The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1860-02-16

Law, but felt it to be my daty, and
however u uch may regret it, yet frm
regard to the Con- >titution and Laws CT
the country compelled ne to sign that
bill. And all this trouble says Mr.. Fill
more, 1.-The iamentable traS, dy at llar-
pcr's Ferry, is clearly tracestle to this
unfortunate controversy asout SlaTery in
Kansas" Where does he say the re.f on
sibility liesl 1t lies upou that Democrat
ic measure that repealed the Missouri
Comproui>e Of 1920. There is the cause
of it. Still, are we going to take Mr.
Fillmore's word for it High authority
as he may be. We do not Intend to take
it; but we will review for very few no
nents the history Of the country in con-
nection with that IN natter. and see ifit does
not bring the responsibility upon that
party, as affirmed by Mr.. FILLMORE, and
seconded by myself and the RepubiicnO
party.
Well, now, gentlemen, there is man
lately dead, uan whose name have
the honor to bear, and with great hunii
ty say it. l stand here to night to de-
fend his principles. Henry Clay is ad-
mitted to be the founder. and entitled to
all the honor of il, of that Compromise of
1920. AS passed down yesterday frou
my house and my agricultural pursuits.
BY the City of Lexington, | Jaw huge
pile Of % massive stone raised to the memo
ry Of Henry Clay. Gentleman, are you
going to re-enact the folly and madness
that the Saviour denounced in the ancient
Jewsl Are you going to ornament and
whitewash the outward sepulebre, while
inwsrdly there is Dotbins but corruptionl
Do you intend to build eternal mouume nts
to brass the memory Of Henry Clay, while
you trample under foot the men who have
the courage to stand up and defend his
principles! Will you garnish the tomb,
while the immortal shall be ignored in
his representatives If you intend to de-
ny these principles, 60 aud level that
monuncn nt to the ground, return that mar
Bile to the quarry and then rush upon US
and hide them in our blood, but not till
then. He is the author of that Compro-
mise. and what is itl That north of SO
deg. 80 min, African Slavery shall new
er extend, leaving it entirely as q after
of inference whether south of that line or
no it shall extend. That is the Missouri
Compromise. Now, while | admit that
that there is no power in Congress to
make strictly what may be called COM
prouise. because it has an unlimited and
sovereign power bounded only by the Con-
sttution itself, SO that no one Congress
shall say what a succeeding Congress
shall or shall not co. get the language has
been used; it was compact, aud 1T was ell
waited and placed alongeide the Constlta-
ton itself. An honest registrar of the
event states that after it passed, so
great was the sanctity of that mea-ure
that it became as part of the CoDstitu-
ton itself, the palladium OF our liberty,
and be was afraid if ever it should 60
down the Constitution would go down
with it. 1t existed to the year 1854.
Allegations Answered.
Gentlemen, | utterly deny the ailega-
tions that l hear made 10 this Hall OF
Representatives, that the Compromise OF
1920 was repealed or intended to be re-
pealed by the Compromises of 1850, and
upon this point | appeal to the country.
No wonder that it Is dark tonight-Do
wonder that they have put out the lights.
Read the speeches of that day. Why,
Mr.. Clay was alive in 1850. Mr.. Clay
was in the Congress of the United States
he took part in the debates of 1850,
and | am at loss to fud where the state
ment was made In 1854 was the very
first time We were told that it was at all
claimed that there wss an intention, im-
mediate or remote, direct or reflective, to
affect the Compromise of 1920 by that oi
1850. How will | prove thati prove
it to you by the admission of Stephen A.
Douglas himself. Yes. Sirs, that man
who is held up here iu Kentucy, that by
a certain kind of hocus pocus is to be
foisted upon you and the Charleston Con-
veption, tell US in his first Senate report
before the Kansas Nebraska Bill was Of
fered that no ruthless hand shall dare tc
rise against that Compromise. Go tc
THE Congressional Globe. know it /:
now on record. | defy the Democratic
party or nybody to deny that when they
referred to the Compromise of $50, it was
to be preserved for years after. 1t |:
said it was to be repealed. Are you no
ashamed OF yourselsesl If you are no
you should be now to venture such an as
sertion "a that.
1t is history, gcntlemen. You may
tear me down from this stand; you may
consecrate the principles which heIe to
night defend, With my blood, if you please
but there will stand the truth, and tina
truth says that your assertion is untrue
and that every Democrat knows it to b
untrue, that the Compromise of ls2O wa
repealed BY the Compromise OF le5o. Il
is not true And that it is not true ha
been avowed by the leading man tha
brought in sni carried that bill. and wh'
based bis claim for the Presidency upor
his devotion to the South, Thank Goo
for pen. ink. and paper, sometimes useC