Ypsilanti sentinel. [volume] (Ypsilanti, Washtenaw Co., Mich.) 1843-1900, 1844-04-10

himself of il, without unamiabIe reIuc
lance. Repudia;ing Madison and espous
ing Clinton--deserting Clinton and euIo
gising King,-coqnetting. at one aud tn
sumo time. with Crawford, with Adams
and with MISUNDERSTANDING all and ser
wing self!
For in every change of princl pie o
party; in all his various intrigues, under
mini ,gs, and strategy: in success an,
temporary defeat (: III every variety o
circumstance, and every shade of belief
he has been consistent to the sole idea o
his life. In all the vicisitsF3es of fortune
in all his rapid evolutions I; in his hear
less abandonment of friends in his I'M
blushing embrace of enemies,--h has
ecer been true TO Aiaase1fl With an eye
that never slept; purpose that never
tired. he has steadily advanced TO the sum.
mil Of fortunes, and the moral depth OF
his degradation. ~.
Ever craving for place ever cringing
to positions and ever crushing in power,
he has shown The sIeal,hy properties ofihe
cat,and the cowardly ferocity ofthe tiger.
A friend without faith, an enemy with
! oui honor-his smile is more fatal than
his frown. He caresses u iihont sympa-
thy, aad abandons without piiy,and means
treachery when he processes kindness.
To gain his ends. however dishonest
he has advocated measures, however DIS
reputable. The principles he has as
suned without sincerity, no repudiaies
without rcpugnance, and when no longer
useful. they are no longer required.
With leader Of such desperate ambi.
ton and abandoned principles, how much
may he feared from party, how little be
hoped!
Turn from this portrait TO tho gallant
leader Of the Wings.
The mind Of Clay is bold, Independent,
desicive his action energetic and deter
mined. He rushes TO the goal of his
thought, like the immortal sleeds Of
Achilles. He fears no danger, he hes
tates at no obstacle he listens TO no tim
orous suggestions. Deed follows deter
minalion, as the lhunderbolt the FASH
His courage waits upon his will. Too
careless of consequences to weigh well
their nature, too Indifferent TO report to
heed much its surmises, he urges meas
ure to its results with a will desEotIc in
its dictates, and a moral energy almost
terrific.
A Hannibal in courage and daring res
olulion, he gains the field at Canine. and
rushss upon Rome and empire. He loi-
ters not, like The Carthagenian upon the
battle plain, to gather the spoils of the
conquest. Leaving these TO his followers
he outslrips the voice of victory, and her
aids his own triumph, TO the very lhresh,
holds Of his as,onished foe.
With mind and purpose indomitable.
termination. He enters upon his career
undaunted, with heart no obstacle can
terrify, and resolution no opposition
can shake. as the eagle rousihg her nigh.
ty youth. and kinding her undazzled eye |
at The full midday orb, he boldly sur
veys The quarry, pursues it IN full career,
and from his towering position dashes
upon victory.
With perseverance that bears the |
air Of Romance, he overcomes the mig
gardIy provisions of fortune and the hos.
tie intentions Of man. Nature has no
difficulties he cagnot surmount, and hu-
man power no energy he cannot control.
His mind is an impregnable fortress, en-
trenched therein Ike anolhes Utica he
defies Cesar and his fortunes.
Born in poverty, he has conquered its
entertainments reared in indulgence. he has
made Penury the stepping-stono TO his
greatness. With no parent to direct, and
no friend to assist, he has carved from the
quarry of his mind the statue to his fame.
He has his faults of character. Its vi.
ces are virtues ver.strained. Ii the en-
ergy of his spiri, is indomilable, his deter
IS unalterable. His intense
courage sometimes becoms uncomfortable
audacny; his frmness degenerates into
obsinacy: and the very magnanimitv of
mis- character in its self.forgettulness, leads
10 excessive display.
But he nerer turnrd his back upon
friend or FOE. The hand that he pledg-
IS in friendship, or raises in enmity, is
warmed with the blood oc his heart. And
he promises that he gives, equally with
The threat that he makes, is sacredly OBJ
served.
With all his moral affinity to what is
good in idea, great IN conception, and glo-
iious in performance, he hates mean-
ness worse than crime, and fears dis
honor more than death.
Such minds and such characters alone
can. give TO morality consistency, order
10 politics, or stability TO principles For
The mind is the type of the idea, and the
character its development and sole secu-
atty.
He thinks with the business Of sent.
ment, as he speaks with the authority Of
ruth. And his eloquence always moves,