Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1830-04-14
MIR. CLAY AT NNTCHEZ.
From tho matched" March ,o.I

him. What we have given, is, We believe snbst1n-
tally correct, not essentially we THINK at variance
yyi.h what hc said We know that our friends and
tho nronlc GENERALLY would be anxious his speech
published he dciivcrcdI ~; we regret that We csn-
NOT do SO, as the manner in which we give II will af-
ford Thorn but faint idea OF what it pronoun
cod by h!msclt;-but we thought tho people would be
nnxius SEQ it in form other, ana we have
made il up in the best manner feeble abilities adj
mttcd.--During the delivery of the speech MI Clay
was under the necessity Of stopping several times
TIM enthusiasm OF ;!Ic people seemed to bc without
bounds but not W thout reason, for
Nils words hui such \ melting hnw,
Aud spoke the r,uh sweetly well
They dopp'd Ike l.caven's eTcresi snnv
And al was brightness where ;hty Tell"
-7Ns Reception and Entertainment! of Mr.. Cidy.--
TIE ,nanrcr IN which Mr. Clay has bSrn received III
this place reflects great credit the citizens; moth
iny thcv could do becoming patriotic and h0spitah
people was neglected, and the attentions not
cou;ircd hS political friends; he accepted private
entertainments from others, and was visited by all
On Saturday l7s, public dinner was given 10 lion
~ Gay, by the people Of the city and county, agree
ABLY to previous engagements; this OCCASION num-
bcrs came So HIN from distant counties. The
company began TO assemble between and O'Clock,
=, the centre door Of the banquetng room was
opened and the subscribers by twOs marched in, the
band playing Hail Columbia But other oc-
casion of The kind have We seen N this city larger
a;semblare Of citizens, md tlG in honor of Gen.
lafayette. The dining table occupied the whole
length OF the SD IcioIs and conmodious room in the
Mississippi hotel, except the space at each end, sui
the table others Projected at regular distances but
these were not sufficient to accommodate all, and
ersi placed III various parts OF the roam. The
Hon. Edward Turner of the Supreme Court Of THIS
State presided; and Adam L. Bincaman. Dcver!y z
Girayson, ard William n. Mercer, assisted rs Vice
Presidents. On lie right, Mr.. Clay supported
by the Hon. Peter Randolph, Of Wilkinson, Judge Of
The u. States District CouTt-this was indeed an ap-
propratc arrangement, it was sod Virginia" sus-
tanning the TtwithG nation may yet IT realized:
Previous Civ Dg tho toast IN honor Of Ifr Clay,
Jldre Turner made the following address:
GENTLEMEN: Before l announce the mex: toast, 7
ask your indulgence whilst introduce few intro
ouclury remarks:
1t is not every man Of distinguished talents or
great personal merit who finds his way TO the hearts
of his fellowmcn. Human nature requires something
more TO establish affection and to excite applause.
II requires great and glorious achievement,
long life of useful pubic services, TO command those
high emotions, shown occasions like the present.
This Hall was once filed with Mssissprians, as
scmblod 10 honor pirate ct<ento testify 10 David
Holmes (who now fingers the bed of affection, but
whom God preseryc!) who had long been our Cover
nos that esteem his good conduct in public aud his
urbaniry in private life, had excited in the breasts Of
MS fallJw citizens.
hene.actOrs, by their spontaneous and immediate
heartfelt etusions-by the need Of their praise. and
b. public declarations Of their APPRECIATION 1t is not
that the distinguished citizen who sits near was,
Ivy birth, endowed with The highest gifts OF
that he rose from poverty TO affuerce-to emnence
m his profession OF the law-that we honor him
been placed he has been the bold and eloquent asser
Of tho rights of his country; tho champion of the
universal freedom of man.
Ia the year Of 90, heard my hoaored friend then
US, entering into his brilliant career Of fc address
assembled multitude Of 10 900 Kcntuckians in op-
position 20 the alien and seirion laws-diroct taxa
ion aud standing army in time Of peace. In 1907,
again hard him before crowded multitude, cs-
pousng thu cause of his nsulted country, when
British vessel had fred on an Au ercan, off Cape
Henry, commonly called the affair Of the Chesapeake.
Il. r,ah lpI ,f al.
and necessary war, commonly and properly called
second war Of independence. lie has ever hccr
the firm and constant advocate Of domestic industry
and internal improvement; and however individuals
may dHer in opinion as TO some OF hose questions
Mr. Clay must DC allowed by all, to have Invariably
sought for the interests, and advocated the cause of
his coUn'ry--thc cause Of patriosn ADD It is deeply
10 &c regretted HAT circumstances have occurred,
which the present crisis depves the Union of the
all Of his eminent talents, the great and distrac
ting questions, concerning the Indians and the Pub
lie Limits.
will not detain you by recaptulatiny ir were
able the history OF his life-but before | sit down
beg leave to remind you Of the perilous situation in
which Mississippi population were placed duri1p
the last with Great Britain
X Is notorious that the prosperity Of Mississippi de-
peuds on the certainty OF outlet 90 the ocean, for
our rich staple production, and foreign, as we'll MS
domestic market That IN l807-9, Congress laid n
general embargo which, having long continued, was
followed by acts of non-intcrcourso; and finally, by
war, 1919. War with Great Britain, the most pow
CIiu buIOpCeh hd'o" -H'sIIosS OF the ocean, mat,
during all this PERIOD, our citizens were involved in
dcbt-restricted in cOmmerce-our Assembly passed
net after act for the relief Of debtors and all in vair
That oar population, then limited in numbers, was
surrorudcd by snvages on snd usd more barbarous
savages the exposed 10 tho scalpnr knife on
the ono band, and to invasion and conquest on the
other. That our enemy, released from a twenty
years war IN Europe, sent her mighty fleets and ar
ines to surround us by simultaneous ny0sions from
Canada and tho Gulf Of Mexico; and their journals
predicted at one time, that the whole United States
were surrounded, and made prisoners Of war =
Vain and impious prediction
We also know that the war ragged from North 10
South with various success. Disaster followed die
uster, until September 1919, when Perry's victory
upon the Lakos changed fortunes in the North
aud when Jackson, who took tho field in tho samc
year, conquered the Creeks, and cove us security or
our interior and our Eastern bordor-appcarcd
suddenly a. New Orleans collected hastily icteyo-
geneous mass OF undsciplned militia to meet the
most formidable army sent from Great Britain