Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1844-12-05
From the National Intellieencer.
Honor to whom Honor is Due.


and the great battle has ended disastrousy for
the friends of Constitutional Right; and now
that the sun of our couniIy's glory has set IN
gloom and darkness. it is no, less our pleasure
than our duty TO bear testimony in behalf OF
those who were true 10 the faith that was in
Them. L, is not enough to say that The Wing
party fought hard and Tough, nobly in the cause
of principle and ,rulh-lhey did more than this
They gave mp every thing TO their country, and
did all that men could do TO rescue her from
the dangers that heset her; and which, most
unfortunately for her peace and prosperity, and
the happiness Of the peopls, have at length
overwhelmed her. They strained every nerve,
and stretched every tendon, in the fight; they
loiled by day, and watched by the camp fires
at night; and all was freely done for the honor
and glory of the Republic, and for the love OF
him who has proved himself the tTues' of her
sons, and who stands up in defeat, (" The nobes'
Roman of US ALL" He, their great leader, is
beaten. bu, he is not on ha, account less dear
10 his frienls-lhey stood by him in his pros
perity, and they cling 10 him in his adversely
His defeat under any circumstances, and now
especially, when IL has been effected by the
foulest frauds upon the elective franchise, and
by votes manufactured for The time and The pur-
pose only lsh,ens his hold upon their atiec-
lions, aud makes them press him more warmly
and closely 10 their yearning bosoms. He has
been slandered aud reviled as mortal man nev-
er was before, but his character has not suffer
ed from the encounter; il still survives The
shock. In all that is ennobllng in patriotism,
all tha, is precious in intellect, or enylahe IN
public virtue ard private honor, HENRY CLAY
towers as high above his enemies as does The
highes, peak of The Andes above the level OF
the sea. II e has been cas-. into the fiery lu!-
mace of personal in.ec,ive and abuse, bul, like
the holy youths spnacn Of IN Scripture, he has
come forth unhnrs by the flames, and unscorched
and anscalhed by The conhagralion which burn
ed and bIazed around him. The vulgar and
the reckless may continue 10 spend their malice
upon him, and the demons Of party, who have
raYed a, and cursed him in the past, may re-
oce over his ill-iorune in tho future: but,
thank God, they can neither subdue his proud
spirii, nor drag him down 10 their own deep
abyss of misery and degradation.
He has been borne down by the power Of
numbers, i, is true, hui he fell in glorious
fare, sword in hand and his armor on, al the
head of Freedoms friends, the victim Of Free
doms foes, ard with him fell the best hopes
and the dearest interests of his country. He
is overpowered, hut he is still as hrin and un-
shaken as the rock on whose head the storms
have burs, in all their madness. and against
whose sides The waves OF The ocean, lashed in
10 fury, have dashed and Gretted in vain.
The wiles and siraiagems, and the frauds and
decepions of his opponents, have baked those
who knew and estimated his worth in their ef-
forts to reward him as they desired; but still
they caunoi bio, out from history the record OF
his greatness, nor prevent his name from going
down 10 posleri,y associated, for thirty years
past. with all that is memorable in The legisla.
zion or glorious in the annals Of his county,
| They are powerle.s as to that; for his is one
Of the few names tha, was not horn TO die
They have deprived him Of Office but the Pres
idenIial office, high and worthy as il is OF man.
ambition, could not add cubit 10 his stature
nor increase The sp.endo, of his fame. His
greatness will still overshadow the land, and
his character as statesman bright as vet as
The uaron n4nered eagle OF his country, will be
appreciated wherever liberty has home oI
civilization resting place. and bis virtuou.
deeds reverenced by unborn millions 10 come
when the vag 4
"Gllded flies
That, basking in The sunshine of a court,
Faiien on its corruption"
are forgotten among the things that were
/ We here repeat our declaration that the
Wings, as party. Tough, nobly under their
great leader: and at This momen, they are proud
| er 10 have shared his defea, than The opposition
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