The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1860-05-04
10. 30.
Nc. JOvcjOy's speech--Aa hpt
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Owing 70 the great length oflion. Ow-
en- LOvcjoy's speech we were Unable 10
give II ia fun 70 our readers, a. nuoh o.
We desired to DO 20. lm We cannot re-
ruin giving the following sepceimon
bhck"in addition TO lh0st alf5s6y eiten.
alwSys defended the constitution. be-
cause was for liberty II was urdain-
ed by the people Of tho United Stntes,
not By euperannuatcd old mummy of
! rudge-and a Jesuit al thal-tlt by the
/ people Of The United States, TO establish
Justice, spcure the blessings Of liberty
Tor themselves and their posleritv, and
TO secure the natural rirhts of evefy hu-
Imam being within is exclusive mrisdie-
ton Therefore love r.. These men
can perceive nothing in the consultation
but slavery. a young man 10 de blpsh-
ing bride to the altar, and takes the mar
ital vow before Gad and attendant wit
nesses, 10 love, cherish and protect her
/ There she stands-the divincst thing
that God has fashioned and placed upon
earth-radiont IN the beauty of youth;
her check glowing with the color Of the
rose, which expands and fades away into
that Of the lilly; her eyes sparkling like
the stars from the depths Of blue. and her
tresses falling around her meek like the
locks OF tho morning. Ia che mole on
that fair round neck, or the wart on that
plump, soft hand, The woman whom the
bridegroom swore 10 love and cherish.
Say, Sir, Is itl So there is the Constitu.
ltion-instinct with freedom, radiant with
the principles ofunivorsal liberty, sciz-
ing the inspired uttemuces Of our Mo0na
Chartd, aud reducing them 90 practical
and organic realization. Now, sir, / in
sist thet Il the clauses that arc deemed to
refer 10 the subject OF slavery mean ali
that the widest enthusiasm olnims them
to mean, they bear no other relation of
proportion to tho constitution which I
swear to support than the cxcrcs nee on
the hard or neck does to the woman
whom the bridegroom vowed 10 love and
cherish. He loves her not for these
things, but in spite Of them. SO / love
the constitution, not In consequence Of
these things which are alleged 10 DO in
i, but in spite Of them. But you will say
the woman had right 10 sport an excres-
ence on her hand, Il she choos,. con-
cede IL, and as a fed r6l law maker con-
cedo that the States have the ribht TO
sport the fungus of slavery, becuise il
is beyond Rly reach. But time rolls
away.
The youthful pair have, years Of mid
die age upon them. Olive plants hayo
sprung up around the parent stem. The
woman has gone mad. She glOats over
the Cxcresence which has spread and COW
ers her entire hand. She exclaims,
l"Husband, this is dear, sweet darling.
n real love olwurt and | wastto eheaft
il on the hands of all our daughters
had i when | was married; you vowed
to protect me, and | claim the right to
transfer il TO all the children. Ifyou do
not, will 20 to Indiana and get d.
vorcc. | will dissolve the union between
us" The husband, calm and firm, re-
plies, my dear, have indulged you in
this whim about your hand, because /
took you for better or worse, and [
thought itone Of your individual rights,
which was not at liberty. to disturb
But ifyou propose 70 trlpsfer this de-
iormity to the daughters, Tsay distinctly
aud decidedly that Il cannot be done.-
This 10 my prerogltiye, and must exer-
else H." So | say % the slavery propR-
gandsts who desire to transplant slavery
TO the Territories, und thus fasten Il up-
on the daughters Of the republic, aAfy
dear, u cannot u dOBe@ ...r aar