The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1861-02-15
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The speech Of Mr.. Clemens, Of tho
Wheeling district, in the House, on
last, Is spoken of very highly
by all tho Eastern papers. Wo give an.
extract or two:
81 speak," said Mr.. Clemens, "as a
Southern man, identified with all
the interests of the South; as Western
Virpinian; as the custodian Of those who
were not old enough TO know tho perils
to which they were exposed by those
who were now riding on the crest oi the
popular wave, but who were, noyerthe-
icss, destined 10 SINK into the Uery trough
of ths sea 10 depth so uHtathomable That
not a bubble trOuld eUer rise 10 mark me
SPOT lehere they I0eRt so ignomtniouSly
dorm. Well might those who had inau-
purntcd the revolution which was now
stalking over the land, cry out with up
| lifted hands for pcucc, and depreo"te the
cfIusion Of blood. IL ieGs The inventor ot
the guillotiRe rho ioaS its .Jirst victim and
the day was not far of when they would
find among their own people those who
would have to rely upon tho magnnnlm-
ity Of that population whom they hac
most cruelty outraged and deceived. He
had not the heart TO enter into a detail
Of Arguments, OF b express the indignant
emotions, which rose 10 his lips for utter
ance. But before God, and in his inmost
conscience, he believed that slavery
uould be crucifed should tbs unhappy
controversy end 80 dfsmemJermeai 9t
tho Union, Ii not crucifed, II would
carry the death rattle Ia lis throat. ltro-
maincd 10 be seen whether treason could
bo carried cot with the sumo facility
with which il had been plotted. There
iDas holV courage among tAe minority
Of every STATE hat might for ne fine BE-
OuerUhcimed. Lazarus trds NOT dead, but
slepf; and ere long tho stone ioould Be roll
cd array from the Bemh Cf The toHb' and
hey iS0uld ioitHess slL he g0ries ct res
UrreCitta."
In depicting what secession is to be,
he goes on 70 say
Ic cSecession were allowed TO be cls-
ried out, he would show them Southern
ConfeGeracy from rAica eUery man WOuid
turn bach g6righted and Pa'e, tecatee Il
,eOuH be on Lle bloody hand that his rights
Of property lrould hare 10 Depend. Slave
ry cannot expand rapidly, either within
the Union or without the Union, so long
us slaves remained at their presert high
prices. The only mode by which slavery
could ever expand was 70 reduce the
price pnd have aew source Of supply.
That was, in fact, the real design Of the
coast States. Mr.. Clemens, in proof Of
this, referred to all the Southern ConYen-
tions Of late years, and citrd the admis-
sions Of Messrs. Miles, Bonham, McRac,
and Crawford, in the House, to show that
tho object was the re-opening ofthe slave
trade. Suppose, said he, that they do
not get, cut Of the Union, this equality
which they now claiml That is little
problem in the Rule Of three which will
be ciphcrcd ont ii these events are much
longer pending. The border slave States
might as well be prepared first as last for
the realization Of the truth. But where
was slavery to expand! II ake South left
he Union she pORld ReVer get as much
9f The present territory as he could grasp
n his hand. A ioar ef iAitty years iootild
neUsr get Il back, nor could liere eber Be
eHtoried from the NORTH a treaty giriAg
The same ggarcrlscs 20 s'erery that they
RCl0 had