Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1860-01-24
TER1Fs OF WEEKLY.

! crown, and vhen they f1rtler declared
that .4alfuleEr arc created frRe and eqUal3
and .nre endowed with certain iuatiGuabfG
/ rights, among which arc life, ibeFt5e and
the pursuit of huPIincsS 4 here rests
| the responsibility hceOrdIngitO your FesO1
lutions, not upon ns,1 but upon that iMnd'
of patriots. They were those who ,rludei
| the avo1vals, nnd we are tbuse that sfandl
bv the EuitlI once tTnnsUitted 10 the saints
! When Won accuse me, and. all OffusI YOU
are ready 10 accuse them, and ere readytoi
90 with John c. CaIhOum in the Senate Of
the United Suites, and say that the -Decta--
| rationiof Independence Is all a lie- ! de-
mur TO your allegation say that you
arc cstopped from alleging that against
us. You ought not TO strike aEtiie iufeFi-A
or while the superior workers for Tthe'b bles-s
sings Of life and liberty remain untOUCbod7
l-thOse glorious men who preceeded u.s.
and gave us this Constitution. s1a iss1isia .-i
TIE DE4ocR6Tfc PARTY REsP0SsIBtE
Now / win tell you where tue responsi-
| biiity came from. i came from Tins same ;
Democratic party. Now make that F!le-li lle4-.i
gatien, bIt i sr9 not goiog 20 bsse @ upon
speculation. cm moi, IYttting the ellATge
upon inference ayS Sy Cash: Iley, but
/ make the charge aIrecti and q l aoR.t
produce tie cyidePcs sind PIoyslsa'A. ssl,
! If YOU give NE lie opportunity, let me
hereafter stand infamous before men,
! In the FIRST place, what says the great
American party OF Kentucky, that party
/ which, with all lis fauls. still eHbodIes so
many great truths, and which, amid all ITS
short comings from the higher standard
/ that we have marked out for ourselves,
! still has some regard for truth and just'ceE
/ What docs the representative Of that party
! saw. vour late Pres .tient. end lht candidate
of tliat party fer the Presidency, what
does he say? ihu man that you Americans
I voted for; the man that you have been in
! the habit OF holding up true patriot
and conservative nan-what did he say TO
! the late Union mcetinG- what did MiIlard
| Fillmore say upon that sublecH Why
| said he: Gentlemen. an getting old, /
| have resirad from political life; my work
! is done, good or lad; regret that Was
under the necessity o. signing the bill Cslt-
! led tile Fugitive SiaV r Law hot felt a 80
! be NV dutv, and however much may re-
gret it. yet firm regard 10 the CoEstItu-
tiOn and laws Of the country comPeiied
me to sign that bill. Ami all this trouble,
| saws Nr. Fillmore ..tIle Iamentable tragedy
at HaTpcT's Ferry is clearly traeeable TO
tii; unfortunate ContTGVer<g about Sia-
/ very in Kansas. Where dOesthc say the
res possibility hes? Ii lies upon that
| Democratic measure that repealed the
! Missouri Compromise of 1920. There IS
the cause cr e.. Still, are we going TO
take Mr.. Fillmore : word for N HiSh F,'i--
F, thOrity as he may i'e, we dO i'Ol !ntenU 10
take it; but We Will review for few mo-
meUts, the history Of tlie country ia. con-
nrction with that matter. and see if il does
not bring the responsibility upon that par
ty as affirmed 10y MT. Fillmore and sec
onded by myself and the Republican party.
Well now, gentlemen, there is a man
lntely dead, u man whose name have the.
honor to bear, and with greet humility
say it. ! stand here Tonight 10 defend hiss
principles. Henry Clay IS admitted to he
the founder, and entitled to all the honor
OF it, of that compromise of 1920 As
! passed down yesterday from my home and
t:ny agricultural pursuits. by the city OF
Lexington saw q huge pile OF massive 8.
stone raised TO the memory ct Henry Clay
lGentlemen, are you going to re-cnact5 lho0
folly and madness that the Saviour de-
nuurced in the ancient Jcws3 Are you
I going to- ornament aBd WhitcWHsb the
outward sepulcllTa, while inwardIy there IS :
nothing but oTTuption2 DoJOu intend to
build eterDal rsenGInents OF brass TO the
memory OF Henry Clay, while You Tram
ple under fOot the men V ho have the cour-
age 10 stand up ard defend his PrtpcIPlest
I Will you gsrnisil the tomb, While tug I'M
mortal spirit sI.ail be iguOTed in his TsPFe-
sentativCS? If yOu intend to dcEy these
! principles. go nnd .evel that monument TO
1.-The ground, return that marble TO tho
quarry and-thea rush upon US and kitte-
! them in oar blood. but not not tall then--l
| He is the GuthOr of that compromise 1and-
I what is it2 That north Of 80 deg 30 q iI..,l
African slavery sEsii neyeFcxiena' leasing
] rt entirely as a matter of inference Ebeth-u-
or south of that lane or not j: SHAH extend
/ That is the Missouri Compromise. Now,
| while admit that there is 10 power IN
t Congress to make stFiefly what may be.
! called a compromise, because 1t has an un-c
limited and sovereign power bounded only
hy the Constitution ITSELF so that no one
Congress shall say what q succeeding Con
eress sLaIl or shall not do, yet the lau-
guaGc has been used: IL vas a'comPact,
and it IVES elevated and placed alongside
the Constitution itself. An hepest Eegls1
1rar of the event. states that afleE, 10 pag-
sed, so great Was the sanctitY 1oG that
measure that it became as part OF tie
Constitution itself, the palladium Of cur
liberty and he was1afraid II. syer i ehonld
90 down, the Constitution WcuId so GoTn.
! With it. Il existed TO the year l654s E.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. ts.a .zssa
Gentlemen. utterly deny the allegA--
tions that hear n2Bde IN this HAli OF ttep--
!resentatives, thai the cOEnPTumise Of 1870
ivas repealed- or intended 10 be repealed by
the compromises of ls50, and upon this
point Iappeal TO theeountry. NO WoIter {
that 1t is dark to-nigAt-nO wonder That
they have put out tue lights. Read the
ispceches of that day Why Nr- Clay vas
aiiye in 1850. Mr. Clay wsB in the Con-
oress of the United Staaes-he took part G
in the debates of 1850, and am loss TO
! find where the statement was made. In
1854 MAS the very first time we were ted :
that it was at an claimed that theFe.Wass
an intention In r.in1eliiRte or remote, direct
or reflective, TO aEtct thnt eor1ptsmise OF