Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1861-02-28
THE Independent Republican makes the
following extract from our Salntatory-

troion viii iuy reflect the principles oi those great
nders.
nd then goes on to say:
All, bdeedi "The schoomaie in politics Of Clay and
Webster" Good Lord deliver us from srcn school.
lnics of the great Cuy!
On the Goth day of January, 1897, long
'eioe the distinguished Statesman of Ken
ueky-the noble Harry of the West =
vas the candidate of great party for the
Presidency, he uttered in unmistakable Ian
yuage the doctrine Of the Irrcpressible
Conflict. If stronger language has ever
been used by any member of the Rcpubli-
can Party, it has failed to come under our
observation. The speech we allnde to was
made before the American Colonization So
ciety, and has become familiar to every
school boy in the land. We make short
extract:
TowARDs LIBERrY nnd Ul;iIMATE EMANCI-
PATTON, they must do more than put down he Lcney
re- TS RTE i2s ERA OF Of sacs SGR BEEFa AND ar ~
lNGl- =, AND MUzZl.E THE CANNON WH,cH
They must revive the Slave Trude, with all its TRIM Of
airociiies They must suppress the workings Of British
planlhropy seeking to meorn'S % The condition Of G hs
career Of South American devernnce from ,hral,oln.
lbE rFg 93W orr THE MpRAE i;nafT ltirrs
sESrs M soF6 rs oS rSGTEb @ T'ei WohbfoisS sttSH FF
TIES, AND THEIR HAPPINESS Aud, when they
have achieved ~ ese gnrpp.es s1 % T9Ik @ M be Ef.
REASON AND THE LOVE OF LIBERTY. Then
nLd not till then, when universal darkness md despair
pnthies, and oil humane and benevolent efforts among
ireemen, in behalf Of the unhappy portion OF
doomed 10 bOIdngc.
On the 2lst of March, IS42, Mr.. Clay,
having resigned his scat, bid farewell to the
Senate forever. In December, ls4s, the
subjects coming before Congress being of
the most exciting and critical character, and
requiring the presence and advice of the
ablest veterans, Mr.. Clay consented to again
represent his adopted State in the Senate.
The annexation of California and New
Mexico, provinces acquired from Mexico by
the war just closed, had re-opened the Slave
ry agitation, which swept over the country
with terrific violence. The contest ragged so
fiercely that the Union shook from turret
to foundation stonc," and many of the
wisest and best of our Statesmen feared it
would be wrecked upon the breakers.
Such was the condition of affairs when
the "saintcd Clay" again entered the Senate
Chamber On the 9TH day of February,
1885, he commenced speech upon the
"Compromise Resolutions" which occupied
two days. In that speech Mr.. Clay, gifted,
as it would seem to us, with the spirit OF
prophecy, uttered the following sentiment
Mr. President, we have henrd--ni Of us have reud-o
the eiris Of France 10 propagae-whnt, the cont.
Of Europo Not Slavery, sir but the rights OF man
aud know the fate Of her efforts Of propagandism o.
that kind. but IT, unhnppy, should be involved In
war; in civil war, between two purts of the Confectionery
y wsh hs r,, spH mon 19s aide snsuld E U RE-
TO THE NEW TERRlToRlEs. and uron the Other
;SS e ENspRCE lTs ,NTM9ppCoN y TIIER
% o THE hsroNsHsiNT on mANKNp E fhEsGNi II nNr,
! NOT 10 PROPAGATE RIGHTS, butt mus, say Il
though ls, h will be uudersood to be said with dc
WRoNGs in THE TEai,IToniEs THUS AcQUiR
ED FROM MEXICO. hwould be n war In which w
nil mankind would be agnisi us in which our own his
tory itself would he nguilst for, from the commence
men, Of The Rsyolao, down TO p ,ai present time, "
Introduction OF slavery into this county And pllow
cay that In my opinion II is Of the bes, defence
In this country that II forced upon us agninst III
wishes OF our esors-of our own Ame an cooun
ances,ors-and by the cupidi'y Of our British CONNER
cial ancestors.
Men of Belmont county is not this jus
, exactly what these worshippers at the blacl
, shrine Of Slavery are seeking now, in thi
, year Of grace, 1851? Are they not scekin
exactly that which the gifted Clay so clio
quently warned them against in lS5Op Ar
they not making an effort, NOT TO PRO
! PAGATE RIGHTS, but-a war 10 propogai
WRONGS IN the Territories Is it not I"
war" in which they SHOULD have no sym
pathics, no good. wishes" 'in'which all man
kind would be against them"p ''in whicl
our own history itself would be agains
them? Reflect upon this passage.
Farther on in this same speech, Mr.. Cla,
, said.
The Senator from Mississippi tAIr. Dnvisl told us III
other duy that he was not prepared to bo satisfied wit
any'hng short Of the positive nroducon Of slavery.
| A Sennior-Recogirton,
Mr. clay--A positive recognition Of slavery south
the line % deg 30 mint II Is impossible All ihu
you Gun get all that yon can expectio gcull ihnt wa
proposed Al the last sessiois action north Of that linz
and non action regards slavery south Of that line.
provision for s admission the other side OF the line
= 10 deg 90 min.
This meets the boasted Crittenden propo
y sition. Mr. Clay said il was "impessible
to get recognition" Of Slavery South q
the line Of so sO', "AH a.at you can get
all that you can erpect to get-aH that ,oa
D proposed at The last sessioa---,s action Nort
: Qfthat line, and noa-actioa asregards Slara;
r South of that line. lie said further, i
0 language that should be engraved upo
, brass, aud that should Aaunt upon our ever
= banner-language that, rs has been we
r said, should be "read by every hearth, an
D pondered by every American, until the hear
. even of Childhood shall glow with its spiri
(; and tho nation brought to realize that it
: TO be saved by TRUTH. not discrimination
a by chcrishing the spirit of LIBERTY an
= JvsricE, not trucking to Slavery an
q Wrong: