Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1861-02-08
Er. Clemens Speech.

The speech Of Mr. Clemess, Of the Wheel
ing district. Of tie House, - Hsdne ay, IS
spoken Of very highly By slI5ae E,s,eea papers.
We give an extractor tao:
81 SPEAK, sad Nr. Glsnens, ,"as Soat6srn
man, identified Bita al lie interests Of tbe
Sortb IS 5 WesterR E,Fgiaisp: as taa casloaial,
OF those who were rot ol3 enough 70 k1ow tee
peFia TO whieh they we're exposed hrfhoso who
were pow riding Oh the crest os ;ie popular
wave, bul who were, nevertheless, destined 10
sink Into the very trough Of ,he sea Is depjh
so uafathomabla that not bubble would ever
rise TO mark the spot where tAey weBi SO igBO-
niinioasiy down. Well might those who had
Iaangurated the revolution which was nov stalk
lag over the land cry cut With up.iltsa ba1ds
for peace, aud depEecato tle etusiol q. blood.
Il was The iaventoF Of the guilloiine wlp was
rs hrst,yictim, and the day was nc. t4F oh nasn
;hey Wogld ind aaong their own peoF e ttose
who would have to rely upon tie maeaaaisnlfy
OF that population whom they had most ci0e.iy
outraged aud deceived He d46 not tha heart
20 enter into a detail Of arguments, or 10 ex-
press Toe indignant emotions, which rssa t. his
lips lof uttaFanee. Bat befofa G9d, -gsI Ii his
inmoss conscience, 10 believed faut SlaUerg
lgouid Be crucJtsd shoutd t4is uEhdppg coairo-
uerSy end IN aiSwem6eTmeat Of flle Uaioa--
If not eiacj6ed, Il woQd carry be death rattle
IL lis throat. Ii remaiaed TO be seen whether
treason could be carried cut with the same ia
oiiity wI,h which it had been plotted. There
was holy courage among the ininority Of every
State that might Tor the time be ogerwhelaed-
Ltzarus was not decd, but slept; aud e-s long
the stoue would be rolled away from the mouth
Of the tomb, aud they would witness all The
glorIss ot resurrection.
In depicting what secession is to be, be goes
on TO say:
I'll secession were allowed 10 be carried out,
be would show them a Southern Goalederaoy
| from which every man would turn back alright
ed and pale, because il would be on tbs blsody
hand taat his rights of property woali have to
depend. Slavery cannot zpand rapidly, either
within the Union % without the Uniob, so long
as slaves remained at their present high prices.
Fhe only mode BY which slavery could ever ex-
pand was to reduce the price, and heyea new
source Of supply, That was, 10 facl, tho real
design Of the coast states. Mr. Clemens. Ia
proof Of this, referred to all the Southern con-
ventions of late years, and cited the admissions
OF Aessrs. Miles, Bonhanl, McRae and Gram-
ford, ia the House. TO show that the object was
the reopening Of the slave trade. Suppose,
SAID be, that they Go uos get out Of the Unou,
this equality which they now claiml That is .
little problem in the Rule OF Three which will
be ciplered cut ii these svents ara maeh longer
pending. Tie border slave States migG; IS
well he prepared first as last for tie realization
Of the truth. Bus where was slavery 10 ex-
paud! 1t the South left the Union she would
never get as much of the present territory as
no could grasp 40 bis hand. A var oi thiriy
/ years would never get it back, nor could thers
ever % extorted FROM ths North d treaty Civ
Ing the same guarantees to slavery shs, it os8
had.