Liberty advocate. [volume] (Liberty, Miss.) 1835-1866, 1840-09-24

Your friend, err,uApT
From the Philadelphia Evening star
HENRY CLAY AND HIS SPEECH Al lANo-
YER, VIRGINIA.
There was a time when party rancor louhu
prete1i in his postion--whlch was naluial
and unavoidable one-to assall the repu'atloh
and impeach the motives Of the first statesman
of the age and to hurl weapons OF ormldaoie
power, even though stepped in the poison o,
SANDER, against the patriotism and lame OF
Henry Clay. That time has passed, whether r
fortunately or unfortunately for the people OF
the United States, remain TO be seen-but Tor
the glory and the greatness OF Henry Gay
himself, ii is fortunate circumstance mat MS
position has changed from that OF being can
dldate for the Presidency, (Which NATURE, not
accident causedD to being that OF Champion
for Candidate, TO whom he was once rival,
and one whom il was boldly pronounced by his
enemies he never could support; so that even
jealousy and envy, imputed to his nature by
malignant faction have been vanqulshed by
his magnan lnous mind; and we had the pair-
otism Of Henry Clay soaring even beyond all
4 the limits of individual ambition, to an altitude
OF total exemption from all considerations oil
selhshness, surprising in itself, and without an
example in the history OF mankind.
The spectacle presented by this speech OF
| Mr.. Clay is indeed sublime one. 1t is more
than the realization of all that has been ia
bed of the Romance of Patriotism Glowing
in the full perfection Of his faculties; with a
soul brilliant and comprehensive, full Of know
I,I,, and ~ ltznA m ha
highest point Of metaphysical accuracy, and
political atfluence--wc find him self SACRIFICED
and self SACRIFICING on the rock Of Patriotism,
devoting all his vast faculties of mind to the
good Of his country, independent Of himself
iaboring to emancipate it from the lhraldom of
corruptlon-that another, not himself, may 60
vern its destinies, with more honesty, purity
and truth, than the incumbent. How abashed
must his enemies be at beholding such specs
tacle! How contemplate must calumny feel
under such a rebuke! How guilty must faction
! feel, how must it cover with fear, and blush
for mere shame al such refutation Of all its
bitter coinage, and false assertions, upon a
man pure as the unspolted snow of the noun
tain, and as free from ambition as the soaring
cloud whose electric flash purifes the surroun-
ding air. And this is the Patriot whose soul
was to be paralyzed by enyy-wnose heart was
to wilher at the success of rival! False and
hideous faction, how are thy prophecies turned
TO faIsehood in thy brazen facet
We have never seen any thing more felici-
tous, more perfect from Mr.. Clay, than this
speech. It's at once eloquent and analytical,
logical and imaginative-bold in reason and
beautiful in establishment; blending the ele
gance Of Pliny with the magnihcence of CT
cero! Its power is so finely tempered by good
sense, its energy so sweetly softened by the
bland graces ot@tancy, and the amiable feel
Iings Of a patriotism emanating from Philan-
thropy! We have before seen him dashing
bold, brilliantly, carrying every thing before
him, in the irresistible impetuoSity OF capti-
waiting eloqusncc, but we never before saw him
SO sorenely powerful, so irresistible in argu-
ment, so pure in taste, SO sound in logic-so
impressive in his appeals, so convincing in his
|tdeductlons-the terse logic Of Pitt, mixed with
Hthe beautiful eloquence of Burke!
But we pass over its intellectual and liter
airy beauties, as matter to be reserved for
calmel moment, Though God help the political
enemy who cannot read this speech with rap
ture, as feast Of the soul, independent of fac
toni to contemplate the character of the spea.
ker, which was necessarily beyond the bounds
of his own Judgment, and not to be embodied
in his own voice. 1t was for his auditors 10
conceive who was addressing them. Besides
the matter of the speech, SO solemn, so beauti.
tul and SO exciting, there was the person and
character OF the SPEAKER, identified with The
history of his country for almost half Genius
ry, and connected with the great events Of the
world, for period scarcely less shortin dura.
ton, and more brilliant in its glory Who was
the orator? Henry Clay once the Young dis.
ciPle. OF Jefferson, the great advocate for the
war of 1912, the successful Paci6cator 10 Ter.
inmate that war with glory to his country, BY
the Treaty Of Ghent! The eloquent champ.
lon--the soul stirring advocate Of Grecian LII
berty--the INSPIRED orator of freedom through
out the world! twas not an easy task for.the
mlad 10 grasp the greatness and multiplicity
Io' ms deeds as statesman--his victories as
an orator Butt was that same Henry CLAY
whose name is found stamped upon every page
o. the history Of his country, for its glory, It's
nonor, ITS prosperity, and its happiness, from
the passage of the Tariff to the extinguishment
oil Nuillfcaton--irom the Declaration of War
to the Treaty of Peace, and from the Veto on
the Bank Charter TO the Removal Of the Depo.
sltes--the Distribution Of the Surplus Revenue
aud the creation Of Treasury Notes, by a spe-
Gle administration, to supply an exhausted and
Pauperized treasury! 1t will always be suffi.
Gent to make allusion to the prominent eventsI
only, which have identified Henry CLAW with