Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1832-07-31

freedom In the fierce conflict OF parties, when
aSytated the nation in 1898, when the spirit OF
Executive encroachment, assailed the liberty OF
opinion. as it now does, the two States OF sr'
ginia and Kentucky-tle mother ana oausn.er
the birth place and the adopted home oil Mr.
Clay, were seen fighting side by SIDE IN tue
great constitutional strugsle-the nrst sus'a'"'
ed bv the luminous intellect OF Madi son-nhe
latter aroused and wakened into acton ny Tie
genius Of the youthful Clay. :,
In 1907. Mr. Clay first appeared upon. the
theatre of federal politics, as Senator from
Kentucky. From that period to the present mo-
ment, his life has been dedicated to the service
of his country. What public crisis has ever found
him wantings When " as he seen to shrink from
the performance of his duty, when any great IN
terest of his country was to be asserted and main
tanned? when public corruption was to be reach
ed by his indignant scOwl! when the desp0nd-
ent spirit of the people required to be aroused by
the earthquake voice OF his eloquence! HIS name
is connected with all the prominent measures OF
the Union. and his character is identified with
every leading feature Of her policy.
The views of Mr.. Clay are limited to the pros
perity of no particular interest-they are CIR
cumscribed by no sectional considerations. HIS
compt eheasive patriotism embraces the dversl-
fed concerns of the Confederacy. With an
equal soIlcitude. he is in favor Of protecting the
industry of the North. and of yielding to the just
demands of the South With him, the prescr.
vatlnn of the Union is a cardinal principle OF ac-
ton; and he holds every interest subordinate To
that great end. the efrctual guardianship OF which
is the sole security of any and every interest
Ii was this spirit which, IN 1919, induced HIM TO
throw himself as IA Mediator between the North
| and South-caming ne waves Of faction-allay-
7 Il.
! Union from destruction. by his well known
scheme Of comprnml,e on the agltating Missouri
question And it is the same spirit which has
induced him, within tew days past, to consent
to an abatement of the demands Of the manufac-
turers in order to appease the angry elements OF
sec. ioual strife. and to restore harmony and tran
guilty to the Union He knows that this gov.
ernment vas formed i'll a spirit ct compromise.
and thar il can oniv be sustained by the same spl.
| rit of mutual conCiIiahun.
| His principles are nallonal-not selfish. They
Look to the prosperity o! his country; not to his
individual ACKNOWLEDGEMENT. l. there a class OF
Northern politicians. with whom the annual dis
tribution OF the surplus reyenue IS tayorlte mea
sure of 90 icy? These men receive no counte-
nance from Mr.. Clay, who omits no proper OP-
porrunitv of declaring his hostility TO a scheme in
! furious to The whole Union. and particularly OBJ
noxious. brcau,e particularly detrimental to the
Southern States. Is there another class III the
| Yves, who wish to divert the splendid National
domain from its legitimate purposes. tor the ex.
elusive advantage of that section Ut the Union:
Mr. CLAY, although a Western man, promptly
and dpcisvely denOunces the attempt. as an act
OF gross injustice to Virginia and the older States
of the Con,ederacv, at the hazard of imparing
his popularity Ia a section OF country in which
he s4n,is most in need OF efficient friends.
Bat whr attempt to euosize man whose fame
is cu.exteusive not only with the limits OF this
Union. but which has reached the classic soil
ot Greece, AID the submits Of the AndeS-wher-
ever Liberty ha> found resting place and Free
dom a home? HI, -peudrd eioquence-his va
rird ,ervices-his enthusiastic patriotism-hIs
pure spntess charactcr-are written upon every
page If Iii, country's history. Calumny has in
vair endea,crei to ba,ken his reputation; aud
envy labored Intellectually Ia depreca'e the excel
lence Il could never reach. But he bids defiance
to his enemies. lie stands an eminencc which
their feeble arrows cannot reach. Surely, Vir-
GINA should be proud of the tame of her gifted
son, and emulous to secure his advancement to
statinn which would lose by that event none OF
the lustre impaired TO II by the virtues which have
until NOW adorned the characters of lis occupants
Mr. CLAY. fame should be to Virginia theme of
in-t pride aad pleasing reflection. because she
s..9iu. IN him the link which connects her re-
nomu .tb those days when the master spirits OF
the Common wealth placed her in the front ranks
Of the lonederacy.
Thu IL the man, fellow citizens. whom we re-
commend to you fit and proper candidate for
the Presdency-and we most cordially recommend
him to your suffrages at the approaching election.
Fellow citizens of Virginia! You are called
upon to choose between .4ndreU ia kson and
Martin Fan Buren,, on the one hand; and hea-
ry Clay and John Sergeant on the other. ct Mr..
Sergeant, it is only necessary to say, that he pos
sesses mind scarcely inferior to that of any
man in the Union-a character untanted by tie
breath of suspicion-and patriotism unalloyed
By selfish ambition. Conlrasted with Mr. Van
Buren-the sly. insidious, unprincipled intrisuer
whose country is centered IN self. and whose
ambition is scarcely inferior to that of the fall en-
Archangel.-he occupies proud pre-. eminence,
which challenges your admiration. and claims
your support. WeappeaI then, with confidence.
to the good sense of the people. who. however
they may be sometimes misled will never wiiful-
Iy continue in error.