The Litchfield County post., 1828-06-05

out saying few words hy way of public ac- acknowledgement for the cordial congratulations | with which l have been received during my ! present visit. am not so vain, indeed, as to I imagine that any personal considerations have
 prompted the enthusiastic demonstrations by 1 which my approach to this city and my short ! sojOurn. have been so highly distinguished. ] Their hOnOred object, has, it is true, some
 claims upon the justice, if not the sym pathy, of q generous, intelligent, and
 high minded People. Singled out for pro- scription aud destruction, he has sustained.all 1 the fury of the most ferOciOus attacks. Ca ! luminous charges, directed against the honor of his public character, dearer than life itself,
 sanctioned and repubIished by one, who
 should have scOrned to lend himself to such
 a vile purpose, have been echoed by thou sand prOfigate or deluded tongues and pres ses. Supported by tbe consciousness of hav- ing faithfully discharged his duty, and defen- ded by the virtue and intelligence of an en- frightened People, he has stood firm and erect amidst all the bellowings of political storm. What is public man, what is 0ny man worth.
 who is not prepared to sacrifice himself, if
 necessary, for the good of his country!
 But" continued MT. Clay, the demon stratIons which have here witnessed, have
 higher and nObler source than homage to
 an individual; they originate from that cause
 with which am an humble associate--the
 cause of the Ccnstituton--the cause of, free
 Institutions. They would otherwise be ,ln-
 worthy of freemen, and less gratifying to me.
 l am not, hope, so uncharitable as to accuse
 all the opponents of that cause with designs
 unfriendly to human liberty. I know that
 they make many of them sincerely, other
 toll oF anism, and some of them impudently claim , we find men who, but yesterday, were the ting ears the grating sound of RepubIcanism ever fell, and upon whose lips the exotic word still awkardly hangs, now exclaiming or acquiescing in the cry, that they are the republican party had thought, if any one more than all other principles, characterized the term Republican Party, it was their ardent l devotion to liberty, to it's safety, to all its guarantees. had supposed that the doc 1 trines of that school taught us to guard a. 1 gainst the danger of standing armies, to profit | by the lessons which all history inculcates, & l never to forget that liberty, and the predom finance of military principle, were utterly in- compatible. The Republican Party In this l! modern, new fangled, and heterogeneous par ty, Cromwell and Cesar have recently found apologists. The judgment of centuries have been reversed; long established maxims are overturned; the Ethiopian is washed white & the only genuine lovers of liberty were the Philips, the Cesars, the Cromwells, the Mar.
 fuses, and the SyIlas, of former ages.
 Ut is time for sumbering patriotism to a. wake when such doctrines as these are put | forth from the Capitol, and from popular as- semblies. It is time that the real Republic l an Party, q speak not of former divisions. ! springing from causes no longer existing, and l which are sought to be kept up by some men in particular places, only for sinister purpo- ses)-that party under whatever flag its mem l bers may have heretofore acted that party ] which loves freedom for freedoms sake-- justly to estimate the impending perils, and l to proceed with energy and union, called for [ by the existing crisis in the Republic. Regard 1 less of all imputations, and proud of the op- portunity of free and unrestrained intercourse l with all my fellow-citizens, if it were physic- ally possible, and compatible with my off cial duties, would visit every State, go to ! every town and hamlet, address every man 1 in the Union, and entreat them by their love of country, by their love of liberty. for the | sake of themselves snd their posterity--in l the name of their venerated ancestors, in the l name of the human family, deeply interested in the fulfment of the trust committed to their hands-by all the past glory which we have won--by all that awaits us as nation-- if we are true and faithfulin gratitude to HIM who has hitherto so signally blessed us--to pause-solemnly patlse-and Contemplate the precipice which yawns befDresus If indeed, we have incurred the divine dspleasure, and it be necessary to chastise this People with the rod of his vengeance, would humbly prostrate myself before HIM. and implore his mercy. to visit our favored land with war, with pestilence, with famine, with any scourge other than military rule, or blind and heed less enthusiasm for mere military renown. "Gentlemen, wish had strength to ex- patiate upon this interesting subject; but
 am admonished by the state of my health to desist. pray you to accept my thanks for
 the sentiment with which you have honored 1 me, and your permission to offer one which
 hope will be approved by you.
 Genuine Republicans, of every faith, who, true to the cause of liberty, would guard it l against all pernicious examples"
 From the " Y. Journal Of Commerce..
 HURRICANE IN THE EAST-INDIES.
 1 A late English paper received at our office, gives details of most destructive hurricane
 that visited the British Provinces in India, on
 the 9th and 7th of December. At Madras. it
 lasted thirty six hours, during which time the