The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1860-10-27
POLITICAL.

0y Hon. Herschel V. johnson, Gen. COOmbs and
others. We take the following extract from the
speech of the latter:
Listen to an appeal from the dead to the living
appeal from Harry Clay in his own handwriting.
We are in danger. l tell you, gentlemen, we are
in danger. Mr. Clay goes on to say:
For Gods sake, let all private differences, all private
ambitions be merged in grand and patriotic effort to
save the republic. Cheers
make this appeal now to New York. l appeal
to the forty thousand candidates for the tOurscore
offices TO be filed Let all private ambitions, all
private difficulties be forgotten. Let all forget
that we are Wings or Democrats, and run but one
man for each office. Cheers. If there be an old
Whig present, appeal to him in the name of Henry
Clay. Forget everything but your country, and,
forgetting especially your own private ambition,
stand by your country and sustain the candidates
who can beat these irrepressible conflict people.
Why, really, gentlemen, coming to New York,
hearing what do and seeing the papers, YOU re-
mind me of an incident in ancient history, when
certain great city was besieged by Roman army.
The Romans kept the inhabitants busy all day
fighting on the walls, and by night they fought each
other. SO it is with you here. You are fighting
the Black Republicans by day and cutting each
others throats by night. [Great laughter.
A most threatening state of things existed in this
country in 1888, but peace was at length restored
Then the next time we had trouble was after the
Mexican war. You know Mr. Clay lost his election
in 1884, by the votes of the abolitoniss in the State
OF New York. know good many of them. They
said they were opposed to the annexation of Texas,
but $4,000 of them voted so as to annex her. They
voted for side issue, and Mr.. CLAW was defeated
in the State of New York by little less than 900
votes. But the effect of that was to give us a war
with Mexico, resulting in glorious victory-the
capture of the capital of Montezuma by that illus
trious man now in your mdst-the old, immortal
General Scott. loud applause.l With the ter
mination of that acquired an immense ter
ritory of incacula5e value, as we have since
tanned it to be. Mr.. Clay was most disturbed
hOwaVnr in reference q
QUESTION of that territory.
Mexico had emancipated her slaves as early as
1924. Missouri was acquired with slavery already
there. Mr.. Clay apprehended that the North
would claim all of Mexico as free territory, and
the South would claim it all slave territory.
Thus the slavery question would be revived, and
might, perhaps, lead to the disruption of the
Union. Under this state of things, he prepared
resolutions for those assembled here this even
ing [laughterl, which he enclosed to me. | have
them here in Mr.. Clay's own handwriting. Zap
plause 1t is true have read them to other as
sembages, for they apply as well to others as to
you. Mr.. Clay felt that sectional parties would
grow up out of that agitation, and he wrote to me
in these words
My DEAR SIE-My object in writing to you is one
of great importance and wish you would lead Off in it
1t will do the country good and do you good Now is the
time for salutary action and you are the man to act
Here, gentlemen, is my power of attorney that
spoke of in the outset. Laughter
enclose some resolutions which, some similar to
them, should be happy to see adopted.
Resored, That this meeting is firmly attached to the
union of these States and that they go and in
diyisible, now and forever. Loud applause
Resolved, That whilst this meeting would be most hap
py that the controvered question of slavery within the
Territories recently acquired from Mexico should be
tied n manner satisfactory all parts the Union
settlement of it, whatever may be, will create any us
occasion for dssoving the Union. tAppause
Resoued That this meeting behods in the dissolution
of glorious Union, remedy for any alleged evils
real or imaginary, but great aggravaon of them all
and contemplate that deporabe evil the parent of 9th
consequences any of which complaint is now made
ReSolred land this is the intend to put to vote
port and uphold the Union against all attacks from with
out within and against all uraism, whether at thu
North or the South. tGreat appIause.l
Now all you who are in favor OF the adoption o
that last resolution, say aye. Loud and hearty re
sponses of "aye," and cheers.l You of a contrary
opinion will say no.
Now, Mr.. Lincoln says -
believe this government cannot endure permanent!
half slave and half free. do not expect the house
fall but do expect it to be divided. 1t will be
come all one thing or all another.
Now, gentlemen, every of you know that th
| slave States have no idea of colonizing New Eng
land again [laughter] nor New York. We sup
| pose you have got about many blacks as yO
waLt-[la laughter particularly when some O
! you think negro better than white man. There
| fore when Mr. Lincoln says that this country is t
become all slave territory, he means just nothing
and if he means anything, it is that the country
| to become all free States Now, what is the modu
| operandi2 There are feur doctors, and they hav
| prescribed different remedies. The first prescrp
tiOn for destroying slavery was made at Buffalo IL
! lS4S. There may be some gentlemen here VIII
were at that convention, bat shall not mention
! their names, because | am mixed uD with strang
| company here tonight. laughter. They viii
know enough il | tread on their toes not to jump
| Laughter.
There were three conventions held in lS4S-on
! for Taylor and Fillmore, one for Cass and one fo
| Van Buren. The Van Buren, party made up
| AbOitiOnjsts and Democrats, who called themSelve
barn-burners, and who could not go for Cass.
| know gentleman who in that party-GeI
| Nye- laughter "a gentleman who has been car
| rying the book for Seward all the way through tt
| West. Laughter and applause. Gen. Nve mad
the first speech at that convention of secedin
| Democrats and Abolitionists. After he sat dOwr
another gentleman made speech. His name | d
not now remember, but he was a thin, hatche
| faced hungry looking man Tlaug ghter1-thin as
squirrel in the spring when the acorns all gone
and before the buds come out. Laughter. Thi
man sat close by me; | noticed him. He jumpe
up on chair after General Nye sat down, and sal
| -'I am minister of the Gospel; hope to see tn
time come when a high wall will be built arount
the slave States, and then fire and birthstone scat
tered over the inhabitants" Laughter. Aite
he sat down | took him by the hand and said an
friend believe YOU are one of the most honest me
in the crowd; but happen to live on the othe
side of the wall you propose to build. Now
| you must keep it your side of the Obi
river for our shore belongs to US; and if you hap
pen to get on our side before the burning is begun
| | will take you in." Laughter. That was tn
first doctor that prescribed for slavery, and hi
remedy was fire and birthstone. Laughter. MI
Julian, of Indiana, formerly the abolition canddat
for Vice President, and lately elected to COngres
in Indiana, by 5000 ma Ority, by the Republicans
is another doctor. What does he say? ''I tie
you," says he, 1--WE sectional party. 1t is nc
alone fight between the North and South: it is
|. fight between freedom and slavery-between Go
and the devil-between heaven and hell" Laugl
ter. He is very modest. He is God, and til
devil-he heaven, and we hell. Laughter Nj
Sumner is another physician, and has his remede
[Hisses. Who is that Kissing
Voice-Itis for Sumner. Applause.
Mr.. Coombs-Mr. Sumner is an educated ger
teman-a scholar. What does he say? L
says that 'we grinding flesh and bloo
groans and sighs, the tears of mothers an
the cries of children, into a cement of a ba
barous political power" That is the way
as the poisoned rat dies, of rage in his hole" Th
is from his speech in the Senate. "The free States
he says, "sre to become a belt of fire, girt abol
the slave States, within which slavery must die
That is a worse remedy than fire and birthstone
Laughter He compares US to rats-poisoned ra
in hole. Laughter. And we are to be burne
out gradually. Why, it is worse than burning
the stake by the Indians, for they only take sho
] time to burn a fellow up. Laughter. l had ont
= myself the pleasure of being prisoner among ii
, Indians, and though was not burned at the stalk
had to run the gauntlet, and that is rather dis
greeable. Laughter But would rather ru
the gauntlet every day than to have wall of fiji
, around me. From one you might escape-from tt
other it is impossible. Then there is Doctor Sey
, laughter and signs of diversion l-he has h
2 remedy.
| lie and once stood upon the same platform.
We used to stand side by side. But he has now g
off the platform. Once he supported Gen. Taylo
, who owned hundreds of negrOes-so many that
could have had young negro for breakfast ever
, morning. Laughter. Now he risk the ha
| piness of twenty million white men for the sake
, three million blacks. Then he could not think
anything of the sort Then we went into Ohio
stump it, but as | thought his speeches little t
rank told him he had better go to Gliding
district, where he could talk as black he please
1 Laughter. And so gave him bottle
brandy and started him up to that district Roa
. of laughter l never saw him of but one color
my life-always pale. And tell you, gepteme
never attempt to drink down pale man. Gre
laughter Take fellow that shows it like ge
= temau in the nose, and then you know you ha
got him. Boisterous laughter | will read a fl
extracts from Mr.. Stewards speeches to show "
! what remedy he prescribes. In 1858, or ther
abouts, he said
written in violation of the Divine law, that
shall surrender the fugitive slave Slavery and mi
be abolished, and you and can and must do it.
Now is he not an abotionist? But think the
is some doubt about that Divine law that he spea
t of, and have authority at least against him
q a classical scholar, and as well educated gent
man as he is. | allude to ST. Paul, who return
the slave Onesimus to his master. Paul was ed
n Gated to regard meum and tuum. He didn't p
another mans money into his pocket. And VIII
he had converted fugitive slave he sent him bac
d like good Christian, to his master. Applause
3. And if you would all do the same we would have
: trouble on this subject In 1850 Seward ma
another speech at Albany in which he said that II
pdpd IN DrlQclDle