The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1860-10-23

ton or New Orleans, and speak your
mind rs any man there /; yet if you at
tempt to DO it, how are your liberties re
garded You are ridden on rail, or
hanged to a tree, or driven into exile.
/ Thirty-six men--among them a Metho
dist minister of high standing, have died
within the last ten or twelve days, inno-
cent, | believe. as God is my judge-in-
nocent as | am, Of offence against the
laws of Texas. And where is the pro
lest of James Allen and the Democratic
party None Of course not They
serve the King, and the King can DO no
wrong. (Applause.)
/ FREE SPEECH SUPPRESSED.
The liberty Of speech-that greatest
of all liberties, the liberty of the press
4 how are these great constitutional
rights regarded by the slave Democracy
l have had some experience in that re-
spect, and know what they say and do
When | attempted to show the white
race how slavery crushed them down to
a level or beneath the position Of the slave
himself, | met these same men who had
been all the time crying out to you and
me You are meddling Abolilionist
don't discuss the question of slavery ia
the North. There are no slaves in the
North. If you want to talk about slay
erv, 90 down into the slave States, and
discuss il where il exists took them
at their word
PERSONAL EXPERIENCE
was born in old Kentucky ! WAS
one of the pioneers of kentucky
son of one of the men who formed the
, first constitution Of Kentucky-the son
Of the man. Green Clay. who. as a rep
. resentative of the district OF Kentucky,
in the Virginia convention, signed The
constitution of the United States in l789
Born under The Shield and parentage of
both these constitutions offered to dis
cuss this question Of slavery right where
it existed What then did they say ?
Look at the hypocrisy Of this slave De
mocracy They said; Why, Clay, il
7 you think slavery is such an Internal
thing, why don't you libeEata your slaves?
Prove your faith by your works" |
thought there was q great deal Of force
in that argument, and although | was
not very conscientious about that matter,
YET, seeing that was drifting in that al
reelion, and willing 10 60 with the lido
in favor Of freedom. which was 50 strong.
| did liberate my slaves-every one |
held on earth. Applause, and cries Of
" good, "amen. No man now calls
me master-nor woman either, unless she
4 does it through affection. Great enthu
siasm for Clay Then when | wen out
to advocate the same principle, what did
they say They turned on me Why.
Clay, what have YOU to do with the ques
ton Of slavery? II is none Of your bus
mess YOU don't own any slaves
Loud laughter and cheers
| went on; | issued the IrRs IRer1-
can | gave no numbers to slaves. |
spoke on every stump but when spoke
| said :" Ii You don't want your slaves
10 hear remove them from the assembly
| speak not to slaves | address myself
10 tree white men aud women. Bat II
made TO difference, that | only spoke to
the White men. That was the very thing
they were afraid Of Il WAS not ,n in.
surrecton Of the slaves. but an insurrec
ton of the white race the free white Ia
boser3 that they feared then, and sill
lear. Applause That's So" So.
I'M ms hour II bodily weakness. when |
las on bed uf sickness, with a brain
fever brought on 10y exertious in my an
equal hand 70 band contest with the slave
power. the King armed himself aud came
down upon me, and tramplug und,r
foot The Constitution. the laws. ana The
liberties of the people. bore away the
press with violence over into Ohio. thus
saying, virtually There. in free
SJate is the place for free press lie
voice cannot, and shall not be here in lie
land cf slavery"
NoICE-Was dat In 1919
Mr. cLAr-No. sir in 1896 50. gen
tlemcn, these men got together. and.
through their leader, Thomas f. Mar
shall, IN the name a, the respectable men
Of Kentucky. declared tha 1t was the
common law Of lie slave State. that free
dom Of speech and freedom OF the press
should not eo-exist with slavery. and
that my blood aud lhe blood OF every
man Who dared resist, would be tie for-
irit of resistance 10 thi> decree of tho
King. WplI | dill resist il so vou
did aud they did she'd ms blood bu.
thank Gel sul live f.. thank God ="
" bear eternal protest against ibis at.
tempt TO overthrow all tie liberties 81 lie
people Applause good good
Az rLLusrRArIoH FROM MISSOURI
Again. gentlemen On the ION Of Ju-
ly last Mr. liaibaugh, of Lexington.
Missouri, writes that lie put the names II
Lincoln ana Haml.n a, the head 81 III,
columns Thcn the King came upon
INN iha slayc power Of Missouri. your
Douglas Democracy, for YOU claim to
have the Governor and the majority
lhi, DoQ llo Democracy came upon him
aud said NJ Hubaush, YOU are pub
fishing mn insendjary raper ana you
must stop ID" g am a citizen Of tha
United States aud the State OF Missouri" "
replied Nh llarbau,h ,he Consuu
uons 81 hoth ynaranlce to no the rgbtta
publish what please. being responsible
70 the laws Of my country. il abuse or
violate them" The Douglas Democra