Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1840-1842, 1842-11-02

"Hs . ssAtssm,n Of forty yesrs standing, cor
ssantiy before the eyes OF the American psople, Of
ste,t end eomnn,nd,as talents -one who has Allied
vsficas vii odisss With ea n INIT sbiiity-ths man
uho - coesidsrsd the father Of the American eye
,etnths great DEFENDER Of the Independence Of the
South American tepobi,s-the ablo advocate and
supporter Of hi, country durieg the war, aud the
saceeaful nego,istor CT peace. u such a man rs
Henry Clay cannot be elected President &C the U.
States by virtue Of hs services aud talents. Il 10
| vain effort TO sins him into ofiiee.-N. Y. linton.
The foregoing is from the New York Union-a
Journal edited by NJ. NJ. Noah and d,d Gated to the
support Of John Tyler. II ,h're 'a man in the
| country who ought TO I've enabled to bear emphatic
tes,iinony to Mr. Gays talents and patriotism, that
man Is Major Noah. O,ginally attached to the
Jackson Patty, he abandoned it in 1854; when the
g'eitest md best' placed his iron heel upon the
U. States Bank. FSom that period, until within
lev months; Msjor Noah was the warm. unlirng
advocate of Wing principles aud especially the
ardent and unasgsing friend Of MIR Clay. No pa.
per urged moro earnestly his nomination in 1910,
than the Evening S;ar-none more eloquent
and proiu,e IN panegyties OF the Great Statesman
OF tho West. In fact the present Editor OF the
Uoion had enjoyed the opportunity Of con,empla.
TING MIR Clay during the Ion: and absolute n6mi-
nistration OF General Jackson, when a phalaux Of
patriots in the United State. Senate weic ensseed
IN one uneeasing struggle against tho alarming and
despoc doctrines put forth by the old ehieitan. In
the councils Of that litllo band Of ssges Mr. Clay
shone pre- eminent. Perh,ps a moro commanding.
played, than that exhibited by Henry Clay from
tho year 1881. until the defeat Of MIR Van Buren,.
We do not wonder that the "Reminiscences Of that
strring epoch return glowingly TO the bosom Of
haj1r Noah. and compel him, maugrc his meiee-
nary devotion to the vain and ,mbecile nov
occupying the presidential chair, to speak Of Mr..
Clay IN terms such rs those We have quoted.
Though they are faint and cold in comparison with
the eloquent .ncomia in which the Major
wont to indulge, they clearly Indicate that his at
tachment to that illustrious statean still shoulders
beneath the erus, OF worldly and venal partizalshr.
But al cr all, we do not need O more complete
and favorable portrait vi MIR Clay than that far
nished by paper which wages deadly hos,illy
against him. We ate willing 10 take tho desctip
ton of his oppon, nts, and TO present Mr. Clay lie
fore the American people, as "a Statesman OF forty
years standing. constantly before their eyes, OF
gtet and commanding talents, who has filled vari-
Gus civil Offices with eminent ability, the father OF
the American System. the defender Of the indie ,,
d.nee OF the South American Republics. the able
advocate and supporter OF his country during tho
war. and the successful nesotiator Of peace" and
to call upon them to place any o her IN the scale
and see who can outweigh him in service, devotion
TO his country, unerrns political s0g acity ani com
mandIng intelleci.-IN. o. Bee.