Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1845-10-16

JactWul present, AMI the universal regard i'm
which tn, Character AMI services of Mr.. CLAY
are held, have created deep ana general in
tcrest in the public mini in this forthcoming
WORK. We have reason to believe that it vii.
fully answer the public expectations The fol-
lowing passlSe gives very interesting and
graphic sketch of one OF the very mauy able
and eloquent speeches Of Mr.. CLAY which have
never been publishe L.
! Among the lost speeches of Mr. Clay the
memory of which lives while they who heard
| them live, aud the thought of which awakens
[ to new life the feelings they produced, was one
| delivered at Lexington, as late as MAY 1918,
the OCCASION and history of which are a. follows
After Mr. Clay had retired from the Senate OF
/ The United States, in 1912, till the next wear
during which time IL was expected ne would
be nominated for President in 1914. great ei-
forts w,r, made in kentucky, and throughout
thc Union. by has political opponents, not
Ionly to villify him, but to bring into odium
he twenty seventh Congress, which was the
last in which Mr.. Clay had had a seat as Ssna-
tor AMI the endcavors of which were chiefly
directed to establish the policy and measures
called for by the political revolution of 1910.
Mr. Clay was viTulently traduced by some
basa persons in Lexington and that neighbor-
lIlp'Ns -NN d perpetual OIOppltie NcdfS0 Stone
- these inccssant attacks though false and
foul. aud known 10 be SUCH if unnoiiccd and
lunrepelled, might produce injurious effects on
! The common mind. lie theretore resolved
and caused notice to be published. that ne
would meet his fellow citizens OF Fayette and
the adj dining counties. at Lexington, on day
speciii d, to repel these charges. His friends
whom on this occasion he had not consulted
regretted the step as being unnecessary. They
thought these attacks unworthy of notice.
, This difference of opinion was painful To Mr.
Clay. and no doubt contributed not little to
that depth aud power of feeling which he
manifested ON that occasion. The notice
brought together great concurse of people,
whom no place but the public square could
accommodate. The patriarch statesman was
to appear before his old friends and neighbors
of forty years standing, once more and for the
last time, in that capacity i'll which hc had not
been hrarl for mlny years. and in which no
one ever expected TO hear him again. And it
was thu vile tongue of calumny that was to be
encountered.
The following account OF this address was
furnished for the author by IA highly respected
fellow citizen Of MIR. Clay, and the words of
the opsnin5 "a quoted, are exact. When Mr..
} Clay rose. Ia was evidently much excited. He
commenced by saying, with marked empha sis
. Fellow citizens: am now an old mum
quite an old man." Her. he ben, himself
dOwn-war'. But yet ii will De found
5 am not too oil TO vindicate my principles, TO
. stand hv mY friends, or to defend myself
raising his voice, louder and louder, at each
successive member of the sentence, aud cleva-
ting his person in most impressive manner.
He then proceeded
: 1T so happens. that have again located
, myself in the practice of my profession. in al
office within few rods of the one which oc.
cuVied, when, more than forty years ago,
FIST came among YOU, an orphan and a stran
ger, and your fathers took me BY the hand and
made me what am. | feel like an old stag
, who has been long coursed bs ,hS hunters anc
the hounds, through brakes and briars and oeI
distant plains, aud has AT last returned Ia hi,
ancient lair To lay himself down and die And
yet the vile ours of party are barking at m,
heels and the bloodhOunds of personal nalig
nifty are aiming at my throat scoRN AM
DEFY THEM as EVER DID"
When he uttered tlcse last words he raised
himself To his most erect posture, and eeva
ted MS hands ana arms, wide extend I'd abov,
his head, seeming to have nearly doubled the
height of his tall person. The effect was over
whclmng Undesirable.
To have any approximate idea of the cflcc
( of this speech. which continued for hours. ful
. ~ sustained throughout, in vindication of tn,
principles, and in defence of the orator him
self. against his calumniators, one should hav,
a view of all the attributes Of eloqIencc as
cribed 10 Mr. Clay in this chapter, the use q
g scarcely one of which was wanting on tina
4 occasion Nor should il be forgotten, that n,
=, was then siNty-six years old. Ii may be asked
. if any orator. can b, named IN alt history, wh,
ever produced such an effect. in 80 few words
c and those the mere cXordium of his oratiOn?-
They all kTcU that what he said was trlte. -
am an old man" Didn't they know that
. AMI when he sid il they began to weep
When hc pointed 10 his present office. and ir
j place Of the old one few rods distant, the
Il all knew hUi. II came here more than fort
g years ago, an orphan and a stranger" The
knew that. "NOur fathers took me by til
baud and made me what am" 1t is limos
n siblc To- conceive of the effect Of this. The
wcpt like children. and only wished they cou
. do as much. They could at least stand by him
Il feel like an OLD stag Now he is spcakin
to Kcn,ucly hunters Their ears are all cree
Z for what isComing. And by the time lie ha
d gone through with the figure, and its applc,
e ton, the struggle between the sympathy whic
!, streamad from TIE eyes of some. and the in
dignltion whir', clenclIcd the fists Of Others
! of that vast mrl itudc--aH knowing il was al
true. Cyery word of Twas like the Ihrops {
Il mountain in agony. \ part of the sublim
IS ity of th" spectacle consisted in concern
n what might be tl,c fruit Of such passion +,
some OF his dn'amrrs wor, present. But whc
Mr.. Clay rose i'm all Ia, majesty of his uw
- holiness, throw his arms on high, and his vol,
o out into the hcaveus-he stood under its car
s. opy--and said, "IscorH and dcfV them as
D. ever did" they dashed away their tears, an
resolved To br as stout of heart as fc. and
yindicatc his honor. reply was exptctc,
= But prudence GOT the better Of the Purros'.
Is MUTINY on BOARD BARK OSCAR
Is The SJg II rjor Cprectm gives an account
ia mrtinv which occurred OH boarl of the Osca
BE- Captain Ludlow, of ilat ror II took plaC
NJ On the 18th Of August. while the ship was !,
3 ing at the island Of lsla Gnndc. The COO
I end three .,gmen approached the quarter dec
o. arm with knives, which thcy had ,liarpcuo
g, Tor tha attack. and with M axe. a hlntSpil
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