Washington telegraph., 1844-10-30
beautiful extract from the speech cf
Mr.. CLAYTON. in Pa.
HENRY CRAY


ing lis mighty progress, and anticipating IL
wonlrous destinics-is too high and noble
/ to be filled by any one who has nOt In Hi
talents and public virtues raised himself
above the common level of mankind. lii
/ Henry Clay, Of Kentucky, W. behold man
who, by his cloquenc9i would have cat ai-
diiional lustrc ON The character cf ihe Par
Lament of England flr exalted talent, i'll ihe
bes; days OF her SIcridans, and even Id ,hoHc
OF her Chatham himself. II will deronate
nothing from the character Nj any American
statesman, WHOSE history have studied, io
ssay that sxier more than thirty years ofp pab-
lie service, Mr.. Clay has found reason tD
change his opinion les frequently than any
other, and has cxccllcl all who have honor
ed the councils Of our country, IN Ihc extra
! ordinary uniformity and consistency XII H.
/ public conduct. iIc has twice saved the
Union of lhese States, when ali man admit
Ted that it was in imminent peril. While
knew him in the Senate of tic Initrl
States, he was acknowledged NV men Mi alI
parties to be the peace maker UE That 5olr:
and as such he was personally beloved I'm
by men of all parties in the Senate, with
I scarcely solitary exception. IIis charac-
i Ter for chivairoUs aAlManly sentiment gain
ed for hin an influence which wa always
Used to a!lay, but never I'd excite, unisinl
feelings amongst others. | have studied
( him closely, and | must saY that never
met with thai man whose moral courage cA-
ceedcd his. The maxim which wa e.cr-
nal.y ON his lips i'll thc worst ot times. was,
never 10 despair of thc republic. AI ILL.,
/ tendencies th.s nature seemed t0 lIe cDnsar-
vative in ;hcir character. Hi unccasiHr
efforts seemed to ha dircc.cd III stren:hen
the works Of The fathers XII the rcpab.ic, or
to rebuild s.ch of their nl.I.cst institutions
as had fallen beneath tha destructive hands
Of Others. His ambition never Ill him to
tear down or dom1lish tl4c institutions Cf hi5
country He was mll oi lnt.rin- Indus
/ iry in the discharge of his public dui!c4; nnd
he could peFiorm moro. intellectual labor
within the same PERIOD XII time, than any
man ever knew As hc loved t0 make
others happy, while III hi- s1c,ciy, mi efforts
I 20 please them We're thu more successful.
because they evidently sprung fonl thr -
I tive goodness OF his heart. His h.ttercst
enemy never dared fo ilnpeach Iii integrity
in pecuniarY mater; and although M hAs
/ encountered at different periods 0f h.s ill.,
al the vicissitudcs and temptations, both MI
poverty and aiillcncc, there wa na business
/ tran saction OF that Till, which ever la!l n
stain upon his fame Always olriicni tD
the dictates ipubic duty, ~ i,arlcssly Dade
consequences take caro- of themselves.
wheaeverihe interests oF honor of his c1un-
try required personal sacrifices uf him c.t
( Il was upon such 1cca li1n5, that Till char
acter displayed isef with thc most brilliant
lassre. Then il va ihat hi patriniism
burned with an intensity m5Ilrpl ssad by
that OF the ancient Roman, who devoted
himsclftcthc internal g1ds to insure VirtDrY
to The republic. Then X wa thai, reckless
alike ol' lle sha!i of personal anl party Ina-
; lice, he barred his own bosom to ille storm,
and dared every thing ilr Ill country. Then
/ / was the arrows XXI c1iunlav ilcwthc.cst
/ around him, and fhai noble bosom was norrd
with many a wound, inflicted by tha iclan
blow Of his assallanis. During t.ic War
with Great Britain he stoll at thc head rl
the great democratic patty cf this rnlRtry
u party the pr1Wlrst blaEt of which wa,
thai il fostered thc industry WI tllc people.
AMI avenged the wr9Rg4 anl insults lhry
suffered from their iv.s. In thaf ally, ihr
pos "a uvisoA $50 tNh Ah +'AA" N~AAt a. hlr
mead Of his party, was also the po4r of dln-
ger. The leaders VI she opposition were a-
mong the most a5lc and iatentel rnen ulr
country ever produced; am thr champion
chosen by his party to contend with thc
Kings, the Qiinceys. ill., IIansons, and thc
I R,unloiphs, OF thnt INV, was Henry Clay. XVII
( kentucky. While real and honest differ
/ ence of opinion divided 1hc democratic anl
I ietleTalist parties, Ar. Clay ~, tAc Ajax
I Icsamoa of thc former but, when That differ
ence, ceased TO exist, no man exhibited
greater magnanimity towards The very p1lit-
zeal opponents, who owed their defeat so
much b his own stuPcll7ls c1crti1ns.
Hhen federalism wa n9 l1nEera dangerous
rival Of that democracy which hr had lcI to
victory, he disdaincd to initiate the examples
of those of our m7fcrl democrats. whose
greatest glory is in the dcnunciation anlp-o-
scrip.inn of n fallen fuc- These modern
democrats took nd part III thc political CON
ilicts OF The day, when the Struggle with the
mighty power of England tried Encii's souls
While Henry Clay wa rOusInr ihe spirit
of his counirymcn to battle, with THAT voice
ihat sounded like the notes ofa war-trImpet
and directing tic wisdom of the national
councils in thai bloody struggle, ninc-tenlls
of your modern democracy which now de-
nouaces him as "A ii.dernlist and British
whig. were riding ihcircorn-stalk horses IN
the nirsery,or puiing IN the arms of their
mothers. OF such al these arc thn men