Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1830-09-17

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We hope these gentlemen. severaIv and co,,so,,,o
" may meet strict istjce-lhbugh we suspect if j.;
the very last thing that some Of them would ask for
Extract from an address delivered by Mr.. Srorrs. =,
w u'esoorough, N Y. on the Anniversary of In
dependence. " iA
r, HENRY CLAY IS nc son of 4 country cjorpvmnn.
re YVES lett al an carly age with no inheritance (tn
speak his own expressive lanruare} but .roos ,In,
poverty" BY the power OF .xtrnortionry eni,,
Without the advantag- of the carly cultlvation Of
edncaiion and by the natural force If Il y,rorous and
-i!rehehsiVe undere andng, he has risen from OBJ
Scn'lly without he adv nitrous aid of family uotror
age TO the first rank no the Statesmen of haa
~ nen ipok to ms irendess and unprotected Youth
ana ms "Goe line of condnct, and fleet how hiah
"''u iuSly ne has been distinguished Tor his ardent
loVe OF hberly--hls uncompromsinp hostility IN ~
Taity-As devotion to he Constitution of his Conn
try-ihs manly defence o. her invaded ,lghts-bis
Yea Iess ana untring efforts in the cause of fee,on
"ie'e-ana ms Jealous estimation of integrity
una hohor IN public and private lile feel sense Of
huihliatlnn aud shume for my country tba, a Gene
Hs dio grateful people have Indignantly senced
Inc ca!u'nLators of such man. consider II one of
tIie most fortunate rcumstances of NV life or ~ ch
am indebted to your kindness, that have had thn
opportunity, in he station YOU have conferred ,no,
me "i seeing ana knowing something for mvsef of
'hiS accomplished orator and Statesman I have
seen nm. whom mGay yet living knew only as
iehdiess BOY presiding the deliberations of the
1louse "t Representatives, with q dignity which Ole
waited the character and honored the institutions of
MS country, and an impartiality which extorted uni
Nersai confidence. had scarcely taken nv scat j.,
the i1ouse IN the lrs term of public serv,ca u,t h
Wl!icn you honored me, when heard him n!aad,ng
the cause OF the Constitution and civil liberties IF
/ MS c"untrymen, against the lawess violence the
F&siicsS and madness of military usurpation | have
seen ann since under the suffering of pain and when
MS friends would haze rather expected to find him n
sLcN Oed suppiicatlng the public councils in the
cause OF South American Independence a0aiust
tiie cautious policy of the Government and while
every eye was anXiously fixed or ms pale connie
nance, and the b!cathess silence which pervaded The
mouse confess I'd the power of his eloouence and tire
ioi'y sentiments with which he inspired every haort
say lEe very arteries of his TEMPLES swell as he in
'oEed 'her love OF liberty and their hatred of in,oJ
erahce ana tyranny-as he Irnpored their CHEERING
support IN he cause of human freedom and pronhot
lcaiy uhiode' tn" utu glory ard happiness OF his
country ct ne IS now marked out as the chief
iCtt 90 Persecution =slentiesS perseverinn nd
FlAoc'lVr that II seems l" lave wanted more con
genial !orn Of government only 10 na We brou bt him
TO the scaiiod or the halberts fe had frrnncss to
ua5ntain his principles, and dsdained to bow down
ana worship The Haitt0y idol Of u pa,f4! Il IS for
tins that he has been dcnpunced-it is Tor This tbat
ne has been ca!umnlatrd-it is for this that he has
been openly assacd and secretly DETAINED in ,te
to be iotnolaeG. II ho could have been so lnsepsi
bic TO pubic opinion, and unmndfuI of his whole
public life, rs to have supported the military candidate
for the Presidency, the name o, Henry CLAW had then
been tarnshed, his honor had then been stained and
nc would have been set down in The history Of his
country, as recreant TO his principles and fame"