Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1830-04-16


mit,ed-During the delivery of the speech Mr.. Clay
was under the necessity of stopping several times
the enthusiasm of the people seemed to be without
bounds--but not without reason, for
"IIs words had such melting Cow
And spuke the truth so swectly well,
They droppd like heavens seIenesi snow,
And all was brightness where they iell'
Tire Reception and Entertainment If .jfr CtlD.-
The manner in which Mr. Clay has been received i'll
this place. reflects great credit on the citizens; moth
iu{, they could do becoming patriotic and hospuhle
people neglected, and the attentions not
confined his political friends; he accepted private
entertainments from others, and was visited by all
On Saturday last public dinner was given to lien
ny Clay, by the people of the city and county, agree
ably to previous engagements; on this occasion, num-
bers came to see him from distant counties. The
company began to assemble between and o'clock,
at the GENRE door of the Lunfueting room was
opened and the subscribers by twos, marched M the
band playing Hail Columbia But on one other &C.
casion of the kind, have i'll this city larger
assembage of citizens, and TINT was in honor of Gen.
Lafayette. The dining table occupied the whole
length OF the spacious and commodious in the
Mississippi hotel, except the space at each end sui
cient TO pdss the attendants, and from either side of
the table Others projected at regular distances, but
these not sufficient to accommodate all, and scv
ernl were placed in various parts of the The
lion. Edward Turner of the Supreme Court of this
State, presided and Adam l.. Engaman, Bcyeriy r.
Grayson and William n. Mercer, assisted us Vicv
Presidents. On tho right, MIR. Clay was supported
by the Hon. Peter Randolph, of Wilkinson, Judge of
propriate arrangement, it was sold Virginia" sus
tanning the .Ntw;-he nation may yet see 1t realized
Previous to giving the toast IN honor of Mr.. Clay,
Judge Turner made the following address,
GENTLEMEN: Before l announce the next toast, I
ask your indulgence whilst introduce few intro
Guctory remarks:
1t is not every man of distinguished talents, or
great personal merit, who finds his way the hearts
ofh felow-Inen Human nature requires something
more to establish affection and to excite applause
1t requires some great and glorious achievement,
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high emotions, shown occasions like the present
This Hall was filled with Mssissippians, as
semblcd to honor private cSen-to testify to David
Holmes (who now fingers on the bed of atction but
whom God preserve!) who had long been our Cover
nor, that esteem his good conduct public and his
urbanity i'll private life, had excited in the breasts of
his fellow citizens.
Freemen delight to honor their most distinguished
benefactors, by their spontaneous and immediate
heartfelt elusons-by the need of their praise, and
by public declarations of their appreciation. 1t is not
that the distinguished citizen who sits me was,
by birth, endowed with the highest gifts of nature
that he rose from poverty to atflueuce-to ennence
in his profession OF the law--that we honor him.
but II is because, In every situation IN which he has
been placed he has been the bold aud eloquent asser-
ter of the rights of his country the champion of the
universal freedom Of man.
In the year of 'e8, heard my honored friend then
Just entering into his brilliant of c address
an assembled multitude of 600 Kentuckians in OBJ
position to the alien and sed;tioE laws-drect taxa
tion and standing army in time of peace. In 1907
1 again heard hin, before q crowded multitude, es.
ponsng the cause of his insulted country, when
British vessel had fred an Au erican, off Cane
Henry, commonly called the fair of the Chesapeake
lie was the decided advocate of the late glorious
ind necessary war, commonly ind property called
our second war OF Independence He has ever been
tho trn and constant advocate of domestic industry
and internal Improvement; and however individuals
may differ in opinion as to Of hose questions,
MIR. Clay must be allowed by oil, 30 have invariably
sought for the Interests and advocated the cause of
his country-the of patriosrn and 1t is deeplv
q bp have
which, at the present crisis deprves the Union of the
aid of his eminent talents, on the great and distrac
ting questions concerning the Indians and the Pub
Tic L4nds.
will not detain you by recaptulatnr, if were
able, the history of his e-but before sit down.
beg Leave to remind you of the perilous situation in
which our Nlssissppi population were placed durinn
the last war with Great Britain.
1t is notorious that the prosperity OF Mississippi de-
ponds on the certainty Of outlet TO the ocean for
our rich staple production, and foreign we'll as
domestic market. That i'll I807-3, Congress laid n |
general eInbargo which, having long continued was
followed by acts of nonntercourse; and finally nv
war, in 1872 War with Great Britain, tho most pow
erful European nation-nistress ofthe ocean That
during all this period, citizens were involved in
dobt--restricted in cornmerce-our Assembly passed
act after act for the relief of debtors, and oil IN yair
That oar population. then limited in numbers was
surrounded ny savages ON land, and barba-ous
savages on the exposed to the scapinr knife on
the one hand and to invasion and CONQUEST on H..
other. Ihat our enemy, released from u tweutyl
years in Europe. sent her mighty fleets and mr.
mics to surround by simultaneous inyasons from
Canada and the Gulf Of Mexico; and their Journalist
predicted at one tine, that the whole United States
were surrounded, and made prisoners of war -
VAN and impious prediction !
. we also know that the war ragged from North to
South with various success. Disaster followed dis
aster, until September 1913, when Perrys victory
upon the Lakes changed our fortunes in the NORTH
ana when Jackson, who took the field in tho same
year, conquered the Creeks and gave us security on
our interior and on Eastern border-onn eared
suddenly at New Orleans collected hastily lietero-
geneous mass OF undiscplined militia to meet tho
most formidable army ever sent from Greot Rr;,oi
Tor the express purpose of conquering Louisiana md
E.s.S5IssPPl Fortunately and gloriously he won the
D"I p,, OF ine memorable 9th Of January, 1915!
but did this victory put end to the war or sov.
us from other dangers sacrifices? 1t did not Al
though the British army retreatod from beforS No.
Orleans they took refuge board oftheir fleet. 10