The Democratic Whig., 1843-02-16
From The New York Tribune.
THE WHIG PARTY AND IT'S
LEADER.

| THE WHIG PARTY AND ITS
LEADER.
Extract from the Speech ofIon. GARETT DA-
Wis Of Ky. in the House Of Representatives.
The Wing party is neither snbdued
nor dismayed. Assured ofthe wisdom
lofits measures and The reciilude and
truth OF its principles, it relies with
calm but undoubting confidence Of
victory in the virioe and patriotism
Of the People. Feeling strength in is
numbers aud in the Tried faith and
great ability Of its leader, in 1914 It
viii put forth exeriions worthy Of the
momenloDs and enduring interests at
stake under the ensign Of that leader;
It invokes all Americans, as they love
their Country, its glorious institutions
aud It's permanent prosperily,to thFong
in serried ranks TO that glorious sian
dard. In 1776, the opponents and
the reviler Of Washington was no
friend to the Whiggery Of that peri
lous time nor IS he, who nov attempts
to undermine and overthrow HENRY
CLAY less the enemy oC a Whiggery
as pure as that which kiG3led the souls
and nerved the arms of our fathers.
The post Of Henry Clay is a private
station, yet he is in the presence OF his
Country and Of the world. Al the age
Of nineteen an unknown uneducaied
boy, he threw himself upon a distant
theatre, and commenced life in the
midst Of the exciting scenes of l79S
and he has impressed upon the gallant
State which adopted him with so much
generous warmth his own glorious i'm
age. Unmatched in genius and daunt-
less in courage, the expansive opera
tons of his great soul alone have Civ
en- him position in the front rank of
mankind. His civil achievements have
adorned every page of his Country's
history throughout the past generation.
As a parliamentary leader, in practical
craftsmanship, in orOtory which con-
vinces the understanding and rules the
passions, in all the high powers Of ex-
ecutive capabiliiy, he has no equal.---
Intuitive and accurate apprehension,
soundness Of judgment, direetness and
comprehensiveness Of intellect, and
frank, high aud honest purpose are
among his Distinguishing characterist-
les. His system Of policy is broad
as this confcderacy, comprehensive az
rs ofaat and varied interests, and bas-
cd upon eternal principles and truth
He s ambitious, but he has ever held
that towering turbulent passion severe
~ subject 10 the behests Of bonor, 10
the purest patriotism, to the most ar
dent attachment TO constitutional lib
erty, and to the rights OF the People.
Neither his services 10 mankind nor
bis renown have been limited to his
own country or 10 his own race, but
both pervade the civilized world. Ex-
posed for years to the invaterate pre-
judices Of a great party, bis firm, un-
wavering, consistent and lofty course
has conquered their enmily and their
suspicious and there are none whose
good opinion is worth possessing, who
do not pay homage TO his greatness and
integrity, and exult in the conscious
ness that he is their countryman, be-
cause Of the hstry which he has shed
upon the name. lie may or may not
attain to the Presidency, but he occu-
pies aud will ever occupy, one Of the
iofliest positions in the moral world
a summit bathed all over in living glo-
rious light, revealing the whole mau
ls be is in the grandeur Of bis nature
without fear aud without reproach.
Heis our trusted, our oft-tried cham.
piou, faithful among the hiIbless-the
great impersonation Of our glorious
cause, under whose banner we 60 forth
ly to conquer or TO perish; and
# we are doomed to fall in this con-
fict you willfnd,
'Our backs to the field, and our feet to the foe!
n. 7. Tribune.