Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1830-04-12
u OHEIGMa
from ht Matches Gainry Of March Is.
DINNER - MR. CLAY

ren,to saw that We really do not know bo" !
..o,ld he moro honorable to the liberality Of ou'
citizens
Mr.. Clay, ii will be reeolie tel arrived on
rh,,.d,. norning. On ttat and the succ. ed
Ia, day ne was waited ou by most-we mighl
say law aRthe citizens Of he place. Tim Bal
~a, giyen on Friday, winch IA splendor sur
nsssed any thing OF the hni ever "itnes'ed IN
our cny. The Dinner wns gwen m Saturday,
NJ whirh about two hundred and htiy sal down
without the slightest alluslnn 10 Pnslticai dIaer
ences. Mr.. Clay wa, repeatedly Interrupted
in In. course of his speech with hearty ap
plause, but when hr gnse u eianer to me M
eraI sentiment towards the President OF the T.
,itrd Siaies the " Old Mississippi fah5 again
With cheers loud ani long.
Chief Justice Turner presided, assisted by
I,.yerl, X Gaayson. Adam l. BInRanlan and
Wm N Mercer. Esqs. Vice Presidents. Mr..
CLAY was supported OF his tight 10y tho Hon.
Peter Randolpn, Judge Of the Inlied Sates
District Court. And the = Old Dominion Hes
never more literally represented.
The ,es,lvi,y of :he evening was heightened
b, bsoi ufmusIe, and a number of approprl-
ME songs. Take II !" ell !" al,'-ihe dislu
pushed ruest--Ihe conmIGgling OF discor liant
pariies-ibe siron. demonstrations oil hberahty
-th. min . led aud united appsnse-a render
ed it one nf the most Interesting occasions We
ever witnessed.
After several regular loa'n had been drunk
the President rose and SAID
CrsrLtnEs: Before announce the nett
toast ask your indulgence, whilst introduce
few introductory remarks
It's nol every man of distinguished talents,
or eteaI personal merit, who iinds his way 10
the hearts Of his fellow Human nature
Teou re-, something more to establish affection,
and o excite applause. II requires some grea,
md glorious achievement, OF long llfe Of use
fl puble service, to command those nigh emo.
ton, she w on occasions IKE tho present
This Hall was once filled bs Mississippans
assembled 10 homo pr.rdtt clisen--to TESTIFY
20 David Holmes, (sno ooH lays on the bed oil
affection, but whom God preserve } who had
long been our Governor. that esteem his 60 ~
conduct IN publ,U, AID his urbinlly ~ ptivale
lite mad excited III the breasts oil lbs feliuw-cili.
Zens.
FTepmen delight to honor their Distinguished
brnefactors, Dy ter spontaneous and immedi
ale heartfelt eHusions-by the need Of their
praise, and by pnhllc declarations Of their ap-
probation u Is not that the disimgulshed Cit
zen, who SITS near mb, ~Rs, by bIIth, endowed
with the highest gifts Of natu e--lnai he rose
f,om poverty 10 ailuuuce-io eninence ia ~.
profession OF the law that we honor him but
II i, because, III every situation IN which hr
has been placed, lie has baen the bold aud clio
uuent asserler oil the rights Of his country the
champion of The universal freedom Of man.
In The wear %. | heard my honored friend
then Jus, entering on his brilan, career of LIE
address nm assembled multitude Of 10000 Ken
tuoltIans IN opposition 10 the alien aud stdrlnr
laws .-aireut ,.xatiou, AVID n standing army II
timn Of peace In 1907 | again henrh him b.,
f,tea crowded multitude espoasng the caus,
bf his nsultrd country. when n Blush ytsse
had fired on an American. oil New York bar
Dor commonly called the allan of the Chesa
pcakc.
lie WAS the decided advocate of the late gio
liou. aud necessary wnr, commonly aud pro
rcrly called, our second war I'll independence
lie has ever bean the hrn aud constant R6vo
cate of domestic industry and internal improve.
meat and homcter individuals may differ il
opinion rs 10 some Of those questions MI. tia,
must he allowed, bv all, To haye lnvarinbl,
sought for the interests and advocated III,
cau,e of his cuunIry-the cansp afpntliatism, y nd
!, 10 deeply 10 be regretted. that circumstance
have occmesl, which, At the present erisi,, de
ptives the onion OF the aid of his eminent tai
on,s, on the great and d,s'ractng questions
concerning tue Ildidns--and the Putiic Land,
lwiii mol de,an YOU, by recapitumtinr, /
SIT down. bec leave 10 remind YOU Of the per-
iious situation, in which our Mississippi pouln
ton, were placed, daring the last war, with
Great Britain.
II is notorious that the prosperity Of Missis
sippi depends ON the certainty of an outlet IL
the ocean, for nur rich staple productions and a
foreign, as well as N domestic mHrkei.--Ih hat
III 1908, Congress laid a general Embargo
which, having loug con'inued. WAS followed by
acts of nonin'ercourse and finally by war II
ISl2.-War with Great Britain the most pow
eriul European ualion--mlstress OF the ocean.
That during all this period, our Queens were
involved IN debl-re restricted IN commerce-ouI
Assembly passed act after act for the relief o
debtors, aud all III vain THAT our population
then limited 10 numbers, was surrounded by sa
wages on land, aud more barbarous sayaQes on
the sea exposed 10 the scaping knife on the
one hand. and to invasion and conquest on
the other.-That our enemy, released from a
twenty years war in Europe. sent her might,
heeis aud armies 10 surround us by simulta
neous invasions from Canada aud the Gulf O
MEXICO aud their journals predicted at on,
time. that the whole United States were sur
rounded, and made prisoners of war VAR
and iiDp'ons prediction
We also know that the war ragged Fl ON Nor,I
10 South with various success Disaster followe,
disaster until SEPT. 1919. when Perry's victory
upon the Lakes char sedour fortunes 10 the Noril
and when Jackson, who took the field in the
same yeai, conquered the Greeks, and gave u,
security on our in terror aud on our Eastern
border-appeared suddenly in 1914 AT New
Orleans, collected hastily a heterogeneou.
mass of undisciplinrd militia to meet the mos,
formidable army ever sent from Great Britain
for The express purpose ofconquering LOUIS lana
and NississipDi, Fortunately and ploriouJ,
he won the battle of the memorable S,h Of Jan
uary, 1915!
But. did this victory, put an end to the war
er save us from further dangers or sacrifices
u did not. Although the British army retrea.
ted from before New Orleans, they took refuge
IN board their fleet 10 seek other points of inva.
Enthusiastically made decent upon our border
took Mobile point, and the adjacent Islands /;
sud what prevented them with their mighty