
they had not the heart to assemble around
court Of justice to maintain the laacs Of their
count7yl
Sir, let me suppose, Gf any member of Con-
grcss could be capable of doing such thing,
that member of Congress should go to Eng
land-to Manchester, or Birmingham, or any
of the large provincial towns of England-and
there preach doctrines subversive of the Brit
sh government; should denounce their law of
;-denounce the existence of the
nobility there, denounce the Crown itself-l
how long would member of Congress be per-
mitted to denounce this portion of the ancient
constitution of Great Britain He acould he
7sfpen OUT By violence, and with the scora, con-
enagt and deriSion Of eveyy British subject acho
lad the heart or nodntiness Of q British subject.
And yet this daring, impudent, insolent mem
Der of the British Parliament comes here from
England, repeats his visit, contining himself
hitherto, as well as at the present time-unless
ae has recently left ito the State of Massa-
husetts, and there he breaches his doctrines of
edition and disunion. And yet the member
rom New Hampshire would have the Senate !
believe that it is nothing but few negroes, :
collected together in court house, of whom ,
t is unbecoming the character and dignity of ::
he government to take any notice! When 8
he whole northern country-to an extent not :
larmingly great, to be sure lis filed with the !
doctrines of abolition; denouncing slavehold- !
rs as thieves and murderers and calling uloon q
ortions Of the community to su6vert and tram
Ne mnder foot the ldags of the land and the In
itself; qeAesj the Senator +
ron, Neao Hampshire has seen, as he oaght to
ave seen, that these poor negroes acre bat the !,
utspaacs Of those ,cho had not the courage TO .
tolc their orn faces, and the President has a
hosen to issue proclamation, comprehending =
OF only the blacks, but their aiders, abettors, q
nd accessories acho am more anxious to see .
uniShed than the Glac&s thenssezves- he rises n
ere with the-usual complaceney, and says it :,
childish and ridiculous. Sir, 1 call upon II
lie Senate to stand by the President, and q,
stand by the Constitution to uphold their :,
,cs and to PROSTATE ALL OPPOSI- n,
ION, from what source soeverit may emanate, ",
neither from those who put forward the un- h,
lppy blacks, or those who stand back and T,
= e / of
ne nODOfaDle S6ndIOr ITOm new 11amp- OF
ire, Mr.. HALE,] seemed to intimate that to
ere was some purpose on my part to sup th
ess the freedom of debate in his own tb
rticular case. 1 think I know tolerably wi
ii what [ am capable of physically and la
tellectually. There some works too th
gantic for me to attempt, and one of them is tr
stop the Senator from debate in this body ha
is utterly impossible, and shall make no su
ch vain endeavor. He must, as George Can ne
lg once said, come into the Senate every wi
W and then "to air his vocabulary But th
Senator made an observation with respect fai
a high officer of this government which 1 res
,ught unbecoming the dignity of the Senate, ma
the dignity of the Senator. He spoke of $40
message of the President as contemplate an,
ridiculous message. =. - cor
Mr. Hale-The Senator is mistaken, I re- on
red to the proclamation, jec
Mr. Clay thought the Senator alluded to- the
Daccarn. bowevnr T. think the nr0nlana So