The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1860-01-21
c.s.l.. n. clay ). Rep.s..ea.l..n.

rnnrer 10 to be elected Tuesday next, and sha
the yarions candidates are working manfally.
cassias N. ebay % RePahlaeanis.n.
i Ar Clay gave notice, by passing il from moutl
% mouth, for no newspaper would print the NO
tlce Of his meeting, and no handbill could be 70,
out from any office Frankfort, Ky-that he
would address the people, on the lOthsinssaut.---
From despatch to the Cincinnati Commercial
we learn thatthe State House was barred apa;ns,
him; but, although threats Of violence had heen
made, they were not carried into effect Mr..
Clay spoke, saying: si341nl is -ss .i55s8.{
kentuckians, the prcfouniest Of historians
Gibbon, said that Of the virtues courage ana sin
certy are the greatest you know that never
speak OF my courage, and regard boastinr as
one OF the worst faults Of a class of nv fellow
chzens, but the circumstances Of tonight iustifv
Inc IN abiding 70 the proverbial COURAGE az Ken
tuekians Relying upon that courage of yours
come here tonight, ono against 4 million. Il
may be. As have gone abroad all over this
commonwealth, It has been iusinuated that M
'onn brown intimidated Virginia, intended to
all kentucky, and for this reason it would be hest
to silence me altogether Your known co,,rase
ls sufficient rebuke to this E
Your women and children have no fears
There is one who should be sacred from publci.
~, but am justified in holding up this letter
IRON Cassious Clays wife, in which she saws moth.
ing Of my personal safety That is of small ar
count indeed, but she hopes that tonight will
vineicate the great cause.
Mr. Clay defended John g. Fee and the Madi.
son County refugees, as pure and upright men,
though he CLAY did not agree with them in some
things. Mr.. Fec and his ASSOCIATES had no sharp's
rifles, but were peaceable christians, and these
facts he Clay had written to the Madison and
Cincinnati papers, but his letters had not been a.
toaaf to reach Meir eestiaafios, and these useful
teachers aad workers had been driven from Mad
'son County. Mr., Clay then defended Mr. Sew
ara from the attack made by Vice President
Breckenridge, saying: sa.s ~
Elsewhere the statesman Of New York will
vindicate himself; but here in Kentucky, where
the' press Is not free, and liberty of speech not
universal, he has right to expect defense at nv
hands Mr.. Clay proceeded to show that by
higher law Seward iatended the same reyerent
of an oyermng Providence.
and OF an eternal supremacy of Divine law, that
every statesman and good citizen acknowledged
in other terms, Mr. Clay was impressiyely elo
quent in this part. He next proceeded to defend
Sewarus expression IN regard to the irrepres-
sible conflict and showed that the Representa-
tiyes of South Carolina and other slave States.
and the editor of ahe Louisville Courier, TODAY
SO jubiIant over Guthrie's triumph. had an
noanced the ''irrepressible conflict in more
offensive terms. is ~ .,-s ...e. .l-ss4
There was an "irrepressible conflict" and it
became his hearers to examine well before they
chose their side; there were hundreds in Frank
fort, to night, and tens of thousands in Kentucky,
who, if they dared to speak their thoughts,
would proclaim opposition not only to slave
code IN the Territories, but to slavery here ut
home. 4 -.t3
After these opening remarks, Mr. Clay pro-
ceeded to all elaborate argument in vindication
of the principles of the Republican party
against the aspersions of Breckenridge and Ma
Coffin. .o
= Scores of candles, brought by willing hands,
partially dispelled the darkness and showed the
heavy frame, the white hair, and the flashing eye
Of Clay, as he stood in relief against the grey
pillars Of the Capitol A large number of infu-
ential slave-holders present, but the major
ity were non-slaveholders, and none knew where
they came from. His voice rang out so loud and
clear that all the city within three four squares
was his audience.