The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1850-04-12


have lowered on cur Union. have broken apart and
light rs breaking in upon We can look through
the hay cloud and the clear blue sky far in the
d;stant space-we can discern but little Of il yet.
but on il glimmers in all its Brightness of the
old plane&sa southern planet that for long has
wandered off Of ito proper orbit, but has now gos
back again and will shine in its proper sphere until
Il sinks below the horizon, its great colleague Of
long years ago has done, and at whose sinking
millions mourn. Who does not see we allude to
Clay. glorious, brilliant patriotic honest old Harry,
NOT now Harry of the West-but Harry Of the
Soath--the Harry Of auld lang syne
What man can read the speech of Clay in reply
to Benton and not feel assured, that the old veteran
is once more where ne ought to be, where God
nature and circum tances intended he should be-
battling for the rights and honor Of the section that
gave him life, and gave him field upon which to
those lofty talents that God gave him to use for
saving purposes. II is all right !" Harry is himself
again" What Southemer could have heard his
speech to-day, his terrible denunciaton against the
wrctched disunion fanatics OF the North, that did
W.. thai Clay war spared, and for the wise but
inscrtab@e purposes of far !Clay
can fulfil his own high and exalted destiny, and
without shadow Of doubt. ne can carry on. the
and early friend. There Is a niche vacant
in the South, large one Who can I'LL i
Can Webster Millions of southeners answer No
Can Clay 7 The same countless numbers respond,
cay IL he will" The choice-the chancc--is
his He is a Southern man. He, too is a slave
holder and planter Ills is Southern state,
but his friends, too, are legion IN the North.
They will listen TO his voice. They viii fol-
Low his counsels. They will cease their war up
on the South, and the Union can and will be safe,
when Clay remembers his Southern brthnght and
stands finn by her institutions, and holds up his
aged and tried shield. in protecting from violence
the sacred affairs erected by great people OF many
and to the constitution of this mighty Union. Web
ster has such greet prestige in his favor-no
such good augurs for his success.
Forty years ago, Calhoun and Clay entered the
public service together. They were young, ar
dent, patriotic, and great. They were both from
the South. They lived in the same congressional
mess. They were leaders in the same body of bril-
liant men; they were the master spirits on the
Committee Of Foreign Relations, and the instiga-
tors Of the mighty movements of the day and age.
They loved each other, and they were bosom
friends privately and politically. Then they knew
no rivalry. When they entered the field, our
country was crouohng ~ the foot of the proud
mistress of the seas The administration of Ma
England opponents Of resistance to England sway
ed The country. But the scene coon changed
These two young men soon became mighty
smong the mightiest OF the men OF the day.
They took the lead AT one spring. and they kept it,
until victory after victory had crowned our bIttles
at and on land, and Britannia no longer ruled
the waves. IL the efforts Of these men, side by
side, and shoulder 10 shoulder, that carried the
American name to the highest pitch of national
greatness; and when peace rcgned once more,
Wnfn the owe ulaItn was fcNl IOIln 10 all, Wutn
their internal P,nents were crushed by the
massee Of the people, these Two illustrious young
men were not allowed TO retire at thry-hve. Cal
houn becsme Secretary Of War, and Clay was
Speaker Of the popular branch Of Congress. In
ies.er matters, when both in Congress, they acted
together. On one occasion, Clay and Calhoun
honesty believed that 4 was better that members
should receive ixcd salary, rather than TO receive
pay per diem They believed such measure
would conduce most 10 honest and rapid legsla-
ticn, and they voied accordingly. The measure
h
ed ibcu batteries against it. Clay end Calhoun
turned 20 their respective homes, and met their
constituents, Clay met his and IN defending his
vote, used The celebrated anecdote In regard 10 the
Old riflet--'' Would you throw IL away because il
failed you once, CT would you pick its Hint and try
n aeainr' Thy him again." was the laundering
response Of flsIry's constituents, and he was re-
elected. Calhoun did the same He appointed two
dgys, che at Atbeyille Court IIonss, ~ad enc "a
EJeevilie, when he. too, faced his constituents,
defended his conduct and was tnumphantly
reelected the only time in his whole ca.
reer ef fouy-iwo yours that he was ever called
Fcn to explain his conduct TO South Caro-
lima audience When MIR. &. then became Be-
cretery Of War, these two great spuits gra-
dually began TO draw apart. The former con-
tinued To occupy high Southern ground, and the
other fell back more upon the West; Unfortunate,
difassrous difference What has followed from il
Trcksiers Of the day, politicians Of a week, and
mus hr en- statctmen "a an hour have crawled into
the high piaccs and cft their slime upon the seats
they occupied. and these mighty and patriotic, lofty
and isolated stairsmen Of half century have used
the beet hours Of their life in reforming abuses,
and ss ving the country in dark days OF danger and
anxiety, Inch never would have come upon US
had they acted IN concert. and as their early feel
ins,s and mutual patriotic Aspirations should have
psumpted. They could have controlled and guided
the high desiines Of great people TO the present
hour but for their fatal error. The past Is beyond
control. One Of these great names lives now but
in history. The other is yet spared TO va, and we
hope fcr great end. lie can save the Union. lie
can carry the south with him. IL he will but adopt
the war cry Of hrs dead companion, " Justice TO
The South" and the North viii follow his counsel
~ they ever have done.
Clay siandr now isolated, lofty, venerable. and is
lef-sone. lie is like the aged oak IN a vast field.
Decay may he ~ Its trunk but It's roots are still
fim-fts bra inches are strong and hardy, and spread
far and wide, and en- give protection under Its
shade from the heat Of the day, or the storm which
follows, until the atmosphere Is again clear and
pure. Such IL Clay. lie moves along. along. He
hes 90 rtwd Of puny, selfish clogs TO tie him TO
thIs or that Clique Of plumber and spoils-lovng men,
He IA above al these. lie il obliged TO consult
only his own conscience and his own high-souicd
patIiotsni. lie u the man for the vacant niche:
God grant he may stand IN u The South will
place him there. The North will unite with them
70 Keep HIM there. Clay IL brave, gallant and
feeries~. In a word, he Is gifted Southemer
Iii@ natural Rset citation IL with the South lie is
the men for the crisis. lie can unite the North
and South lie can save the Union now, and he
oan pcrIrtusie Il for ever. lie can control the
prrst nj misenble paliry cabinet, that now govern
the country under the maine Of a gooi-natured,
booc~s. bot totally inexperienced man, who Is
pcninally President, and control them within
boob until, by union Of the South with his honest
and uue-heaTted friends Of the North, they can
place the illu4tTous old IIarywhere Il would have
been better for the country that he should have
been placed long ago--in the White House at
Wssbingtcn.
Webster has been weighed in the balance and
found wanting lie Is great In some things, but he
Lacks the chief regulate Of great lcader--the mo
raj courage 60 dare and To do what he knows in his
heart 20 be right and proper. Time and opportunity
wall for no man-not even for the godhke Daniel
Webster lie has had his chance within the past
month 10 write his name high on the scroll OF
saviours and heucfsctors of the Union. lie felt
incapacitafed from want Of hrrnness and lofty pur
pc.e 20 write when he had chance. lie had TO
send 10 Massachusetts, for ink, and when Il reached
him was too late "lIenry Clay" had been written
where his name might have been. lie may now go
10 South Carolina the consecrated birthplace Of Cal
hl,nn ls,t 4. kr1r. kIrd Ihe South nrcfcK darnR