Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1840-1842, 1842-07-06
RICHMOND WING.
WEDNESDAY MORNING. July @.
HENRY CLAY.

The late veto has inspired the Wing party with
Il possible increased zeal in the cause Of the srea,
champion Of liberty; Of him who has for 40 year,
been struggling for the glory end aggrandizement OF
his country, and the peace, prosperity and happiness
Gifts citizens Is there any man. however stepped in
the bitterness Of party, who does not award Henry
Clay, the fervent ps,rio,sm-tslents Of the fs,
order. business habits, and experience in, and
knowledge OF, public affairs, unsurpassed by my
man in the nation; the most intimate aeauaintane,
with human nature, and with the wants and wishes
of the great mass of the American People and
above all, does he not stand far before all other
men now living, in amount OF important public
servce' And yet he has, by large portion OF
his counrymen, been treated with greater degree
of Injustice and rancorous persecution, than has
every fallen TO the lot Of any OF his predecessors or
contemporaries.
| Can any man OF any party, who has one d'op Of
the milk of human kindness left, read unmoved his
great speech at Lexington, spoken to the Mass
Meeting that welcomed back to his quiet home the
best beloved and most highly honored son OF Ken.
tuckyi For simplicity, and purity OF style. Tor
genuine pathos, for lofty eoquence foe calm digni
~ and unanswerable reasoning, we would place
this speech by the side of any that the presen; times
have produced.
he touches with a masters hand, and in colors so
true that none can deny them. the that have
produced the present melancholy and alarming
state Of affars-efIecs that he fnretold, from the
first, would inevitably flow from the ruinous mea-
sures of Gen'l Jackson, and the party that sang
hozannas TO his name. His countrymen, unfottu-
nate!y for themselves. paid no attention TO his I'D
moni,ions or his predictions. but, led away by the
glare OF military glory, followed blindly their lead
ers until the pressure Of adversely opened their
eyes 10 their real situation.
Whatever personal views or party bias may in
duce some men TO say-there is no man who does
not belIeve-nay, that does no, know-that the pre-
sent deporable state of affairs, both individually
and nationally, has resulted from the causes assign
cd Ivy MIR Clay. We entrea, our readers to study
closely this great speech Ia portion OF which we give
TO day. Of MIR Clay, and We are satisfied they will
rise from its perusa with fixed and unaltera BILE de-
termination to do all that men may Justly do in any
cause, to secure the election OF tina, great defender
of Human liberty, to Office once honorable and
tonored; and to which, he will restore the glory,
Of which it has been robbed.
Let the Poeple-the real People-speak out
trumpei-tong for themselves and we have no
fears as 10 the verdict they will give. The name Of
Henry Clay and the restoration of his country's
prosperity and honor, indissolubly connected in
the minds Of the Wing party. The great body of
Wing voiers-and a nObIer band of freemen the
worlds surface cannot pruduce-do not desire the
aid of National Convention to designate the can
ddate FOR whom they are to vote that candidate is
nirensy before nation ty the universal accama-
ton o! the Wing People-"a long pun, strong
pull and a pull altogether" then, for Clay, a
Sound Currency, Domestic Industry and Justice
to the Siates-these the bat,lecries Of the wings
and he is no Wing who will not echo them.