Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1843-08-19
Corrcspondence of the Richmond WING.

AUGUST in, 1919.
Mr.. Editor-I have lately read with pleasure, the cor.
respondencc between a Committee of North CarOlinians
and one Henry Clay Of Kentucky, and | arm rejoiced that
that glorious old patriot has consented to visit the Old North
State next spring. | doubt not he will comply with his
promise, but should he fail to do so previously to the Presi.
dental election in 1874, |. who have been his political
friend ever since | was old enough TO vote, and preferred
him to all Others, from that day TO thisfo the Presidency; will
certainly give him up. North Carolina has high claims on
Mr.. Clay's attention, as she was the first State TO denounce
the Traitor, and nominate for the Presidency the first man OF
the country; if, therefore, | were Mr.. Clay, | would, on
leaving Ashland for the Sea.board, pursue the most direct
road TO Old Raleigh, neither turning to the left nor the nigh;
until | had reposed upon her soil. If Mr.. Clay take the
beaten track to Raleigh he will be arrested a; almost
every cross-road, and may be killed off with kindness. &c.
ere he can reach his destination.
Before he gets through shaking hands with the North
Carolinians and pnrtaking OF their generous hospitality, in.
vitations will pour in on himfrom the entire sea. board, when
he will not be permitted 10 do as he did in the South last
winter: Ii he sends word he can't come, the people will 60
after him and carry him, nolens rolens. He will be requir-
ed to so to the Palmetto State, in which, especially in
Charleston, We all know he has very numerous friends.-
Progressing that far South, he will find il utterly impossible
10 tear himself from the generous Southerners till he plants
his feet upon the glorious Wing soil of Georgia. State,
the vote OF which he is Just as certain TO get as that of Ken.
tucky-and there he may witness, in its "pride of place"
the lofty and magnificent magnolia. En- pdss0nt: That
presentation OF Magnolia Trees, by a citizen of Mississippi.
TO MIR. Clay, was most happy and timely; and the letters Of
DOM, no" oeauuiuI we Americans like a variety: So let
us Wings drop the log cabin and hard cider, and establish a
new motto, the Magnolia; a tree, grand and lofty-a fitting
emblem OF our principles and our candidate. Some ten
years have rolled away since ! first saw this noble tree IL
wGs one May evening riding on the road that leads from the
beautiful and hospitable city of Savannah to that favorite
and charming resort, Bonnaventure, when a tree, the TO p
OF which almost kissed the clouds, caught my eye. |
involuntanly drew up my horse, to gaze and wonder.
There 1t lowered Cabove the lofty pine) monarch
OF the forest, and on its branches bloomed the lar.
gest and most beautiful white flower mans or wonian's vi.
sion ever rested on. The South Carolina Paine ito is a
neat tree with its foliage concentrated at top; but by the side
o. the full grown Magnolia, imagine a sapling taking shell
ter under one of those large oaks in the Slashcs of Hanover.
After Mr.. Clay shall have visited Georgia, he will be COM
PEELED 10 come To his native Slashes in the Old Dominion
and what a reception awaits him there In the Metropolis
and elsewhere Before half done shaking hands, he
will be beset by committees from Maryland, Della
ware, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, Connec.
ucut, Massachusetts, and from all the way down to the east
OF sunrise, as a friend of mine says when he goes beyond
Portland,l and the burst Of joyous, patriotic feeling and
plnudits that will announce his coming, will rend the air
and gladden. his old heart. 1t will be a scene worth looking
on, Mr.. Editor; as such an one may not again occur in our
day. Mr.. Clay should throw aside all delicacy in the mat.
ter and SO among the people from Georgia to Maine. Let
him Disregard nl comments by the Richmond Enquirer and
other respectable locotoco papcrs-but go wherever he may
be invited and see the people. IL is has duty TO do so.
because the people cannot go TO see him at Ashland. Mr.
Clay can be elected President without leaving Ashland, but
conditioned as the Government an embecile at its head and
the country are at present, it is important that he should 20
into the Chair of State with a Large mojority; as in that case
reform will DC more complete. A TRUE WIG.