New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1844-11-18
THE TRIBUNE.
From the National I1,eligsnce,.
Honor 10 whom Honor In Due.

,bc Great battle has ended disastfous!y for the
trends OF Constitutional Right; and now that the
ann of our counry's glory has set in ploom and
darkness, it is not less our pleasure than our duty
+, bear testimony in behalf OF those who were
uue to the faith that was in them. 1t is no.
enough to say that the Wing party fought hard
and Tough! nobly in the cause of principle and
,ruth-they did more than this. They gave up
syery thing 10 their couatry, and did all that men
could do 10 rescue her from the dangers that be.
spthe and which. most unfortunately for her
peace and prosperity, and the happiness of the
people, have at length overwhelmed her. They
strained every nerve,.and stretched every tendon,
10 the fight; they toiled 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
Inc love of him who has proved himself the truest
oi her sons, and who stands up, even in defeat,
The noblest Roman Of us all" He, their great
sader, is BEATEN but he is not on that account
kss dear TO his friends-they stood by him in his
prosperity, and they cling to him in his adversely.
His defeat under any circumstances, and now
especially, when it has been effected by the foulest
frauds upon the elective franchise, and by votes
manufactured for the time and the purpose, only
lighters his hold upon their affections, and makes
them press him more warmly and closely to their
yearning bosoms. He has been slandercd and
ievled as mortal man never was before, but his
character has not suffered from the encounter; it
still survives the shock. In all that is cnnobling
apatrotism, all that is precious in intellect, or
ayiable in public virtue and private honor,
Henry CLAY towers as high above his enemies
IS does the highest peak Of the Andes above the
eysl Of the sea. He has been cast into the fiery
iufnace of personal nveciive and abuse, but, like
tue holy youths spoken of in Scripture, he has
come forth unhurt by the flames, and unscorched
and unscathod by the confagration which burned
and blazed around him. The vulgar and the
reckless may contioue to spend their malice upon
him, and the demons party, who have raved at
and cursed him in the past may rejoice over his
A.fortune in the future: but, thank God, they can
neither subdue his proud spirit, nor drag him
down to their own deep abyss of misery and de-
gadation.
He has been borne down by the power of mum.
bels, it is true, but he fell in glorious warfare,
sword in hand, and his armor On, at the head Of
Freedoms friends, the victim of freedoms foes,
and with him fell the best hopes and the dearest
interests of his country. HeIs overpowered, but
be is still as firm and mistaken as the rock on
whose head the storms have burst in all their
madness, and against whose sides the waves Of
the ocean, dashed into fury, have dashed and fret
led in vain.
The wiles and stratagems, AID the frauds and
dscep6ons of his opponents, have baked those
whoknew and estimated his worth in their efFo.te
to rewa,d sim us they desired but still they
cannot blot out from history the record of his
greatness, nor prevent his name from going down
10 poserry associated, .for thirty years past with
all that is memorable in the Legislation or gori
ore ,be Snn,i. NJ hjs ccunfrv They are DOW.
eress as to that: for his is one ofthe few names
that was not born to die. They have deprived
him of Office; bu. the Presidential Office, nigh
and worthy as it is of mans ambition, could not
add cubt To his stature nor increase the splen-
dor of his fame. HIS greatness will still over
shadow the land, and his character as q states
man, bright as yet as the unconquercd e,gle OF
his country, will be appreciated wherever liberty
has home or civlliz alton a resting place, and
his yirtuous deeds reverenced BY unborn millions
to come, when the
'Gilded hiss
That, os,kine in the ;;a. or s0rrs,
are forgotten among The Things that were.
We here repeat our declaration that the Wings,
as party, fought nobly under their great lead
er; and at this moment they are prouder to have
shared his defeat than the Opposition feel amid
all their joyous shouts ct the success of his CON-
petitor. But, in paying an humble tribute to our
gallant party, we cannot forego The satisfaction
1t gives us TO speak Of one for whose services all
should be grateful--we allude to the Hon. VIII
LIS GREEN. of kentucky. He, we have reason
To- know. made the heaviest sacrifices for the
cause, and that too with no feeling of selfinte-
rest or personal ACKNOWLEDGEMENT influencing his
conduct. His labors were free offering to his
country, and all he did was for the love he bore
the cause and his deep devotion to HENRY CLAY.
Those only who stood near him and shared his
confidence and his counsels can fully appreciate
the value and his extent of exertions. de
left nothing un6one which honorable warfare
would Justify nothing which seemed compati-
bio with the high calling of truth; nothing
which was worthy Of just cause, or in the least
calculated TO promote its triumph. And, celam-
ous as the result has proved, deep as the distress
Of the Wing party is, and keen and bitter as the
melancholy reflections of some may be, no man
can reproach him with want of frmness, or
with indifference to or neglect CT duty. All his
time ard all his thoughts were given to the great
issue, and never for moment did his energies
lag or his exertions tire. His anxiety was eli
Inc while deep and intense, and, as the trial day
approached, sleep scarcely ever touched his eye
lids. Here, at the seat Of Government, entrust-
cd, as chairman of the Wing Congressional Ex.
ecutive Committee, with the supervision OF, and
to q certain extent controlling, the Wing action
throughout the country, he watched the move
ments of the Wing forces, and babe Thorn on to
bst,le; aud, when others fell back and tainted by
the way. side, he stood up more finn and faithful
to the work, thinking of nothing, hopisg for
nothing, and caring for nothing but the success
of HENRY CLAY and the country. Under his di.
,ection, and thet of the Hon. GARRsTT DAVIS,
the partner of his toll and skaIer of his feelings,
thousands of public documents and political
tracts indicating the principles and measures OF
the Wing party were scattered broadcast ever
the Union. They were not, however, intended
toreach the plejadices or to psnder to the low
and grovelling iostincts Of human nature; they
were addressed to the calm reflection and sober
Judgment of the people; they were manly,
straightforward appeals to the popular ine'li.
gence, and there is no doubt that for the most
IL. -. fnrI NJ cannot