Evansville weekly journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 184?-18??, 1848-03-23

Franklin spoke as follows to the mayor e2s
/ Your HONOR: have pleasure in behalf oil
the committee of the common council to com
nit to your charge. together with that Of this
vast assembage of our fellow citizens, the
body of Henry Clay of Kentucky. -
After the cheering had again subsidized his
honor the mayor arose and spoke in these
terms: .o e4sa Hfr
Mr.. CLAY: The pleasing duty has been as
signed to me. as the representative ofthe con-
stltuted authorities of the city ofNew York, to
tender to you its hospitalities-to extend to
youa cordial welcome. 4t
1t Is not necessary for me-indeed, sir, ii
would not become me on an occasion like the
| present-to avert to your many and valued
public services. The whole country grateful
ly acknowledge the zeal, the devotion with
which whole life has been passed in uphold
ing her lnterests-in defending her honor-in
auSmfntlng her prosperity--and we. sir, citi-
Gems OF the great commercial metropolis of
this western world, rejoice that we are permit
ted to testify TO you personally our apprecia-
ton of the worth, the talents, the statesman
ship. and the pure patriotism which have com
bined to surround with halo of impershable
glory the name of Henry Clay. - So r3it
Our welcome, sir, is not mere lip service.
but from the abundance of the heart the mouth
speaks. -af agaa IS.
! We receive you sir, as the honored. the
cherished guest of this great city. Its inhab-
itants, without reference to cresdS, or sects Or
parties. have come forth to geet you, and in
their name, sir, with all the warmth which
words fresh from the heart can convey, | bid
you welcome. s,. III. .,..a -fE
Mr. Clay then rose and replied as follows:
Mr.. MAYOR: wish could find adequate
I language to exprt IS to you and this audience
| no Of FIJI h.
excited By this splendid and magnificent re-
ception.
You, sir, know very well from correspon-
j dence and information which you have derived
/ from others, that the present visit to your
| great city Is an exception to the rule which ]
adopted, and the resolution had formed on
/ leaving home. Called thence by private and
persolal affairs had prescribed TO myself as a
rule which L had thought inhexible, nat TO be
/ drawn off from the direct line of my occupa-
tons on any account. or upon any occasion.
But when | received nay invitation to visit
i you, other considerations than those which
] had first governed me seemed TO demand that
should make an exception 10 the rule. and pre-
sent myself among you And when received
the command, for so am in some degree OBJ
ligedto regard it, of the City of New York, my
hesitation finally yielded to that authority, an(
now stand here in the midst of the Govern
ment of your city. o.ae o4-e
My arrival here to-day has been signalized
by the discharge OF cannon, by the display o.
flags, by the sound of gay and exuliing music
and by the shouts and cheers of an affectionate
multitude directed toward myself. am pron(
and thankful for those evidences of regard and
of value for the humble services of an individ-
ual whom you esteem far 100 highly. But
sir, these testimonies offered to the living coulC
not fail to remind me of the just honors about
to be paid to the dead. To-morrow's sun will
rise upon another and different spectacle than
that which it to-day beholds, as the venerable
remains of the illustrious ex- 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 b
the still expression of solemn ami saddenee
feeling. As | contemplate The scene which
will be presented on that anticipated arrival
as recollect the signal services and gloriou;
career of the great departed and the position Il
which he now has passed, am moved TO sup
f press the feeling OF grateful JOY which woul(
otherwise overflow withia me on an occasion
| so honorable to myself. Ought not the contras
4 between this days performances-between tht
joy aud gladness this day manifested on the ar
rival of an humble individual whose efforts In
our country's behalf you much too highly ap
low tomorrow, TO make deep imprf ssion or
our minds? Ought they not for the few days
remaining to us moderate the unworthy imput
ses which most men bring into the strife of ex
istence? to repress and diminish the violence
, of party contests and the heat and acrmony Of
party feeling, for the brief space which inter
4 venes between the present moment and tha
moment near al hand when we shall be all laid
low in the narrow house which our venerable
and pure hearted patriot now occupies?
| hope, Mr.. Mayor, that we may profit By
this contrast, and hereafter entertain less Of
that emblttered feeling which too often urges
US; that we may restrain our ardor in the pur-
suit OF cherished objects in the sense ofrespon
sibilty which we ought to cherish towards the
Governor of All, and in the expectation oftha
moment which must sooner orlater bring US all
to the dust.
|. Mr.. Mayor, could not pass by this topic
thus suggested to me. And now, sir, will you
permit me to thank yourself and the public au-
horities of the people of the city for this splen
, did reception and for the kindness and liberal
hospitality which you have authorised me to
expect at your hands?
Mr.. Clay concluded with loud applause from
the assembled multitude, by whom he bad also
been frequently interrupted in the course OF his
remarks
/ The procession was then formed at the Bat
terry, and moved u p through Broadway in the
appointed order, amid the cheers of the almost
impossible mass who had assembled from one
end of the street to the other. on this beautiful
afternoon, to do honor to Henry Clay.
} IMPORTANT CONSIDER AT1oN.-A Washington
correspondent Of the New York Herald thus
conuadicts several important rumors whict
have been extensively circulated among the