The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1860-01-26

dead. and there would have been the last of
Billy-the blue eyed man of destiny
/ Z. You have established censorship of
the press. by Post Office Usurpation
/ s. Of violation of the Constitution which
provides that the citizens of each State shall
be entitled to all privileges and immunities
liz the several States.
i g. Ofsympathizingw with foreign despots, as
Russia and Austria against Hungary.
i 10. Of violating the compromise measures
of 1850.
/ IL. Of violating the compromise Of 1920.
II. OF the usurpation by the Supreme
| Court Of political power, in the bred Scott
case, where they undertake to overthrow the
decisions of all the State Courts, and the acts
of all the Presidents. who lived in the DAYS
Of the revolution, and in the assumption by
what the Courts say is oblter dicta of powers
belonging to the Legislative department., po-
/ litical powers. not judicial.
/ 49, Ofraising a civil war in Kansas, and
prosecuting John Browns raids, as I have
shown.
a. OF introducing sham "P opular Sow
ereignty."
Is. OF an attempt TO legislate slavery in
to the Territory of Kansas by this latter day
Lecompton movement.
| Is. Ofdenying natu.alized citizens equal
protection with natives.
II. Of attempting to throw the Republic
into a condition Of colonial vassalage, under
the rule of European power.
| Let US look at that. That is the last count T
find Mr.. Breckenridge, the papers tell US has
said-yes sir J Ohm has said there is trouble brew
pg. What is the matter, John? You and the.
Democratic party have had possession of the Gov
eminent for nearly three quarters of century,
you have put up and you have put down; you
have had control of the domestic and foreign po
Icy of the country you have been omnipo tent
in States and in the Union. 10 the Senate and in
Congress; you have had the executive and judi
cial department of the Government. and the coun-
try is sick, is it? Why, what is the matter? Who
has been doctoring it? Who has caused this
breaking up Of bonds of union, of which we have
heard to day? l am sad, you sad, are all
sad 1t is indeed sorry sight to see a people
in time oe peace and prosperity. dragged to the
verge of dissolution and the curious part of it is,
and the cruel part is, that if one of you had
wife or daugh.ec tha, you tenderly loved as you
ought. you would not act you now do with
this Union that you boast of 80 much
God knows, bad MAJ as | an thought to
be- and as Kentuckians are thought to be in gen.
era love my wife above all women: she is in
health and she goes and comes, she smiles and
cries works and plays, and PES all those things
that nature demands her to do, aud if | call in
some doctor upon some imaginary or real affiic-
ton of the great internal course of health, and
the doctor brings her to the bed, the rose fades
from her cheek the bright eyes becomes dim, the
full and round form becomes emaciated, aud say
"why. Doctor, the woman is dying, in the name of
God, what are you going to do!s Well says
he, 'the woman is dying am sorry, but lam go
ing to vindcate self in history" Great God
are we American people, the free people of the
nation to die, and if the Unoa is to be dissolved,
he intends to vindicate the Democratic party in
history.
tell you, good sense calls for a change of doc
tors The Democratic party has brought you on
the road to the devil. Change your piot-your
rulers Turn them out and put other men at the
helm.
A voce-Who do you propose?
Mr. Clay. / am willing to take, for instance,
that much illuminated man, Seward Chase.
McLane Lincoln, Bates, Bell, Bolts. or old Ken
tuckys favorite sou, Crittenden. (applauseJ pro-
vided we could have him fairly and sqnarely up
on the platform. Anybody except the old doc
tor have got a sad dislike for him (Laughter.)
DIssoLUrIoN.
Let US look little at that thing of dissolution.
body would suppose, with Canada far remov-
ed that when it has become dangerous for me to
speak where there millions of white men to
a few hundred thousand slaves, that slave prop
erty had become unsafe. Dissolve the Union, and
move the line to the north of the Ohio, aud would
you have additional security Does any man
if these people. once bound together by COM
mon brotherhood of suffering, by association in
churches, by . common christianity, by the ties of
education, cannot remain in peace ia the Union,
that they would remain in peace out of it7 Does
Mr.. Breckenridge or Gov. Magofla suppose such
q case that?
You have your ans wer when you see Gov
Wise who in the last Presidential race, talked of
seizing the arsenal aud marching upon Washing
ton to take possession Of the archives, and pre-
venting the Inauguration of Republican Pres
ident saying now if any fighting is to be done it
is to be done in the Union, and not out of it,
when you see your Democratic orators talking
round and becoming the defenders of the Union.
Don't you all begin to see the folly Of this thing?
Don't you all see, what all men of common sense
must see, that outside of the Union there lies
less security to slave property? Certainly you do.
Nobody supposes that there would be anything
other than the way r. Caldwell said to day
Do you suppose you would have peace? No, sir,
it would be war to the knie-and the knife TO the
hlt That is what would be the result Where
is your security for your slave property, then!-
w oud you eight millions of white men, enter
upon q contest with twenty millions, and hold
your slaves at home? 1t is not to be heard Of
More safety! Mol The fact is, you would have
to sacrifice your negroes, like France and Hun
gary did their slave property, at once, at the be
ganing of the Then what would you gain
so far as you are slsveholderss What are the
nou- shareholders TO gain !? Why, it reminds me
of history that a friend of mine, ingenious
man. used to tell Of white and an Indian.
They got into fight, and after a while the Indi-
au proving too hard the white man took to his
heels aud while outrunping the Ind;an. the latter
cried out. stop white man, stop" and the white
man followed out stop, l will be damned if do
Why, gentlemen, yoa ask all of US non slavehol-
ders of the Union. who have borne all the OPP
preston, to sacrifice all the liberty we have. to
return to those rules and regulations of dsspotism
against which we rose up in arms in 1l16
What do you propose to give Us IN lieu Of this
great Union Is protection? Why, the Charles
ton Mercury and the Richmond Enquirer says
I'VE will send to Louis Napoleon, and We will
ask him to lend Us some troops to defend us.'-
0, shame, shame. Are yoz going TO bring Us to
this? 8 this the reward that you offer Us that
you will call on Lons Napoleon, the despot OF
France, and his troops, and he will defend us
I Naxfharr fxaitcrs and fanstics