The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1830-08-12


breeze comesi in, in the warmest months
cool and invigorating as the ocean
over which it has passed. Here
too is TO be found nj hand all the ra-
tional enjoyments which give zest to
existence. If you would fish, bass,
tautog and soup, are almost at your
door-if you would ride, the roads are
excellent-ifyo you would walk, IT, coun-
try around youis delis htfiIl; ifyou would
sail, the finest boats, steady breeze,
and harbor where the tide Will never
carry you from your course, are at
your service-ifyou would shoot, wood
cock snipe and plover are abun-
dant for the OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES has
done wonders for us-let art do but a
little, and our town will be the Brigh-
ton of America,
At public meeting held at Oak
Grove, Virginia, on the 29th of July,
by the friends of MR. CLAY, an address
was prepared, of which we have room
only for an abstract.
t 1t commences with q declaration
! that public homage and respect are
/ due 10 illustrious men--alludes TO Hen
nv Clay az one whose name is honor
ably associated with some of the most
! brilliant incidents of our country's his
tory-as one who has been an object
of persecution for those who were in
different To the true interests of the u
nion--and as one who alone can re-
store To us wise and honest admins
tration of public affairs. Ii expresses
the pride felt by those present nj the
meeting, OH rejecting that Henry Clay
is native ofVirginia, and the high es-
TEEN in which they hold him for hav-
ing extended his political efforts for
human improvement beyond the con-
tracted limits focal and partial feel
ings. 1t then reverts to his origin, To
his unassisted and friendles. youth, to
the brilliant commencement of his pub
lie career-to his course in Congress
relative TO the last war with England,
to the propitious influence of his elo-
quence in assuaging the heat of party
on the Missouri question, To his efforts
to procure a recognition of the indie
pendence ofthe South American States,
to his services at Ghent, and To- his ex-
ertions in support of the American
System. 1t commends him, and most
deservedly. for his gentlcmanly de-
portment as n man, and for his exalted d
ability as an orator, a statesman and a
diplomatist. The address concludes
as follows:
"To Henry CLAY, therefore, we di-
rect our eyes, and upon him repose ouI
hopes-thc friend of Madison, Monroe,
and Adams, in whom each had conf.
dence, and whom all had honored
Having these sagcs and fathers of tho
Republic for our guide, can we err in
adopting their opinions, and honoring
him whom they honored! Reason aud
justice answer mol And unless the
present indications from every quarter
Of the Union are exceedingly fallacious,
we conceive that we only express the
wishes of majority of our country
men, when we look to HENRY CLAY as
the man upon whom the hopes Of the
People are fixed, and whom the voice
of his country, in fattering and deter
mined accents, will call to preside over
and administer her affairs, and redeem
her from the abuses under which she
lies distracted and degraded.
Resolved, therefore, That VIC enter
tain the highest admiration and respect
for the exalted talents, eminent public
services, pure patriotism, and lofty in
tegrity of HENRY CLAY.
Resolved, That for his liberal and
enlarged views of national policy, his
able and strenuous excrtions to aggran-
die his country and to benefit the
cause of human liberty throughout the
world, he is entitled to our love and
gratitude.
Resolved, That his illustrious civil
services, his transccndant abilities, his
independence ofmind, and his firmncss
Of political purpose, ominently qualify
him for the highest office in the gift OF
the American People.
Resolved, That we recommend and
nominate HENRY CLAY for tho
Chief Exooutivn Ma@:-.-.o,. &c ~..- N
public at the expiration of the existing
Presidential term.
1t will be seen blythe advertisement
that the steamboat Fulton, will sail on
an excursion to Block-Island, this e.
yening. There has never been finer