Liberty advocate., 1843-12-02
NUMBER 40.

i tlons, and furnish 10 inc world sublime
5 moral spectacle, 10 prove that "Repnblics
arc not ungrato(ul."
. Amoug tho many candidates in tho
5 coming contest for the presidency, Ihcro
5 is one who, in the position no occupies be-
: fore the country, is, in many respects,
unupproached and unaPProachable.-
5 Whatever character may be assigned
f, him by the future historian Of his country,
: there is not a page of her history, since
he first entered her Council Halls, that
r does not glow with brighter lus,ro from
! the impress Of his master spirit. Enter
ing her service at the hour OF her dark
est trial, when goaded and oppressed by
an insslent and powerful foo, the iotty
tones Of his voice we're heard pleading
"trumpet,tongued" for her insuIted Flag,
and her violated honor. And, alter they
had both been nobly vindicated, he went
forth bearing the Olive branch oil peace
to the Lion who had been bearded In his
Iden, and received from the naughty mis-
Itress Of the seas the reluctant admission,
that the stars and stripes Of his country
were sufficient protection on every o.
cean and in every cline. The ardent
} and enthusiastic friend Of Liberty, his
} sympathies have been restrained by no
narrow limits of kindred or country; but
wherever her children have appealed
from Tyranny to God," il has met
, response rom his bosom. The classic
shores of Greece, and the mountains OF
"the children of the Sun" have echoed
his praises, and the Enoble spirits OF a
Bolivar and BozzARIs have wakenedto
a higher and holier feeling, as they
caught the thrilling tones OF his InsPl-
ring eloquence.
At home, he has labLred for the ulIi.
mate good and permanent happiness oil
his country, with an untiring assldulty-
With firm and mistaken confidence IN
the ultimate triumph Of right, he has
never sacrificed principe TO cxpedlency;
preierring rather the postponement OF
success Ia the oLS.>lsoruvsu OF trutn'--
Firm aud uncompromising in the advoca>
Icy OF measures believed by him to be es.
senlial to tho welfare of iha couatry, he
has always been the first to arrest the
; fury of paglizan strife; and, more than
once, has he stood as 1t were between
the living and the dead, and stayed the
= spread Of the contagion which threat
ened The existence OF thegovernment itself
! Ii he has been fortunate in attaching
TO himself, more personal and disinter
eSted frienpShip than falls 10 the LOT Of
most public men, he has, also, been most
unfortunate in being made tho object of
relentless persecution, the bitterness of
which is only equalled by the baseness
oil It's motive. A giant among giants, he
has made the weight Of his battleaxe
felt, wherever welded, and has ever re.
ceiyed as the hands of those opponents
who were worthy TO measure Iances with
him on the arena of mental strife, the un.
solicited compliment of being "worthy
toeman's STEEL" But, by the Jackalls of
party, ne has been hunted with a rapaci
ty which the:Hyena might envy, and the
miserable panders to proslittlted Prass
have spewed their Hvenom at him. as
though the carrion-crow could bear down
the Eagle that mounts to meet the rising
Suna Charged with fraud aud corrup.
tlon, by men high in office, and hiehia
The affection of the people, no did not
leave their service, nor complain of thor
iispleasure, but quietly awaiting the re-
suit, he has lived TO see the author of that
charge publicly retract it, and declare il
o be unjust and unfoun1ed. He hiss
seen doubt and disafIection a.
nong his friends, but never, for a mo.
nent, has it arrested his progress or
disturbed the even tenor OF his purpose
lie has seen the victory, for which he
oiled and struggled, 'enure to the bene-
it" of others, acithom 6etraying his coun-
rH or deSerting his friends, and if he
las not received from that country the
oward TO which he may think himself
he has at least the proud conso-
alton Of knowing, that he has never
legged il al the hands ofmen whom he
las declared to be "ROgues and Royal
StS," and the 'StooTn enemies of rational
iberty" He has now retired to pri-
,ate life; but his revilers have vet to
earn, that they have oaly fastened the
,erod of its interruption, and that this
reneralion is charged with the perfor-
nance of high duty, which might, else,
ave been left to those who are to come
fer. Honest aud upright men, in the
lindness of prejudice, may oppose his ell
vation; demagogues and intriguing par
zans will move Heaven and Earth 20 ar
'st this death blow to their hopes-but
| in vain. The majestic movement of
e people is onward, and nothing can
ny its progress. History will record il
one OF the noblest triumphs Of virtue,
ID posterlty will only wonder, that q
ee people shoul1 have delayed so long
render JUSTICE TO HENRY CLAY.
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