Staunton spectator, and general advertiser. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 183?-1849, 1839-10-31

Ahe ioliowing beautiful stanZaS originally
appeared in an Eastern paper some years since.
They have lost none oftheir truth and force,
and are well worthy of being republished.
HENRY CLAY.
-"Holding the principle that citi-
Zen, as long as single pulsation remains, is
under an obligation to exert his utmost ener-
gies in the service of his country, whether in
private or public station, my friends NAV
rest assured that in either condition / shall
stand erect, with spirit unconquered, while
life endures, ready to second their exertions
IN the cause Of Union and Liberty. Henry
Clay.
-''I have doubtless committed manv
errors and ndlscretions, over which YOU have
thrown the broad mantle of your charity.
But can say, and in the presence of nv
Tod, and OF this assembled multitude, will
say, that L have honestly and faithfully sery-
cd my country-that have never wronged il
and that, however unprepared lament that
am to appear III the Divine presence on 9TH
or accounts, invoke the justice of His udg-
ment upon my official conduct, without the
smallest apprehension of His displeasurc.''-
Speech of Henry Clay at Lexington, Kentuc-
ky, 1929.
Ay-stand erect the cloud is broken
Above thee spreads the rainbow's token.
The shadow of thy onward way
is bending into perfect day;
The ISLANDERS of the venial train
Assall thy honest name in vain
FOR thou art still as thou hast been,
The hope of free and patriot men!
Still boasts thy lip its fiery zeal
Thy heart its JOY in human veal
Sui tree thy tongue to soothe and warm
Still keen its fiery shaft of scorn-
Still scars thy soul untamed and strong,
The loftler for its sense of wrong
Still hrst In Freedoms cause to stand,
The Champion of her favorite land.
Oh--what to thee were pomp and show
Aught that thy country can bestowl
Her highest gifts could only take
New honOrS for their wearer's sake
They could not add wreath to thine,
Nor brighter make thy glory shine;
No-meaner ones may borrow fame,
Thine lives through every change the same !!
The Grecian, as he feeds his flocks,
In Temples vale, on Morea's rocks
Is caught by Solos white armed daughters,
While dwelling on the dubious strife
Which ushered in his nations life,
Shall mingle, in his grateful lay,
bozzARIs with the name Of CLAY.
Where blush the warm skies of the South
Ger Cotopaxi's fiery mouth;
And round the fallen Inca's graves,
The pampas rolls its breezy waves,
Ihepatriot in his council hall
The soldier at his fortress wall
The brave-the lovely-and the free,
Shall offerup their prayers for thee.
And where our own rude valleys smile
And temple, spire and lofty pile,
Crown, like the fashions of dream,
The slope OF every mountain stream
Where industry and plenty meet,
Twin brothers in the crowded street.
Each splre and monument upward sent
Shall be thy fitting monument!
Still stand erect our hope and trust,
When law is trampled in the dust,
When DER our fathers yet green graves
The war-cry of disunion raves
And, sons of those who, side by side,
Smote down the Lion banners pride,
Are glrding for fraternal strife
For blow for blow-and life for life
Let others rob the public store,
IoDuy thelrIll-used power once more
SHRINK back from truth, and open wide
The fiood-gates of corruption's tide;
Thou standest in thy country's ego
Unshrinking from its scrutiny,
And asking nothing but to show
How far patriots zeal can go.
And those whose trust is fixed on thee
mnbought-unpledged-and truly free,
They bow not to an idol down
They scorn alike the bride and frown;
And, asking no reward of gold
For battered faith-for honor sold,
Seek, faithful to their hearts and home,
Nor CEsAR's wEAL-BUT THAT OF ROME
have often heard the question asked, if
WEBSTER ever wrote poetry. That he ever