Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1839-09-09
From The Shannon Spectator September 5.
HENRY CLAY IN STAuNTON.

The great champion Il Constitutional freedom
fiENRf CLAY, arrived III Nlanni0n on Saluf.
'iss last nn his rctutn 10 has tGsi6rnce III
Kentucky. hom his Nonhcin tour. and vas
greeted by our fsllow-eliIzrts With The cnrhl,si-
asrn Of feeling which has every where attended I'm,
IN his progress thran IA the county. Il beng un.
dcrstood alter the arrival al The regular stage on
that day. that tIt Clay would be here Ia lr course
al The evening IA an extra, an Informal meeting was
iIas,ly golteo up and auang made To reeve
linn with the manifestations Of trarcct due to Is
long aud invaluable public souttes.--lr US d,lef.
snined thai COMPANY Of geafcmcn should proceed
forthwith 90 horseback aud ia carriages, IN meet
and escort hun into town, and thai 1onN H. pfYroN
ESQ should welcome him on his arrival, IN suitable
address, and tender 10 him the hos laies al Stann-
ton, during his stay amongst us Accordingly in \
sbon time a cavdleadc was formed, preceded l.,
Judge BROOKE IN his carriage. who at the request
of the narslals consented Qho bur a soiournerA 10
unite with nur fellow citizens IN rendering this MAJ
ofrespeet 10 his Old aud intimate friend. The com
paDy had not gone Car hrlolc they met Mr. CLAW
when ID. W. PA7rEsoN, .E,q announced 10 HIM
The wishes Il our fellow citizens, aud handed Inn
INTO the cariage oil Judge Brooke OuatfI,iup IN
town, the procession was h5ltcd ia font OF the IA.
gle Tavern, aud Mr.. Clay descended bom the
carriage he was met 10y MI Peyton who welcomed
hun ~ handsome and appropriate address-Io
which Mr.. Clay responded. ~ his usual elegant md
impressive manner, though tvideuty labourinp
las he sad under great fatigue aud exhaus.
lion from the round of ceremonies and excite
'menis through which he had been hurried h,
the enthusiasm Of his fellow citizens. From m,
smomcn he left The Canada shore he had been
DENIED all the privileges of lrceman--he had been
taken up and passed from committee 10 auotb.
err from village to village aud c,'y 10 civ, and Ste
TO State He said he had hoped, however tina,
when he reached the ''0d Dominion he wnnld
have been allowed some reposr aud still less did he
expect thai the citizens Of Augusta would br,, nj
his approach. Nevertheless, lie felt bound 10 "a,
that, severe and cxausng as were The fatipucs aud
prvatons 10 which he had been subjected by The tide
OF popular iee'iag which had thus overwhelmed him,
lie could rot help being gtaiihed-not on hi, own
account, but on account OF the great principles with
which the people had been pleased to identify him.
and which were involved in the struggle now going
on between pfefogalve and power-between the
people and those who control the Government of the
county. Heexpressed his mistaken confidence in
Nhe soupdness Of the people, aud his firm ron,ie-
non thai nothing Is wanting but splril of cvncilia
ton and harmony, and Of perseyeling Effort 10 en-
sure the triumph Of our cause-uhIch is emphati
caI'y the cause OF the Constitution and of Repubi
can freedom.
according TO arrangement number of citizens
sopped with Mr.. Clay, and the evening was spent In
oe'ehuul hliady and flashes Of vii and the flow of
sen'iment Ii was an evening which will long be
nenbered with pleasure by those who participated
10 il.
MI Clay lett next morning in the Western Stage.
oe'ng DESTROYS TO reach Kentucky BY an ea,ly day'