Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1844-05-23

l'afty, Tor which you have so long and molly
struggled amid periods Of the greatest gloom and
Notwithstanding the most cruel disappoin,men,s
are my principles. (Cheers, three times given
and three times repeated with cries, 1--WE know
that" 1--WE made the nomination for ,ha,n)
have long cherished the principles shall main.
tain them hereafter ,as | have main,aned them here.
tofore. tCheers) They are as understand
them,-
A sound National Currency.
A just limitation Of Executive power
A Tariff Tor revenue, discriminating for the pur-
pose OF incidental protection to domestic industry
Loud caeering)
An equal and fair distribution of the Public
Lands among the several States Of the Union.
These as understand them, continued Mr. Ere
linghuysen, are the cardinal although not all the
principles, of the Wing Party; and after what /
have already said i need hardly add that thew will
find me humble but willing advocate in what
ever position may be pleced (Cheers)
We need an Executive administration Of the
Government, Mr.. +. continued 10 say, that will
fairly and faithfully carry out the principles of the
Constitution, exercising its full powers where
powers are given it,and keeping strictly within its
limitations, where powers are limited, conccding
when they ought to be concession, but firm when
concession would result in injury-liberally main.
tanning its compromises but as Independently car
ryng out its positive demands-and vet who will
take no other responsibilities upon himself but
what he finds there 1t is matter as it seems to
me- for thankfulness that in distinguished citizen
of Kentucky, all those principles are embodied
and that he not only pledges to them by long
public life, but that such is the truhfuness aud
fidelity Of his nature, that the people can well trust
him with power to carry.them out. ,Great cheer.
ing)
Gentlemen the political life of Henry Clay for
thirty years past has been only an illustration of
the wing principles, and the history of his life for
twenty years would be the history of his country
Whenever there WINS struggle for the protection
of American obor against foreign industry, where
but on the side of his country was Henry Clay?
Whenever there was struggle TO limit the alar-
ming overgrown magnitude of Executive power
where but on the side Of the people was Henry
Clay2 Or when the vast public domain was in
jeopardy from being offered for sale in the political
market,whcre but the side Of faith, of honor, of
justice to ALL was our illustrious champion and
friend (Great cheering) In all of these great
questions, his voice has been heard from the first.
In all ofthe combats concerning them he has led
the van. (Checrs) He has never compromised
the dignity Of his position to gain vote, or the
momentary breath of popular favor, but with an
eye ever steadily fixed on an approving public, he
has fearlessly discharged what he has deemed tc
be his duty Cheers)
don't believe purer patriot .breahes on the
whole continent of America-(Cheers)- and fol
proof point to long public life, passing in stir
ring scenes,--a life unsuied by meannes, or gro
yelling appeals to improper ambition--in all o.
which his principles have been put forth with ar.
dor and as clear as light, while every pulse bca
ting within him, has been for the welfare and the
true glory Of his country. If such man doe:
not deserve the name of patriot, l do not know
who does deserve the name or who can. (Cheers
They say that he is ambitious dare say he is
Be it so then. But point me to the time when h
has not sacrificed ambition, and himself if wha
he deemed his duty called. hap pen to know
, that on that great question: the public lands. tn
: question was hurst upon him by an adverse Sen
. ate, to make him unpopular in the West. He en-
= tered upon it with zeal characteristic Of himself
: and gave to it The whole power OF his mind. II
: never thought of what was to become Of himself
!. AS Western man, he has tempting field 70
/ political traffic in the whole public domain Il
:. might used it for the purpose Of ambition-H
n might have held ont tempting bait for tn
. whole West But his heart was at large as hi
e country (Chcers) He studied out the title c
this public domain. He knew where it came from
). and Justice told him where it belonged. Fearless
q as is his nature, he flung out his banner, "Dlstr
r button of the proceeds among the States" and b
:. nailed it to the mast (Great cheering and erie
!. of shat good"
o have said of Mr.. Clay, continued Mr.. FIR
linghuysen, that his heart was as large a
d his country. A signal instance of it was h
h course on the Tariff in the arduous session
is 1892 Perhaps no man living could more tel
,e derby cherish conception Of his own brain, {
v an offspring Of his own creation. than he who hi
e been called the Father of the American System
il The principles of protection to American indu
try embodied in the Tariff law, Mr. Clay h
cherished as his life, But when in in 1872, {
Unnatural excitement was got up in South Caro-
mia against law, in the enactment of which
did not participate, he saw it was necessary
save his country from peril, even to make ga
e. rifce OF what he loved so much. He looked
h. instruct the whole country in the necessity a
e. utility of protecting home industry, and he "
on willing to have truce of eight years to gi
Is that time He said TO his friends in the Sena
:, awe can all see how an Executive can lead
10 into fraternal war but how he can get us oui,i
d we never can foresee.
as "Dear as the Tariff is to all, he said, we mi
give il up for the moment to save our coun,rym
M from shedding each others blood-to preserve
,Iy Union and the cause Of human Liberty throughC
m. the world shall rejoice my friends, if you c
led 90 with me, but do what you WILL ! must of
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