Litchfield enquirer., 1832-10-25
Fw@ sks PrDsidsacs JoHrHai, fiENRY CLAY. 1


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 sPreuising, that, as matters now stand, Mr, Clav is enphaiicaily the candidate of the TeO. nle. in opposition to the candidate tUF pUliil- cal mauagers, we say that he Is rec0mmend. cd to that distinction by his personal and mental qualities, bis public service, and. his long experience in POlitical fife. His pubic. no less than his personal character is distin- l ,ruished by traits suitable to Republican Statesnlatls Erankness is predominant trait tn his character. It is quality of a gener- Ous mind. and it Is virtue tn pOpular states usxD. ln p0puIar government like ours 1t is important lpr the public to show the senti- ments of our public saen- Ou all interesting questions. MT. Clay never cenceals his.-- There is no mistake in him. He cannot dis seniblc if he woulJ-he would rot if he could. His character is also distinguished by ssgaci-. ~, dccision and promptitude. The hrst of. these qualities conducts him t0 safe results :. Ihe third leads him ee actioB, when actioIi can alone be useful. Not least 10 bs applauded G &respected is his lofty independence. Though . distinguished member of one of the old par ties in the country, he did not inuoosate his conscience on its shrine. He sHstained the Navy, for example, at time wliea 1t was ob- noxious to that party. He Eisked his own popularity in doing % but he preferred the public good. Happily, sAe whole nation is now but one party on that suhiect. Devotion to the Consfisuti0n and the Laws heye prs- eminently distinguished him through aife.- .His reverence for ciyh authority may be said AsBbo interwo oven with the love Of liberty and free instiMtions which has distinguished him eQtaalIyaa as the Champion ef Amerscan free dom from foreign sway, and the advocate of personal rights at hehse. He is shove all tru- ly Annerican, ia his origin, his education, and opinions. and in all his principles of Govern saent and of Legislation. He has DO foreign prepossessions.s He would humble his couD-
 try before no foreign potentate. He loves his country ardenfly, and he loves it exclusively.
 Mr. CLAY took his seat as a member of the House 0f Representatives on the 4th of Nov. a8li, and was, on the same day. elected its Speaker. This distinguished office he con. Tinued to fU by election, nearly fourteen ycass. with but two comparatively short in- 1ervals. None of his decisions were ever re- yersed. His first speech in Congress on In ternal Improvements. was, in the Senate, dur { ing the session of l8O6-7, and in favor off erecting the Potomac bridge. This effort he | afterwards followed up by strenuons attempts 1 lO buiG up system on that subject. Tie 1 opinion was known not fO be favor able to the | existence of power in Congress to cffectnaie | sa comprehensive system of Roads and Canals. | It was against the influence of the Executive [ heretofore, thst Mir. Clay had to contend in his speech, delivered in March, 1918. in sup pOrt ofihe power. He succeeded in the cons Jest. by n vote of 90 fO 75; and may he said thas to have laid the foundation of the system. His lab0rs to cOnsummate it were cOniinued ! on all suitable occasions, till his retirement from Congress. During the session of 1915 -l8, the lirst measures in the. shape of q .sys. temsfDr encouraging our manufactures were introduced into Congress. MT. Clay's share in procuring the passage of the Tariff Bill pf that session, and his subsequent exertions in behalf of the q American System." are, we'll [, known. They are so important that the title of " Father of the American System" has heen giyen him by both his friends and his ! enemies.
 He was distinguished champion of the war with Great Britain, in the country, and many is the time we have with delight heard tho vaulted dune of the Capitol resound his eloquent decialnations in behalf Of Free Trade UuU 1auOt3 kAl&ut3s SNfs CIay IS known tO Il haxe had his fuii share in negotiating the Ghsnt treaty and it may be safely assumed that in fheoral discussions connected with the { uegofiation he had more than his share.-- { His performances, as Secretary of State are of the highest order of merit. During his ls the iabors and responsibilities of , that office were, tn consequence 0f our intersi course with the South Aperican States. and the ramifed concerns of the country, |, at lenst double what they had been at any aD-t tecsdent period. He negoiiated Mora sisea- ties than had been negotiated by any one of | his predecessOrs. In several of them he in troduced a principle of maritime intercourse ofgreat imp0raance sO the navigating interests Of the U. States. By the convention of Lon. don. of which Mir. Clay was one ut tue negs,- | lialofs, certain privileges which British vessels had before possessed over American yessels l ssere abolished but sMr. Clay, in the treaties with Denmark, Sweden, the Hanseaiic cities, l aud Gautemala. introduced the rule that goods E0nyeyed in vessels Of the United States to those countries. and reciprocally, should be admitted without reference to the county where they were produced. His state papers are prepared with great care. and in concise, but perfectly lucid style. When we consider his reputation IS an orator, senator and u lawyer. his instance is one Of more varied in. stelleetual excellence than thatiof perhaps any other sitizen of the Republic. If he has peers S~ A.aNt A1.. s.