Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1845-01-15
MIR Cl.INGMAN.


The National ln,elligcncer Of Thursday
contains speech Of the Hon NJ. Cling.
man. OF North Carolina. delivered in the
i"use on the 9Th Ut. II is on the late e.
lection. We copy the glorious peroration:
am here reminded, sir, tina, some oil
hos, gentlemen have expressed strone
hopes that they will be- able TO overrun and
carry oil with Them the cd Nor b State;
md lean that great etfor, is To be made
" the combined energies Of the party Tor
hat pairo<c' BIT can .ell these gentle.
men thai CCalboun aud his clique have
never had the ear II Nmth Carolina. ln
1852 with great unnn nifty, she took
ground against them and for the Uuion,
AMI she IS 81 Tor it She H.. also u gen.
ine Wing State. Shr was Wing in l775
When she made he frs, dec 'ara,Ion q in.
depend nee, and her sons still ia their
hearts cherish and viii maintain the prin.
cipcs OF their fathers. Tennessee, tuo, is
WI g ] saw so nc;hinJu Of The canvass
mere during the summer There " re
| erected asa MS her the 90 nbined inhu-
en Ct OF Texas. tho Tariff. J,ckson, and
Fox, backed by The powerful or IAN ,,ion
'hIch have described, and under i, all
he has bo,nc u? nobly. There is a state
Ia be depended upon IN times oft al. On
her tn IL nan might risk hi. lie, or u
nravc ono frost mis- honor. Loii,i j.,
Wing to-day, fairly triod. s.. TOOLS Gror>
ga; ar /: hen, moment by the blast, I'M
broken her banner will resume It's place in
;ac Wing line. The Wings ar. firm eve
~ whcre. The means used TO defeat us
strengthen us. The fall, like mat Of An
mis, will give rcdoublcd yigor and cner-
gy. The terrible calamity susiainc villa
rouse the nation 10 avert its Guns urienscs
Is Il we must endeavor so 10 triumph that
the iruils of victory will not re lost Our
adj ersarics have set a most lamentable OK
ample. Instead Of lecung n man high
IN the confidence OF the c.untrv, and re,
wardng him for past services, they have
chosen mere mnl OF straw, one 81 un.
known That he might lie run on opposite
/ principles IN different sections. In lhcs
demonstrating the availability Of su'h e
man, they have done all in 4 cir power 10
discourage sinirsman>like eminence and
! pa'rIo i,In. Or candidate wus defeated
because he was too honest. too open. too
manly TO conceal his opinions. Gen.
llen' on the o'her side Of The llous. cx.
ut IN the event. but they know that he was
"verthrown in no fair or manly contest. Il
was the Hector ofShakespeare, surround
ed and imPnlei by myrmdons-
The earth that bearshim dead bears none
alive SO stout"
Many bright eye und many heart mourns
over him but he needs /; not:
.'Wo!unto Us, not him for he rests m,H'
Instead of,he dark cypress there vii wave
over him the brigh, green laure.s Of glory,
and they will becoins greencr and br ghi
or us ceni~ries roll Oh. But we shall Of,
zen want his spacious head. his eloquent
tongue, aud heart e fire. Sin he cam.
on The stage OF action, IN every crisis,
''one b'ast upon his bugle horn
| Was worth a thousand ncn."
Sir, il is not talent alone tina, makes The
.;redt statesman. There must be added Ia
high intellect paramount Gevo.i IN to our
country, de;erm natnn 10 sa r # every
thing oil self u promote is alsanccmcni.
SIR, no s'atesm N, no man ever felt this
pTin ip'e IN a or atcr Gegree than Iienr,
Clay. And. i'll lie shall fade, he will stan
erect, with spin ul.brok.n. IN the from,
rank Of those who rally around theo Cnsli
tulion and the Uni n.
II be bears himself well. SO does b par
y. declare, si-, have seen nothing, 1
have heard OF nothing, have read Of moth
ing like It. Whether il be voice from the
mountains Of my own district. or from the
donsely populated cities Of The North, ii
brea,hes the same ,pirit. lhave seen no
one Wing who regretted his course; no one
who would not rather be in exile with Bru>
us than lrlumphing with Antony; no one
who VII not go into bat lie " i,h more al :.
dor IN IN be went into the former aftion.-
Considering It's numl ers, so help me God,
| believe there has existed not ON earth n
ary so nobe. II j, canno, preserve this
country then, sir, you may burn the Con,
stltullon iJI il is worthless.