Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1840-05-28
Remarks Of .Hessrs. Clay, Webster, and
Preston, al The late National Conrsn-
ton Of Young Men al Baltimore.
The frs, speaker wos Mr.. Clay, .
sketch Of whose address we ssbjo,@-
Mr.. Clay's Address.

Mr.. CIay's Address.
Mr.. Clay commenced by reference
TO the north west wind, which blew at
most gale, aud compared Il happily to
the popular votes OF the immense multi
tudo Who were present. Difficult as Il
was to be heard by u throng, he said,
he could not refrain from obeying the
general summons and responding 10 the
call. lie was truly grateful for tho
honor conferred upon him. "ThiS'
said he, a" Is no time 10 argne--ths ',mo
for disc ussion is passed, the nation has
already pronounced its sentence. ] be-
hold here its advance guard. A revo-
luton, by tho grace Of God and tho will
OF The people, will be achieved. Will
liam Henry Harrison will be elected
President Of the United States.
We behold, continued Mr.. CLAY in
his emphatic aud eloquent manner. the
ravages brought upon our country uu-
der the revolutionary Administrations of
the present and the past. We sec them
IN u disturbed counsry--in broken hopes
in deranged exchnnges-iU the mutt
lation Of the highes, constitutional rec
ords Of the country. All these are the
fruits OF the party ~ power, aud party
OF that revolution which has been ln pro-
grcss for the last ten years. But This
party, Ms Clay thought he could say,
had been or was demolished. As il had
demolished the institutions oithe country,
so il had fallen itself As institution al
ter institution had fallen by it, and with
them interest utter interest, until a gen
eral and wide spread ruin had CONE up
OH The country, SO now the revolution
was TO end in the destruction Of the party
and tho principles xhich had been in
strunental in our national suHerings.
This, said MIR. Clay, is proud day
for the patriot. 1t animated his own
bosom with hope, and he added, s,n
here to mingle my hopes with yours
my heart with yours-and my exci,ions
with your cxenions. Our enemies hope
TO conquer US, but they are deluded and
doomed 10 disappointment.
MIR. CLAY then alluded. most happily,
and amid the cheers Of all around him,
TO the union of the Wings eve ars,"
said hs, all Wings, we arc all Hsrri-
son men. We are nniied. We must
triumph
One word Of myself, he said, refer
ring to the National Convention which
met at Harrisburg IN December last.
- That convention was composed Of as
enlightened and as respectable body
of men US were over assembled 10 the
country. They met, delibersted, aud
after full aud impartial delibrration,
decided that WILLIAM HENRY HARRI-
son was the man best calculated to unite
the Wings Of tie Union against tho
present Executive. General Harrison
was nominated, and cheeriuIIy and with
on, n moments hesitation l gave my
hearty concurrence in that nomination.
From that moment to the present, l have
hnd but one wish ono subject one de-
sire-and that 10 secure the election Of
the distinguished citizen who received
the suflrages Of the convention.
Allow ne here to say, continued Mr..
Clay, that his election is certain. This
! say not in any boasting or over conf
dent sense, far from it. But l feel al
most that here arc twenty states, who
will give their votes. for Harrison. DO
not the giories Of this day authorize
the anticipation Of such u victory? i
behold before me more than twenty
thousand treemcn, and is il anticipating
too much to say that such an assembly
as this is sign ouninous Of triumph.
MIR. Clay then warned his friends Of
two great errors in political warfare, too
much confidence, and too much despon-
dency. Both were to be feared. There
shouid be no relaxation. The enemy
were yet powerful 10 numbers, and strong
in organization. IL became the Wings,
therefore, TO abstain from no laudable ex-
erion necessary to success. Should
We FAIL" he added, should Mr.. Van
Buren be reelected, which calamity
God avert, though he would be the last
rnnn to despair Of the Republic, he be-
lieved tho struggle Of restoring the
country to its former glory would be al-
most a hopeless one. That calamity,
however, or the alternative, wns leii
with the twenty thousand Wings here
ASSEMBLE
, We received our liberty, said Mr..
Clay, in conclusion, from our rcvolu-
tionary ancestors, aud we are bound in
honor to transfer it unimpaired to our
posterity. Tho breeze which this day
blows from the right quarter, is the pro-
mise Of that popular breeze which viii
dciea, our adyersaries, and make VII
liam Henry Harrison the President Of
the United States.
Mr. Wcbstcr's Address.
MR. WEBSTER was now loudly enhsd
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