Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1852-07-03
Death Of Henry Clay.

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los. TIE lightaing's fiash bfings To b
tksI inodrnfuf iuielligeace that HEasn,
4cLAY is dead, The soul of the patriot
tpra,or md stotcsfna,p, ias slowly bit esltp
aly withdrawn from its earthly prison al
the day god gently fades ii the west. Or
the morning or the goth ut, this grea1
Hight Of liberty dropped from the frna
lnsnt Of lts earthly glory and although
the event is one which hasbeen not unex'
Hpected. asstfe health of the great. mar
has been. gradually declining for severaI
4tnonths, It seems impossible to believe its
E~reality. I.f bas
Having since our earliest childhood
been devoted slmirer Of this iIIustrious
Imam, we feel tile Toss In proportion to the
admiration thus entertained for him whom
we have regarded as the father Of many
of the cardinal principles in our political
8creed. For forty-fve years he has been
a prominent actor i'll our national history,
filling a 'riost conspicuous place in public
affairs. Indeed, SO loag has he been in
public service that he has come to be look
ed upon as common property, in which
every American was proud to claim a
share. Nor was he much less known in
foreign lands than in our own. Wherever
liberty had a devoted son to struggle for
|her cause, there was the voice and spirit
|of Henry Clay to cheer aud nerve HIM
TO his work. Wherever oppressiom reared
|ler throne, there was the rebukel of that
same voice to make her fear and tremble.
Whenever the stability of our mighty
Union was in jeopardy, his soft silveryl
tone was heard and obeyed In restoring|
peace and quiet to our troubled country.
As a statesman, he lad very. few equals|
land no superior. As an orator, he stands
confessed before the world one of the FIRST
and will serve as a model for the ingenu.s
youth of our country to study and
initiate. As, a man, his name was sGnsi
et saas 7epvoche. +
The great event of his long career
Form epochs in our national history to5
which the historian in after times will re
,ert, with patriotic pride, whilst his bril-
liant oratory, his lofty chivalry and high
lonor, his pure and patriotic love of coun-
ry, his keen sense of right and wrong,
md the mighty scope Of his great intellect, =
III combined to form a character at onceE
he pride and glory of our common tcoun.
ry. That he had many anil bitter per-
ollal foes Ia his earlier life is true, such a
nan could not exist in this world without
nemies but his later career exhibited
0 much Of the true and noble, and his
allure SO much Of the firmness of purpose,
o much devotion to the veal of his coun.
", that enmity was at last compelled to
i've way to admiration and pride, and now
le whole nation bends ia weeping atti- :
lde above his grave to water with its
ears the flowers Of his fame, that they
nay flourish in eternal bloom. ~.
Requiescat ia pace, but while ourf4
puntry sorrows over the tomb Of one of
er most illustrious sons, the mention on
name will thrill with pride theN
cart Of Americans in all time to come,
nd as we witness the calm close of so il.
strious a career we cannot but repeat the
ords of the poet or a similar event
slow sweet to die and sink to rest, ~,
With all a country's wishes blest.p -
The measure Of his fame was full, and sta.
III had no new honors to place upon his 4.
ow. Though his mortal part shall moul-
+ in the grave, his immortal w~illsnrvive
9 circling ages Of time, shedding a glory !
ON his native land. which with bis name8 I
III form an embodiment that cannot die ,
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