The Democratic Whig. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 1842-1843, 1843-11-02


4 INDIVIDUALS whose whole lives present I'd bfs,,
.Itnl 2 study as that. Of HENRY CLAY
from Doyhood 70 the present time, he has al
ways stood forth prominent and Ia;thf,lI al.
Iocate OF the rights of the people. at the sam
ume that he has never descended "a the clar
Trap so frequently employed by Denagooues -
OBTAIN their temporary good viii. His nnhl;c
acts have always been based upon DriucipIe
and ne has eve: looken to the future for his re-
ward. instead of sacrificing liis judgment and
hls convictions of right. to the passions ana
impulses Of the passing hour. With NO other
OBJECT IN view than the welfare of the whole
country and the general prosperity of the peo.
pie. Mr. CLAY has always adopted the most
enlarged and statenian-like views of averv
subject ofgeneral Importance which has come
before the Country.
The correctness of this remark So Il ad.
mlra6ly illustrated by the collection ofsreech.
es now before US. Mr.. Clay first took his
seat IN The Senate of the United States in 1a0R
tnen twenfy-nine years ofage; ard from thai
period to the present-thirty-s seven years-bis
whole life has been devoted to his country. and
presents beautiful consIstenc never before
exhibited in the life of prominent politician
and statesman. In 1907 he made his first
great speech In the Senate and the subject
OF II was Internal improvements. In 1909 he
made MS f1rst great speech in favor of the en-.
couragemen of Domestic Manufactures and
we neeo not say with what persevering ener.
gy he has continued his advocacy Of these
TWO great measures from that period to the
present time. There was nothing in the NOS.
itlon OF Kentucky, which prompted Mr.. CLAW
to advocate the encouragement of Domestic
manufactures but he plainly saw that it could
not fall to b. beneficial to the nation at LARGE !.
and therefore, as a national measure it com.
mended itself to his consideration. And thus
through his whole life, he has always taken an
enlarged view of every great question which
has ever been presented for discussion. and Mt.
terly refused toadvocate or oppose any meas.
nre from mere local considerations. One of
his last acts IN the Senate was to vote in IA.
vor of the Bankrupt Law, against the wishes
the preJud.ces,an the instructions of the State
he represented, simply because it would, in
his Judgment. prove beneficial to the country
at large; and should, therefore, be sustained
by every statesman having In view the benefit
of the whole people.
1t is this peculiarly national trait in the char
acter and history of Mr.. CLAY,whic renders
him SO universally popular from Maine to
Louisiana. When MIR. VAN BuREN's chan
ces for The Presidency are spoken of his popu-
larity in his native State and New HAMPSHIRE
are referred to Mr.. CALHOUN is supposed to
be an available candidate, because he is popu-
lar at the South Col JOHNSON is said to have
strength In the Northwest and Gen. CAss is
admitted to have numerous friends in Mich.
gan an Ohio Thus all these candidates for
the Presidency, base their Claims upon their
local popularity, arising from their having at
urnerent PERIODS OF thelF lives, rendered local
services, and never forgot their local attach
ment and prejudices in devotion the general
s0e5fare.
Not so with Mr., Clay, He never advoca.
ted merely local measures. nor yielded to mere
lY local considerable IN order 10 preserve bis
popularity at home al the expense Of the gen.
eral welfare. A stateman in the broadcast
sense OF the term, and what is more, an honest
and fearless staeman> he has throughout his
long public life, discharged his duty to the
whole country regardless of consequences 10
himself; and the result is, such az it ever
will be, with an intelligent people. Time,
which alone can cause the acts of public mer
to!be properly appreciated, has triumphed over
the systematic misrepresentation so indus
triously put in circulation by the enemies of
Henry Clay /; and the day has at length arrived
when honest men of both parties and in every
section of the county, with one voice cry
aloud-"Justice 10 Harry Of the West" In
the North and in the South, in the East and in
the West, he is alike the idol of the people.
Alt ough native of Virginia and the adopted
son of Kentucky, his whole life and all his
public nets, have been so national-so entirely
devoted 10 the welfare and prosperity of our
common country that The people everywhere
look upon him az diyeseed of any local or sec
tionaI character, and as belonging emphatlcally
to the whole country. In him commerce,
Agriculture, and Manufactures, have alike an
able advocate and efficient friend. AS Leg
:-Iofor NTo;ro Nnyv York and
Missouri, claim as much of his consideration as
Kentucky and Virginia; and it is because of this
general devotion to all that is American, and oil
his rising above all that is sectional and local,
| that the whole people without reference to the
places of their birth or residence, unite in an IN
alterable determination to elect him to the Pre-
sidency in 1914. All who are familiar with
his public life, are so firmly impressed with its
beautiful consistency that they strive by every
/ means in their power, to make It familiar te
every voter in the u. S. They feel that his
strength CONSISTS, not in his promises for the
future, but in his performances in times past
the best and only guaranty's of what will be hi'
course wien at the helm of State. With thu
view, in every section of the .. s.. nlographle
i of this great Statesman are printed and crcnla
ted as the very best appeals that can De mad'
n his behalf 10 an intelligent and patriotic peo
ME. Such an appeal 10 the judgment and no
70 the passions of his countrynen. IS The wor
now before US; and its extensive circulation
cannot fail to be beneficial, for the simple rea
SON that it presents MIR. CLAY TO the Amer
can public through his acts, and bis written an
recorded sentiments on each and all OF the gres
National questions which have agItated OF
country since the adoption Of the Federal Cor
: stitution.-M Y. Coalr. f Eng
We learn from the correspondent
!, the N. Y. Tribune, that the Wings
: Phi ladelphia are about doing some
thing towards noble Wing. a sui
!. lscriotion paper, containing over ~
| sipnels, vas shown him, with the SUI
dIof one dollar marked paid, opposl
6! each name. for the purpose OF Obtain
I ing and presenting par o. pitchers m,
|. lanes q. Jones, Governor of LEI
! !, uessee. as i compliment to his indor
: liable exertions in the Wing cause
!, his native Slate, thereby securing =
- -. thos Gnnafn of the G - D