Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1839-08-01
From The UuIIhIO journal.
RECEPTION OF MIR. CLAY AT
BUFFALO.

H BUFFALO.
Below arc the addresses Of Hon. II. ].
Stow, in this city, and the reply Of the dis
tlnguisbed Senator, at the Park on the occa-
sion Of his visit, on Wednesday last. 1t is
due to Mr. Stow to say, that the report OF
his remarks, by 10 means does justice to his
really able and eloquent address:
Mr.. CLAY:
Sir-The Municipal authorities and people
OF this city, ever ready To extend courtesy
and hospitality to strangers, have made il my
pleasant duty on this occasion, to express
their sentiments aud feelings towards n
statesman whom they as men, as frecmcn, a
Americans, have been accustomed to honor
and respect.
We have indeed for years foudly an,icipa.
ted the day when We could assure him per.
sonaly of the regard for one w!o, though
separated by distance, has been bound 10 Us
by ties as sacred as those that gather round
our homes. For such arc the emotions di-
fused by generous patriotism that we feel II
friendship. an attachment for, nay, almost an
intimacy WITH those who have rendered ser
vice TO our country.
We Shy 'iiut VIC uUNt uUllClDuttu tHut uuy.
because we believe if there be any part OF
our widespread country more peculiarly
than any other deserving the curiosity oi
even stranger, IT will be found in our i'm
mediate vicinity. We think that, perhaps in
no part of all the earth has the creator i'm.
L pressed upon his work such evidences of his
bencticence and power. But to an Amcri-
can, there are connected with these scenes
.,ll. al
are the works Of nature to a foreigner and
/ stranger.
H Were we not justified, sir, in our nn,cpa-
tlons? Had we not rgh. to expect that
the eloquencc, which has so often rcverbera.
ted alike on the Mississippi and Niagara,
would have drawn fresh inspiration from
these mighty scenes in Natures morning
made Z"
Could we have supposed that you would
have SD long forbornc the qualification OF
viewing those fields, rendered memorable in
that conflict, the successful progress and ter
mlnaion OF which owed SO much to your own
exertions?
We will not, however, speak Of past dis
appointments. We now, with warm hearts
and ready hands, greet your visit 10 our city,
and trust you will here find rece plion which
IN'"'' ''''ihu Jou VI UtotTH "CNOIJt
happy home. But, sir, gratitude must not
be lost IN the gratuIatons of the day. We
must recur, for one moment, TO the past
We must alude to the time when ali there
was Of this city, all there remained on this
frontier, of mans works, became the spoils of
war. And though it is with pain we call to
your attention our past sufierings, it is with
gratitude we now seize the hand which was
raised for our relief; it is with pride and
pleasure we hear the voice which invoked
for US assistance in the day of our distress.
We cannot, sir, contemplate with PRIDE as
we do, our rising city, its increasing popula,
ton, spreading commerce, and its excellent,
though to great extent artificial harbor,
without being often reminded Of the distin.
gushed advocate of the cause of domestic
industry and internal improvements.
Nor can we, sir, speak Of the prosperity OF
the new states, on which so much of our own
future greatness must depend, without cx.
pressing our appreciation of the system IL
regard to the public domain, which you have
proposed.
AS citizens of an old state, and ono OF
the states, too, which contributed largely to
the national domain, we have witnessed with
peculiar qualification, the disinterestcd pat
riotlsm which induced you, a resident of q
western and comparatively new state, to
guard the common property of all.
Ii Is to the same patriotic spirit, however
we may differ as TO the eYpcdency, we at.
tribute your excr,ions to compromise The two
differences which have threatened the intcg.
rl,y of our Union.
Ii is the same magnanirnity of mind which
has induced you, sir, To sustain the cause Of
suffering humanity in every quarter of the
globe-which gave courage and countenance
TO revIving freedom on the plains of Mara
thon and Platea-which has caused your
voice TO be heard wherever liberty has need.
ed aid from tbe country OF her birth, to where
"Cortez and Pizarro's arrow few"
Here on this spot, two years ago this day,
we received and welcomed your great com.
patriot, the "defender of the Cons,ltution."-
And sir, 1t is fitting that we thus honor those
who have done SO much for US. For the sake
OF our children, for the benefit Of our whole
community, as an example for representa-
lives, as friends, as ireenen, we welcome
Henry Clay.