Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1830-04-16

Orleans saved. aud peace concludcd-Pcacc
signed in the III victory"
The war closed in blaze Of glory, from the North
to the South, aud placed the OF Jackson, Ma
comb and host of heroes, on the one hand, and
able ncgotiators on the oher upon the highest emf
hence OF fame We have done justice To our feelings
in celebrating the events of the war, and in bestownS
public konors distinguished and mertorous
countrymcn, many occasions: aud we have now
assembled TO testify gratitude and our esteem to-
wards ono of the able negotators of the treaty of
Client. That treaty, honorubly concluded, which
put end to the horrors Of war, stopped the efl-
sion of blood and left beloved country free indie
pendent. secure, and honorcd among the rctions.
Gentlemen: announce to you the following toast:
9Th Dun DisrI>GUIsuEp GuEar-The firm and
patriotic Statseniun-the grandeur and usefulness of
his political views, can only be surpassed BY his e'o
qusnce and ability i'll advocating them.
The sentiment excited the strongest emotions in
The company: there WINS simultaneous rising of all,
And sounds of joyous import
Ran through the grateful throng.
Sprnsins from hearts the Truth made faithful"
MIR. Clay now and addressed the company
.aIr. President and Eeiiow- CitSens-I not only
rise IN gratitude for the favorable opinions you enter
tain for inc, but to avail myself of opportunity to
acknowledge my sense of the honnrs conferred upon
me by my felow-ctizcns of Mississippi. did indeed
expect to receive from them such kind attentions
they celebrated for extending to every stranger
having had the satisfaction visit tem but it is my
prize to acknowledge that those paid to me have far
very far exceeded my expectations to have received,
and not acknowledge how sensible am of them
would seem an afcctation of concea,ing feelings
which ought to rejoice in possessing, and which
justice myself well to those who bcstow tins
kindness, requires of me to avow.
Ere landed your shores, your welcome and
congratulations came to meet mc-and they came,
too, the more welcome because saw conming Cling
around citizens who though at variance on poll
teal subjects, do not suffer their differences to int er-
icre with the claims which, friends and rs country
men, they have on each o.heT; aud if have done
aught deserving their appreciation as we'll as their
cepsurc, believe me, in all that have done acted
XTfTt into Ia.,,
n,.u country.
Thc>c is nothing in life said ar. Clay, half 50 de-
ightfil TIC heart to know that notwitl,stand-
ing all the cona,c:s that arise among men, We, there
comes time when tSer passions and preudices shall
sunderland that the s-anger guest shall be cheer
ed in seeing, that whatever differences may aris,.
among them, yet there moments when ,h"y shall
from troubling, and when all that is turbulent
and dstrustful among them, shall be sacrificed to
generous and social dceins of their aature; and it
would be to of great satisfaction to think
that recollection OF the present would act as mcii-
utor, and soften the asperitics of Your divisions as
circumstances and events may renew Ihcm.
The gentleman who sits the head of this festive
BOARD, and near whose person your kind considcra-
ton and courtesy has placed me, was the companion
OF my early days; anu neither time distance have
weakened in him the feelings which begaa with our
youth-the strong aud bright evidences of which are
shown in the narration he has given of nv public
services. Rut fear that he has rather conceived
me to bc what his wishes would have me; and that
to these more than to my descrings, must at
tribute his flattering notice Of me-
lie then odverted to that part of Judge Turner's
address which spoke Of AIR. Clay as the decided ed
voca'e Of the late we cannot attempt to draw
even the outlines of his observations or TO pon,trov
the feelings he discovered while depicting the part
which Kentucky acted in The war; of the volunteers
she sent forth to bStto, Of the deprvatios she suffer
ed of The money expended, and of the blood that
flowed from her sons in supporting the nation in the
defence of her rights and independence. Re; Int
Mr. Clay said no can properly aDpreciate CO.
though we could give his own words eycent ,Ls
who heard him speak. The expression of his ave
his attitude and gestures, evinced how dcenv ;,,o
SUBJECT affected hIm-ihe people of Kentucky. he
SAID, acted nob!y throughout the whole contest ava
whether IN defeat in victory si,c stu shaved tho
determination to sis,ain the American character and
10 fDa: l;ain American Independence-and il woni5
De ohiy 10 repeat what was common observation
among tho people of his State, to sny that their
countrymen of Mississippi acted with spirit during
the war worthy the best days of the Revolution. .
In speaking Of the invasion of Louisiana, and of
the battle OF New Orleans, his feelings and his voice
seemed to rise with the subject. We had situation
close to, and nearly in front Of him; we fixed onr
eyes steadily upon him-there was moral grandeur
Ill MS LOOKS and bis manners, md the enconium he
passed upon the hero who had achieved the yictorv
though said In few words, were such as miob, no
expected from statesman great in honor and 60
exalted in patriotism as Mr.. Clay. He concluded
mus part OF his speech by saying, that although by
tue negotiations Client, none of the objects for
which the nation went TO were guaranteed bv the
treaty of peace yet they were secured to ms bv a
power much stronger than any treaty stipnations
could g've-the influence Of arms the resources
power OF the republic, as brought forth and shown
in the contest.
lie nov spoke of the approximations entertained by
many, that the Union would be dissolved but he con.
scered all appehenslons Of this kind arising more
from our fears that such misfortune should vis;, Tic
country than from any substantial reason to Justify
them. Rumors he said, had gone abroad ever since
the adoption Of the present constitutions that the re
pubic would be dlsrnembered. Whenever any i'm |
question fho
preludices of party rather than the reason of the
people, was brought to bear the discussion, the
cry would be heard, that the Union would fall in the
c9nllic' to-day, the disposition to separate would be
charged on the West; Tomorrow, against the North
or the ast and then it wouldbe returned back ooa;n
to the South; but as long as have lived. said Mr.
lay anna the agitation and commissions of different
SIlnes, nave seen nothing to give me any serious
Tears that such an evil could befal u.s. First the nco
PIE were divided INTO Democrats and FederalstsY-
Then we had the funding system and the Bank NJ tbe