New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1848-03-08

defending her honor-n Au. uenug her prosperiiyAgs
We >r, otkcDs G. Tie great Commercial Met poAs Of.
this Weston World rJ icc Inst ire permitted 20 to-
uy yo1 personally orr appreciation 81 the worth the
talent. the sstesmin'hP, sri the pure patriotism which
have couihlei 10 surround with hslo Of mpefsl ihlo
glory ihs name OF IIgSar CLAY
Ga welcome. sir Is not mere p service, hot from The
a5ui.f lacc 4 TIE heart the III u;h speaks.
W receive yeu as the h'horet ;he cherished guest
81 tHii great CITY. LIS inhabitants without reference 20
cc>ds. Sc or Tare have NE nth toEreet you and
in theft name s, with al the warmth uhch woiii fresh
from he heart Gao convey bid you WELCOME.
Mr. CLAY then rose aud replied as follows
Nj. MAYOR | wish could fad adequate IAN
gusge to express to you and this audience the
feelings Of grateful heart. the feelings excited by
this spcudid aud magnificent reception.
Won Sir know very well from correspondence
end Information which you have derived from 9th
e-s. that the present visit to your great
Cry ia an exception TO the rule which
adopted and the resolution / had formed on
leaving home Called thence by private
and personal affairs | mad prescribed - myself as
rule which had thought Infexibe. not to be
drawn eli from the direct liue Tiny occupations on
any account, or upon any occasion. haf deter
mined partic lsry u avoid the current Of pubic
meetings aud oftnat affection which had -
suppose ex stcd ia the busOms oi a numerous pr
ton II my fellow citizens in the bpsoms to Of
many Of the citizens Of this vast metropolis famous
for i's growth and its growing greatness admirable
or the Intelligence and t'e tigh chsr'r''r ~ 80
inJpie.
But when received tie Invita- b 90
other cons dcraIions than those which 1-st
governed me seemed to q, nand that | Should
make ~ eNtspton 10 the rule AID present
myself among you. And vhtn received
the command S0r So | Am IN some degree obliged
o. regard IT, 81 the City of New York my hesia
ton finally yielded 20 that authority and | now
stand here N the mids, n the Government Of your
City
Bat Nj Mayor the President OF the Councils has
told you tlath has committed my body & yuar
custody Sir that expression couIf not isll a. *
cite some reflection In my mind an o. cal zap sumo
thoughts and feelings there az expression % ~hirh
I feel bound - endeAvor - make
Ny arfiyai bere today has been signaN/el hy
Ito discharge Of cannon by the display of lsrs hy
the sound OF gay aud exul,ing music. and by the
shouts aud cheers Of an alcCtonatc multitude ai.
rccted toward myself ! nm proud and thank
tai for those eyidei ~es Of regard and OF
value Tor the humble services of an
individual whom you esteem far too high!
Bu, Sir, these testimonies offered u the is
ing. could not fail to remind me Cl the Just
honors Ab0gt 10 be paid to the deal -
To morro~s Sun will rise upon another aui
a different spectacle thaa that which Il t. day bee
holds. as the venerable remains Of the illustf'gs
Tx President Of tho Ditcd States reach this Cit
Theuinstsad Of the cheers of jos and gadness which
have been uttered upon this occasion there VIII hc
the still cxprenSn u solemn and saddened feeling
A. ! contemplate the scene which will be pre-
stntcd cu d i hticipated arrival m recolect the
sgaRl scfsi R0d s')rlous career OF the great de
parted and the position 10 which he nov
has passed position which awaits as
ALL avn novel 90 suppress the lcelnfs OF
grateful joy which would otherwise overflow within
sn occHsiOl So honorable q myself
OUGHT not he ..otrast between thus day per
-h,ty he my IA
lay manifested o. p.s arrival Cd al humble indi'id
uxl whose Efforts ~ Jur 60 iniry behalf you much
to hin.'v appreciate. "a tie ccremonles which
will foil t. morrow, o. maize |ecp Inn ression on
our minds Ought thcyn not Tor Il e few daysremain
ing to ds mod, 1te the worthy impulses which
most ME- bfng into the strife OF existence to re
press ID dim n,h the violence OF party contests aud
the heat and acmony OF party feeling, for the bret
space which intervenes between the present mo
ment and that moment near at hand when We sha4
be all laid oa IN the narrow house which our ven
cradle AID pusc hearted Patriot now occupies
hope. MIR Mayor that we may profit by this
contrast and hereafter entertain less OF that EN-.
FILTERED feeling which too often urges US
that We may restrain ardor In the pursuit
OF cherished objects IN the sense Of response
bility which We ought to cherish toward the Gov.
crDor OF All and In the expectation OF that moment
which mus, sooner or later bring u ali to the dust
Mr.. Mayor could not pass by this topic, thus
suggested to me. And now Sir VIII you per
mi, me 10 thank yourself and the public authori
ties of the people Of the City for this splendid
reception and for the kindness and liberal hospl-
tslity " hch you have authorized me to expect at
your hands
Mr.. CLAY concluded with loud applause from
the assembled multitude by whom he had also been
frequently interrupted in the course Of his remarks
The procession was then formed at the Battery
and moved up through Broadway in the appointed
order amid the cheers Of the almost impasslble
mass who had assembled from one end Of the street
to the other. on this beautiful afternoon, to do honor
TO HENRY CLAY.