The hornet., 1843-07-18
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tni Il.eHHfu reception with which foa were
greeted a lfu N.h.1 8na5lf, without
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lof iIr apfHfe of ff..ag HH1nR iha people,
+ hY ihfIf Iuh1We ft'ffy rf Yr1f aH.fF
+ Eeu ei ihs r.fytna af rHHIelfhH. ys1sn
f ied fYr character ani taIenfl, went uIf 10 Ffaet
+ you.aihe igft of ftceIyiay 500 wf Ff TO
I t1e IufIflihrlnf poplIIuiy a4I npipf.aiF huu.
F ior, witl whom dil, af 1II other great cities
f1b1Hnl. The Whg Councils of fhf e.fY.a anI
+ iho i4orofrea CommsiIsaef ef fhe dIsffen
|r1uId h0t bo pfrglsd upon 10 pay ypl tha
ordinary compliment bestowed upon travel.
( tIIng Presidents They aro rcpub.ieaulfcrmr1
I1Hd du NOT subscribe to iIie dcspei0g dpelfiuu
T OF bowing io tte "Ap ol GosIcf" when 10
may bs elevated lUr alteration. Having no
respect Tor you at n man, they cannot offer
seusolew homage to the office which you ae.
cidcntly occupy Men ol sense DO not honor
things, they look to the character Of lhc man
TO know whether he be worthy Of respect Or
not.
You may rccolIcct, perhaps, when you de.
serted the party which made you the uccidcn.
tai great man that you are, that the first step
in your career Of political apostae was r.
contemplate prescription ol oil the friends of
that man whom nature made grcat HENRY
ICLA1-hc for whom you once manifested
such tender regard, that according to your
own confessions, tears fell from. your eyes,
when he was superseded in a nomination for
the Presidency. You may remember how, in
your cagerncs, TO cvlnce your hatred for his
friends, YOU addressed letters hither, asking
"HoW maHy CiaY men are there" in the Gus
tom House, when every man whom you found
infected with the contagious fever of Clayism,
you set your mark upon, and designated him
as an object OF your proscrptive hatred
Did you expect that any admirer or friend Of
/ Henry Clay, with the soul of man in his bo-
som, would so far forget his sof-respect as to
mask his feelings and pretend to honor a man
whom at heart he had good reason TO abhor!
| |"H01C many Clay men are Here?" What sir,
had you even the vanity to believe that John
Tyler could injure Henry Clay-that your
petty persecution and prescription conld di-
minish the millions of friends who gathered
around the name and fame of the Ashland
! Farmer-that you could detract from his inn
mortal reputation, or obscure the lustre of a
genius that has shed such benefits upon our
common country! Vain thought! In future
ages, when you shall be known only as the
traitor President, Henry Clay will be enrolled
among the immortal beneiactors of his coun-
try; and millions will honor his memory and
emulate his virtues. "HOl0 NAM Clay men
are Mere?" Wherever YOU travel you will
meet them, but you will not be welcomed by
their open hands, or hailed by their approba.
tory voices. If you should travel onward to
the remotest verge of the North, pursue your
pilgrimage to the farthest edge of Western
civilization, or descend with the mighty rivers
of the west to the southermoSt bounds of the
Union, everywhere; in the cities, in the noun
tains, on the prairies, by river, flood, and field,
you will find the friends of Henry Clay
"HOW many Clay men are Merel" You might
as well attempt to count the stars in the skies,
the sunbeams in the air, the sand of the sea-
shore, as to expect to number them. Bury
forever the thought that it is in your power to
build up party in this country on the ruins |
of the fame of Henry Clay.
The office you occupy, sir, is the most dig |
uilieu duu august Ill tuG WOIlO, anu IL has D6ell
worhily filled until you became its incumbent.
You have invested that republican office with
many Of the attributes of despotic monarch
You have set up your individual will as the
standard of law and legislation, and like Louis
XIV, you have pronounced yourself the State
--c'ea moi, Petat. We honor your office, but
we have no regard for the man who prosti-
tutes its functions and assimilates the Presi-
dent of the United States to the character of
a royal monarch. The icy chillness with
which the people look upon you must drive
your thoughts back upon yourself, and dem.
onstrate to you that you cannot tame the spir-
it of the generous people, or force them to in
directly honor you personally, in awarding
honors to the office OF the President. Here
after, men will know that honesty Of purpose,
fidelity TO friends, integrity in party attach
ments, and an honorable performance of pledg-
es can alone command the public appreciation,
and that the reverse will never fail to provoke
popular scorn and reproach
As you journey on take time to ascertain
your true standing among your fellow citizens