The Mississippi Creole. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1841-1851, 1850-10-05
CANTON, MISSISSIPPI OCTOBER s. 1850.
From The BatoH Rouge Gasette ]
HENRY CLAY.


If there is anything grand and noble in this
wOrd-h therears any sublime and elevating
sentiments, which rush, unbidden into the
depths Of every ingenious heau--that grand
and noble conception those sabIinse and eleuatng
sentiments, must arise, as by magic, III that in.
gerntO1s heart at the bare mention Of that name
which stands at the head Of these remarks
HENRY CLAY! Who. needs to ask his history
Who ask 70 be pointed to the records Of his
greatness? They are embazoned upon almost
every page of annals, and deeply impressed
upon every willing heart within the bounds Of
our country. M
We do not essay to write his eulogy, tie
needs It not from us-noris this the time or
the occasion. We but utter athought, which
springs spontaneous in our heart. A thought
which cannot be suppressed.
! Who believes that Henry CLAY ever enter
tained in his great soul sentiment at war
with the Interests Of his country? OF whom
can it be more truly said sf
6 E'en his failings leaned TO virtues side -
To whom have the bitterest opponents 80 nni-
versally accorded the tribute Of whoe-souled
anti-sectional, purely national patriotism?
He has ambtion-personal ambition. What
great and noble soul has not? But who can
say that thGt ambition has ever melted him tC
ride over the prOstrate liberties ot his country
How very different has been the ambition o
his hearl Three times rejected by the vOIc'
Of his countrymen for the highest Office withiI
their Gift, does he retire to the solitude of pri
vale life, to spend the remainder OF his day
in unavailing regret and melancholy, or to plo
treason against the laws Of God and MANI
Far from it. In his old age, with the infrm
ties Of more than three score and ten yeal
gathering upon him, at the call OF the wise an
pnol OF the nation, he buckles on his armo
rushes 20 the scene Of conflict, and with tn
energy and Fortitude Of his early days. battle
as he has bnttled before, Tor the safety, intel
rt3, and glory of his country The same eI'
ouent voice which in days long gone bI
awakened the echoes Of the wild west no
Erinys IN the council hall and calls as helpr
things, around the great statesman, the WIS
and the patriotic Of the nation. There
stands, unswayed by huttery, unawed !
threats, unmoved by obstacles, with sing
heart and an iron will, the grant object OF
life ever in view. 1.-The is ultra, it is uItrals
in the cause of the Union. If he is bilt
and violent, it is towards those who a
working the ruin of his country. ,Dtsdalniul
treading under foot the noxiOus weeds oil sc
tionaI strife, he looks only to the Union. l.
lief miserable contentious and snarIlngs,
leaves 10 those whose souls are too petty
transport them bev6nd the bounds OF a sin!
State. Before the world he stands pr"mln'
the orator, the statesman, the UnlonlSt,
.AmericUn the great leader OF those who
truly the friends Of their country--a proud
mighty Ieader-with such men as Webster
Cass as followers!
j.. VINO then can look upon HENRY hay
. not. with a throbbins heart, thank God, t
he. too, is an American! Who is there "
one single virtuOus impulse in his heart
does not pray fro" his nmost SOUL "e
bless and preserve him, and bring his g
hairs down in peace and glory TO the graV'