The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1903-12-24

the states must give the right of fran
chise to the blacks on the same terms
As to the whites; in other words, they
cannot discriminate on account of
race, color or previous condition Of
Servitude.
When Henry Clay enlisted in the
movement to abolish slavery in his
state, it is not at all likely that he
was aware Of the magnitude of the
undertaking. He was a young man
and had not been in Kentucky but a
few years, his birth place being Vir-
ginia. 1t is probable that the rebuff
he and his friends received, convinced
him of the power of slavery as an in
stitution. At any rate, he always
worked to restrict slavery if he could
not abolish It, He was the author Of
the famous Missouri compromise of
1920, by which slavery was not to go
north of SO degrees 80 minutes-that
is, the southern boundary of Missouri
extended. And Missouri was admitted
into the Union, as slave state, with
the understanding that all territory
north of $3.50 should be free. AT
this time Clay heard southern men
make threats that il slavery could not
be extended they would go out of
the Union. From this time on Clay
became the great ''pacificator"
AS Clay grew older, he feared the
black man, and he feared the white
man. He thought the two races could
not live together, unless one race was
subordinate to the other. In this he
was mistaken as he would have
learned IL he could have lived to see
the civil war through and been alive
now
Clay was a protective tariff man,
partly because he was opposed to slav-
cry. If he had been in favor OF slav-
cry from his youth and had believed
in it as Calhoun did, he would have
given up his idea of protection. He
would have found it impossible to
stand with one foot upon slavery and
the other upon protection. But being
ardently in favor of protection, which
he called the American system, he
had to oppose the extension Of slay-
cry all his life.
Whoever reads the history of the
United States, will find, that slavery
and free trade Tor tariff for revenue
only went hand in hand, while free
dom and protection went together. If
this is So then 1t is hardly worth
while to attempt to found new par
ty without accepting protection as the
foundation principle. Who will care
to connect themselves with a party
that means slavery, both white and
black? Who will connect himself with
party that almost destroyed the
south as well as the north? Who
wants to take the country back to the
year 1820-the year of the Missouri
ompromise-when the battle between
slavery and freedom commenced? We
cannot afford to go over that ground
again. Much less can we 60 back still
further and inquire how the owners
of slaves in the south became more
and more in favor of slavery and free
trade, while the free laborers of the
north became more and more opposed
to slavery and free trade. This would
make it necessary to inquire why the
south, which at the beginning was in
favor Of protection-much more so
tudA JiiC uOi w dluS UcCduG Ill
favor of free trade (or tariff for rev.
enue only; while the north, which
was at first inclined to slavery and
free trade, afterwards became in favor
of protection and freedom. 1t would
also be necessary to inquire why the
south became in favor of state
rights" which meant notification and
secession, while the north became
more and more opposed to state rights,
notification and secession. Whoever
goes through or over the history Of
the country will find that slavery, free
trade and state rights had to 90 to-
gether. while freedom. protection and
nationality had to go together. This
being so, any new party that pro-
nounces in favor of tariff for revenue
only or free trade will sooner or later
pronounce for everything that slavery
requires. namely, gold standard.
banks to issue the paper money. and,
generally. that the monopolistic cor
porations and trusts shall rule the
country. with slavery for all-whites
as well as blacks.
Internal improvements were a prom
inent issue "a soon IA the constitu-
ton was adopted In 1888: and tariff
soon became connected with this Is
sue. AT nrst these improvements