The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1860-02-23

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! slavery for 2arty' sake. Mr.. Clay makes
seventeen charges against the democratic
party, the fifth one, with his comments,
reading as follows:
Fifth: Of the practice of the slave
trade Yes, gentlemen, distinguished
persons in the South have boasted openly,
not only that they Intended to violate the
laws prohibiting the save-trade, but that
they have proceeded to carry their pur-
poses into execution, and had landed up
OH the Southern coasts what have beea no.
toriously acknowledged to be slaves. fresa
from the Coast Of 4 fyica, and ws have yet
to learn of the first punishment of the vlo-
lation Of the law.
I Here ] remember to speak of those
Na4thern allies whom the lste Democrat
Convention in Kentucky refused to trust.
They are right. i tell you, now, they arc
right, end am going to give you little
extra advice. Some shareholders want 20
know how long they will stand by them.
They will stand by them just as long as
they pay them. The moment they cease
to have possession Of TIE Govcrnn eat, so
soon will these allies leave them. 1hi,
is the kind of men they have for North,
ern allies GeRtiemea, | take it th It you
are all men of sense, and so | put it to
you here tonight, if were to get up here
and say that believed Slavery was a
divine institution, and that all my previ-
ons declarations were false; that | was
convinced had been wrong, aud that it
was preferable to liberty, and a religious
Institution favored OF God, as Mr.. o.
Conor las said, would not every one of
sou put your hand upon your purse, for
fear | would steal your money? You
would at once say That rnan thinks
to. dav rs be always aid, aud in addition
to all the rascaites we have charged up
on him, lie is an Internal hy ypoerite; We
will not trust him" The II an who has
ever seen the sanctity Of the hearthstone
preserved inviolate, and who has gone iu,
to some COMMON school to receive his ed
uaation, who reads his primer or his Eng
liSh Reader, and studies tbs Bible, and
rises from the reading aud tolls you, that
fam his observation the condition Of Slay.
cry is tho true condition Of humanity, is
not the man 10 make sacrifices for slave
holders or any one else. He who has
seen all these things, and turns round and
tells YOU, in the South, " have lived uG.
der all these institutions, and | believe
Slavery to bo good thing, ii divine in
gtitution, the best state Of soci, ty, don't
you know enough to say that that man is
not fit to be trusted
will tell YOU whom you ouGht to trust.
/ trust he man who says: " GeatIenien,
| don't believe that Slavery is a divine
institution, that it is any source of poiti-
cal. social. and moral good, but L believe
you had better try all chemical powers,
the winds, the waters, steam, electricity,
all the powers of Heaven and earth, than
to hold the African in bondage, because
after all it is blunder in an economical
point Of view, and although We arc de
termined to stand by your Institutions,
don't ask US to deny the life which we
live, in letters which all the nations of the
earth can read We not only believe lib
erty is preferable, but we believe that
Slavery is curse to the white and black. "
That is the man for YOU to trust.
am here to-day and gone tomorrow
but l tell you if ever the time does como
when the Shareholders need aid to protect
them from the violence of slaves rising
for freedom, that aid will come from the
men that are opposed to the Northern
( Democracy, and not from the Democracy
of the North themselves, because there is
not logical argument thas can bring
them to the conclusion which they pre-
tend to draw Therefore it was that Ste
phcn A. Douglas was ready to beat them
in 1878, when they were attempting to
force Slavery upon Kansas He has back
ed down, beyond doubt, to-day, but if you
! had elected him Senator, he would have
been in the Republican ranks.
( In Kentucky, where he once held the
! first place as a Democratic candidate, both
the platform and the man were voted
down; and Mr.. SilveTtooth. a leading
Democrat, declared him "outside Of the
Democratic party" His late submission
to stand by both the platform and the
nominee of the Charleston Convention,
will open no door to his return.
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