Columbus Democrat. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-18??, 1840-08-08

ter. In the Netf feeling with which the House,
over which Mr. Clay presided, had ayerled iis face
from the General, whose ncapacity had seenfced
these patriots, did Mr. Clay aver, his thoughts
from the fields where Kenucky's chiyshy had
fought, bled, and persisted in VAIN. lie barely
alludes to these disasters; aud as It was his OBJ
Ject 10 concentrate the rays Of glory for his coun.
Try. he carefully avoids the name OF Harrison,and
thrice, in one brief passage with the skill and
power OF Demosthenes, brings up the name and
achievements of the hero of New Orleans We
give the passage from his speech Of 1916. 1t is
as honorable TO the patriotism and power of Mr.
Clay as il is dIsparagng TO HARRISON:
From the National lnteligsnesr Of .1arei 81 lsl6
"What have we gained by the war; Mr. {.
said he had shown We had lost nothing IN rights,
territory, or honor; nothing for which we ought
TO have contended, according TO the principles Of
gentlemen on the other side, or according 10 our
own. Have we gained nothing by the war; Let
any man look at the degraded condition Of this
country before the war-lhe scorn of the universe
the contempt Of ourseyes-and tell me if we have
gained nothing by the Warl What is ourp present
situationl Responsibility and character abroad
security and confidence at home. II we had
sure of retIibuuon, our character and Constitution
are placed on a solid basis, never 10 be shaken.
The glory acquired by our gallant tars--by our
Jachsons ard our Browns on the lands that
nothingl True, we have had our vicissitudes-
that there Wsrc humiliaiing erents which the
pctriot could not rerietr wiihout deep rsgrct-but
the great account, when 1t came to be balanced
thank God, would be found vastly in our favor
Is there man, he asked, who would have obIlte-
rated from the proud pages Of our history the bril-
liant achievements of jackson, Brown, Scott and
the host of heroes or lard and sea whom he would
not enumerate! Is there man who could not
desire participation in the national glory acqur.
ed BY tie war Yes, national glory, which, how
ever the expression may be condemned by some,
must be cherished by every genuine patriot. What
do | mean by national glory Glory such as
Hull Of the Constitution, Jackson, Lawrence and
Perry, have acquired And are gentlemen insen.
sible of their deeds--to the value Of them in ami.
mating the country in the hour of peril hereafter
Did the battle Of ThermopylH preserve Greece
but once! Whilst the Mississippi continues to
bear the tributes Of the Iron Mountains aud the
Allegany to her delta and to the Gulf Of Mexico,
the sIh Of January shall be remembered and the
glory of that day shall stimulate future patriots
and nerve the arms OF unborn lreemen in driving
the presumptuous invader from our countrys soil.
Gentlemen may boas. of their nsensihi,y to feel
ings inspired by the contemplation of such events;
but he would ask, does the recollection of Bunker
Hill, of Saratoga, and Of Yorktown, afford them
no pleasure Every act Of noble sacrifice 10 the
country--evoFy instance Of patriotic devotion 10
her cause, has its beneficial influence. A nations
character is the sum of its splendid deeds. They
constitute one common patrimony--the nations
inheritance. They awe foreign powers. They
arouse and animate our own people. DO gentle.
men derive no pleasure from the recent transac.
lions in the Mediterranean Can they regard
unmoved the honorable issue of war in support
ofour national rights, declared, prosecuted, and
terminated by a treaty in which the enemy submit.
ted to carte blanche in the short period of forty
days The days Of chivalry are not gone. They
have been revived in the person of Commodore
Decatur, who, in releasing from infdel bondage
Christian cepiiYes, the subjects of foreign pow
er, and restoring them to their country and their
friends, has placed himself beside the most re-
nowned knights Of former tines"