Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1850-06-27
RIUNPII OF JUSTICE.

TRIUMPH OF JUSTICE
There few Wing readers, or indeed American rra
ders of any kind from whose memory the excl inq Pres
dentia campaign of lSii will soon be e'aced II was a
battle as splendid Of its kind as that Of Waterloo The
Wing columns, eaied with theii ast Presidential tri
umph, triumph which dispelled the boosted charm Of
Democrats invnebillfy, took the field in solid columns.
and with leader at lhelr head, one Glance If VIII Sc
keen eye ~ The mention Of whose namo sent a MAJ
nec ihrll through every hoar in tho rank aud file The
enthusiasm of the Wing party knew 10 limits II may
not have been turbulent and furious as in The Harrison
camptiLn, bat il deep solemn and majestic like the
waves Of old dccaa when the tempest is abroad II con
denee in leader if assurance of victory are craNnng
clements If success in political AS well rs military con
tsis The Nhgs of n should have come on Of that Vat
tie covered with anrels Their faith in Henry Clay Vas
unbranded, and their prospects al victory wihoula cloud
No one seemed 10 doubt nut even the opposite pary
that Harry was to be the next President. The souls
Of our adyersaries seemed panic struck Every new
strain of "Clcar he track for Old Kentucky" as It swell
ed from mountain and valley, chill their very marrow.
ct hey fought to the last with the fury uf despair
Every now and them AS they anNously looked for rein
orcements from some quarter, they felt the socnde Of
Wellington when he exclaimed, "Oh that night OF Blu
cher comc!" But still they resolved to die game,
and in the end to the establishment of every body the
face OF the Globe. (and we have yet to under
stand how it was fairly done) the Old Wing Guard was
routed, and the responding, half beaten enemy headed
by an obscure commander, become the OF the
field.
Throughout that contest, hrg hi was the hope of a
victorious termination, the Whgs experienced tcrlin.
Of profound sadness at the personal charieer Of the dem
ocralic warfare, and the gross. malignant AID nnead Of
attacks which made upon the public and private
reputation Of lhe ig candidate. Unlike Napoleon al
his Waterloo Henry Clay occupied distant emnence
from which he looked in safety upon the shifting tide OF
battle, lie descended himself into the hottest of the fight
He led IN person The advancing columns. lie the
Ney well the Napoleon of that memorable field And
upon him the chief bnnt of The battle fell. Wheroycr
his grey locks seen the every battery Of tie
enemy turned. Around him the missiles of caumny and
destruction fell in showers Bargain and corruption III
public life, gambling and RIGHTEOUSNESS in private life; a
duellist debaucher, hackleg these the weapons
which, never before used in political confess seem To
have been invented for the destruction Of Henry Clay.
We say that il gteved every Wing and every Amer.
can heart to such made the target OF such
nmny In vain his friends proved from the record that
the aocous charges against him false in vain they
proudly pointed TO his public services and to his eloquent
advocacy Of his country's cause IN the late with
England to his expansive sympahies with struggling
freedom IN every cline; to his salvation Of the American
Union on two memorable occasions from disunon and civ
i war. The storm Of caumny still how led on, and when
II ceased 10, the modest oak of the forest had fallen
a sad and Illuminating feeling pervaded The mind as The
thought prevailed that free and intelligent nation could
be Thus deceived and that Republic should prove its
ngratitude, by seeming to sanction these lbes upon
usrous public beneficor. His friends turned with SAD
hearts from the painful scene, and looked to pJsteTity
do him justice.
But it needed not the arrival of Poslcry. Justice al
ways sure, has travelled more speedily in the case oil
Henry Clay Six years only have passed and the mouths
from which emanated the cruel assaults, sing
llosannabs to his name. When the country is in dan
ger, all men forget party and look 10 Henry Clay. We
extract from the New York Globe, a leading demo
cratic paper, brief tribute Henry Clay. which is bu
one specimen oflhe applause with which the Democrats
press abounds Truth is once victorious and SHOULD
Henry Clay die nation would mourn al his grave
and among the ghesl flowers and the geenest lanre
srewn over his sleeping DUST would be those cast there
by democratic hands
Justice, too, has not only vindcaed the man. but hi
prophetic sagacy in regard to that annexation polio,
which led to his downfall, and which, but for his owl
heroic exerons, bids fair to end in the downfall 0
his county Rich Rep.