Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1848-04-14
From the Pittsburgh Saturday Tisiter.
Hon. Henry Clay.

Hon. Henry Clay.
Well, he has been here, and our citizens
have turned out, irrespective of party, to wei
come HIN with wild enthusiasm. a Liber-
~ lnan, a Wing and a Democrat acted as
Marshals, to conduct the procession which
paraded him up and down town to be looked
AT, much after the fashion in which "A show
man takes round a big elephant. They had
broad blue strings round their waist, and The
carriage driver a yellow strip round his coat
collar as a mark of servitude to tho great di-
vinity of the day. Nodoubtita all looked We
ry well, but we are glad we did not see the
show, as SO many of our friends wished
We were alone in the woods Just then, won
dering what the noise of the cannon meant;
and il you only knew, dear friends. the eX-
ceedlng beauty and inimitablo music OF the
grand old woods-the yearning, unutterahle
fondness with which we linger amid their
solitudes, tracing the countless projections OF
The tall, kingly denizens which throng the
cool lanes and streets--beauiiful alike when
they stand like the Greek Slave, unclad, or
wrap themselves in gorgeous nantes, you
would not ask us to come to town on a bright
day to look at Henry Clay. We have almost
lost the power of looking with admiration or
IVNtItuCt upon any tHiHR ~ uNha
Man is the only animal which mars the beau
ty of the Creators works. Every thing, an
innate and inanimate, answers the end OF its
existence but monster man. The only pub
lie fuss which we have ever seen was the
illumination : and a few more such exhibit
tons would make us feel like going to live
in a cave on the side Of a mountain, where
rumors of crime ard folly might never reach
US more. But this Clay crowd. What was
it all aboutl As Mr.. Loomis was spokes-
man, likely he can tell. First comes a four
ish about "departed worth-living merit
measures of fame &c. Then the Greek is
not 10 forget the thrilling tones which ava
kened sympathy in behalf of his struggling
country-the citizens Of the southern hemis-
phere owe something to his eloquent tongue
and the generous hearted lrishman'-Ar.
Clay talked for him too. ''Rome is awaken
ing from the slumlers Of centuries. France,
amid the throes of revolution, points TO our
government" therefore, the citizens of Pitts
) burgh should paddle about through the mud,
loStle one another half to death, and scream
until they are hoarse, in honor of Henry Clay.
What good all this could do to the old gen
tleman, is more than we can see; but then
we never could see much. The reasons for
w,shing 10 honor him are equally mysterious
they all appear to end in the talking he has
done. Did he gre more to relieve the dis
tress Of these foreign countries than other
people Of his circumstances We never
heard of it. As for his devoted patriotism
and successful services in the cause Of hu-
manity and liberty what has he ever sacri-
feed in the service of his country! What
honor, what cmolument did he ever forego
for her sakel We ask calmly, for informa-
; ton. He has certainly been the recipient not
the bestower of %favors. Fof his great talent
he deserves no credit, any more than for the
size of his mouth or shape of his nose. The
; feeling which sets one man above another on
account Of any one Of natures gifts is an in
suit TO the common dignity of man-,he over
. topping eminence of an Immortal spirit which
: throws all minor distinctions into the shade,
should always prevent undue exalIation on
S account of minor gifts or requirement.
We really are afraid to talk about Mr.
S Clay least we display our ignorance. lican'
not be possible that go many thousand peo'
!, pie regard him with such enthusiastic admi'
d ration without some good reason, yet wha
e that reason is, unless it is his eloquence, We
d never could find out. 1t is scarce possible
that this talk about his service to his cOun
,e try, and labor in the cause of Freedom are
Or all bOmbast; yet what that service, those la
IL bors have accomplished we never could &c
II, any body to tell us. He has aided in ma
re king some good treaties-passing some GOO
in laws; but dozens of others have done a
h. much of whom little is said. The great mea
OF sures which he has carried through, as
h, were single handed, by the force of his gian
- intellect, have certainly not been for the goo
ng of his country any more than they have ad
IT. vanced the cause of Freedom. Has the eS
ne tension Of Slavery over the Mississippi-th
We spread of that political curse over millions
Dr. acres of free soil been a blessing TO thl
ed country ! Is it a blessing to the country tia
ne the States west of that uver enjoy the slav
ok representation in Congress which was allow
ny ed by The Constitution TO the original States
un and Thus aid TO oyerawe the interests of fire
labor in our national councils ! Is it a ble'
un sing that States laboring under that bligh
en- remain thinly settled, bankrupt, and barb
he rous, while the adjoining territories an
md States TEEN with free settlers, who make II
i'm wilderness blossom as the rose! IL 1t u.s.,
cir Henry Clay we owe it, for by his stron
he right he planted the deadly Upas to owe
SIX. shadow those sunny plains. Did he ser'
DIST his country and Freedom when BY MS sing
We vote he deliberately consigned the un6ol
We, thousands OF Arkansas 10 perpetual slavery
ase Many argue that he is IN favor OF giddu
emancipation for those Americans who a
en- reckGped with tho brutes. Yet when Co
yes gress Tried 10 pass a law, wheh Receiving a
de- kansas into the Union. that those who we
Frs, born alter that should be Tree att"enty-eigI
yes ne gave his casting vote against H., w
leir this lsborlng IN the cause CT freedom ;
Some years ago, We read on adver,iseme
her Of woman who had escaped from hentuek