The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1839-08-01
HENRY CI.AN.

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OF all the gsibiae n.eu d Jhe pry-cA day
there Is ~, ogs vho W much resembles
THoHss JEtFrEsoy III ,hc tranknrs- anil
honesty 81 hl. character as linSRT CLAx.
Even ANogEW ItcksoS, Wtth all bis NJ.
l'-ciai.ou ui thu bluu,Gr $ and fearless bear
ing u tllc suldlcr. could M .a.lnblr arsd ms.
ui. y ben h. believed u a = hm luierrst
To do -. On the lAr,H question, Tor "a.
stance, h. sas claimed and supported bs
bRh the ltwt.ds and ems uatrs .: pfufcctsos4,
vh'ie an thps qlsstun, aa, "a every other
iiIsRY CtNY's oan,aRs wcFa known ark
understood hy all. The maa who Wou1d
rather b. nghi than be- President iaa
never sl9opcd 10 c1ucral nr d.sagmh!e hss
oIsniaus End heuce, aithaueh IN has rru.
dcrca greater aad more dis.luga isllcd p,iss.
lr sericcs than any other lHllsldual ma
living hls claims have hccu overlooked.
anf others elevated to pIscF a. sAlcI.ag II
hm as ThcrsHes . AchiIles.
IL Is not 4 little remarkable. however,
% the nids' 81 at THIS g'oeg, hos tnta.
rablY his n1a.ser.spirt has been booked t.,
t"th by friends AMI iocs, whctpncr ans
great and imminent danger ias impcslcd
over The country. At the coutmenccnpent
q the late war, he "a. The n f.fn rlccsed
b. President MApfaoS h - ron.nAau 4. r.
in-chiei ii the army ard r. sas o., MN.
mated only because ihc Ga1tFumrul could
not ct on wt,hpt hn ae.tiaasc 10 ca.
errss, where h,- powerful inta nd grrd
popularity cnablcd tam 20 rsaaa g sHf, secs.
Tho saiu" 81 which 1t eus.d nat r. ta.s nsu
to o-tfnaie--cunzgaua a8 80 Gasaf.
Whcr, With the AID ut atlsr eomms..tau.
cr', he succeeded IN giving 80 tae var al
Independence an honorable aal. tus as.
happs sad fortunate lcrru4a4a#a.
During fh" agitation % tie MISSOURI
que ilan, when tue best msu anil uatrata
70 the land dcsFarcd of the nion--ehnn
The ship II State was tast drifting on the
bmakers, AMI be who had been placed m
command knew not wha, direction a. atso
% the ses-cl---in that dark hour, was 'hcfr
any enc who would have placed II the helm
either N,rriS SAy BrnrS or X. VI.
JouSsoN Neither were lhauahi 81. bat
the eycs q alI turned On IIFsay Clay,
and Il was to hls hands that Sc vcrc ,hen
indebted for safety. And again. when
S"u'h Carolina stood in arms Ia rrs,s, the
tariff, and President Jackson talked on,t
ot 'he cord and baFonr,, IIrsny CLsf
taaid joins RASboLrH) i the only man IN
America that can save the Union = and he
did save It. Thus, nj thcec two rrmarka.
bic cpoch4 IN our history, rendering .cryi.
eos to ms country such M il has been the
fortune 81 no other citizen 10 render. and
~ich a. ought 20 entilc hun TO the graft.
tude Of every man who has an American
heart IN his bosom.
And now, when a mad fanatacistn i
spreading through the land, winch, under
the prctcncc Of establishing certain nights,
would tramplc under foo, others no loss "a.
cred, and which, IN purau, of what Is deem.
cd rIghnu end, would resort 10 unlaw fll
means, regardless alike Of the evils thcy
would niict on others, or those which must
inevitably recoi on thcmscIge4---who j. II
that has given 40 stunned q blow 10 tho
monster Abolition "A IInxRY Clay II
these were the only services he had render.
Cd 70 his country, (Which u far from beng
the CASE who - there that can BIZ brought
m competition with him What has q.
thor the first or second officer Of the Coy.
A. historical fact