Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1828-07-03
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MIR. CLAY.

| may nv NC hiONh W OuA
readers that this much abused statesman
has been for some time past laboring
under severe indispostion A tempo
rary abstraction from business was re-
| quired. and be visited Philadelphia for
the purposes OF relaxation and of OBJ
tanning the advice of eminen physicians
in that place. II might have been ex-
pected that Mr.. Clay could make an
excursion I've abominate this word, but
we can think ofno other which will an
swer our purpose as well) which was
necessary for the prolongation of lite
so invaluable to his country, without
being tracked and barked at by the blood
hounds Of the opposition.-3ut no-the
ruthless spirit Of Jacksonism spares nei-
Their services nor the victim of disease.
No sooner was il announced that his
health demanded an absence from the
seat Of government suspension OF the
arduous and unremitted labors of bis
Office, than every combination press
was engaged in dealing out faIsehood
and scurrlity. Popularity hunting ex
petition exclaimed the Telegraph-and
this stale and miserable SANDER was
echoed by Noah, with as much gravits
as it he believed it.
ine genius of calumny and detraction
seems to have singled out Mr.. Clay for
its victim History hardly furnishes an
instance of such ferocious, malignant,
and continued persecution. band Of
defamers, with Gen. Jackson at their
head, have exerted every nerve-Ieft
no stone unturned, to destroy the reputa
ton of the eloquent advocate of South
American freedom. But all their efforts
viii be upaVaiiDg. MIR. Clay may safely
entrnst his to the Justice OF the American
people. Ii it plcases Heaven to spare
his lifa, he will live down the ISLANDERS
of his unptineipled revilers.
.Nr. ClGy's Health - The rumours and
publications on the subjeet of Mr.. Ciay's
health have naturally excited much soil
cltude among his friends Participating
in this feeling, we have sought tor the
truth where il was to be found, and we
are pleased to have 1t in our power to
lay before our readers the information
contained in the following letter from
bis medical advisers - Ken. Reporter.
A CoPY)
DEAR SIR,-it is our conviction from
the mos; deliberate examination of
your case, that your present i'll health.
wholly independent of any organic de-
rGngement, is the gradual effect Of sed
entaFy habits, and intense and too long
continued apple ationto the arduous du
ties Of yhur official station.
Entertaining such an impression, II
appears 10 us, tbat little more is requir
ed for your speedy and entire recovery
thar a temporary escape from the influ
ence OF these causes, aided by strict
adherence to properly regulated re
regimen.
A essential to the success. Of every
other suggestion on our part, we must
therefore insist on suspension, as soon
as it can be done with any sort of con
venience, OF your present engagements.
and that heightened journey be pur.u
ed lelsurely through some healthy re
glon Of country, as little exposed as
possible to all undue excitements,
1t is naturalfor us to suspect from the
political character OF the times, and the
generous devotion OF your friends, that
occasions may arise to call you in social
entertainments, and the delivery of for
NAL addresses. Every temptation of the
kind we trust will be rasolutey resisted.
however ungrac Gus may seem the refu-
sal, since such iLdulgences would not
| all to lead to the worst consequences
utterly illustrative of our plan of cure
Asyou cannot Immediately enter on
the proposed journey, we do strenuous
| y recommend to you as the best substi
tute for it, to appropriate daily several
| hours ot the interval that may elapse, to
exercise and recreatlye amusements
Equally have your mind and body been
overworked. and while the one is to be
recruited by agreeable relaxation, the
other should be fortified by active ex
ertiUn.
Concerning diet, the avoidance of ex.
posure to cold, and the use Of medicine
we have nothing to add. to the verbal
Instructions given to you
Continue this course unremittingly for
six or eight weeks, and we can pretty
confidently assure YOU of the restora
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