The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1844-08-30

solvps TO accompish-th power over
a;,cnnostonces and over other men-that
.'an,al and moral copaciD which enables
'"e", - boar down win all his force a.
-, al sbstacles--fat instinct oil tn
s",t'n IN all that ona resolves TO effect;
this is the trait TO rAIch we allude, and
this trait Mr.. Clay assesses in a very high
degree. No marever knows beforehand
what he can accomplish, and, for this very
reason, men ;. feeble wills always accom-.
plsh less tbin they might. In country
ike ours IN an age like this, in an office
like that OF The Presidency, il is impossi-
Die 10 Z njecture what issues might depend
up.n the single queslion-whu, is the
force Of wll-whnt is the moral courage
of the President We have just conyeis.
ed with a distinguished gentleman, who
was on the continent Of Euroge 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 partisan oil
tho General, he says that the effects of the
old chieitau's conduct on that occasion
penetrated TO the very ccnre Of Europe,
and inspired kind Of awe in men who
had considered cur country fourth rate
power. Mr.. Clay, with far greater
reach and compass Of mind, with infinitely
better guarantees for tile right exercise of
tins great faculty, possess II in as high a
degree as Gca Jackson himself was ever
supposed by his warmes, admirers TO pos.
e. 4 h, Al Al
legion ree'ed aud faltered before the fierce
burbarans Of Gaul, julius Caesar rayed
and tore his heir like mailman. No man
ever saw Henry Clay quail.
Keen observers Of human nature nrc a.
ware that all brave men ure inclined to
be generous, and are very rarely stunned
With the meaner passions, such as cruelty
malice, revenge, and the ike In the same
manner men Of great force Of character
aud of profound convictions, Instead Of be.
ing mprac,lcablc men, as the phrase goes,
are generally the easiest Of oil men, for
those whose intentions aud principles are
night, TO get along with. Indeed, such
men often seem MS # they had two souls ;
one all force and power, the other all gen.
teness and trust. Is Il not remarkable,
that man, with such viii and such deep
e &c h;ysy saqYbtd nave been Ge very mau
10 step forward and compromise, TO gene.
raj satisfaction, The two great questions,
Che Missouri question, and the larIti,l
which. in his day, have most endangered
me confederacy The reasons are oh.
vious.. The man is generous and 49, -
well rs firn und fulI ~ convclion' Ana,
If Wa have any desire TO win reputation
lnr political forecast. We unhesHnlingiy
..-h all upon the ptedictIon-that, II Hen.
~ Clny is elected President he will pur.
sue line Of conduct so foil Of generous
and noble and considerable iorbearance,
and so thoroughly patriotic and American,
tha. the best 81 ms opponents will become
his friends, and the mean and vile amongst
his present 7arlzaus viii forsake him. -
Ii Mr.. Clay is elected President, his adj
miustrntion will be an era, n great era,
and our children will recall It for ages
Mean men will be driven away; rogues
and cheats aud hangers OH will disappear
from the public Offices, honest men, men
with hearts in the right place, capable
men, dlliGent men, true men, will once
more be IN power; and never, since the
days Of Washington, was there an admin.
is,fation So thoroughly of the country and
for the country as lhls mans will be. HIS
personal eudowmcnts ensure this, md If
America wishes to sec her sons united
once moro in a noble race Of patriotic gla-
~, aud all minor questions merged as far
ds possible in the great question Of her own
advancement and tcnown, this is the man
to accomplish her hopes.
In our opinion the mos, remarkable
mental endowment of Mr.. Clay is one that
we do not remember ever TO have seen as
crIbcd 10 HIM III prinl--Ir Is MS COMMON
SENSE. He is the most sagaclou5 public
man this country hns produced, except
Benjamin Franklin. lis knowledge Of
affairs seems rather iuluiIiye Than the re.
sub Of experience. We have hoard him
deliver some Of his greatest speeches; we
have read them all. HIS fame as an ora.
tor is worldwide but what l., the o'aIory
of those great dlscourscs No flowers q
rhetoric adorn them. Novast fund of &C.
quircd crudtion, Mr.. Clay hardly ever
quotes from books. No elaborate argu.
menldtjons. What then The grandeur
Of an intellect that seems to perceive truth
inlu lively, united to pathos lervent a,
that of Demoslhcnes. This is the man
Gill Of spirit-Cull of sense. We have lis