The Sun.
London, England, 1852-07-14 00:00:00

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-Washington's wisdom, shown in his erownig- 411(Viet/
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moderation. Nothing could be e
flee? than gig eiai alt IS
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but, when the idea and the sentiment were trafrel, e:ds,A• i-, r ,
by himself into action, they came out in thviir lik:e. L... 4
form of Compromise, which had no princisd ise;e-s. eel--
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basis, and no conservative virtue in its acion -.e elee.7•:Sl.sies
were Virginians by birth. Both had the teibv eee; e nit,Lre'seetaj
,hrikth
of- which Virginians are proud—impulsiverl auVoiete-Se./t
haughty, warm in domestic affections, strong ' It • ~_. 5e,,,--3,i
will, sensitive in honour, open-hearted in hospit; e‘. '
devoted in friendship.. How, in Washington's case, the
finer tendencies became sublimed, and the more-settish
ones transmuted into virtues, there is no need to tell.
How, in the other case, the faults degraded the virtues,
the acts of a long life but too plainly show. Let the
acts speak for themselves. It is necessary only to
point out, in answer to the probable inquiry, how
men of this temperament should. have their names
-associated -with moderation and compromiser the--dif-
ference-of the -way in which -the-- result was brought
about in each.. Washington found himself, against -his
wish., raised to the post of umpire and itleramidet the
factions and confliets of a nascent nation; and, in a so-
lemn conecientiousneee, he eieciplined hiinselltathe rub-
tiniest: moderation that the world ever few. Clay, am-
bitious of a. pre-eminence which be never Pally intained,
pate, strong restraint on his demoting impetuosity of
nature, and finding his faculty
of adaptation the only
means by which he could secure the leadership of a
promising party, developed it into the rarest genius for
compromise that the world, perhaps, over saw. His
genius carried him a long "ray. It carried him into an
intoxicating temporary paradise of thanks and praises;
it carried him almost through the stagings of parties
into the presidential chair—almost, but not quite. The
retribution came a little too quickly. -Withering
airs of distrust found their way into his. para-
dise: the forces of convenience failed before
he had cleared the throng of factions; he was
let drop in the midst of the struggle; and he
sank, disappointed and mortified—affording the pathetic
spectacle to others of baffled ambition, and himself wit:e-
xit:lasing the tremendous spectacle of his nation about to
reap the whirlwind from the wind that he had sown.
His name first interested Europe, and England in parti-
cular, from his being one of the commissioners who
concluded the treaty of Ghent, in December, 1814. The
commissioners, British and American, sent home word
that they ha " Compromised their difficulties:" the
treaty was signed on the 24th of December; and the
useless and melancholy battle of New Orleans was
fought in January, from the news not being known in
America. This "Compromise of difficulties" was, like
all Mr. Clay's other compromises, a mere postponement
of the solution which must one day below:id, and an
agreement to a provisional course meanwhile. The os
tensible objects of' the war were left on one side; and tl e
all-important matter of the boundaries, since so diffi-
cult to deal with, was to be negotiated. some time or
other, by future commissioners. Henry Clay was, though
the youngest of his party, manager and head; and
should have, therefore, the chief share of the adverse
judgment on the transaction ;—a judgment which was
unfavourable on both sides the Atlantic, and which
would have been more so if England bad not been in
haste to declare herself at peace with all the world, and
the American Government eager to close, on almost
any terms, a war which every citizen hated, and no one
could understand. Next Me. Clay effected the compro-
mise of which, of all his feats in that direction, he was
the most proud—except, perhaps, one. In 1820 there
war an application from the territory of Missouri to be
admitted as a State into the Union. Missouri had slave
institutions, which were by this time abolished in all the
northern states. Missouri. separated only by a river
from free Illinois, might and ought to have been admo-
nished and encouraged at this conjuncture to lay aside
slavery; and deeply has that state since mourned that
this was not done. The northern states were strong
enough to have insisted on this as a condition of admis-
sion into the Union; but the persuasive voice of Henry
Clay beguiled them into a " Compromise "—the cele-
brated Missouri Compromise—by which the north
lineindefinite
north
o f
which
gained nothing and the south gained a solemn
prolongationofslawv'arsy.notMtro. exist; and ho pointed Maine slavery
out bow would thus be
admitted, with her
northern freedom into the Union, as
li
with er slaves. But the
an equivalent for Missouri '
interdiction of slavery north ofthe
proposed line was
a warrant for it south of that line
of Arktiaasss and Florida, as
slaveB;tard the admission
of course. Mr. Clay, who bad before this soon followed
lie
ie
so
nised matters in his own adopted state of lientcuekwyPrts
to prevent the abolition of slavery, which
would have
been effected but for him, foresaw the admission
of Arkansas and Florida. The politicians of the
north were either blind to this result, or hoped
that mischief would come of it. They were afraid of
present clamour, anti of any question about the Union.
Having got the troublesome wind shut up, they hoped
that something would prevent its bursting forth as the
whirlwind. Its approaching roar, however, reached the
ears of the two great leaders as they were on their
death beds. Calhoun, who had said, from the day that
he first stood up to speak till he could stand no more,
that American slavery was as immortal as any other de-
cree of Providence, announced, before he breathed his
last, that the days of slavery were numbered, and Clay,
after a final effort to lay the hurricane by one more
desperate compromise, saw, through the films which
gathered on his ,dying eyes, the flights of victims
from the iniquities of his fugitive slave law—the
murders of kidnappers—the chains drawn round the
courts of justice—and the marshalling of the strong
and pure hearted to defy his policy, and establish a
"higher law" than his. On his dying ear fell the
tramp of this host which he had supposed to be a little
band of helpless remonstrants; and, with this, came the
more appalling sound—the rumble which warned him of
the approaching explosion of his compromises, leaving
only the fearful question, whether the Union itself would
not be broken up with them. For volcanoes abroad he
had a great admiration. The recognition by his country
of the independence of the South American republics
was his doing. In this, he was unquestionably sincere,
earnest, and full of generous sympathy. And so he was
with regard to the Greeks, whose cause he embraced
with great ardour. If, in both cases, be exaggerated the
merits, and painted too fair the prospects of his clients,
this was an error on the right side, where human saga-
city must be expected to fail; and it was one in which
be had for comrades the best men in all free countries.
Perhaps the fairest aspect of his life is that in which we
see him the advocate and protector of South American
and Greek liberties.
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THE LATE COLLISION ON THE RIVER.-ATTEMPT
TO RAISE THE Ducnicse OF BENT.—For several days past
preparations have been going on for raising the Duchess of
Kent steamer. The proceedings are conducted by Mr.
Griez, the superintendent engineer to the Commercial Steam
Navigation Company, by whom the , unfortunate vessel is
owned, and he has engaged under him a body of men who
are known to be experienced in such undertakings, and
known as the Whitstable Divers. The mode adopted for
raising, the sunken vessel is that of securing chains to it by
means of the diving-bell, the other end of the chains being
fastened to barges, which are moored over the spot, at low
water ; and as the tide rises, so do the barges, bringing with
them the sunken vessel. The first attempt at raising the
vessel was made yesterday, and met with some success, it
having been raised from the ground and towed towards the
south shorn about the distance of its length, when a chain
broke, and caused further proceedings to be postponed for a
few days.

[ADVERTISEMENT.]--THE ROYAL EXHIBITION.—A
valuable, newly-invented, very small powerful waistcoat
pocket glass, the size of a walnut, by which a person can bese
seen arid known lff miles distant; they answer every purpose
on the Race-course, at the Opera-houses;
invaluable
country scenery
and ships are clearly,seen at 12 to 14 miles; they
mareen,
Gentle-
for shooting, deer stalking,
.yachting, to Sports_
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and most
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Telescopes—Anew
such extra-
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Moons, 'Saturn's Ring, and the
will show distinctly, Jupiter's
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countenance 3i miles distant,
ounces, can be seen a person's
.1.
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They supersede every
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other kind for the waistcosersp
accordin. Opera an Race-
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and an object from 16 to r
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diately they are placed before imper-
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object appears clear and distinct, the most
feet vision, every
-lit becomes bright and brilliant, is brought to
clearly seen from 14 to 1 .
aged
natural,defectivesig
and all kinds of Acoustic instruments for relief
and original state. The Invisible Or-
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to ~_,555._.......,
of extreme . i.
dt:the York Hotel.
serve opposite
BERRIES GRAFTED ON ROSES.--A short
SrLov were exhibited in Paris, in a florist's shop OR
time ago there .
I:mhne
a processfew
d obi-
i its youvthi
blur!: r
time
Boulevard des Italians, several rose trees, upon which
the
rafted a few strawberry plants. This curiosity at-
were
ya.utu'
which
f good sorts, on their own roots, are selected and
roses 0 .
tracteditmu
wasch
effectedattention
was
as from
as the
follows: passers-by. s s e r SI-
eb
planted
inpots ; at the same time a well-rooted strawberry
is placed with each rose, planted. just beneath the stem of
the rose. In spring, when the runners push out, two or
three of them are tied up to the stem of the rose. It is well
known that the runners of the strawberries soon make their
own roots, and in due time these roots are cut away, making
the cuts as for a scion, and then they are grafted on the rose
stem," without cutting or rearing the runners from the pa-
rent plant in the ground." They should be preserved very
carefully, to lead the sap upwards to the scions, and, treated
in this way, the strawberries will vegetate upon the rose tree
for some time.

EXTRAORDINARY FEROCITY Or A HORSE.-A CRS@
of ferocity in a horse rarely equalled has given rise to law
proceedings before the courts of Rouen. On the 24th of
November last a farmer, named Blanchard, of Vercliva
(Eure), possessed a horse; and in his presence, and with his
consent, a horse-dealer named Lavoipierre sold it to a farmer
named Delaisement, of Corny. The next day Blanchard
told a young man in his'service to convey the horse to De
on
laisement. The latter, however, refused to receive it,
the ground that he had learnt that it was vicious and
gerous. In returning, the horse several times atte
f urious
throw the young man, and at length, becoming clue' anted to
re
at the restraint which' the rider imposed on him, he bounded
g dim
hosooa_lvehagise bmacakn.-
erect in the air, and succeeded in gettin
icenfetdberdeahstim, and
lf
caught the flesh of his
The animal then rushed on him, bit tili:
tried to trample on him. The young ~?
en went some little
as well as he was able, but the horse caug
thigh in his teeth, and tore it theoffiliefnortin
ner, leaving the bone exposed.
emoast
he smelt around him, as if
forepaws
victim, who of
some
distance, and with his
ground,
depth; and then, returning was lying
reflecting almost senseless
how
he
en him to the hole. Some
the moment struck his ear, and he gal-
noise, however, at
d
nhe arrive his mouth was stained with
loped home. Whe
we
re still
blocd, and bits of flesh adhering to it. The young
man who was so dreadfully
treated had to have his leg
lie subsequently brought an action against
couldthe best drag
ent and
Delaiseat ,Lavoipierre, to recover damages.
Blanchard,a m u t ate.
MAILS BY RAILWAY.--On —On Tuesday a return to
Parliament
last, that t d the sth
was printed, showing, in- the year ende _
mails
t January payments made for the ofconveyance
by railways were 242,8481. ls. ld., of which 155,5751.
.
lbs. sd. was for lr
Wor done in the year, and the remainder in
' previous years.