Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1861-01-28

REPUBLICAN MEETING IN ODD FELLOWS HALL.
SPSeeh Of Castles VI. Clay and Hon Green adams.
OF EsHtEcky-At an early hour on Saturday mig BIT
our citizens began to pour into Odd Fellows
Hall, Seventh street, and long before the hour an
nounced for speaking, the large hall was packed
to It's utmost capacity. Every available spot was
occupied. Seats were crowded until at eyerv
movement of their occupants they dismalIy
Sroaned " enough" Late editions Of Young
:. patriots" locked around the rostrum driving
the repetorial phalcnx upon the stage, filling ep
the aisles, and biocAading the doors, while now
and then there came above the buzs the plaintiye
lament OF the tardy as they sorrowfuliy wendell
their way beck into outer darkness MeanwhIie
We band looted gloriously as the crowd waxed
rived, the Vice President of tie Renubiscas as.
soci'i zion (Mr. J. J Counebs) Introduced to IN,
aasf t the speaker, cassus Nj. Clay.
rIr A SI, we Sneets and applause had subs ded
hI. CIdy LOOK up the history of the fofmati On OF
the Government AID the causes that led 10 the
present bond of union between the States Re
So unat 'ae republican party was party of
oEense ags,-h any OF the States He would not
sn'ei lhrJ discussion upon the motives Of the
men Tho had brought the evirupon the country.
nc considered slavery to be political instead os
moral evil, and the party who sustained that
Institution had ruled the country ever since the
formation Of our Government. The republicans
batded with them In 1855, and according to the
Tule OF the Government were defeated What
did they do Did they talk Of secession DIG
anybody think Of dissolving the Union7 No, air
tie dehed any man to snd republican Of any
INV " 10 udu lcdst lued CT s0cE thing. Now
in 1850, when they had tried 1t again and had got
the victory OF liberty against slavery he called
upon the South 70 submit also to the Government
as they had in the past. But if the South would
not submit what would be the result? What
standard would they set up They must either
submit TO a minority, or what Is worse, to a
monarchy, either limited or despotic.
He utterly and empha.ically denied the RIG hit Of
any State TO secede, and showed that the enact
snents of 17S7 and 50 were for the purpose OF
compelling the citizens of the States to fulfill
to ia pral
vet In the face Of history and all the facts Of the
past in the face of all che perience of the oyer
meat men will have the boldness to saw that they
nave right TO secede when they choose, and to
sparaie from IL forever. A man was responsible
20 the State in which he lives to a certain extent
nut the allegiance which he owes to the Consti.
tuition Of the United States is supreme and can.
not he absOived by him. IL is fully and explicit
" set forth in the Constitution that no State has
any power to treat with any nation, but that the
power to make treaties IN vested alone in the
United States II they did have to 90 10 battle
upon this Question: no man would be at loss to
Know to which government he owed his allepi-
dnce But II the South should 60 out peafPabfv
IL the fifteen slave States should form themselves
into confederacy, would their condition be be-
tered! Would slave property be safer when the
place OF refuge to the slave shat be stouy hit down
70 Mason and Dixon's line7 Would IT he better
when their negroes shall only have TO cross the
Ohio river to be free; and when instead of the
lew .has '.e south now loses, most of whom
returned, thousands will escape, never TO be re-
covered Then, ali the restraints of the Constitu.
Slen which now hold back abolition fanatics will
90 removed, and their fugitives will only be re-
turned at great expense TO themselves while the
Jealousies and rivalry of the two sections would
Inevitably plunge them into an endless war All
other nations are banded against the institution CT
slavery and without the protection of the stars
and stripes, crushed beneath the Oppressive bur
den Of a Standing army, with their property slip
Ping out Of their hands day by day, and battling
with each other when any fend shall spring up
the condition of a Southern Confeheracy Wouii
he sad indeed On the other hand, while the
North has no slaves to lose, they viii lose that
which is far greater-theit liberties In the dis
solution Of the Union, when the stars and str ~,
90 down forever, liberty will Perish with them
The remedy which he would propose was not
an 9llglnanon Of his IL had been prescribed by
distinguishes men Of all parties The republican
party world give them what the Constitution
always lad given them; nothing more, nothing
less. They have no desire TO make aggressions
upon slavery in any State, but the northern man
snail not be compelled to leave his avocation and
JOIN In the pursuit of slave property any more
IMAM De would be to so after stray horse or cow.
Let the officer do what is required Of him, and
when any resistance 10 offered, then call to his
assistance the power Of the lazy The Moth will
grant to the South every privilege voue hsafcd to
under all circumstances and see that their rights
are respected, but at the same time the North
claim an equal guarantee upon the part Of the
south. They claim the equal right 10 enjoy I'll
the privileges of the sever0l States. Northern
men ere seized and murdered in the South by
mobs without trial and the North demands that
auis system eHdll De removed ana dDOilSheu
When he or any ether man should 60 into a slave
State and violste its laws, let the law execute
them, but first make their laws so that they may
know what they viOete. IL d man shall he seiZ
by one man, or ten men, or ten thousand men
. and executed without law, let the strong arm OF
the Federal Government execute III m
ss He differed from MANY of the repu bcan leaders
who thought that nothing should be done now
Whatever is done, must be done at once. III we
wait as some have said two three wears before
Swedo anything to save the Union, Ii will be two
Snnth nVed
The compromise line when the North was willing
70 stand by it. The North would give them thai
now; or they would give them the same privilege
to carry their property into the territories that the
North had; and when ii shall be put to The people
of State whether they will or will not have
slavery, II the cause Of freedom shall succeed
then Goods will be done" But If nothing will
satisfy either party; If the South demands more
than the North will YIELD or IL the North viii
sacrifice the Union to what they may term prin
ciple, when the storm shall be upon them, and the
nation racking to ruin, they will have no excuse
70 offer-they will have brought IL upon the
country themselves. II the war will come in spite
and the South be arrayed against each other, he
would call upon every man North and South OF
Mason and Dixon's line, who loved liberty betteI
than property, to stand by the principles Of their
fathers, Liberty DEATH [applause;l end II
their banner should be dragged In the dust, they
would again rise up and srike for their liberties
and when driven back upon the great lakes they
would again stand with their blood red blades In
their hands.
At the conclusion of Mr.. Clay's remarks the
band played a national air, after which the i'm
mense throng joined in loud and prolonged calls
for Hon. MI. Adams, of Ky. After repeated calls
Mr. Adams said, while he addressed republi.
cans, and democrats, and men Of all parties, he
claimed them all as brothers. [Applause.l He
was no republican politically speaking, neither
s.svss he democrat politically. lAPPlause;l Il
= he should examine bis history since his connec-
" ton with the old wing party, he should find him.
self with that party who were for the Union, the
Constitution, and the enforcement Of the laws
He stood upon that platform then. He was still
for the Union, the Constitution, and the enforce
ment Of the laws. Loud applause He would
= not enter into any discussion upon the question,
= which were agitatiDg the country. IL was moi
" for him to propose measures Of Cancellation tC
those by whom he was surrounded. Living In
Kentucky born and raised In that glorious State
his kindred, his flesh, and his blood were on both
sides Of Mason and Dixon's line While his in
terests were identified with those of the South hs
was no democrat, he never had been a democrat
he never could be one.
The South might say that he could not talk Il
them. Republicans might reject any proposition
that he could make. He bad none to offer; be had
no demands to make; he could only plead for th.
Union. in the hour of victory republicans mig b
r a g. A. II