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

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Washington's wisdom, shown in his crowning alga lea se )
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moderation. Nothing could be finer than the ell° -44
but, when th 9 idea and the sentiment were tra: - • es, eh'
by himself into action, they came out in the mar, %).1
form of Compromise, which had no principle for_-itikes 1:1 V
ce
basis, and no conservative virtue in its action. • e see
were Virginians by birth. Both had the tempera,*
ot which Virginians are proud—impulsite, fte
haughty, warm in domestic affections, strong in se e't 121--
will, sensitive in honour, open-hearted in hospitality,
devoted in friendship. How, in Washington's case, the
finer tendencies became sublimed, and the more selfish
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 compromise, 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 ruler amidst the
factions and conflicts of a nascent leaden; and, in a so-
lemn conscientiousness, he disciplined himself to the tub-
limest moderation that the world ever saw. Clay, em-
bilious of a pre-eminence which he never fully attained,
put a strong retraint on his damaging 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, ever saw. His
genius carried him a long way. It carried him into an
intoxicating temporary paradise of thanks-and praises;
it carried him almost through the surgings 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-
nessing 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 had " Compromised their difficalties;" the
treaty was signed on the 24th of December; and the
useless and melancholy battle of New Orle3ns 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 be found, and ten
agreement to a provisional course meanwhile. The os
tensible objects of the war were left on one side; and tie
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 had 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 Mr. 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
was an application from the territory of Missouri to be
admitted as a State into the Union. Missouri bad 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-
egealuainyeetd drew
nothing
th e
line 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
southwhich gained
slavery
and
north the
ofa
ion and an indefinite prolongation of slavery. Mr.
C
was snooletmtno
exist; and he pointed out how
Maine would thus be
admitted, with her northern
freedom,
an equivalent for Missouri
withher slaves. But the
into the Union, as
interdiction of slavery north ofthe
se
a warrant for it south of that line; parnodptohedadmiline was
of Arkansas and Florida, as slave states, soon followed
of course. Mr. Clay, who had before thi so corn w
nised matters in his own adopted state of Kentucky Pm. as
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, and 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 victicis
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 car 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 be
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 be was
with regard to the Greeks, whose cause he embraced
with great ardour. It, in both cases, he 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
he 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.

TSB LATE COLLISION ON THE RIVER..-ATTEMPT
To RAISE THE DUCHESS OF KENT.—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 shore about the distance of its length, when a chain
broke, and caused further proceedings to be postponed for a
few days.

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several rose trees, 'upon which
.ii BEILBIEs GRAFTED
Paris,oN inßoasfiEosr.—isvA.shornt
. ago there were s shop on
the strawberry plants. This curiosity at-
vi's eh attention from the passers-by. The process by
trActed mu
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roses.w of good sorts, on their own roots, are selected and
thirner-eng-o-rulfteevadrdades I.taliens,
planted in pots; 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 dUt, two or
three of them are tied up to the stem of the rosy. 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 OF A. HORSE.—A Case
of ferocity in a horse rarely equalled has given riselo late
proceedings before the courts of Rouen. On the 24th of
November last a farmer, named Blanchard,. of Verclive
(-Buie), possessed a horse; and in his presence, and with his
consent, a horse-dealer named Lavoipierre sold it to if:timer
named Delaisement, of Corny. The next day Blanc?'
told a young man in his service to convey the horse t 0114-
laisement. The latter, however, refused to receive Sir, on
the ground that he had learnt that it was vicious arid d_en-
ded himself
fl_bree_sahsto,fahnids
gerous. In returning, the horse several times a:hmisptbeltko.
throw the young man, and at length, becoming
he bounded
at the restraint which' the rider imposed on bito,
quite furious'
erect in the air, and succeeded in getting
Ttrhieedatnoimtraalmtphleenornushhimed. onT
as well as he was able, but the bores
thigh in his teeth, and tore it off in the most savage man-
ner,tle then went some little
leaving the bone exposed.
formed a hole of 'some
distance, and with his forepaws,_
s Viet'
depth ; and then, returning to victim, who was lying
almost senseless on the ground, he smelt
. around him, as if-
hheinlyPoubnigtchaniui‘itileiens
he could best drag him to the hole. Some
reflecting how •
noise, however. at the moment struck his ear, and he gal-
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loped home. hen be arrived his mouth was stained with
blood, and bits of flesh were still adhering to it. The Toting
man who was so dreadfully treated had to have his leg
Delve subsequently brought an action against
amputated.
Blanchard, Delaisement, and Lavoipierre, to recover damage&
MAILS DY RAILWAY.—On Tuesday a return to
Parliament was
printed, showing, in the year ended the sth
/swum"' last, that the payments made for the conveyance of
Mills by railways were 242,848/. is. 1.d., of which 155'5754
153. Bd. was for work done in the year, end the remainder iri
previous years. ,