New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1852-11-16

and he understood prof undy lie character eenns and
wants Of the American pc pie There vSs not ing sec-
tiona In his policy His broad and Hus
held IN ts vision the interest of br whole nation.
ig American heart hrobbed for il all. He was intey
interest and the glory and to build the power of
country and his whole country the aim 1T all bis pol
sna 'f q d. g. ~
lie not only purely patriotic bnt erinebIly
neins Par brighter eaamoles q this pspe ,prs VII
x sas moment viii Shiy sliuds 10 shs irtsness ID
which took grourd upon Kentucky Statepetcs rhich
s b. f n a. oss Ike ii
other Ills ideas were all relative nt
welded Oily and 1t all hazalis my
any principle. He understood the policy cf . nan M
fixed mathematical theorm. where undsT all eireun
stances, and at al times. result bt one mn be
wrong but the aetics scisncs of Atng mcssres TO
the occasion to necessity and to the times The beet
under circumstances he would maintain what under
different condition q AFFAIR." he would oppose Without
economy or thu corrsctness of Ill his nsy be
stated with truth that in them NIL be- looked 70 tho in
nation The energy Of hs support Of gass 20 him the
rank Of champion Of the protective iafin policy thuug t
established before he came into rotiea ~
of the commercial Independence % the county
Yet be not welded to 1t and when ts esnissea
cnaced danger to the country, he himself led TIE wsy
This moaumrnts q his memory upon the Cu1sbssiss9
Of some important aod some great spd yitst
States of The public Lands sbs suthor u Ms
souri comprnise and of adjustment last stormy
agitation Of the slavery sue5sct Insss snrse msa.nEss
mind The first Of these nps - criticized,
both the movement Of party issder -
to understand IFS real merit and 70 DIAL juHfs " it,
author Shortly aftrr tho revolution, in the
the General Government. a security the q
the national debs That debt was n.asy when
Nj Clay,s measure devised, snd the 5xAsnu Vas
oysrhwing with revenue was the gens1si tsase q
all paries that the land fund should BE- withdrawn frem
the current support Of the General ard
Of the states asserted the herssy a little 70
all, within their limits, by SM their scseEei4nty
vidusls rife in each hall, and probably either
movement would it have been . rrscpe snd pre-.
from squaudering dissipation Considered wislscut
ference to the schemes Of abandonHept vhfeh ~ Was
founded on pbiiosophe.l soupansss sd policy II the
United States have tvo cireaso With
mepls M orrsns 4 se NJ Ths
and distinct powers defent circles his OF
/ stitueney Both governments mere ahstrHetious,
while the living breathng power y fhe pls sAd the
people The same men are cf1sns of on govern
ment ard the other The people bear fbe tprden
pay the and enjoy the benefits Of them both
Both governments ides exirtencess ARTIFICIAL
when abs,rsctly considered be sound
state.manship give to the people, through ore
public revenue Wnen Ptrptr
be compelled to psy it back again nrrent shape
the other 1t to be shifting treasure frc cue
pocket to the other with some lass on the passass
fund from being squandered it the stroke states
and the tactics Of party kadsr the conception
dexterous The country vas up1n the eve Of
Presidential election the disposition Of The and fund
the candidates most psrilous aud Embarrassing
question Mr. Ciay's opponents in The Senate constit
log maority. determined to compcate him with ihe
subject and in spite Of the circumstances and vtes Of
upon Manufactures Of which he was last
committee in the House to which the fuftct wnA tppro
as Il was compelled him to take il np IS ayorsd Or
opposed any Of the numerous grants for various
somewhere the nation, lcss to him would ensns IL be
States he diesusted the old II be asuded
the ut the invention Of the od party leedsr came
to his rescue and his return blow he conceived the
counterstrk Ike Of distribution among ell th. states
On the two other great occasions when sectional excite
mpn shook the Union tn it's centre to which have re-
ferrea be appeared as mi dator HI the author Of
the Missouri Compromise and Of the adjustment measures
cast an Of all is political ieas The total sbsenr hi
character Of fauaticm upon any opinnn o. principe
einently fitted him fnr mtiiator and npon ~ danger
GUS question: always acted that part henevsE con
ictng interests opinions menaeed the Of th
Union forth the hareDger and the charnpio!
OF peace and eorciIiaion He the vEttched conds
tn Of the miserable little Republics OF South America
feeble rmorased and contempthle at war with sac
i, other. trampled upon by every European power AM
:, despiss by world he member Of great nation
~ loved his country and his whole country from Nprt
~ ~ to South the big lakes to the gulf hem ccsnn
g liz henri every thought Of his brain Ut
berent It Is enough to ,ay il slsgy q shoss M.
conceived them that both the great divons Of the Anne
ricsn peop have adopted them both part Of theii
y Doubtless some portion of his influence in the adjust
ment of those peros questions arse from the entArey
and conservative character of bis opinions upon
that subject and m the pceularty of his positions He
native and Of slave State hs had
at ali times and upon nil points to ths rights a ths
Southern States yet he considered slavery es grraf
~ though unavoidable evil But he was in no degree I'M
passoned blinded in regard to it. He looked at tn
ii subject calmly and without exaggeratien not shrsugi
the glass q 5ei9us
of He maintained the policy of gradual emsncipatio
both occasions that the subtct was ~ Ken
lucky openly and vigorously contending that the re
numerical preponeapce of the whites over the btae
that rendered their gradual emancipation and r.
II mova safe and easily attainabie Az The same time
always that he considered all such schemes TO
~ utterly impraccable in the planting States aud
citizen of one of them would oppose them all heeaus
n the number Of the blacks would their i'm
possible and their continual presence disadvnntageou
and periious to the whites He favored i
IL Kentucky while farther South he considered utter
- imprac,cable. These views he urged and ampfifd
not only in the discussion of sns Y
discussing the reception Of petitions for tne an &a04
~ slavery in the District Of Columbia This gf
~ also BE- referred another illrstratinn
n. and completely relative character Of all his dsa
a. Doubtless an abstract proposition Myshe.
ho reference to its inevitable existence. or fhs coi
b ae sequences Of its cessation he opposed
nv ~ liberty the passion of bis life His own cd0ntsy ~
countrympn tile nrft ana tno
ect in his thoughts and in his heart but his ~
extended philanthropy embraced the world Even u
degraded African slave separated from his by
g.. wide and inpassahle gulf fund in him we'll
en- his moral mental elevation, when il could occs
, saf y in different land and another cline Whsrsv
me abroad freedom found votary that votary met n him
nd champion When Greece the classic land of Greecti
fountain of refinement the birth place Of eloquence
on poetry and berty-when Greece awoke FROM the pI
vas slumber of and beat back the fadiug Crescent 70
En- native Easwhen Mnctdou at last called to mind 81
e conquerng boy and the Spartan again
In for the land which had bred him in Henry Clay vel
i words of cheering rolled the blue waters tr
west the greeting of the NewWorld to the VI
orr When Mexico and sister republics OF the extfeI
nR South shook off the roted yoke Of the fallen an3
he aud freedom face for brief moment geamt Qtd
IA the pale light of the Southern Gross 1t he epQ
cut again to cheer and to its champions. The
40 generated Greek the duky Mexican the Peruvian mot
he tsueera who would strike ons blow for liberty
ill. in him friend and advocate His words uf cheer
swept the plains Of Marathon and came rngng b
from peaks of the Andes But that voice is s
his bright eye closed forever He has gone hell
ng- midst and the wailipg Of grief which from the
Of ton and the plumage of mourning which shruuded
to cities halls and its altArs attest his cpupry
her of their loss He has and IN g"y III
was us rises the dirge with him floats the Of Hiunl
and BY beautiful decree and poetcal justice OF destiny
net that the last effort Of the unhm great cha
thu pon should b. made in behalf Of the Union u IFS
pre- great extremity He passed OF he sng ss hfcane
was Great Paccator. Ills dying effort was worthy Oh
cry appropriate to him. When the fountains OF the gr
inn deep Of the public mind broken up ard inc n
passions of sectional luminosity tor over NJ ss tnF s