Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1829-09-04


and no, at his request did Mr. ONe recolect that
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N,rs,r Your obedien, servant, SAMUEL sAUBERE.
we should be doing injustice 10 Our reaae,. ,,,a
we to fail in drawing their particular attention to tho
following able and judicious remarks upon Mr. CIV
and the course OF the present administration We
have seen nothing Of late in the political line, with
which we are SO much pleased The extract is from
Willis American Monthly Magazine, published in
Boston.
MR. CLAY.
IL Is consequence flowing from the nature of onr
that the character and estimate of indi-
.ouais Oh n'gh merit, we might almost say their pos
tive power and Influence, depend little on the possss
sion OF Office more striking proof of the truth o
tins remark need not be wished, than is furnished in
the case OF him, whose name we have nlaced nj III,
head of this article. In the five and t,vent,, re.s
curing which Mr.. Clay has been occupied in public
offices, there has never been moment in which 60
portion OF pubic respect and regard has seem
ed to attach to him, at the present when Marty
caIumny and party Glamour have driven him and his
associates IN the executive government of our conn
try, from their stations. When the third rate men
whom circumstances and fortune hive placed in now
or, as one Is almost tempted to think, by wuv of a
Jes upon our elective systems shall have pissed awov
leaving no track than the slightest cloud leaves in the
SKY over winch 1t passes, the name of Mr.. Clay will
ccs OF patriotism which will embody his name nm,
character Ill the history of ms country.
IL Is not our purpose, however, to pass encom;rms
vi .ii,s ashed man, nor Is it Object
10 eiaeaVor 10 attract public attention towards him
ihis last purpose indeed, would be quite suuerfuo,r
In tins part OF the country, certainly we hesitate no,
10 say that he Is at this object OF hienr
and more general regard than any other puhic S.n
Admiration for his a!ents and rosoect for hi, vim;
pies are accompanied, very generally Throughout New.
hg,ahu at eost, with the conviction that he has euf.
ered great injustice and most unmerited abuse The
time may come, or may not, when it shall be dean,
ed proper to give expression in the most efactua,
manner to these sentiments OF attacbinent But in tLa
mean time, the truth chat they exist deep and stronr
Is TOO obvious Tor any thing but falsehood or folly T
deny. Mr.. Clay has himself I,S Gr,,ouent,v ;y.;,i
New England. He has been seen but bv few nf Lar
clizens and on this account, mainly we have thouoht
a few observations in regard to him m;oht not - O.
acceptable to our readers.
In personal appearance Mr.. G.. s rather above Tho
ordinary height, well made, though somewhat STEM
der, and ct striking and manly carriaoe and denor,
Re RE may now be, we suppose, SIS years of age
or thc last SIX or seven years. his health has been
deicate and occasionally feeble but recently it is nm
derstood to have much improved and now 10 rive n
promise OF entire restoration and confirmation. I'm
MS ordinary intercourse, MIR. Clay is social eccps.
BILE and interesting. The frankness of his char,ctn-
oVertows his manners and in social as we'll no in
public life, lie has found sometimes that generoe;tv
and unsuspccting confidence have BETRAYED him INTO
the power OF men OF more cunning than pripcipL.
more seltshness than honor. lie possesses the firms,
spirit OF conversation. 1t is not, with him an
occasion Tor set and formal speech, nor vel
one confined to nterrogatories aud answers m
mere topics of course. He converscs with case anti
propriety his discourse is sufficiently sweet mud vo
uhle, and it indicates at the same time, man of
sense and character; using that word in its ~
individuality His information is various and gene.
ra especially in relation matters of business and
politics. with more of learning and of literature than
the nature of his education and the etnnlovmnts ~,
his life would lead us TO expect. -
Mr.. e. went early from VIRGINIA Tn Keptr.f,u o,
follow his fortune In the and opening world nj
the West. His profession was the law; a profession
~hicn not only sharPens the intellect, and strength
ems the understanding, but, by the stimulus of So-
stany present and active competition us we'll MS Hv
It's connexlon with the means of political sdvancc
me9t IN government like ours, naturally awakern.
IN ardent minds strong paintings of ambition Mr
Clay reached Immediately high stapdipr in his mr.
fession, ond found himself also ut an early ner;nd
member ofthe Legislature of the state From tire
char of the popular branch of thatbodv he vas oio
ted senator OF the U. s. in 1910, if we err not in
the date. lie remained not long in this situnt;on
perceivlng doubt, that the capitol had ber ,
atre better fitted for the part which he was likely 70
act. He resigned his seat in the Senate we bo;ora
after having filled it but a single session and w,
returned u member of the National House of Rent
resentatlves from the Lexington District. 1t is an
occurrence without parallel that the first day he
took his seat III the House lie was elected its Snet
ker. The event justified this confidence in advance
He filled chair, in which before or since Sedowci,
and Prumbull, Macon and Cheves have sat with ar,
d"'y II may now wen De The proudest hone of al,y
successor to equal. For thorough and exact knowi.
edge OF parliamentary usage and tho r,,les Of tI,>
House. for clcsrDess of perception ond prompttude
of decision, II would be presumptuous, we SUPPOSE
to expect soon to see his superior. when having
oeen out OF Congress he returned to it again in 1929
two thirds OF the members concurred in pIaciua him
once more in the chair, although the speaker Of thu
preceding Congress, Dir. z =. Darbonr, was carii.
date against him.
Though its Speaker, Mr.. G.. was accustomed .,
bear part, IN the debates OF the House ON nil or
casons ofIeadng interest. II is not our purnoap t
speak ofthe degree of ability manifested bv thesn
speeches They have been universally read. audfbe
WhoIe country IS familiar with them. But all have
not seOn nor heard Mr.. c.; and therefore n ron,art
or two on his manner and appearance ne a public
speaker, viii not be out of place here Ofyybat ms,
be called the personal requisites for an acceptable
Pnoic speaker he has an uncommon share. He has