The Democratic Whig. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 1842-1843, 1843-03-16
JUDGE MAYE.s ADDRESS.
TONI CLAY,
UPON HIS RECEPTION AT JACKSON.

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UPON HIS RECEPTION AT JACKSON.
Ma. CLAY; Your numerous friends Of Mis-.
sissipp, celebrating al party lines add throw.
ing aside oil party distinctions as unworthy tbs
occasion, through me as their organ, announce
the great pleasure with winch thoy n elcomt
you 70 the Capital Of the Stale and tender IL
hospitalties.
The liberal spirit which prompts their warn
and enthusiastic reception, Is peculiarly appro-
pirate: is object through lOpg, evcntiul hie
} ardent ly devoted TO the public service, and
actively, yea onsly and conspicuously engaged
in al the subjects Of national interests, winch
! have agtstsd cur councils for more than q
third Of century, having ON no occasion per.
mitted political differences to mngle with OF
influence bis private relations or social inter-
course,
Il is bu a verifcatiou Of the sacred truth,
that "whitsoever measure you mete unto men
the sameshall be measured TO YOU"
Therefore it IS, sir, that whether we be
wings o. observation-disclosures or opponents
ola United States Bank, the Sub-treasuy or
Excheqier scheme--friends or enemies Of the
protective policy, called the American System
for OF against the doctrines Of State rights
as held by that paity-strict or liberal con-
structinists-we waive these; nav, all differ
ences, the proud and grateful recollection
that weare Americans, greeting an American
ciiiz H,whose virtues, genus and patriotism
have greatly contributed TO throw a bright
halo around the American name, and whose
fame now constitute, and through ages to
come will continue 10 constitute. a rich Jewel
in the treasury Of American character.
There are sir, amongst us, those who have
| long well known you in the private relations Of
son, bother husband, father, master, neighbof,
friend
The best evidences Of the esiima ion in
which your private virtues are held, are the
warmth and ardor Of the affection aud admi-
ration Of al whose good fortune it has been to
stand in those relations to you.
During a career al the bar, extending
through many years, we have beheld you, ex-
ceeded by none 10 variety and extent Of pro-
fessional learning, yet snrpassing all IN The eiO-
quence and ability with which that learning
has been directed in the cause Of justice and
Of virtue.
From early youth until the present time.
with but few and short intervals, We have Wit
messed or read Of your labjrs in the Congress
Of the United States.
With a zeal that never abated, an industry
thai knew notiring, a consistency without
change; an opon, manly holiness, spurning al
coneealment, ar independence and singleness
Of purpose, rejecting aid from artifce or indi-
rection; genius peryading and compTehending
all subjects; resources, adequate 10 every en-
Urgency; foresight penetrating and laying bare
the future, aud an eloquence almost as resist
less as lofty; we have found you ever foremost
in the front rank Of those statesmen and patri-
OTIS to whose guardianship has been committed
the great interests Of this great nation.
Regardless ofplaee and Of power, we have
found you ever ready, prompt, and eager topro-
mote what you conceived to be the best int.
rests Of your country, at the sacrifice Of all sell
fish ambition aad personal elevation.
Ga more occasions than one, when the
storms ofseetional or party strife endangered |
the union Of these States and many feared and |
trenbed for our safety, your hand poured oil |
On the angry pillows and they were still.
As diplomatist, The ability and success
with which you conducted your part Of the |
negotiations terminating in the treaty Of Client |
challenge in eminent degree the appreciation |
and gratitude Of your countTymen-and most
especially Of the vast population Of the valley |
Of the Mississippi. For, 70 you sir, do we feel
our selves particularly indebted for The stipu. |
lation respecting the navigation Of the Nssis-
sippi river.
When filing the most conspicuous, respon.
sible and important department in the Cabinet |
Of the Unhed States, the unsurpassed, and rar- |
ely equalled, ability with which your high du-
ties were discharges has never been questioned
even by your wsrnest opponents. And il is
your peculiar happiness to know that, no peri.
Cd Of our national existence have the financial /
manufacturing and comm Fcial interests Of our
country been more sound and prosperous.
Nor have your labors been confined 10 those
Of mere patriotism, or circumscrbed BY geo.
graphical boundaries Whilst your own coun-
Try, and your own countrymcn have ever been
frat and dearest in your thoughts and alice
tons, your patriotism has enlarged Itself into
universal benevolence, aud embraced the whole
family oil man.
Nomstler il what country, or BY what peo'
pie, the banner ofciyi and political liberty has
been unfuried-no matter in what quarter oil
the globe the march Of civilization has com.
menced-whether BY those who trace the orr
or the banks Of the Nisgara-Europe. Asia
and Africa, Central and South America, have
ali, al, been cheered, animated aud invigora.
ted BY your voice, until wherever the friends
orrational and chastened liberty are found, in
every country and in every tongue, your
name has become afamilliar sound, and your
labors Of love a cherished "reminiscences.
In contemplation Of your private virtues and
public services, we hail and we welcome YOU
as the exemplary citizen, the pure patriot, the
illustrious statesman and the eminent philzn.
thropisi, whose name and whose fame win
adorn through future ages the brightest pages
Of our country's history,
And now, SIR, permit him who addresses you
whose sincere friendship and exalted admira.
tiohlhaye been the grGgh ofan Acquaintance
Of i've and thirty years, % add bis ardent prayer
to the earnest applications Of he multitude
around you, that your future days may Be many
and as fun Of happiness, ss those past have been
rich in benefits by you conferred on your coun-
Try and your kind