Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1830-01-22
Ebs constitutional suBtg.
rKURsDAY MORNING, JANUARY 81, 1880.
KENTUCKY.

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always conducted by great ability, but cs the retrea
Of that eminent citizen, who for the last six years
has filled SO large space the public eye, and al.
tractea SO unusuai proportion OF vtuperation, abuse
and Observation-Disclosures Plutarch says that utter the
uscendancy Of Antony, md the expulsion of Brut,it
and Cassius from Rome, the Republicans who were
left IN tho city, could never hear the mime of Brntus
pronounced without tears-so deeply and unaltcrobly
wasit associated with public Ihe;ty and the glory oil
their country Fononr part. we feel something Of
&hc same emotion at the name of Eenss Clay That
Dame Sndles within asssn;hnsiasu for those institu-
tions, which enable one born in humble obscur;tv d
Tpver by she force of original genius. over ,hc fyo
rites of birth and fortune we resnect in tta,
genius self dependent, and rising by own
Go the highest onincnceit awaiscns our svrupa t,y
tr noble character misunderstood, and for "a E..e
which The excess of the noblest virtues Produced
40 those intimately acquainted with Henry Clay.
wiro remember the day when his eioeuei,cc stood al
most alone encplntering and re5ukiug general des-
pondence, and animating it to stance-yho know
the man. and knowug him, know besides, thnt mind
moro loyal to liberty, more true to friends or mag
unanimous to enemies. Incapable of the haseness
imputed toit, or more endowed with sensibil.y to
feel the injustice of imputu,io never existed-it is
impossible for these to see such man driven with
taunts from the councils ofhis country his reputation
fnaledw with unmerited obloquy. ard his FEELINGS in
snlied and trumphed by the tools and hircnes
Of his enemivs-t,e Kendalis Hills, Greens, Penns,
who have alrendy pockeed the wages oftheir hire
without indignation. I, it not well calculated
TO increase this indignation to see the men who have
succeeded To the public confidence which Mr. Ciay
has lost, embracing and executing that very policy
which SO recently, they reprobaed in Mr. Adams ad-
minstrations Is this Indignation iessened when we
see the result of those splendid promises of Reform
and Retrenchment, with which the ears of the people
were assaulted and their UNDERSTANDINGS duped, Can
the astutest mind perceive wherein the general poll
cy of the late administration has undergone tho
slightest modification of principles? Is the Tariff tn
be changed? So tar from it. even the notifications
recommended by Mr. Adams, are declared inexreI;-
ent. nad The system to be irrevocabe. Is the upcon
shtutional power of Internal Improvement TO DO re-
United in exercise or degree? So far from It. it is
eaened to be prosecuted with a vieor and on
scale ofmagnifcence, unknown to any former tirae.
IN All probability too, to paiouat property in the
estern lands, Is to be renquished to the modest
Demands OF the Western States, and the common4rea.
sure is to be approp lated to the purchase of Texas
worse than useless to the Union, but service
able In propitating tie affections of the West
towards DIR. Van Buren, At time have there
pcen SO many splendid" projects entertained at
Washington Al no time has the ambition of intivi-
duals clothing itself hi tbs specous garb of patriot
Ism, been SO daring and uDdisguised. At no time
has Federal power attempted many, so lnagnifi-
cent, SO expensive and doubtful designs; and this
within the first year of that Administration which
was to model Itself the simplicity of the Jeferso-
MAN era!
We learn from Kentucky, that Mr.. Clay was on
the eve of a visit to his children in New Orleans
that the Legislature of that State have adopted
very able Report i'll to tho S. Carolina Reso-
iutions-and that no nomination was made or in
sended, of Dir. Clay for the Presidency of the u.
States, by the General Assembly Of Kcntucky.
Df this last circumstance we are happy to hear
convinced that it would answer no purpose but to
re open upon hu the flood gates of SANDER and per-
secution, of which God knows, ne has had enough to
bear during the last FIVE year+-rlore we believe
than ever fell to the share of any other man. /, He
Can be NO real friend OF Mr. Clay, who would desire
at this time, to bring him the eectioncerine arena
Whether it will ever be expedent is another oues-
t'sn; though in our opinion, public opinion never
inflicted wrong that it did not Ultimately atone
inr.
S1oth Gdro}inu.--Fhc recent meeting and pro-
ceedngs of the citizens Of Charleston calling on the
General Government for aid in the construction of
their Rail Road, are viewed by the Calhounites ct
Columbia, as an abandonment of principle and OF
State Rights (God save the mark!) That they are
oftbs character take the Liberty of thinking our
selyebut that this should be cast into the teeth OF
the people of Charleston, by the followers of Mr..
Monroe's Secretary Of Wati "of all the cant OF
Gins canting worldr'Tbe severity with which the
people of Charleston reproached by the High
Priests of State Rights at Courubia--the Calhoun.
tas-as might have been fore is in exact proper
ton the length of time which these last have pro-
fssscd tohold their new tcncts a Renegade is moro
uarelenting and merciless than ten Turks, and fcr
The same metaphysical cause, your fcderast turned