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Il CLAY,
OF KENTUCKY.

HENRY CLAY,
OF KENTUCKY.
This was followed by nine dearening
cheers and tremendous applause
We spread our banner TO the breeze,
and with a firm reliance upon the justice
of our cause, we confidently await the
issue.
Fellow. citizens, Americans! 10 this
cause we invite your aid. Upon his
own merits let our candidate be judged.
Go back to his early youth-lrace HIM
from the period SO feeling!y portrayed
in his farewell addfess-wben, an or
phan boy, The gallant State of the dark
and bloody ground, adopting him as her
son, first SEM him forth to do the battles
Of his country, to his recent regretted
retirement from the councils Of the Ma,
ton, you fad him at all times, the de-
voted patriot, the enlightened statesman,
the honest man; (cheers.) He may be
truly described as American through
and through, (cheers.) American in his
his feelings, American in his aims, Anne
rican in all his policy and projects. -
CHEERS
Vino among the actors in the scene
can forget that mighty outpouring Of
patriotism, when in the darkest hour Of
his coun!ry's need, when the bravest
faItered, and despair was brooding over
the land, he reused the dormant ener-
gies Of the country, as in a burst of in
dignant eIoquence whose tones reverbe.
raled throughout the Union, he pro-
claimed to the assembled representa-
tives of the Nation: My plan would be
to call out the ample resources of the
country, give them a judiclous direction,
prosecute the war with the utmost Vigor.
strike whenever we can reach the enc
my at sea or on the land, and negotiate
the terms of a treaty al Quebec Or Hall
fax. 10 such a cause, with the aid Of
Providence, we must come out crowned
with success: but if we fail let us fail
Iik men-lash ourselves to our gallant
tars and expire together in one common
cause, fighting for Free Trade and Sea-
mems RIghts!'"
As the successful negotiator Of an
honorable peace, the mediator whose
clImness and decision queIIed the angry
passions which on two ocraslons threat.
enod domestic discord and civil strife,
as the advocate Of independence for n
shaved Greece and throughout our whole
western hemisphere, as the Secretary
IN whose hands the interest Of the Ma
ton reposed with honor, aud in his clos
ing career Of Senator in Congress, in all
and every capacity, we challenge for
his every act the slrictest scrutiny. Po'
liticaL animosily has indeed pursued him
with veugeful bitterness; calumny and
SANDER has been busy with his name
and fame. aud detraction had almost
marked him for her out like the
misls Of night before the morning sun,
the clouds have vanished before the
light Of truth, and he stands forth erect
and pre- emiaont, in the dignity and pu'
rity Of patriotism,
How marked the contrast! The one,
with the regret ana admiration of his
fellow citizens, retiring from the g)of
ious conflict of mind and the honorable
discharge of his country's trust: the
olher, amidst the ieers OF political foes
aud the reproacheS OF betrayed friends,
Ciinging to place at the expense Of hon
or, (ch6ers)
But, fellow citizens. other and higher
objects than mere individual preferences
demand our attention, To the depres-
sion of labor, the destruction Of credit,
and the utter proStralion of the business
energies of the county, consequent up.
on the policy and conduct Of the late ad.
minlslratIon, must be superadded a
bankrupt Treasury, a National Debl,
and a deficiency Of ven to provide
for current expenses, At the same time,
the blight of unshackled foreign compe
tition has fallen upon the great manu(ac.
turing interests Of the country, and our
resources have been constantly drained
as tribute TO foreign enterprise, while
our own has been utterly neglected.
Our Agricultural products, with a few
exceptions. are chiefly confined to a
home market; and Discriminating duties
abroad, coupled, in regard TO the colo.
niaI trade, with restrictions amounting
TO a total prohibition have equally al
fecled our commerce, and almost placed
the carrying trade Of the seas in The
hands Of strangers.
These three great branches Of nation.
a! industry and wealth are in fact so
lInked together, thai the same operating
cause OF prosperity or ad sersity extends
its Influence 10 all British legislation
has indirectly accomplished more to
wards our rational depression than ever
be fore ensued from direct hostility and
open war Let us briefly IN its
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