Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1860-09-28

freedom Of having pesceabls assemblages Of
the people. When our Virginia friends put
up q staff with the flag of Lincoln and Hamlin,
the sight of its stars and stripes, and the
bright names with which it was adorned, was
too much to 5e tolerated, and the King pro-
nounced it an incendiary document Laugh.
teri Said this slave power: "These fellows
don't know where they are. They propose
to raise q mud-sill up among and above the
governing class" Then the King, with armed
violence, cuts down the pole; AMI there Is no
remedy. Our frlenos assembled in Convention
at Baltimore, recently, to nominate electors
for Lincoln and Hamlin, and the King, again
In a rage, came in armed force upon Us to
disperse US. So it is everywhere through the
realm of the King. You have law, passed
in conformity with the Constitution, to mani
tain the fire. dom Of tho press through the
post office. BY that law your postmasters
are bound to place all documents that come
to them in the hands Of those to whom they
are directed. Yet, what do your postmasters
DO under the instructions and encouragement,
of old Jimmy Buchanan Pardon me, ladies'
for mentioning HIM in your presence. tolo
you never to elect that man. What could
you expect Of such miserable old bachelor
who never loved woman or child? Laugh
ter and cheers. Under his direction, the
postmasters put everything into the fire thai
they In their wisdom deem incendiary. There
is the Constitution of the United States; there
are the laws; and here is your Democratic
President, trampllng constitution and laws
under foot-not occasionally or incidentally
but all the time, persistlng in the usupatoi
Of our rights and the violation Of the laws
What does Mr.. Allen, your Democratic can
dldate Tor Governor of Illinois, say about 1t
Does he denounce it? Does he open his
mouth to even allude to it, DO your Dem
ocratic papers denounce itf No; they arr
oil silent. The whisper Of the slave powe,
bushes them into silence. They belong t,
the King; they serve him; and the King cal
do no wrong.
Again, by the Constitution, citizens of tn
several States are entitled to all the privilege
and immunitles of the citizens Of each. State
You have just as much right to 60 int
Charleston Or Lexington or New Orleans AM
speak your mind as any man there; yet,
you attempt to do it, how are your libertie
regarded? You are ridden on a rail, o
hanged to tree, or driven into exile. Thirty
six men, among them Methodist minister Q
high standing, have died, within the last tel
or twelve days, innocent, believe, as God
my judge-innocenta as am of offense agains
the laws of Texas. And where is the protes
of James Allen and the Democratic party
t'None."] Of course not. They serve tn
King, and the King can do no wrong
IApplause.
FREE SPEECH SUPPRESSED.
The liberty of speech-that greatest of a
liberties, the liberty of the press--how ar
the slave Democracy? have had som
experience in that respect, and know VIVA
they say and do. When attempted to sho,
the white race how slavery crushed ther
down to the level or beneath the position c
the slave himself, met these same men VIII
had been all the time crying out to you an
me, "You are a meddling Abolitonist; don
discuss the question of slavery in the North
There are no slaves in the North. If 20
want to talk about slavery, so down into tn
slave States, and discuss it where it exists.
l took them at their word.
PERSONAL EXPERIENCE.
was born i'll old Kentucky; was one {
the pioneers of Kentucky--the son of one {
the men who formed the first constitution c
Kentucky-the son of the man, Green Clay
who, as representative of the District
Kentucky, in the Virginia convention, signe
A.. ~ e ~ IL Cknko
Born under the shield and parentage Of bot
these constitutions, offered to discuss th
question OF slavery right where it existed
What then did they say? Look at tn
hypocrisy of this slave Democracy! The
said: "Why, Clay, il you think slavery
such an internal thing, why don't you lbera'
your slaves? Prove your faith by you
works." | thought there was great deal {
force in that argument, and, although wa
not very conscientious about that matter, We
seeing that was drifting in that direction
and willing to go with the tide in favor Q
freedom, which was so strong, did lberat
my slaves every one l held on earth. AI
plause, and cries of "good," "amen." N
man now calls me master-nor woman either
unless she does it through affection. Grea
enthusiasm for Clay.] Then, when l wen
out to advocate the same principle, what di
they say? They turned on me: "Why, Clay
what have you to do with this question Q
slavery? 1t is none of your business; yo
don't own any slaves" Loud laughter AM
went on; issued the True american;
gave no numbers to slaves. spoke on ever,
stump; but when spoke l said: If yo'
don't want your slaves to hear, remove then
from the assembly. speak not to slaves;
address myself to free white men and women.
But it made no difference that only spoke t.
the white man. That was the very thing
they were afraid of. 1t was not an insured
ton of the slaves, but an instruction of tn
white race-the free white voters that the,
feared then and still fear. Applause. "That'
so. So, in my hour of bodily weakness
when lay on a bed of sickness, with brail
fever, brought on by my exertions in IN.
unequal, hand to- hand contest with the slav
power, the King armed himself and cam
down upon me, and, trampling under foot tn
Constitution, the laws, and the liberties of tn
people, bore away the press with violence owe
into Ohio, thus saying, virtually, "There, il
free State, is the place for a free press; it
voice cannot and shall not be heard in tn
land of slavery"
A Vo1cE-Was that in 1s49?
Mr.. CLAY-No, sir, in 1916. So, gentlemen
these men got together, and, through thei
leader, Thomas F. Marshall, in the name o
the respectable men Of Kentucky, declared
that it was the common,law Of the slave State
that freedom Of speech and freede m Of tn
press could not co exist with slavery, and tina
my blood, and the blood of every man VIII;
dared resist, would be the forfeit of resistance
to this decree Of the King. Well did resist
f.'So you did " and they did shed my blood
but, thank God still live, ["thank God :"
to bear eternal protest against this attempt t.
overthrow all the liberties of the people
TApplause. "Good Good!'1
AN ILLUSTRATION FROM MISSOURI.
Again, gentlemen: On the 10th of July last
Az Horhauuh of LEXINGTON Missouri ys-rita