Literary cadet and Rhode-Island statesman. [volume] (Providence, R.I.) 1827-1829, 1827-04-21

maddened malignity can prompt. II seeks not
merely the triumph Of a party. Even that i'm
probable event would fail 10 crafty them entire
ly, unless they could PROSTATE beyond hope, and
below contempt, the character OF him whose
zeal for his country has made a consistent and
formidable enemy TO their designs. In the
prose cution Of their unhallowed plan of exter-
mination, they are striving to undo all that has
been accomplished for sustaining the great in
teres,s of the country, careless what may be
the fate Of that country, if they can destroy
one man."
Abiding to the difficulties between this ma
ton and Great Britain, Mr.. Clarke pays the
following mered compliment to the Secretary
Of State, as an able diplomatst, capable of
competing with the arrogance Of the head of
the British diplomatic department
"The Secretary of State, for his manly vim
dication Of the rights Of his country; for his
firm but temperate rofutation of the sneerng
dogmas of Great Britain, that trade on the
part of the United States with her colonies il
boon conceded by her bounty; and for his vic
tory over one Of the most skilful and pra ctised
dpomatists in Europe, has been reviled in
terms which respect for your feelings forbids
of opposition, that it is ready to fortify its as
saults on the administration, by espousing ef-
fectively, the cause Of foreign, but lately a
hostile, and always jealous nation. 1t was
thus that former opposition, in its war agansf
Mr. Madison's administration, justified the
British Cabinet, and condemned our own"
The language and statements that are thus
warmly uttered by Mr. Clarke, will be respond
ed by vast majority of the American people;
by all who properly appreciate the talents
and services of Henry Clay; man who is on
ly known to be admired, and who has done so
much to promote the welfare Of our common
country, and who stands first in the ranks of
modern statesmen. During the last three
years, the Secretary has been conspicuously
placed before his enemies,-thoy have assailed
him with all their malice; but their assaults have
been in vain for they had not aught to sup
port them. And whilst the object at which all
their ire has been directed, has quietly pursued
the even path Of duty, studied how he should
best promote the interests of the nation, his
enemies have been prostratcd, and are grovel-
ling in the dust, whilst the Secretary stands
before his countrymcn, listens to their COM
mendations, and receives the patriots best re-
ward-the plaudits Of his country.
During the recess Of Congress, and whilst
public employments arc somewhat relaxed,
the Secretary will visit his adopted State,
Kentucky, and tho knowledge Of the fact has
already opened the food gates Of scurrility,
and put the united forces of the Opposition into
operation. BY one paper, it is gravely sug-
gested, that political considerations induce him
to visit Kentucky-by another it is said, that
he will move westward, for the sole purpose Of
gaining proselytcs to the Administration, and
to collect the means for opposing the prospects
Of Gen. Jackson. These suggestion sare too ri-
dculous to claim ones notice--they have been
originated by the malice his enemes, and the
ire Of the partizans Of General Jackson. Mr..
Clay visits his adopted home, to attend to his
private affairs, and to soc that his vast landed
estates do not run to waste, and to congregate
with associates of his youth, and mngle with an
interesting branch Of his family. But he is not
allowed to move, without being accompanied
by the cold and uncompromisng eye Of false
grounded jealousy; and his out-goings and in
comings are watched with the eye Of lynx;
and if he presumes to take neighbour cordial
ly by the hand, he is suspected and charged
with an overt act Of high treason.
The American Statesman has arrived to a
most lamentable condition, if he cannot be
permitted to journey to the residing place of
his family and associates, without being accus-
ed of meditating the downfall Of the Union;
and il such is to be the fate of those who la
bour in fiIrthering the good Of the country,
where is the man that can be anxions TO hold
public office'-But though Mr.. Clay may be
assailed by his enemies, we think he will visit
his friends, whenever it may please him to do
so; nor do we think, that he will refrain from
indulging in the pleasures of domestic life,
though he may happen to be insulted and ira
duced, by band of midnight assassins
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