Holly Springs gazette., 1844-03-02

what uncOmf0rtaOle unuSE the severe anu
merited castigation which Mr.. Clapp infic-
:ed upon the selfstyled democracy of these
latter days on the 22nd.ult has vented his i'll
nature in compliment of which the speaker
may well be proud. So far from Mr. Clapps
borrowing any thing from the language OF
sentiments OF the distinguished orator men.
toned by the Guard, we are informed that
he has never had the pleasure Of seeing or
hearing Mr. Prentiss. and the one of the on
ly two addresses of his which he has ever
seen having any connection with Mr.. Clay
or political matters, was the one with which
he welcomed Mr., Clay to Vicksburg last
February, and which Mr.. Clapp has not
seen since it went the rounds of the papers
at that time.
BY Mr. Clapps permission we subjoin
the following extract from his address on
the 22d., in which the two lines quoted by
him atthe conclusion. were also quoted by
Mr.. Prentiss at Vicksburg, and this is the
only instance throughout his remarks; where
he has knowingly adopted sentiment or
syllable from Mr.. Prentiss We think the
charge of our neighbor ungenerous, to saw
the least of it, as well as gratuitous. Tha,
all may judge for themselves, we publish
the following extract from Mr. CLAMPS
speech, as well as the speech of Mr. Prem
tiss alluded to by our neighbor.
"My fellow citizens, we can defeat this
party, Che locofocol if we will. Moth
ing can resist the energy of our pur-
pose II we only determine it. In the strength
of this determination we can conquer all OBJ
stacles. we can triumph over all difficulties.
Our great Champion and leader under
whom we rally in this grand battle for our
country and her institutions, is an illustrious
example ofthe energy of determination. He,
like other men most renowned in the world
has risen from the huniblest circumstances
ia life. Beneath the uncou,h oarb of s.the
Mill boy of the Slashes," there beat a huge
heart, and smouIdered the fires of genius
which not all the misfortunes of poverty nor
The Disadvantages of birth could extinguish.
Shaking off these impediments to his up
ward progress, as bat "dew upon the lion 5
NAME" and thrusting aside with a giants
arm the puny throng that would obstruct
ha haS bTo va1
fame that will never never die Which
like the great Washington's, dear and trea-
sured as they are by the country Of his birth,
do not belong to her alone, but to the wide
world wherever oppression treads with her
iron heel, and freedom lifts her suppIicating
voice. 1t is true his tame belongs 10 Amer
lea more than to any other country, because
1t Is not every age or country that could
have produced such a man. Nature has
him upon a scale eminently A.
me rican i-corresponding with the physical
of our country, with her nigh
~ lakes her far-reaching and majestic riv-
ers. her stupendous cataracts, and her noun
ains that lose their SUBMITS in the skies Il
IS here, too, on every hand in the noisy
mandatory, the whlrling spindle and the
loom; the shop of the meo hanic
and the noiseless retreats of the 5leachery
a the thrift, the enterprise and industry of
he country that we are more pcrpetuallv |
reminded OF his comprehensive wisdom his |
practical craftsmanship. his devoted patriot
sm. His name is identified with every |
page of his country's history for the last
thirty years, and as long as that country
shall exist so long will
ats meanest rill and mightieSt river
Roll mingling with his fame forever
But yet we have no exclusive right TO that
fame, for 1t belongs. too, to the Soulh Ameri-
ian peasant who sits beneath the overhang-
ng shadows of the Andes and who asserts
his claim to participation in the glorious
'enown OF this bold and eloquent advocate
If human liberty and champion of his coun-
rvs Independence. 1t belongs also to the
ireek, the gifted and impulsive Greek,
H. l.