, 1860-09-13

mss,ets are 61nrd 10 placc ali documents that
cou to th m in the. hAnds ot those 10 wht III
they are direc.ed. Yet, whst do your post
mayters do under The i,atrnctious md eucour-
ageuent Of old jimmy bucbansnf
Pardon NE iadies, for n1sntioa.rg him jn your
Presence. l told you never to eleos ,ha.
lnan. Whit could you exp.ct Of euch a ,niser-
eble old ba:htjor vino rcver 1o1ed woman or
child. [Lsughsar and cheerr,] uuder his d.
rec.ion the postnaslers ru: everything into tho
There ia the Constitution Of the Unt1cd 6tatea;
there are The Laws; Ard here III your Democrat
jc President. trAnpliog conatisutun and laws
u.der foo. mot occasiooaI]y or Incidentally, bu.
ali the time, pessisting in tue usurpation Of our
rights aud the violation OF ne laws: What
Governor Of Illinois ssy about ,isr Daes he
denounce l.: Does he op.o hia mouth 10 even
aflude to III Do your D:mocraec papers de-
nouuce it? No; they sre Ill siient. The wbis-
per OF ibe s1ave p7wrr bushes them into silence.
Thrg bt1opx to The King; they terve llm aud
the Ring eaa do no wrong.
several S,aies are entitled to Ill tie privileges
aud iumuui.ies Of tbs citizens ot each State.
Y.u havr lust rs much Ri bit - 60 INTO Cha.Ie+-
tau or Lexington or New Orleans aud speak
your mind, as any mxa thers; yet if you at
tempt 10 d. II, how ara Jour Liberties regarded
You ere ridden on raj, or hsnged to q tree,
or driven into exile Tairty .six meo-anong
them q Methodist minister OF high stu ding,
have lied WI hin the last ten or Twelve days,
innocent, believe, III G,d il my judge-irno,
cent ~ an, # oftace skainst the laws Of Texas
And where IL The PEoest ot James Allen and the
Uemoefatae pa,sg: ~ MsnE. e. " soaasG oot.
lae1 serve 'ne knx "no 'ne A'"e ean 10 10
wrong lapp1aa.s e,,n.xss
The liberty Of speech-,hat ereateat Of ali
1ibtr;iea The lherty OF the prQss-how arc
t6e=e gfe7: consn1n'loaa! i1gnts regarded by
the slave Demorrse5s l have hsd some ex.
pefience in that respite, aed kno" What fhef
ssy and do: when attempted to snow tue
.h'ie race no" slavery efusneo then dawn to
ne larsl or beDsain tne p sillon Of ne slave
all 'hs time crying co: to yeu and me You
s are q msdaa:ng Aools<'onlst; 1bnt d'&euss
the question OF siarery IL the North. here
| are 30 k!aTea IN tie hoIth. II Jou want to
talk about slavery, go do.n INTO tEe slave
nta4cs, and discuss It "hefe II s1is:s. took
them a; their word.
PERSONAL EXPERIENCE.
r~.s hor, ;. ~, Ksn,nctx. 1v,s ons ofth.
| pioneers nj Ken.urly-,ha ion Of one Of the
men who farned .he 'firat coos,itut,cn of Ken.
| turk7-tha son IF the man. Green Ctay. who. a.
REPRESENTATIVE { 1hE fii.1rir. Of KentuckT in
the V,tgi,,jo cony.nfion. signed the co aliiu.
| ton Of The United S.ates in l7;9, Born under
tae sale'a aSd iarentage OF both :bese consti.
tn.'onB' tasfso 10 d1acuss this question Q!
| they sar? Lo.k at the hypocrisy Of this slave
| Democracy; They said ssWhy, CLAY. If yru
| think sf.ysry ia euch an internal thing. wh1
don't ypu iiberate your slares? Prove yout
1a1:h by your works" thought there va. =
great deal Of ftrce in that argument, sad ii.
m after, ret, seeire that / was drifting in that
6irertinn and ,x,,f,ny m t,o u;,h she t;fe in
favor Of :1eed3m which was 20 strong, did
hhera'e mr. sla.ea-eyery one hs1a on eartr
| {App!ause, anc cries Of ''good," anen.') Nc
man Eow calls me mas.er-7og wu.nau either,
uaIees she does it through sdsctipn. {Grea: en-,
t5us.asm fer ClAy) Then when ~ent out ID
advcc4: . tce Sane principle, What did they say
They turned On me; *Wby, Clay, what hzve
| you 70 do with this question Of ssavrrys Il il
none Of your buslness; ycu don't own any
s!sves" Loud laughter aut cheer-).
went Or; I issued tbs Tue dHa.rican
| care 60 uuub:rs to slases. spoke on .vary
stump; but nen spoke Isaid: "If you doh't
waos -FOUR siaves to Lear. rem he tue N from the
| assembly. sneak mol to slaves: address N +
| self 10 free white tneu ard women" But il
| urdc M differ euce. that [ oult spske to the
walte N n. That vas the very thing ttey were
a:ruid Of. 1t was rot an insur1eci:on Of the
ssaves, but In insurrertaon Of the "hsts race-
| aad still fear. tApulause: "TGa.'s so."t 50.
| in my hour Of b3d1iy weakness, when iay ca
het ot atckusta. With u brain [ese1 brought
! o. by nv ext rliyus IN nv unequal. hand ID
hand coute.t viii the slave power, the kiag
armed klmee!f and eame DOM upon ne, uod,
,raaapliux ud-r loot tbs Coas: tu ioe, the lAe s.
| and .he liberties Of the peop e. bore a4aY rte
press with vtoteuce over into o 10, thus ~, ing
virtually. "Tte.e ia q fr.a state. ia ,ne :laes
for fr-a nrers itq ro m rannot and s],sIl not
| BE- beard ID the ,a,d Of el,gtry"
4 vulcE-Wss tat ia 1sl9t
Ar. CLAr-No, .ir: iu 1916. So, gentlemen,
the-e u,sn cot tcgs,her, uad, through ,heir
| leader Ih,mas r. Hsrsna.I in The nnr14 of tte
! .yspec:sble nea OF Kentucky. Declared + q. i,
| WIS the commou law ot th: slays Siates thai
| treeaon nf stfech a.d freedom NJ Ina n..1,
| could rot co.txs: Eitt slavery. and that nv
blood, End the b;cod OF every man who dared
resist wpu,d b. the fur:e;t nf e.jstauce to this
| degree of tie King. Well did resis, Il, :: r.t.o
| You d;J:'] ind they did shed nv bIood. ont
thank GoJ! / still live .tthsnk Godi"1 ID beal
| etcrng1 protest ayuinss th1s at,emn, In aver.
| ,broa eli tt,e ,iherte, oftle nsonla. [Annlanse
| "rooi. eood,"1
!
| ~ '1-eesaAfAos f"o& AAs7oo1''
oGalu. een.iemen: w .ne 4oso OF Juis las'
| that hs put toe Eames Of Lincoln and Haml:u 81
| the hesd of his columns. Then the kirg csms
upon hIm-the stave power Of Mi souti, you,
| Douglas Democracy, fur you claim 10 have ii.
Governor and The najoritT-this douglas De-
uaocracT cane rpon him and sa d. Mr. uar
bau ih, you are publishing an incendiars paper
aud you nu~t stop it" - en- a c:t'zsa ut ths
| United S!atcR and Ct the State Ut Missouri " re-
piled alr. Hlroangh;-"the Constitutions Of bott
[ gu4runtee to me The right to puhl,sh what
please, be:rg responsible 10 the lars Of n,7 roua
try, II l abuse or violate thsn,." The Uau sius
Democracy, in rage and a~tonishmsns, ea7
"Laok hare, Mr. ua:baugh! you dent know
where you ase. The CONSTITUTION aud tic Ia ~
why, We carry them in our rpurket." O. course
they do. When complaint of his outreees v a,
neaoe to L7uis XIV, he said, "Dou't rslk tt
me about nv violating the usases Of the State
!, Louis XIV, am the State" 81 says ever,
despot. Every kiEg has the mo.to, 1.-THE kici
can do no wroar.' ST, sgaiu, has it been es
1sb!lshed as the common Law OF the slave States
ano once more IN Mts-ou!1, 1aey cay, Iht