Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-05-14

uon.slave.holdlng States were OF thi.
equal IN number. The north protested
against Missouri no slave State, while
the South threatened secession unless
slavery was permitted as In all thu
Southern States. Senator Thomas Of
Illinois introduced sort Of compro.
mise; later ON Henry Clay took thi,
ny, and after n fierce discussion Mis-
souri, was admitted as slave State,
but with n provlso excluding slavery
for all time from the entire territory
north OF the south boundary Of Mis-.
souri,, namely, 1890.
The next great event In which Henry
Clay earned the gratitui TO Of his coun.
Try. was In 1893, at the time Of the
Calhoun notification embro ilio. The
tariff laws OF 1873 and 1882
were particularly odious 10 South
Carolina. Measures were taken
by that State TO nullify not
alone the acts OF Congress, hut the
ruling of tho United states Supreme
Court. Andrew Jackson was Pfesi.
dent Of the United States, John @.
Calhoun was leader OF tho revolt IN
the south. Jackson issued proclama.
tion against the nulliflers, II was an.
swered by counter proclamation
from the Governor Of South Carolina.
At the close OF 1892, the situation was
70 critical that conflict was deemed
Inevitable. In behalf Of the Union
ana OF peace Clay introduced tariff
measure In 1888 providing for n grad.
usl reduction until 1872, when II
should be- reduced 70 q horizontal rate
OF 20 per cent. The nulliilcator nc.
ceptcd the compromise bill and 20 did
the na'ionalieis, and Henry Clay was
for the second time dubbed "tho
great psci ncator."
The ndmlssion OF California formed
the next critical epoch in American
slave history. Iu 1919, without waiting
for an enabling act, the Californiana
called n convention, framed q conHtitu.
ton prohibiting slavery, applied for
admission as State. This Southern
leader again threatened seccsaion. In.
tense excitement prevailed. Henry
Clay, now an aged man OF 73,appeared
once more on the scene. Though old
and feeble, yet he spoke with all the
fcrvor, intensity and patriotism OF
youth. Even against the wishes OF his
friends, who feared that by his exer.
tlons he would hasten his end, he still
spoke aud Travelled through the land,
implorlng, beseeching, exhorting ami
commanding Americans not to destroy
their Union. He told tho people that
he knew no North, no South, no East,
no West, but that the great broad land
from the Atlantic TO the Pacific was
his country.
In 1860 he brought forth another
compromise. California was admitted
free State, but accompanying II WINS
passed stringent fugitive slave law,
and also the establishment OF Terri
t0rlal governments for Utah and New
Mexico Without restriction ~ 10 slavery.
Again was the fatal day OF secession
POSTPONED by the wisdom OF Henry
Clay, who feared that n clash Mt thai
time would destroy the Union. IL wa,
well known, however, thht the situa,
ton had become such that either the
slave Interest or the free North must
rule, or else q compromise must bt
made. The Constitution Itself was a
compromise. ltpermittcd the importa,
ton Of slaves from l7sS TO 1908. That H.
an American gentleman could 20 into
Africa and bring away with him
human beings 10 DO sold by public
auction under tho stars and strip, nnt
under the shield Of the United States
Constitution. IL was compromis.
which gave equal representation in the
Senate to New York and Delaware. II
was n compromise that effected settle
ment between State sovereignty and
natlonalism. Hence Henry Clay,
though Union man, and nm anti.
slavery man at heart, yet tried by
every means 10 maintain domestic
peace, aud mainly by his efforts wa,
| tho Union preserved. lilo averted thu
dreadful day until IL could be no lon
ger averted, and whoa the final clash
came II resulted In triumph.
In closing his lecture last evening
DIR. G0rdy In u beautiful peroratioI
| raid n poetic tribute to Washington
Jefferson, Calhoun, Clay, Jackson an,
Liucoln. His characterization OF thee,
grand old American Statesmen wa
both eloquent and sublime. Tonigh
he viii speak ON the "Compromis
Period OF American History"
a morning paper speaks VI him a
not abiding 10 the cotton gin la hi
lecture ON Calhoun. IL IL evident IN
writer OF that article did not hear ID
Gordy. The gentleman did not alon
enter into the revolution made b
Whitney's cotton gin, but gave a
analysis OF what constituted a gent,
man In tho South and In the North
And though he maintained that Ca
houn was honest, yet he did not den
that local interests prompted the pei
petuation Of slavery.
At Z O'Clock yesterday afternoon ID
G0rdy delivered lecture on pschyco
0gy to teachers and students. IL pei
tanned entirely to education, and
WAS well calculated TO improve In
auuclors ny to the best means Of teach
Ing. He showed the benefit OF read
ing for n purpose ~ compared witt
reading for no purpose, aud how III
perceptlve faculties were awakene,
only ty Interest or by an object 1
| view.
This afternoon he will IeAk agal
ON the same subject at 4 O'CLOCK.
IN nFavant enlnr.h stn,kI,na f.o.