The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1848-01-21
WASHINGTON, Jan. 10, 1848.
The Colonization Annirersary Meeting Over
tchelming Turn out Of the Sovereigns in honor
Of Mr.. Cioy-Hs Reception and his Speech at
the Capitol.
although beaten, he has not been slain,
And still may win the day;
Well pick the flint and try again
Hurrah for Harry CLAW


Hurrah for Harry Clay"
Such appears to be the sentiment of the wings
of Washington. They cannot give him up For
some days past, it was known that Mr.. Clay
would address the Colonization Society tonight,
at the capitola society of which he is the Presi-
dent, and was one of its original projectors;
and of which organization, the result, after thir
ty years, is independent republic Of black
men on the coast of Africa, one Of the germs
that are to civilise and Christianlse that dark
and benighted land.
This has been charming day, summer day
in mldwlnter, revisitatlon. OF spring In tho
middle of January-the meeting and the greet
ing of January and Maya Renaissance Of the
beautiful days when the flowers are scattered
all over the earth. And the afternoon came in,
too, Just as clear and delightful; 1t was SO
pleasant to be out in the fresh air! And
then Mr.. Clay was to speak in the capitol in the
evening", and everybody knew the place would
be crowded, so the resolution was general to be
up there in season. The meeting was called at
seven o'clock, but at five In the afternoon the
avenue was thronged with procession, moving
at quick time to Capitol Hull. The people OF
Washington have known Mr.. Clay for many a
long year. He is stranger to them. They
have heard him speak thousand times, In the
House, in the Senate, IN the Supreme Court, at
public meetings, and at private assemblies-on
every subject, they have heard him. His figure,
his face, his voice, his style, his manner, his
action, are all familiar to our citizens as
household words. They have heard him speak
tnOuSdn0 Times. IL was not, tncICIOIC, THO
novelty of hearing lion roar, that they had never
had the privilege OF hearlng-it was not the en-
thusasm awakened by the return OF military
cheftain from the scenes of his glory; but It was
to welcome old friend, the father Of the po-
litical family" the old man eloquent" come
back again; it was to see him, and to hear him,
and to welcome him, that the wings OF WASH,
lngton turned out so unanimously to Capitol hill
to- night. The sentiment was
"He is the Wing Of all the Wings
Three cheers for Harry Clay"
And the ladies' They were largely in the ma
ority. They went up by thousands, for about
sun down the groups and clusters, and constel-
lations of the sex, were strewn along the avenue
for mile
alike the multitudinous stars that shine
Along the galaxy Of Heaven"
The sunny side of the avenue was gay with
flowing plumes, and happy faces young and old,
they ali seemed to be inspired with the idea
"That Harry of the West, Is here,
Hurrah for Harry Clay !"
Impelled by sense of duty, and by the neces-
sity of an early start, to get into the capitol be-
pretty well up town, we took one OF those con-
veniences denominated hack, In order to get in
the advance of several thousand, on the way to
the forum On our arrival, The passages leading
up to the hall of the House, and the galleries, were
crowded with the thick multitude waiting for
the doors to open: BY ,circuitous dark stair
way, we contrived to reach the yestibule pack
ed with eager expectants, waiting In i'm
patience for the doors to open to the
PaiI The galleries were already filled, and
looking up the densely peopled stairway,
leading to the mountaineers, there stood Horace
patiently reading newspaper, but
ready at moments warning, to drop into the
current when il would set into the House. Pre-
sently, Crutchett came along, perspiring most
copi ously, but edglng his way through the mass
on an appeal that he was going TO " light up
The arrangement was TO open the doors OF the
hall, and let the ladies FIRST pass in AT the sig
nal, the doors were opened then, II we mistake
not, we heard some hard swearing, good deal
of shufllng and minging oil contending voices;
but the doorkeepers were borne down as oy an
avalanche, and the tide set into the hall WIN
such momentum, that a log OF wood set uprlgn.
in the current would have been carriedforwsra
to the centre OF the hall of the House For hait
an hour the throng kept pouring In, aniiu al
sorts of cries, shouts, and complaints. Lauies
were fainting every minute-the en,nusIashc
soyereigns were assailing every point oil ihgress,
breaking down the doors, dnu ''s " ~
windows, IN order
To hear again that same old coon,
Hurrah for Henry Clay
r,;;,, ouY accustomed desk we secured on
,resentatton of our office, chair; but soon the
~ 40 q, at orr back was opened, and a bevy Of
H. So.st Of the daughters Of Washington were
i;s,ea m and stationed around your tlme-honor-
Cd dcnonent, like a semi-Circle OF roses bending
over a useful but unpretendipg cabbage.head.
Every corner was occupicd-thc aisles, the re-
sses the reporters desks, the tables, the gale
RES the passages all the way down, all were
full of people. About thousand hled on into
the Rotunda, and they might as well have been
in Castle Garden, II their object was 10 near
Mr.. Clay We suppose, however, that witnln
the body of the hall, and al the wlndows, ana
recesses, alsles aud galleries, mere were apous
three thousand persons who did see ana 1esf
when Mr., Clay came INTO 'he hall, w'ls