Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1843-11-02
SPECIMENS or THE TRACTS nv M
NIIS
Extracts from the
LIFE OF HENRY CLAY

Mt Clay's hrst ruiilncnts of education ,vo,
s.sifnd IN log scboolholse In The meantime
y hs1 20 work barcIootei and 90 10 mill Ue !.
5nlliliy called IA old Hanover the .uili IA,
~ Slashes, having been so often seen he
seen hs mothers house and. Mrs ,paxricOel
s'isrnfil Oh the Pamunkey, mounted on q 4, !
I'D poney, guided bya opebridlc AZ the ago
dblncen, he went TO serve ms clerk with Mr.
Richard Denny, drugeis, in Richmond Va -
ali he next ycnr, 1892. went into the ofiico n
Pfu Imsley, Esq, clerk OF the High Cou,, o
Chaneery, where he attracted the notice. and re-
o 'ei the KIND regards OF the venerable Cbancel
4' Ny'he' who alierward employed hun as hi:
'nanuensis IN recording his decisions. comments
&c Ia ihcse not untdvorable positions spurred
ao by his ambition, and cherished by The Chancel
OF a"d Diners who had the sagacity TO recognise
pc gefme OF ms inlnre cmincncc, he made rapid
a'aneos IN legal aud other studies After spend
hg hIs nineteenth year in the Office Of Roher,
Brooke, Esq, Attorney General for the State oi
rg'nln, Mr. Clay obtained license for the prac.
20 OF law from the Judges of the Court of An.
GALS IN his native State
The selfmaie Man
Some are born great some achieve greatness
and some have greatness thrust upon them The
ars certainly was not the lot Of Henry CLAW. nor
'as greatness thrust upon him All The distinc.
on he has acquired, was achiecei-achoved by
ls single arm, by his own lofty aims Such is
be sctmnde man. Ile will ever be bonored
Eho, by his own nheren, vigor and high aspra
ops' mas successfully commended against obstacles
h4i would dlsplrh ordinary minds and bafiled in
90 honorable career the adverse winds and storms
unhoPeiul birth and fortune. In the blood and on
HE graves OF our fathers, martyrs 10 freedom was
"a Platform Tor such tndeavors, on which our
oa'h, Whatever their origin, may build hish
aoP's' and earn an impcrshaLle fame The
'P'c'acIc oil The boy working barefoo,ed' for his
lo'hef, touches all hearts; and when tina, bow in
Per years, Is seen ioiling through like career
~ DIS country The mother of us all, he obeys the
.9s.ncS' and iulhls the high destiny of his ilial
M Clay aud emancipation.
When Mr. Clay arrived in Kentucky, he found
he people olthe State ag,ating the question Ct re-
modelling the Constitution, and a very respectable
minority were in favor of Introducing clause for
he gradual emancipation OF the slaves as had been
done in some Of the northern States by freeing at
appetite age those born after the adoption of the
proposed Constitution, that ultimately all should
be free. MIR. Clay enlisted in this projcc, OF
transcription with great zeal, and devoted all his
energies, through the press by personal influence
and IN active campaign, to accomplish this end
More than twenty years afterwards, when he pro.
posed the compromise TO settle The Missouri qnes
lou he declared, on tho floor of Congress that. i
be were a citizen OF Missouri, he would use oil hi
influence TO establish system Of gradual and ul
naie emancipation, and he earnestly recommend
cd il. 10 speech at the anniversary OF the A
merican COLONIZATION Society," in 1927. Mr.. Clal
said Of slavery, III could only be Instrumental il
eradcating this deepest stain upon the character
our country, would not exchange the proud sal
lshction ! should enjoy, for the honor Of all tn
,rumphs ever decreed 10 the most successful cor
qucror.
Mr. Madisoa's estimate of Mr. Clay
lie invited him repeatedly into his Cabinet, an
offered him the mission TO Russia, then deeme
very important He even proposed TO put M
Clay at the head Of the army; and was only DE-
tered from sending in his name to the Senate f
the appointment Of GeaeraLia.ehicf by the adyic
TIA, he could no, be spared from the public coul
CHS
Anecdotes
For having voted for Mr. Richard VI. Johnson
Compensation Bill in 1876, an unpopular mea
ure and repealed at the next Congross Mr. Ola
had to make his defence 10 his constituents. Me,
ing an old hunter one day, who was againsl hs
on that account, MIR Clay asked him Have "
tpDt ilht iCo'o ~ t'
fash III did oace' And did you throw
awayf No; picked the flint, tried it agai
ami brought down the game Have ey
faShed except on The Compassion Billf No
And viii you throw me awayT No nol'
oGCd the hunter, with tears in his eyes and gras
ing Mr.. Clay's hand, No! will pick the fiji
ahi try you agaa
a barber in Lexington was also 10 the SAT
STATE Of feeling toward Mr.. Clay, AMI about
vote against him. Bu, meeting MIR Clay one d
"a the street, be accos,ed him, and SAID Il hO
wronscd You Mr.. Clay How SO 2 wi
my wife came to me, aud said Jerry, don't '
remember when YOU were m jail, and Mr. G.
came ani let you oull and will you vote agai
him. No nai jimmy | said, do you IhiaI
an such bcaaf
TIE C0nproaiss Act
Mr.. Clay has been blamed for this. And wi
J.. ior thai, MIR verplanck's bali, reducing do
10 common level OF % per cent, known TO
an Administration measure, would have pas
and the whole system OF manufactures and all
espial vested "a Ikem, would have perishct.
addition 10 this. nulifcau0n threatened TO del
ne land IN the blood Of civil war Mr. Oh
object, therefore, in the COMPROMISE, was. frE
apPease GGlAEcaIloni sezi, 10 save ihe sysser