Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1830-07-19

forgive The past, but to Join heart aud hand in
promoting the great cause of the public vel
fare ? There j. 10 man. who looks back IN
the period OF that election. but knows, within
his own bosom. thai Mr. Clay was not hee 10
choose according 10 his individual preference.
Perhaps IN this whole assembly there are not
ten men who would have agreed AT that time,
that either Of the Candidates wns man whom
IN all things they approved and admIred beyond
every other man. The selection OF n,en 10
public trusts IS often governed by cifodas,au-
ces. After all. in great popular tleei,ons, yon
must go with the mass one way or other
individual opinions must Toe solved aud anal
eamaed IN the greh. mass OF public scntiment.
II we Cannot obisln our own preference to the
exclusion Of Others we must make compro-
mise wsh public opinion and fix our choice on
the candidate whom We prefer IN the next de-
gree. So that III proper allowance was made
for The position in " bieh Mr. Gay found him.
self. II could MOI he said thai Mr. c. did not, on
that occasion, make choice which any honest
uian might have maize.
But The course of Mr. Clay in making that
choice had be- II attributed 10 personal tho.
tlss--a miaasable sordii motive, which wboev.
Is AnowA hun Aispss hut Ne woal# have
, snmnpd With scofp aulb. oepieript And tlis
lniotivr--uhat waslHl To become the Head OF
Department is auAmbinoa attributed 10 him,
I.who. With nothing but INTERPRETATION and his
public services TO sustain him, migm have
Looked down from proud eninsncr-on ninety :
niue out OF "a hundred Of those who I'll the
highest offices OF he governtnens Only look
hacksso the majority oi those WHO hsve attain
ed official eminenee Ia The government. and
compare Thea, with Henry Clay aud who will
say that his argriiy could be warped. by the
ambition Of attaining the dasEting eninence Of
Secretary of State, So far run u, lave
prunpuneed. in my own heart, from tie best
dictates OF my judgment what ! now repeat.
that so fur from his having yielded ~ any
tempt alton which induced him to s@crvs Nom
the path Of duty, his acceptance OF the oiiiee
oil Secretary of State was sacrifice OF feeling
as well as OF interest Does any man deny 10
Henry Ciaysas ac,t, --pene,ra,ion And will any
man gay that he conla not ioresee that when
he accepted ihe office ol Secretary OF State. he
was preparing for hlinsrlta severe ordvalf
II he wuud have sacrtfieed 10 the bnbble honor
his tue hanor, pufiousm and self deso'
ti5n, aud iasiead Of opposing himself 10 the
persecution OF party by the course lac TOOK,
had acted upon the result Of sordid calculation,
" ould he not have ren,aiaed 10 the Represenin.
tive cspaeiiy, the confessed aud unrivRllei
leader Ia Congfesg, aud The Orator OF the Pen
lpIrS -.
5npnosf. when asked 10 take airusI under the
| lay Ad plalstsanon, iie had wrappedthe mantle
u fshness about, hiio aud remained cool and
uueqp, erned Suppoae h. had replied, be
t,yepn tgo nipn have chosen one whose e
l. ttIon I shonln con sidsr the least evil II wash
NJ hands Of the AlninlsiIaiion---let II Coon as
iili.ay-IaM net anspe,able forhs acts, bn onl,
Tor lr free Il inde pendent ac OF NINE 10 volln.
Tor Il A"uhout ofliec, private Peis n, etnl
fenRin nnscaihed In The contest WHICH Is about
10 lake place. II he Ind pursued this course,
Leave II IT, ths saRHetfY u eoinmou sense 81 all
mankind 10 pronounce whether ~ would not
have been indtuaitse OF that bastard grodepce
wnilh makes the spiiit0f sell soiion sc0d !,
and patriotism by VOID a. name lie would
then have stood for@afd without having cum
aanita' 81 urog binseif rs he has da9e, ali the
sffdis OF marry iaalichiiy, Ars 80. ~bsi sss
hisambitiun, ifhe had any GIVE II ITS nearest
aim aud enG-Uouid any one imagine mat
could be short Of the ChIef MagBraoy of his
country And ask, must he not have been
CONSCIOUS, that he put IN the greatest peril the
hope of success in this ann, when he uccepfed
the Department oil State Would not mere
prudence, in reference TO that OH eel. have in
duced hm 10 avoid all conflict with popular
prejudice, and with II combined opposition,
formed hetore the PTesdr0i elect took bis oath
oil Office Let il not then be sad, That he was
actuated by any selfish motive IN hrsI voting
Tor the late administration mud then yielding
his talents TO us support. On The contrary, rs
he perilled his own chance Of future success, II
hi, ambition led hlm 10 desire II, IN attaining the
hIg hest Office of the GoVernmen, so far from
hi, being chargable with selfish motives, the "a
ward al postrrty, I am cou6drnt, will BIZ, that
Henry Clay, after vonng toftae election OF Nj.
AGams 10 tnr Presidency III then goiug forward
10 support us administration, petorned n mag.
unanimous aRd.seif derotcd aci q pdtnofisat-
M. Jones concluded nis observations. amidst
repeated cheers, by offering the following
Toast:
Agriculture, Commerce, and Manufactures
All affected by reciprocal causes oi prosperity
or decline lei tnem moIailzr tue Lb,ed mutt
ny among the different members Of the human
body. before ,hey are stimulated INTO NINA
tural opposition ny the e1asgerdtionS Oh Paf'y
spin.