Western statesman. (Carrollton, Miss.) 1844-1845, 1844-08-31

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WIll onee more he IN Powers a1i neyee
sioce fle days uf HgsiiHrila, WIS there
ah administration So thoroughly q. tbc
country and fof ihe county at thi mus
.will BE- lls peronal eblowmenis insure
fhlt. AMI if America witbc 10 see het best
. sons United onre more iu % noble ra"e 0I
raidolic glory, and aIl minor questions
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7 question of her own advancement and re-
+ nown, this Is the man to accomplish her
hopes.
F., In oUr opinion, The most remarkable men.
7 tai endowment OF Mr. Clay Is one that we
2 do not remember ever 20 have seen ascrIb-
7 ed 10 him in pri6i--H is his comm0a sense
y lie is the most sagacicus public man thl.
. country has produced, except Benjamin
Y Franklin. Ills knowledge Of aiTiirs secm
u rather inluilive than the result OF expert
ence. We have heard him deliver some o.
9 his grentest speeches: we have reud then
= all. Ills fame as an orator is worldwide
Is but what is the oratory Of this great dis
a course No flowers Of rhetoric adorI
them. No vast fund Of acquired erudtlon
!, Mr.. Clay hardly ever quotes from books
~ No elaborate argumentations. What then
y The grandeur Of an intellect that seems
Z nerceive truth intuiiivelpa united to pa
e. lhos feryant as that of Demosthenes. Thu
IN is the man--luIl OF spirit, full of sense
u We have listened 10 all our great publ
- men. If we wanted grammarlan, IN tn
a'- ancient sense of the word, we would tax
II Mr.. Calhoun, whose mind seems TO have
al fixed views of truth. If we wanted tn
~ cIearest demonstration of a given propos
sh ton, we wond have none but WebSie
er The greatest logcan thai lives: II we d'
4 sired the aid OF all that is rich, full an
u ovelhowing in true eloqueuce, Preston
u the man; if we needed the ceareSt, pures
10 and most beautiful advocacy Of all rlgl
'e' and noble things, Crttenden is The llvln
ry model: but if we desired to know the trutI
e 10 be taught the right, 10 be kept from d.
lis lusion, to be set in the way in which "
e ought 10 walk for our country's good, an
u 10 be supported in the noble race, the
ce Henry CLAY is the true true guide; and
DE is nearly the same, whether the lesson
lp- eiven from the halls Of Congress, or iro
OF lhe shades Of Ashland. Call it as you "
ne we call it malon sense. This man b
III an intellect, beside which, few that ha
he existed could stand. Ii America deslr
on her vast interests 10 be directed by mn
q capacious of all things, and clear as pea
y; oil light, this is the man.
'" The greatest Of all active endowmen
a. are undoubtedly those which are usual
: called executive power--the power to co
i"e troll aud direct others. This is the crow
l"u inc grace of greatness--the power TO re-
'eu Ii IS conceded on all hands that Nj Cli
~ made the best speaker that ever presld
~ in The lower house Of Congress. lie b
an been. on all occasions, for nearly hall
az century, wholly invinclble, whenever
a. was called to act on any theatre where
sea could hold personal intercourse with
on the actors. AT the bar, ia his county,
leu his district, in both houses OF Congress
o. who was ever with him habitually that d
'ali not Ieel the power OF his bewllching infi
my ence, or fall in open combat before MS TT
sstble mghll Many OF the ablest men
are his aye have struggled Toe 10 toe again
TO him on every theatre where he has aciei
led which one Of them all failed to De oye
ny, nasteredl Many oflhe noblest spirits Il
ne country has prod iced, have lived on teri
Ter d constant and friendly intercourse WI
be- him: and which one of them ever exert
yes, over Mr. Clay thousandih part OF the
Tor anence thai Mr. Clay did over hmi w
asc ., 4 bin, ~ haint lpd bV 9th