Virginia advocate. [volume] (Charlottesville, Va.) 1827-1860, 1829-07-24
From the Louisville Public Adv. June o..

The feast prepared on Wednesday did
credit to the friends of Mr.. Clay in Louis
vile. 1t was excellent and abundant.
The company, it is said, consisted of a.
bout two thousand persons-more than
one third part of the number supposed TO
be friends Of the present administration.
who were either prepared to pursue lib
eral and concilatory course, or were at
tracted to the spot to crafty a desire to
hear speech from the "Ciccro of the
mcst."
The arrival of Mr.. Clay on Monday,
was his hailed by his friends with Ioy.-
They seemed to feel that "Wednesday
should be, to them, a day of triumph.
The jackson men were not only kindly
and generally invited to the Barbecue.
but many wsye actually importuned to 90
to listen to an irresistible argument and
strain OF eIoJuence that COULD not fail
to satisfy them of the errors into which
they had been led, by the misrepresenta-
tions and devices of the leaders of the re .
publican party. do CO." said one, to
Jackson man, ''you will be converted
from the evil of your ways" "I shall be
happy to see you there" said another,
Tor, ii you once hear Mr.. Clay speak,
you will forever regret the manner in
which you have heretofore opposed him"
Thus urged and importuned, large num-
Der OF the Jackson men were induced to
attend the Barbecue.
The business of dining and drinking
went off admirably at the close of which.
MIR. Clay being highly complimented in
the only toast read, rose and addressed the
audience.
We did not reach the " grove"-we
were about to say the sacred grove"-
in time to profit by the wisdom or elo-
quencc of MIR. G. We had supposed the
regular "good society" dining hour would
have been observed but in this we we're
deceived. We consequently arrived an
hour after the feast, and minute after the
speech-just in time 10 hear the feeble
claPping and the faint huzzas of those
whose sympathies impeled them to approve
what they had heard. We can therefore
only furnish our readers with few of the
notions" OF the speaker, as detailed 10 us
10y others, and state the fleet pr oduced by
the mighty efort on the public mind.
MIR. Clay commenced in low and con-
clliatory tone. He complimented the la
dies present, and spoke Of his undated
friendship for many of those who differed
with him in opinion in tie late contest. 1t
was far from his intention to say anv thing
that could possibly wound the feelings of
| any one, and he trusted that no one would
suppose that it gave him pleasure to ar.
raIgn the conduct of the new administra-
ton. He had determined in the onset, to
Judge the administration by its measures,
and 1t would have given him great pleas
ure, If he could, consistently, have APP
proved Its course, as was evinced by his
Washington dinner speech He felt con-
strained, however, by sense of duty to the
people, by his devotion to the principles
OF liberty--by his solcitude for the perpe-
tuation ofour free institutions, to condemn
the course and conduct Of the Executive
and his cabinet. Tie referred to the de-
fusion, under which he seemed to think
the people laboured, when they elected
Gen. Jackson; pronounced the President
old, Infirm, imbecile-a mere nose of wax
in the hands Of a "certain indioiduoI' at
Washington. III he desired an office, he
said he would rather be backed by the In
iiuence OF that certain individual, ("
than by that Of all the members of the
cabinet. He intimated that the individu.
al in question. (meaning Gen Duff Green, J
| controlled not only the Presiden; but his
cabinet. For this, the people we've to
blame; they had elected Gen. Jackson
1t was the work Of the hurra bovs-and
the course which had been pursued in
making appointments, was anatural con-
sequence. He aHedged that none but the
noisy eleventh hour men, had received ap-
PoDtments IN Kentucky-that the Bbbs.
the Popes and the Rowans, who red the
vanin the late contest, and turned the
scale IN favor OF Jackson, had received no.
thlDg--that they had stood aloof in the
scramble for Office, and were, consequent
ly, overlooked and neglected. Offices had
only been conferred on those, who conde.
scended IN public places and in the high
ways, to shout, "Hurra for Jackson. -
Here Mr.. Clay picked up his hat, and
three times deliberately vociferated, +" Hur-
ra for Jackson" Hurra for jackson"
-Hurra for jackson" waving his hat
round his head, at the same time. He
then gracefully put his hand to his throat
and remarked that he performed much
better than ne had anticipated; his voice
was much stronger than he ina gined, and
ne had no doubt, with little practice. he
could obtain an office, if he would conde-
sec"d to accept one, under the present adj
ministration.
/ Mr.. q. said he would scorn TO hold an
oihce under the present administrations
This some of his hearers construed into
plain hint of his followers not to disgrace
themselves by holding Office under Presi.
dent Jackson, but to resign without ex.
/ cepton. He, nevertheless dweIt, with