Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1844-09-06

in an office like that of the Presidency, 1t is jmpos
sible to conjecture what issues might depend upon
the single question-what is the force of will
what is the moral courage of the President? We
have Just conversed with distinguished pentle-
man, who on the continent Of Europe when
Gen. jackson made his terrible onslaught on the
King of the French, some eight or ten years ago;
and, although the gentleman of whom we speak,
was never partizan of the General, he says that
the effects of the old chiehain's conduct on that
occasion penetrated to the very centre of Europe,
and inspired kind of awe in men who had before
considered our country fourth rate power. Mr..
Clay, with far greater reach and compass OF mind
with infinitely better guarantees for the right ex-
ercse Of this great faculty, possesses 1t in as high
degree as General Jackson himself was ever sup
posed by his warmest admirers TO possess It. On
one occasion, when the tenth legion reeled, and
faltered before the fierce barbarans of Gaul, Ju-
Illus Cesar raved and tore his hair like madmon
No man ever saw Henry Clay quail.
Keen observers OF human nature are aware that
all brave men are inclined to be generous, and
are very rarely stained with the meaner passions,
such cruelty, malice, revenge, and the like. In
| the manner, men Of great force OF character
and of profound convictions, instead of being i'm
practicable men, as the phrase goes, are generally
The easiest of all men, for those whose Intentions
and principles right, to get along with. In
deed, such men often seem If they had two
souls; one all force and power, the other all gen.
tencss and trust. Is it not remarkable, that man
with such will and such deep convictions as Mr..
CLAY has shown himself TO possess should have
been the very man to step forward and compromise
to general satisfaction the two great questions,
the Missouri question: and the tarf) which, in his
day have most endangered the confederacy? The
reasons are obvious. The man is generous and
wise, as we'll as firm and full of conviction. And
if we have desire to win reputation for political
forecast, we unhesitatngy risk all upon this pre-
dction-that if Henry Clay is elected President,
Il he will pursue line of conduct full Of gener
on1c nd eO
thoroughly patriotic and American, that the best
of his opponents will become his friends, and the
mean and vile amongst his present partzans will
forsake him. If Mr. Clay is elected President, his
administration will be an era, great era and our
children will recall it for ages. Mean men will be
driven away, rogues and cheats and hangers-on
will disappear from the public offices; honest men,
! men with hearts in the right place, capable men,
81 diligent men, true men, vii! once more be IN power
and never, since the days of Washington, was
there an administration so thoroughly OF the coun-
try and for the country as this mans will be- His
personal endowments insure this Z; and if America
wishes to see her best sons united once more in a
noble race of patriotic glory and all minor questions
merged as far possible in the great question of
i her own advancement and renown, this is the man
: to accomplish her hopes.
II In our opinion, the most remarkable mental en-
c dowment of Mr.. Clay is that we do not remem-
u Der to have ascribed to him in print-H Is his
J. common sense. He is the most sagacous public
: man this country has Produced except Benjamin
/ Franklin. His knowledge of affairs seem rather in
: tutive than the result ofexperence. Wehave heard
him deliver some of his greatest speeches we have
: read them all. His fame orator is world
: wide but what is the oratory OF those great dis
courses? No powers or rhetoric adorn them. No
vast fund of acquired eruditon. Mr. Clay hardly
S ever quotes from books. No elaborate argumenta-
e tons. What then? The grandeur Of intellect
: that TO preceve truth intuitivey united to
IL pathos fervent that of Demosthenes. This is the
n man--ful of spiritual of sense. We have listen
H. ed to all our great public men, If we wanted
c grammarian, in the ancient sense of the word, we
II would take Mr. Calhoun whose mind seems to have
T, no fixed views of truth. If we wanted the cearest
u demonstration of given proposition, we would
d have but Webster, the greatest logcian that
70 lives if we desired the aid Of all that is rich, full
h and overwhelming in true eloquence, Preston is the
J. man; if we needed the clearest, pures and most
10 beautiful advocacy of all right and noble things
ID Crittenden is the living model; but if we desired
&c to know the TRUTH to be taught the right to be kept
e. from delusion, to be set in the way in which we
&c ought to walk for countrys good and to be sup
s. ported in the noble race then HENRY CLAY is the
+ true guide and it is nearly the whether the
s. lesson be given from the halls of Congress- or from
I'd the shades eff Ashland. Call it as you will-we
call it stnsethis man has an intellect, be-
III side which few that have existed could stand, If
e America desires her vast interests to be direct
IN ed by mind capacious of all things and clear as
i, a beam flight, this is the man.
ID The greatest of all active endowmens are un-
NJ doubtedly those which are usually called execu-
or tive powers-the power to control and direct 9TH
ers. This is the GROWING grace OF greatness
no the power to rule it is conceded on all hands that
an Mr.. Clay made the best speaker that ever presid
n (; ed in the lower house of Congress. He has beer
is on all occasions for nearly half century, wholly
d. nvincble, whenever he was called to act on any
its theatre where he could hold personal intercourse
no with all the other actors. At the bar his coun
" It,,, h,e1 ,t,h hath hAtC nfC
a who ever with him habituay that did not feel
. the power of his bewitching influence, fall in
no open combat before his irresistible might? Many
all of the nobes men of his age have struggled toe to
las toe against him on every theatre where he has
us acted; which of them all failed to be overmas
~ tered? Many of the noblest spirits this country
la has produced have lived terms of constant and
lat friendly intercourse with him, and which one Of
ed them ever exered over Mr. Clay thousandth part
SIS of the influence that Mr.. Clay did over him Who
ng ever suspected him of being led by any other men
ms No, this is man born to dlrectnot to be himself
" guided by other minds and whoever sees him
of President will see such President as never
an before since Washington.
= Vnginid.-The Richmond Wing says that ALI
lis is GOING WELL IN VIRGINIA The prospects are
g, Frightening daily. A letter dated Clarksbury states
on Mr. Van Buren's majority in Harrison county in
ii. 1910 532-and thai this fall Mr. Folks majority
at will exceed 800. And that in the Harrison dis
- trlct where General HARRISON received majority
'rs of about 200 MIR Clay win receive from 500 t
nd l000 The result says the writer will no: be brough
'at about so much by changes, as by the Van Burer
ny men, who cannot go "Polk, Texas and Dissunion,
lis staying away from the polls.
ne
lat u At the great Wing meeting at Cumberland
at county, Pa, few days since-st which ex-Gov
'st Ritner presided among the tieeve thousand pres
SC, ent were FIFTEEN HUNDRED STRAIGHT
lily OUTS, who recently abandoned the cause of Locc
Focoistn, Polk and Free Trade, and 60 for Clay
CHI and Frelinghuysen, Protective Tariff, and Wing
r. principles and Wing measures Ais well in Penn
nd sylvania.