Holly Springs gazette., 1843-10-13
HENRY CLAY

| ne h}iiauin9 Just atd b anfif9i TIL II
no Nj Civ we extraci from the speech O
Rev. - Capess. cf Bafhour. d.iiv. rcd q
a Wig constn,ion 10 Alabama:
| Il have insinuated, sir, thst The 4, mpie o
Liberty has been shaken in i's very base. bJ
the genius OF this thing called democracy
And who doub.s n2 Who has f,rgotlcl
tire scenes Of 1881 Z when the sound Of the
drum WAS Heaad IL Casoiin,. her fisin>
covered with the armies OF Aud es 6
Great. and Ter coasts iined Win his fipa,t 5
et wafg WHAT patriot he;a4t beat not WI =
oait.fsi a IxItty. " hen the Issue was suSpen-
led oh an appeal To Cnngtess2 the ap-
zeal was M ite-it ri .,sei the genius
II Democracy reigned within the tefnll. of
iibe';y, and instead OF an a HI>tice tae Bloc
|dy FoFce Bill passed The tocsin o. Mar
sounded thfoughoul the capIt-i and tue ar
niles OF 6overnms mt were c UNNAMED To
bow ''lhe tfaiiors' or "cxtermiaale' tnen
from the home of their fathers Sir il was
an eveniful hour; the old lion Of Drnocfa
cy bowling for the bloo OF freedoms 5 sons
aud The goodies of Liberty wet plug Ger the
scene II was lad I'd an even fll hour
one |, il blow, aud conflict eusut.s which
dtssolves the Union aud spreads death aud
i'Sol slion tirou3 hout the iind La tnat
: vrnIful moment. the visage Of the care
Worn III s,ic being appeared. on whose
brow ened to Spend the panIerous
weight of Lbe " mud the tnion, Nn,n H.
voice aS from the ghost oi Washington
ex .Imt d--"Slve the Union. twas pu, cha
: Il ssltn he tears aud blood ot vouI f,hersl'
rwas CLAY, sill that matchl ss States
man, CLAY! barring in one hand the oil
I'VE bsahrh of pea :, aud n the other the
sword ot lfutu an of !Iberty-there ne lAiI
MS offering, and there, with that bu ming.
Inp issIontd d eloq renee. cong' Nal With his
Xilted natuIe,--Ine name of iIbettv, and Ia
the nime Of o ID s'ainet spirits who par
chased Il, he batr the darlng sous of drmoc
racv sne the their Swords aud noI wredk
them in the blood theiI brothets, His
mandate Was obeyed-the old Lion ef D.
moctAcy cronrhed in MS lhe-peace was
rr>toi Ell aud the Ctlion saved
Mr President. my heau recurs to the
ST ms of that sventful hour with emotions
uncue,nble. aud when shall II case to bea;
with the wainrest pul,a,inus of moral appro-
bdlIon for the mate hleSS actor In III ( o teaf
dfama Of my count, IS liberty, ltl me re-
celve the -cfasi ians Of n.y connfry, aud
the curse of nv countiv's G ID SAID II
then, sir, and | siy IT now. fearless If con-
tradi.-l -lI"n that such instance of power of
mind over the daring passions of dcsrotl>
W S never b .ore exhibited u be wo III
/ ne. .dict was pass d-the blDoIy warrant
srene the old Lion If j .uiatrlcv gtaspe1
it IN his paw but en- s. okt of tina, over.
poe e ING eloql nee h foe winch i<mg-
,.tnble and dr>pois bow, mad The Hero of
New O leans q,akr on his III one. aud res
tore 70 the polluted altar of IibetIv, the
hlooi stained sdici waich be had seiz d wlih
d light | repeat II. sir, snch an instance
Of the power ct mind Yer the daring pass
lo,lS ot Il. spo,isn h.td never before been k
hib.t d II TIE world Thefe was wreath
If civic fenown-a halo o. Immnstil olor,
aron.d tn brow # Henry Clay in that
hour. y hich present hun IN bofi ,ettef as
the q. at 81 orator. the pufeSt p.iaIot. and
tAe most marn 4uiu,eus Statesnah In the
nnivets.. l1k Of Calhoun. ST. as the
great Elescues of mind All spirn" gfeai
indeed "a the ppaes o Htscel :. bn;
great HescuieS -. tie oil o. 81 i noe
rarg had hlut bo;id IN cords of hea - ard
wht. ling IL, bloody tanngs h vas ,eadg To
l,;ir IT,, I'll scnlss gam iaio "a ihons ,ud Al
-o,is Talk of W bster as the 9r,a'- ri istcr
saaif oftae age-gteat Ialeed ls " bS'er !;
hut Webster was there sir AM { -at .is
w fsler i. ~ had %, m us-siFt 10 approseh
TN. open jlvs and bloody fngs Of the how
linz hon and ri hlm st,y his wrath Tvs
r..s,..ved f,r the noble daring of Clay 10 do
the deed and II WAS dpu-
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