Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1845-04-17

A Meeting of the Ladies, appointed
by "the Virginia Association Of Ladies
for erecting a Statue to Henry Clay,
Collectors, for Berkeley County, was held
in Martinsburg, on the l4th inst. Mrs.
EDWARD COLSTON was appointed
President of the meeting, Mrs. SAMUEL
BAKER, Secretary, and Mrs. b. II. Con
rad, Treasurer.
Mr.. Edmund Pendeton, as the organ
Of the Ladies, offered the following Reso-
lulions and subjoiued Address, which were
adopted
LIST. RcSolrea, That for the purpose OF
facilitating the collections for the Clay
Statue, the County be divided into eigh.
teen Districts, and that ub-Commhtees be
appointed in each Dlslric,-auxliary to
the Collectors heretofore appointed.
ID. That Circular be addressed, to
each of the Ladies, constituting the Sub.
Committees, apprising them OF their ap.
pontment and Of the bounds of their Dis
,ricts.
81, That all collections, made by the
Sub Committees, be forwarded, through
/ the ladies first named upon such Commit
tees, 10 Mrs. Edward ColSton aud Mrs
Phil. G. Pendleton, the Vice Presidents
for the County, on or before the LIST Of
June next.
4ih. That an Address be published, by
the Vice Presidents, to the Ladies Of the
County, presenting the character Of this
application, to their liberality and their
Patriotism, and such other matters, as
may be desirable, in reference to the ex.
pense Of the undertaking.
The division OF the County into Dis.
tricts was then made and the Sub Commit
tees appointed.
Collections, heretofore made, were re-
ceived. The meeting then adjourned.
MRS. ED. COLSTON, Prest.
Mrs. SAMUEL BAKER, Secy.
April IA, 1915.
Address of the Vice Presidents.
To the Ladies Of Berkeley-Your aid is
asked in the erection of Statue to Hen.
ry Clay. An enterprise, so worthy of the
State and the Statesman, may be safely
committed, we are sure, with its mere an.
nouncement, 10 that gratitude for the
most beneficent public services and that
generous sympathy with the slsndered,
and rejected great, with which that dis.
| tnguished citizen is now rewarded.
1t is proper, however, to remind you,
that this Honor Of Public Statue is to be
conferred by the State of his nativity
that this Appeal is made to citizens Of
that County, which was the first in Viz.
GINA, to designate, in 1924, Henry Clay
for the Presidency, and which has stood
to him, without change or shadow Of
change, until the present hour-that, no.
where else more ardenty than here, do
the affections Of the People cling to him
and that the women Of Virginia propose
this honorable tribute to the Patriot and
the Hero as balm for that wound, which
her sons have inflicted upon him.
If this be not, indeed, an object, in
which all, of both sexes and all parties
may meritoriously engage, then present
generation should not do homage TO it:
living Statesmen--the power OF the Ora.
tor and the achievements Of unrivalleC
talents should not receive, in life, thai
appreciation, which is the richest need
as i. is the surest guarantee of uncalcu'
lat:ng devotion 10 the public veal.
Now, even now, let those, his cotem'
poraries, who can best attest it and whose
testimony none may impeach, commend.
rate his eminent conduct and ability in
civil employment and in the relations o.
private life-that posterity may, more
rightfully, render its testimonial Of atfec,
Tomato remembrance and, with one voice
applaud him, as the most ilustrious Of hii
age.