Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1851-03-29
Honor to Henry Clay.

Honor to Henry Clay.
There is to be a great ball at Niblo's on
Monday evening, the 10th instant in honor of
Henry Clay. Although we have no sympathy
with balls as such, yet we deeply feel that any
compliment which may be paid to the great
statesman Of the West, falls far beneath the
merit of his service. With profound admira-
ton we watched his course through the ardu-
ons conflict which resulted in The CoMpRo-
MISE; and are full in the belief that without his
powerful operation, that great achievement of
legislative diplomacy would not have been ac-
comp.ished. Far be it from us to disparage
stle patriotic cxertions of other men, such as
Webster, Cass, Dickinson, Foote and many
more. Some of them may have made even
greater personal sacrifices than he; and the no.
nor which belongs to him does in no way de-
tract from that to which they are entitled. We
would that they could all be here, to share in
the applause of the above OCCASION NJ. Clay
was, however, in an important sense, the father
of the scheme; he first presented it, in its SUBJ
%stantial features, and he illustrated and enfor-
ced it with all the energies of which he was
capable. Nay, the very greatness of the effort
and the imminence of the crisis, gave him I'M
wonted powers, both of mind and body, and he
bore up against a torrent of opposition, with
a steadfastness which eyinced at once his ho-
nesty and his patriotism. Long may he live to
enjoy the fruits of the triumph.-N. Y. Jour.
Of Commerce.
The patriot Statesman who fearlessly does his
duty, says the Bee, in the midst of trials and
besetments, and who spurn alike the hollow
praises of the multitude and the bitter animosi-
ty of partizans, may sometimes, even in this
world, look for a noble appreciation of his mo-
tlyes and his conduct. Such has been the case
with that bold, infexible honest and lofty
minded Statesman, HENRY Cay To him
belongs the browning glory of living down OPP
position, of silencing SANDER, and of reaping
the reward of political honesty, not merely in
the smiles Of an approving conscience, but in
the heartfelt appreciation of all good men. Here
for instance the Journal Of Commerce-a pa
per of high reputation, Of acknowledged ability,
which for a series of years, has been battling
against the theories and doctrines sustained by
Mr.. CLAY, and especially against those opinions
on the subject Of protection to Home Industry
OF which Mr.. CLAY was in some sort the origi-
nator, and which he has embodied as a funda-
mental article in the political creed of the Wing
party. Yet this anne Journal of Commerce,
which at one period, could never afford a kind
ly word to the illustrious and venerable patriot;
which has time and again, labored long and ar
duous'y to defeat him and to blot out from the
policy Of the government every vestige of his
opinions, now disarmed of its opposition and
compelled to render homage to transcendant
and virtue, expresses "profound admi-
ration" for Mr.. Clay and bears willing and en-
testimony to his honesty and his pat
riotism. This is a moral victory of which any
might well be proud. 1t is the
of truth, manliness, rectitude, ana in
7omitable frmness over long cherished preju-
and ingrained antipathy.
We cite the case Of the Journal Of Commerce
IS a pointed Illustration of the fact that cmi-
tent services are not always destined to be-
pensioners on posterity. Let it not be
that the paper in question stands
lone, or that Mr.. Clay. has encountered JUS
ice and impartiality in but a single quarter.
independent Republicans are to lie
ound; wherever candorg and sincerity out
the tickle breath Of popular caprice; !
;hereyer intelligence and liberality exist un- +
wed by the impefious voice, and uniniuenced +
the insufferably oppressive despotism of fac i
.on-there may we look for admirers and ven
rators Of the aged patriot, who has given his i
fe and his services to the country, and who, +
DIV trembling on thesyerge of that nnfathon- >
Die abyss which divides time from eternity,
till stands prepared to consecrate to America y
le last lingering hours of waning life. 4
hrice glorious old HAL of the West! when
y parting spirit is about to fly from its
lrthly tenement, it will yet fondly cling to the 7
allowed memory of the country, over which
SO long and SO unweariedly watched, and not !.
It'll the heart which it inspired and the brain 4
hich it animated have become dust, will it ri
to Others its noble and exalted mis- IL
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BosToN, March 12S p
N1Ew HAMPSHIRE ELEcT1os.-Returns have
E nreceived from 121 towns, which~shows a a
OF {, 6s3 for Samuel Dinsmore, Democrat, for 81
yeInor, who is uunquestionablys defeated. 1e
The house of delegates, assfr as heard from ty
q Wings, 5 Free-soilsss, and So regular a.
Last yearthesane towns gave 40
higgs and 80 Democras.
The members for Congress in the Sd district, s i
James Perkins, Wing, undoubtedly elected, in
q considerable MAJORITY. In the 1st district D,
Tuck, Whig,is elected by a large vote. o,