The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1851-11-20
To,ho CI,Ixep. OF the United states.

deep and grateful appreciation of the
generous sympathy. the delicate alten,
lion. and the unremitting kindness which
| have experienced in every section Of
this vast Union, The uoble reception
which you have spontaneously rendered
to stranger. known merely as an humble
missionary in the cause Of moral reform,
proves the devotion of your people to
the interests ofhumanity, however feebly
championed, and has endeared America
and her people to me by thousand ties
too sacred for utterance. Though the
rene we'd attacks of a painful aud insid-
ions maladay, have rendered it impossi-
BILE that could (without imminent dan
ger to my life,) make those public exer.
tions which were never spared meiri the
days of my health and of my vigor, /,
thank Heaven, have been instrumental
in adding to the ranks of temperance
over 100000 disciples in America. |
have been much cheered' during the past
week, by the. receipt of letters from all
parts Ofthe States, bearing unimpeacha.
Bile testimony to the strict fidelity with
which this voluntary obligation is observ
edl diueed scarcely add that virtue,
and duties which religion ipculcates, to-,
gelher with peace, plenty, domestic COM
fort. health and happiness have every.
where followed in its train. | cannot
omit this opportunity ofbearing my grate-
ful testimonyto the generous and valu
able CO operation which | have received
in the prosecution Of my mission, from
the public press of America. O. Whatever
may be the party or sectional differences
that separate those influential expositors
of public opinion, all recognized in the
principle which | enunciated a common
ground Of paternal union; and acting in
that Christian spirit, havey with scarcely
an exception. ever freely rendered their
valuable support and advocacy to the
cause of Temperance, emphatically the
cause of virtue, patriotism and morality.
1.-THE 'affectionate sympathy andkind-
ness of the American people have at all
times sbeen generously extended to me lu.
| ring my tour, how much more intense
has the leeling become as the period ap
proaches for,my depaHurel How can
find language to thank the generous. the
| high.souled, the noble Henry Clay, my
disinteres,ed advocate my dearly cher.
ished friendl How can express the
measure of my obligation to The bepevo
lent VIM, Corcoran, of Washington? to
the public spirited and philanthrcpic Hen
Try Grinnell2 to your merchant princes, E.
X. Collins and Robert Kermiiil to the
amiable and gifted Archbishop of New
York, whpse delicate and unremittng
attention will never be forgotten by his
honored guest2 to the host ofknd frieuds
in this city, in Philadelphia, Boston, Al
bany, New Orleans. st. Louis. Cincinnati,
and through the Union, who have re- =
sponded TO Mr. Clay's appeal, and in
their farewell present have furnished a
memorial of gratitude and generosity
too highly appreciated by the object Of
their sympathy and solictude too deep,
ly engraven on his heart to be acknowl.
edged in the hacknied phrases sanction.
ed by conventional usage. There ate
emotions of gratitude too intense for Ian
guage to convey; were it otherwise, glad
ly would attempt To give expression to
my profound thanks, to my gifted and
amiable countrywoman, Miss Catharine
Hays. Never will | forget the sympa-
thy felt by that noble minded lady, or
the spontaneous generosity $50 charac
tefistc OF her Irish hearD which prompt
ed her recent grateful and substantial
compliment. NeverwilI this hope be for
cotton by Father Mathew, and when his
earthly pilgrimage is over, when his
stewardship ceases. and he is called to a
state offuture exlstance. where even the
enveuomed shaft of the slanderer cannot
reach, long may her honored name be
pronounced with gratitude and respect
by the sous and daughters of that beau
teous isle which she loves so WELL To
my own beloved countrymen most af.
fectonate' y tender few wnrds Of part
ing advice. You have. my dearly beIdv
led friends, relinquished The land of your
birth, endeared to you by thousand
fond "reminiscences, 40 seek on these dis.
tant shores..that remuneration for industry
aud toll too often denied you at home.
You are presented here with bound.
less field of profitable employment. and
every inducement held out TO persever.
ing industry. You are received and
welcomed into the great American family
with feelings of sympathy. Kindness and
friendship. 'la e. e''" =. =. '.- !
After few years you become citizens
of this great republic, whose vast terri
torial extent abounds III all the material
Of mineral, agricultural and commercial
wealth; the avenues to hon0r aud fame
are liberally thrown open to you and your
children, and no impeachment (saye Of
your creation) exists to prevent your ob,
tanning the highest social and civic dis
tinction, and will you any longer permit
those glorious opportunities TO pass an.
Improved, or rather, will you mol, by
studying selfrespect, aud acquiring habits
suited to yournewA position, aspire tore.
feet honor alike on the land Of your birth
and that of your adoptiopl I implore
you, as would with my dying brealh
to discard forever those foolish divisions
those insehsate quarrels- -lhose fac
tious broils Qoo often, alas! he fruits Of