The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1848-03-18
Mr.. Clay &c shs R.ss.

Mr. Claws reception at New York has bee n
most cordial and enthusiastic. All parties have
united in giving a welcome. One incident
touching in character, we cannot forbesr MOTTO
ing. When Mr.. Franklin introduced him TO
the Mayor Of New York, he said:
YoUR HONOR: l have pleasure in behalf Of
the COMMITTEES of the Common Council, TO
commit TO your charge, together with that of
this vast assemblage Of our fellow citizens, the
body Of HrSaY CLAY, OF Kentucky.
In noticing the peculiar expression Of Mr..
franklin, and in reply to the Mayor, NJ. Clay
said:
But Mr.. Mayor the President Of the Couu-
ellis has told you that he has committed NV
body 10 your custody. Sir, that expression
could not fail 10 excite some reflection in my
mind and to call up some thoughts and feeling
there, an expression Of which | feel bound TO
endeavor to make.
My arrival here to-day has been sgnalized by
The discharge Of cannon, by the display Of flags,
by the sound Of gay and exulting music, and by
the shouts and cheers Of an afiectionate multi
tude directed toward myself. | am proud and
thankful for those evidences Of regard and of
value for the humble services Of an individual
whom you esteem far too highly But Sir,
shc'c tesbhohic5, oucItu lc llttug, Could
not fail to remind me Of the just honors about
10 be paid TO the dead. To-morrow's sun will
rise upon another and different spectacle Oh a n
that which il to-day beholds, As the venerable
remains Of the iliustrious Elk President of the
United States reach this City. Then, instead Of
the cheers of JOY and gladness which have
been uttered upon this occasion, there will be
the still expression Of solemn and saddened
feeling.
A.. 4 Al.
presented on that anticipated arrival, US | re-
collected the 81 nal services and gloriou, career
of the gr-a, departed and the position TO which
hr now has passed-a position which awaits US
ALL am moved TO suppress the feelings of
grateful JOY which would otherwise overflow
within occasion so honorable 10 NV
self. Ought not the contrast between this DAYS
Performances-between the JOY and Rladness
this day manifested on the arrival Of an hum
BILE individual whose efforts in our cou ntry's be-
half you much too highly appreciate, aud the
ceremonies which will follow o-morrow, to
make = deep Impression on our minds Ought
they not for the few days remaining TO us mo
derate the unworthy impulses which most men
bring into the strife Of existeneel-;o repress
and diminish the violence OF party contests and
the heat and acrimony Of party feeling, for the
brief space which intervenes between the pres
ent moment and that nome mt near at hand
when We shall be all laid low in the narrow
house which our venerable and pure hearted Pa |
trot now occupies
hope, Mr.. Mayor, that We may profit by |
this contrast, and hereafter entertain less Of |
that embitered feeling which too often urges |
Us, that We may restrain our irdor IN the pur-
suit Of cherished objects in the sense of respon-
'ibillty which we ought to cherish toward the |
Governor Of All. and in the expectation OF that |
moment which must sooner or later bring us |
all 10 the dust.