The Democratic Whig. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 1842-1843, 1843-11-02

I ANulfAuai1 MhAat MuQl1 iNEe present 50 neau-
tiiu a study as that Of HENRY CLAY.
| From boyhood o the present time, he has al
ways siood forth prominent and faithful ad.
v0caie If the nights u the people, al the same
time that be h8s never descended 10 the clan
trap Frequently employed by Demagogues to
obtain their temporary good will. His public
acts have always been based upon principle /.
and be has eve: lool,en to the future for his re.
ward, instead Of sacrificing his judgment and
his convictions Of right. 70 the passions and
impulses Of the passing hour. With no other
object in view than the welfare Of the whole
country and the generalprosperity ofthe PEG.
pie Mr. CLAY has always adopted the most
enlarged Snd statoman-lke views Of every
subject ofgeneral importance which has come
before the Country.
The correctness Of this remark 80 il al.
mirably Illustrated by the collection ofsreecb-
rs now before Us. Mr. Clay first took his
seat in the Senate Of the United Statesin lSO6
then twenty-nine years ofage ard from that
period to the present-thirty- seven years-his
whole life has been devoted TO his country, and
presents beautiful conslstenc never before
exhibited in the life Of prominent politician
and statesman. Ia 1907 he made his first
great speech in the Senate and the subject
Of i was Internal Improvements. in 1909 ne
made his first great speech IN favor of the en-
/ c0uragement OF Domestic Manufactures anal
we need not say with what persevering oner-
gy he has continued his advocacy Of tbese
two great measures from that perlcd 10 the
present time. There was nothing in the nos.
luon of Kentucky which prompted Nc, CLAY
to advocate the encouragement Of Domestic
Manufactures but he plainly saw that il could
not iah to b beneficial to the nation at large !.
and therefore, as national measure il cor.
mended itself TO his consideration. And thus
through h's whole life, be has always taken an
enlarged view Of every great question which
| has ever been presented for discussion, and ut.
ierly refused toadyocate or oppose any meas.
ure from mere local considerations, One of
bis last acts IN the Senate was 10 vote in IA.
vor Of the Bankrupt Law. against the wishes
the preJud.ces,and the instructions of the State
he represented, simply because il would. in
bis Judgment prove beneficial to the country
at large and should, therefore, be sustained
by every statesman having IN view the benefit
Of the whole people.
II IS this peculiarly national trait in the char
acter and history nf Mr.. CLAY,which renders
him 80 universally popular from Maine 10
Louisiana. When Mr. VAN BuREN's chan.
ces for he Presidency are spoken of his nom.
larty in his native Slate and New Hambsbire
are referred to Mr.. CALHOUN is supposed 10
be an available candidate, because he is popu-
lar at the South; Col JOHNSON is said to have
strength IN the Northwest and Gen. Cas- is
admitted to have numerous friends in Michi-
gan an Ohio. Thus all these candidates for
| the Presidency, base their claims upon their
/ local popularity, arising from their havinq At
uinefent porous OF tnen lives, rendered local
services, and never forgot their local attach
ment and prejudices in devotion the general
l0elfare
not 50 with Mr., Clay, He never advoca.
ted merely local measures, nor Welded to mere
" local considerations, IN order 70 preserve bis
popularity at home at the expense Of the gen.
eral welfare. A stateman in the broadcast
| sense otthe term, and what is more, an honest
and fearles sta'eman, he has throughout his
long public life, discharged bis duly to the
whole country regardless Of Consequences 10
himself; and the result is, such as it ever
will be, with an intelligent people Time,
| which alone can cause the acts Of public men
/ tobe properly appreciated has triumphed over
| the systematic misrepresentation so indus
triously put IN circulation by the enemies Of
Henry Clay and the day has at length arrived
when honest men fboth parties and in every
| section OF the county, with one voiee cry
aloud-"Jastlce 10 Harry Of tls West" In
/ ihe North and in the South, IN the East and IN
the West, be is alike the idol Of the people.
Alt ough native Of Virginia and the adopted
| son Of Kentucky, bis whole life add all his
| public nets, have been 50 nlt0nal-so entirely
devoted 20 The welfare and prosperity of our
/ common country that the people everywhere
look upon him ~ Invested Of any local or sec
uoaal Character and as belonging emphauCally
10 the whole country. In him commerce,
| Agriculture, and Manufactures, have alike an
able advocate and efficient friend. As a Leg.
lsator, Maine and Louisiana, New York and
| Missouri, claim as much Of hls consideration a.
Kentucky and Virginia; and it is because Of thi,
general devotion 10 all that is American, and o
his rising above al that is sectional and local
that the whole people without reference to the
places ofther birth or residence, unite in an IN
alterable determination 10 elect him 10 the Pre-
sidency 10 lS44 All who are familiar will
bis public life, re so firmly impressed with il
beautiful consistency that they strive BY ever
means in their power, to make Il familiar L
every voter in The y. $. They feel that hi
strength consists, not in bis promises for tn,
future, butin his performances in times past
the best and only guarantv's Of what will be hi
course wien at the helm Of State. With thi
view, in every section ofthe Q. s., geographic
Of this great Statesman are printed and cirenla
ted as the very best appeals that can be mad
~ his behalflo an intelligent and patriotic peo
pie Such an appeal o the judgment and no
to the passions OF bis countYmen, is he wor
now before "; and US extensive circulation
cannot fail to be beneficial, for the simple rea
son that it presen's MIR. CLAY 10 the Amer
can public through bis dcfs, and bis written an
recorded sentiments on each and al ofthe grea
. National questions which have agitated OF
country since the adoption Of the Federal Cor
stitution.-N y, Cour + ERq
/ We learn from the correspondent {
S the N. Y. Tribune, that the Wings {
5 Phi ladelphia are about doing some
thing towards noble Wing. A sui
s scription paper, containing over 40
+ signets, was shown him, with the SUI
a Of one dollar marked paid, opposiI
III each name, for the purpose Of obtair
n ing and presenting a pair Ofpitchers
If James G. Jones, Governor Of Tel
d nessee, as a compliment to bis iudon
r. liable exeruons in the Wing cause
.e bis native State, thereby securing Il
n majority in the Senate Of the U S.