The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1884-10-08
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This Constitution says in the bill Of rights |
shat slaves shall not be emanCipated without !
compensation TO the owners, My father was .
one of the founders Of that Constitution, and /
so was my uncle; and under that clause a. I
the Constitution claimed the right TO speak /
i'm order that slavery might be abolished. In /
lSlj a mob In Lexington thought IL slenCed |
the press, but while the physical man may be |
destroyed the great principles OF truth and |
liberty are mlustructiblo. ] came back after /
! moved my press TO Cincinnati and re- |
mained until every press iu Kentucky ]
was free. The next move of the slave.
owners was to change the COnstitu- !
tion of our fathers, by which you would |
have been brought out of q avery. They |
didu want that subject of slavery any longer
TO be discussed. They went into convention
TO change the Constitution. / won't on the
stump I'm Madison County I'm favor of emanCi
paton-in favor of putting an emancip ton
clause in the Constitution. Now what did
the slave owners do; They didn't get up pub
lie meetings in Lexington like they did when
they helped, rs they thought, TO eNtnEuish the
True HmCrirdH, and when on their handbils
they printed "TO he'll with CluyH They
di5n do that because they quailed in terror
at the strength urrByCd on my side-thG ply
siCu. as well as the moral strength, for there
was not a mechanic in Lexington but who
was my friend They stood 10y me, and that
was theseCret of my ability To- be one against
a thousand; &c was not simply moral force
but it was the belief that there was physical
force back of me. Well, now, when the slave
owners saw that 1 was CALMING popularity and
that the candidate in favor OF emancipation
was likely to carry the ectlOn, they secretly
my friends There was an attack made upon
me at FONJUwn, and to save my own life, an
fortunately / had TO Kill one OF my assail
ants. BY such methods the slaVe-Owners car
ried the election. There was not q single
uOn-slavc-owuInT member of the convention.
Every one was slave-owner therefore,
say, j owe that Constitution no allegiance. lt
is just as muCn % usurp0t.On OF my rights as
the sultan is guilty of over the Turks. And
what sort of a Constitution did they passf
Why, sir, they had bIacKguarded the AbOli-
uIuists for being higher law men. "Oh,"
they said, "these Republicans are fanatics
and cranks; they pay no respect to any Com
/ a representative OF justice and mercy, was
opposed to slavery and we appealed to men
to change the Constitution, as we had the
| right to do. Now, these slave-ownegs took
/ God Almighty from His throne, and what
do you think they put in His placer
/ Uaughter. Perhaps many Of you have
| not read it. ! am going to read itt T. you now.
"The right of the owner OF a slave to such
/ slave and its increase is before and higher
] than any Constitutional section Article L.,
| Section o.. There is a go for you in the
/ place of the Living God. And that stands in
! the Constitution of Kentucky to-day; did you
/ know it2 Now, gentlemen you Of the South
. say that you viii submit to lHw-that slavery
! being OverthrOwn you are going to take no
F, the blue and the gruy and mingle them tOgCth-
er, and you are going to let the stars pangled
{ banner OF our fathers remain halOwed and
| sacred as it ever was. That is what under
the UniOn-that you were wiling to let Dv-
cones be by-WOnCs, and that you would adopt
| a new political religion, ana That you would
/ lay down the barburOus instrume ltS OF force.
| When [ came to tn point i'm my experience
/ I said to myself that / would discuss iu one
! of your leading journals the sub eCt of
! changing the Constitution. Shall
name the journaly / don't want any per-
sOnal controversy. IL was not the Post
was the COiTfCr-j jUTuut, which claimed to be
the most liberal of all the leaders of the
Southern Democracy. Dldnt t WattersOr
claim that, Didn't he act as it lt wusy
found that my articles did not appear The
gentlemen OF the COU.ICT-gOUUUi said thoy
did not get them by mail, or that if they die
they were misplaced i'm the mdniDu.atiOn OF
the Office. / said: Write me whether or no
you get my artiClc;' bUt they have not an
swered me yet. Iney did not want to scuss
the question OF changing tine COnsJJuQOn
That lis one reason why you see me standing
here tonight for Blame an Logan. because
/ have not the right of G. luultv ion the Demo
cratic party. They acknowledge no brother
hood, be it Chase, be it Seward, Julian, Irum
bull, or Palmer. If You 20 with the Demo
/ cratic party, NOI must be content to be nk
: the victims of the leudal nations, chained Il
the ChariOts of their cOnUuCrOrs. 1 spen
eighteen years of the ST years OF my lie 10
| the Democratic party. l asked them TO Civ
} ! up this burburism of force. l asked NJ
favOrs Of them, but to be treated with equa
! ity. And they Just stand now as my hansa
And so / will vote for the old RepubIica
/ party. Great apulauscJ
Another gentleman writes me from Icnnei
8 see. said he. Clay, you are right. 1 hav
been, like you, trying TO get on with thes
men. have been voting with them AL tines
f years. But what can you make out of a pro
! | slavery mauy' How can you make ciyiiiZatlo
out Of such professions as they maker
1 Now, IN thai letter TO the New York SUI
- I make reference to the a fair mt Danvlle i
D Virginia, and TO that i'm Coplbh, lu Miss ISIS PIP
9 And have Uea all the evidence, gentlemen
] aus it was taken by the jO MT tommltee of Oh
{ United utes Senate. AID i say that my pc
q sitiOn is proven. Any man who reads the e'
8 idenCe fairly must acknowledge this. FrOI
all / can gather from these, transactions @
p EfuH q arIrnH
e Ciatcs this idea; "If you are mean enough,
q ! you are blse enough, if you are bad enOug
1 won trouble you; butyOu shall not organZ
Y the Col0rCd voters of the South; and on this
D we will IC list YOU to the DEATH That is TN
avOwul. l say upon my own responslbillt
D , or tic party. / defy them. ! will array ever
[ yOtoT tnag by the Constitution of kentuck
. ! and OF tine United States is entitled to yOt
r aga..tst them: and there / stand or fall as
a did before. loud applause
[ What is the use of the eNhlhitlOny We haV
got AN exhibition here i'm Louisville, and
l. great exhibition is being gotten up in Louis
o lana. And you are notifying all the Othe
\ States and an OF Europe to come aud Sc
a what a beautiful place the South is to com
q and see those pleasant lands which God A
{ mighty has giyen us LOT human naolL tuol @
e take with us and let us prosper" You as
[ | the Germans and Austriaus the Irish and th
.- | dOwntruddon and Oppresse of every Natio
e to cOmg-UJ do WHAT To work, and TO /
s hewers of wood and drawers of water; bl
e they must not vote except for the Souther
= aristocuCy. C'Ihat sit They must NOT o
. ginizc against the Democratic party: If the
y do IT,, they do 1t Mt the risk Of their live
/ Southern Democrats stand together on thu
d question. c'Hurrah for Cash Clay!)
v Now, gentlemen, docs Cash lie or does d
v tell the TRUTH . here are generous men in tl
d South, but there are very few, and they don
" control public sentiment They have no pON
y er, and they never viii until you show yOl
/. manliness, and dare anybody TO touch you
e your sacred right OF the ballot A free an
+ untTammclcd ballot must be obtained In tf
It South. Until then, there will be no prosper
% ty in the South.
o The Democratic party of the South has fall
10 leaders, and look AT the leaders of the pas
2, Where are the heroes and champions
N slavery Dll uueF save s.uFerFg III you pl
+ il upon the abstract principle of power; if yC
?, deny the Qu sstiOn of "a God; If you deny q
d sentiment OF humanity, IL you deny Il
y quality Of men. did tney accomplish the
@ purpose Did they glve your slaves? n
70 Sir. Then what sort of leaders are the
n In ordinary battles If man deser
5, you, you shoot him. Should not yO'
1T sO-Called leaders have been throw
5- OverbOQrd long agOy And yet they lng0r
a the scene. If you have a Democratic hero
60 the South / will tell you who 10 is lt is %
. the crafty and shmy-handed Hendricks, wi
d opposed the war but did not light. But lt
n JeL Davis He Is the hero Of the South.
he mott Why, look aJ the demonstrations
n the South that attend him wherever he q
't pears WIen you were defeated lu battle an
n found that one Southern man could not VIII
10 six Yankees, when you were driven 10 u
q wall ana then returned to the house of yOl
" fathers and were asked to obey the laws an
d to reverence the old flag, did these men
b. come reCoucuedy Did they attempt to bul
e mp the republic anew on broad foundation
Q No, sir, we are all still struggling with q
/ issue. Look at all the immi9rauon whil
x comes 10 this country. lt steers @ ear of Il
S solid South, because there is the spirit Of ba
a / burlsm there. There is no room Tor ma
" unless he contributes 20 the political power
10 the solid South. Look at the great reunlC
Y of the grey recently at Texas. / have wi