The daily Wabash express. (Terre-Haute, Ind.) 1857-1867, 1864-08-16
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Mr. Clay having ljsn 18th. leSu) propos.
Cd and advocated his Compromise of that
year. Mr.. Jeff. Davis rose in opposition. con-
tending that II vas eheAt--thst il gave ''ths
South" nothing substantial. He added
"That l may be understood upon this
question, and that my position may 20 forth
to the country..in the saz 20 columns that con-
vey the sentiments ef the Senator from Ken
tucky, / here assert. that never will take
lsss than the Missouri Compromise line ex-
tending 20 she Pacific Ocean, with the spe-
clfc recognition ofths right to hold slaves 10
toe Territory below thar line aId that. be-
fore such Territories are admitted into the
Unisn - States, slaves may be taken there
from any Of the United States, st the option
Of the owners ! can never consent 70 give
additional power to . majority 60 commit fur
fher aggressions upon the minority in this
Union; and l never will consent 20 sny pro.
position which will have such tendecny,
without q full guaranty or counteracting
measure is connected with it !"
Mr.. Clay. In reply TO Mr. Davis. spoke a.
follows.
Tam extremely sorry 10 hear the Senator
from Mississippi cay that be requires frst, the
extension OF the Missouri Compromise line TO
the Pacific; and. sIso. that he is not satisfied
with that. BAT requires. II understand him
correctly, positive provision for the sdmis-
sion OF Slavery sonth ofthst line. And DOW
| Sir. coming from Slave State as de.
owe IL TO myself I owe if 20 truth, / owe Il 70
the subject. 10 siafs that DO earthly power
could induce oe 10 Fois fof specific mes-
sure for the Introduction OF Slavery where it
| had not before existed either South or North
OF that line. Coming / do, it lis nv sol~
| emn deliberate and wel-matured determl-
nation that no deliberste-no earthly power
shall compel me TO tote for the positive
Introduction Of Slavery. either south or north
Of that line SIR. while you reprosch. aud
jastly, toe, our British ancestors, for the in
PRODUCTION OF this institution npoa the CONT
nsnt Of Amerirs. | am, for one, unwilling
that the posterity Of the present inhabitants
OF California and New.MsIcos shall reprosch
us for doing what We reprosch Great Britain
for doing to us. IT the citizens OF those.:Ter-
rtorIes choose 10 establish Slavery, ! am for
admitting them with such provisions ia their
own work, and not ours; and their posteri
" will have TO reprosch them, and not us,
for forming Constitutions allowing the insti-
tuition of Slavery to exist among them.
Now this-which Henry Clay declared
no earthly power could induce aim tc ds--we
Northern Republicans were required by the
CrittsRden Compromise TO do; Horatio Sey-
mour, Thurlow Weed. John Tyler. Robert
Toombs. and all the rest of them. insisting
that We should to il. under penalty Of Civil
War and disunion. We refused-thank God
for that Whatever may betdel-whereupon
JEFF. Davis. John Tyler x CO. came Mt us
with cannon and musketry, while the other
sort stood on this side Of the line. giving to
the National cause such support as was to be
expected from men who believed the Reb-
els ! substantially fright in their exactions.
And these Daily Ne,os Working men" held
our Adversaries all right and our side all
wrong In the struggle thus insugurated.
They talk Of the nesro's acknowledged
status in the scale Of being. which Is that OF
servitude''-hold that Emancipation would
be useless attempt at bettering the coD-
dition of the negro At the expense of the ex-
pense ot the White race"--go into Mysteries
over the prospect OF "amslgam ation"-and
then launch forth as follows:
"No ialsehood has been dnned in the ears
Of the working classes with more pertinacity
than the assertion that negro servitude was
an aristocracy aud that shareholders were the
enemies Of republican form OF Government.
When Il IL TO be remembered that Washing
ton. Jefferson. Madison. and nearly all the
men who laid the foundations OF our Govern
ment. we're shareholders and Southern men,
aud that Hamilton aud most OF the Northern
men were IN favor OF Govern ment on the
British model, such a calamity ought 20 rtick
10 the throsts OF those who utter it, The
simple truth is, az Mr.. Jefferson himself sta
ted Il long since, the slsuehoiders ofshc South
ave the allies and detendevs Of Northern lator.
ing ciasses
"T'hs stakeholder 20 a ia5sye,-interes,ed
IN labor, not is antagonist. aud history
proves that shareholders bays preserved tho
Northern lsboring clasees from being plum
dered by 'Nationrl Banks, high tariffs, and
other schemes for making labor tributary to
| capital. Itis the cotton-iords of New Eng
land who are the aristocraey. who are trying
70 build up here a syslem like that Of Eng
| land. which pauperizes the masses. and robs
them OF the rewards OF their toll 90 feed
lazy and pampered aristocfacy Be sot de-
luded feilow-workpgmen, with this false
| cry. The sfareholdsy - your aafsrai ally,
the defender OF your rights and interests.
The silly cry OF the wrong of negrs servituGe
no longer dsceivss intelligent workingmen.
eli they did not know II before. the war
his Riuen practical demonstration. not only
that the negro is better OF In his state OF
subordioation, bat that the infsvsss Of che
Nvrfhern working man impeyefipefy demand
that he shaI b. kepf there. We do DOT want
the freed negroes overrunnirg the North -
peupers for ne TO support. or AZ lov-pticed
lsborers. crowdins white men ont of work.
Besides. we want the negro 10 the South
raising cotton. sugsr. rice, coffee, and other
tropical productions. These articles are nov
becoming so high as TO be withlng tbs reach
only OF the rich. IL The negro is everywhere
freed. the isboring of the North !. re-
duced 10 the vspsalage OF The dark ages
Such grounds ~hes con the Working
Men OF the whole country are uTgei. 10 =
carefully elaborated document. 20 vote down
the Republicans, stop the War uncondtion-
ally. and make over TO JEFF. Davis eithsf =
halt OF the whole Of the country. - he stall
prefer. The document ss signed by Chair
man. Secretary. and eleven other members
Of . COMMITTEE on Address" emsnating
from Working Mems Mass Meeting held in
Stuyvesant Insfitnss last February: and ws
have not doubt that three fousths of the
voters of our City Who shall vote the Chics
90 Democratic ticket ner Novenbe. will Dc
80 substantially on the grounds set forth ir
this Address.
We appeal. therefore. 10 the ioyal and ps
triotic citizens still clinging from the force o
habit to the Democratic organization q
considerthoaghtfnlly their responsibility sbi
idge whether candidates uudef such an-pi
ces eau posribl, serve Asi ave the country
J Thsy nay he psfsonssiy respectable. the