Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1860-08-09

or will, aid In admitting one rod Of free ter.
rItory to the everlasting curse Of human
bondage" Tremendous cheering I
Can any human being, in the face Of
these immortal expressions, stand up before
this American people. at this day, and say
that Henry Clay was Pro-Slsvery man!
t"No, no."J Why, fellow.citizens, these
immortal words should be printed in letter.
Of gold, and shopld be hung up over every
hearlhslone of every cottage and every
house in this American land. They should
be written with diamond pencil, upor
every human heart Of the whole world o.
mankind, and then oppression aud cruelty
, would fee away from the earth forever
(Cheers.)
But / am not done. Mr. Clay, am ong tht
rich legacies he has left US. has left another
expression which tells directly upon the
very point, which now, in rbis year ofgrsct
1860, must be decided by the American
people. In that very memorable debate In
the year 1850. in answer to Mr.. Jefferson
Davis, then as now the Senator from
Mississippi, Mr.. Clay used these words
81 am sorry to hear the Senator from
Mississippi say thit he requires first the ex
tension Of Missouri Compromise line to the
Pacific, but also that be is not satisfied witt
that, but requires, II | understand him cor
rectly, positive provision for the admission
of Slavery South of that line. And now
Sir, coming as do from q Slave State,
owe it to myself, owe it to the subject,
owe it TO truth,to say that no earthly power
could induce me to ask for specific meas
nre for the introduction of Slavery where i
had not before existed, either South or Nortt
of that line. Loud applause, and cheers.
Does not that touch the question, ye oil
Clay men! | put it to the old Henr7 Clal
Wings who are NOW listening to me, who
have criticised my position upon this sab
ject, hot whether Mr.. Clay or any othe
statesman in this country ever desired to in
terferiere with Slavery in the States where
it existed under the Constitutions; bu
whether Mr.. Clay and the whole line o
leaders and patriots from George Washing
ton, through Adams, Jefferson, Madison
George Mason, and other i!lustrious name
down to Gen. Jackson himself, were no
| utterly and absolutely opposed to the ex
tension of Slavery either North or South o
the Missouri Compromise line. When Mr
Clay used these words he was a Senator o
the United States, and what he said was
declaration under the soemnity OF his oatl
as a Senator. Now | ask you, O.d Clay
| Wings, in the face of thatyif have no
shown the fulsity of the charge against me
And other l'ustrious men take the sam
view Of The matter. You have heard of Ed
ward Bates. A few Of you were desirou
of making him the candidate Of the unite
Opposition for the Presidency. What say
Edward Bates upon Ibis subiectl-for an
determined to iortify my statements by tn
documents.
The rain-stoam which had been ,foreshat
owed by thunder and lightning, at thi
point of Mr.. Ullmann's speech commenced
anc he was only able TO close it by readin
the following extracts from Mr.. Bates lie
Ter:
"As to his views about the 'pesiilent Ne
| gro Question: am not aware that he ha
gone one step beyond the doctrine publcly'
habitually avowed by tho great lights of tn
Wing party, Clay. Webster, and their 70
lowers.