The daily union., 1852-07-02

will challenge the applause OF history, should fatigue
the House and violate the just limit allowed for such
marks.
| / cannot conclude, however. without making some
more special allusion TO Mr. CLAY, native of that
State which have the honor in part 10 represent upon
this floor. We all proud, and very properly proud,
OF the dsng gushed men to which our respective States
have given birth ID is just and laudable emulation,
and in confedeaied government like ours, proper
10 be encouraged. And whilst men like Mr.. CLAY
very rapidly rise above the confined limits OF State
reputation and acquire national fame in which all
claim and all have equal interest," still there Is pro-
prety and fitness 10 preserving the relation between the
individual and his State Virginia has given birth to a
large number Of who have, by their distinguished
talents and services impressed their names upon the
hearts and memories of their countrymen but certain
y since the colonial era she has given orh 70 no man
who in the massive and gigantic proportions oil his char
acter and in the spendor OF his native endowments can
be compared 10 HENRY CLAY. AT early age he emf
grated from his native State and found home IN Ken.
tuckv In speech which he delivered in the Senate OF
he United States in February. 1912, and which well
remember upon the occasion OF his resgnng his seat in
that body he expressed The wish that when that event
should which has now clothed the city IN mourn
ing and filled the nation with grief :hat his earthly re-
mains should be laid under the sod OF Kentucky
with those OF her gallant aud patriotic sons"
remains should be transferred 10 Rs naive soil and there
minge with the ashes Of Washington, Jefferson, Mad
son. Lee, and Henry, we cann"i complain Of the very
natural preference which he has here himself expressed
Virginia did give him birth, Ken,uky has noushed
him in his manhood-has freely lavished upon him her
highest honors-has shielded him from harm when the
owerngy about him, and she has watched over has lame
with the tenderness and zeal OF mother Sir is not
to be wondered that he should have expressed the wish
which he did, to be laid by the side OF her gallant and
patriotic Happy Kentucky! Happy in having an
adopted so worthy OF her best honos. Happy IN the
unshaken fidelity and loyalty with which, for half
century, those honors have been SO steadfastly and
gracefully accorded to him.
Sir, whilst Virginia, in the exercise of her own jus,
Judgment, has differed from Mr. CLAY in some OF his
views OF national policy she has at any period OF
his public failed to regard him with pride as one
OF her most distinguished sons, to honor the purity and
the manness of his character and TO award TO him the
high credit of honest and sincere devotion to his
trys welfare And sir, that death has extngushed
forever the workings OF that mighty intellect and sealed
in eternal silence those eloquent ps upon whose accents
thousands have often hung in rapture, shall stand
justified in saying that wall OF lamenta,on will be
heard from her people-her whole people-reveberang
through her mountains and valleys, as Deep as genuine
and sincere as that which know will swell the noble
hearts and the heavng bosoms OF the people OF his own
cherished and beloved Kenucky
Sir as walked TO the Capitol this morning every OBJ
ect which attracted my eye admonlshed me that ma
tonal beneacor had departed from amongst us He is
gone! HENRY CLAY, the idol of his friends, the orna
ment of the Senate chamber the pride OF his country, he
whose presence gathered crowds Of his admirng fellow
men around him. if he had been descended from
above, has passed forever from our view.
" His SOUL enlarged from its vile bonds. has gone
To that reuls gent world where II shall swim
In liquid light, and float on seas of bites"
But the memory of his virtues and of his services will
be gratefully embamed in the hearts oil has countrymen,
and generations yet unborn will be taught to lisp with
reverence and enthusiast the name Of HENRY CLAY.
Mr. PARKER, OF Indiana, said: MIR. Speaker, this is
solemn consecraed hour And would not detain
the members of the House from indulgng in the silent
eloquence OF their feelings, grateful 10 hearts
chasened as ours
But / cannot restrain an expression from bosom
panied with its fullness.
When my young thoughts first took coguizance o
the fact that have a country-my eye attracted
by the magnificent proportions of HENRY CLAY.
The idea absorbed me then that he was. above all
other men. the Embodiment of my counlry's genius
II ka,, aI htr,. ha,ra dad houa nd
mired him--and God forgive me for he was but
"of like passions with us"l fear have idoiiSed him
until this hour.
But lie has gone from among men and it is for
TO awake and apply ourselves, with renewed fervor and
increased fidelity, the welfare OF the country loved
well and served 80 truly and so long-the glorious
Yes. HEsRY Clay has fallen at las!-as the ripe oak
falls in the stiffness OF the forest But the verdant and
gorgeous richness OF his glores will only fade and wher
from. the earth, when his couny's history shall have
been forgotten.
One generation passeh away and another generation
cometh" Thus II hath been from the beginning, and
thus ii will be, until time shall be no longer
Yesterday morning, at eleven o'clock, the spirit Of
HENRY CLAy-so long the pride and glory of his own
country. and the admiration OF all The word-was yet
with us though strugg ling 10 be free. Ere "hgh noon"
came had passed over ''te dark river" through the
gale into the celestial city, inhabited by all the Jus
made perfect"
| MAY not our rapt vision contemplate him there this
day. in sweet communion with the dear friends that have
gone before him with Madison, and Jefferson, and
Tully, with the "livne Plato" with Aaron the Leve,
| who could 'speak we'-wh all the great and good,
since and before the food
His prncey tread has graced these ases for the last
time. These halls will wake 10 the magic
music Of his voice.
Did that tall spirit. in its ethereal form, the
Of the upper sanctuary bearing itself comparaby with
the spirits there, was his walk among men
Did the melfuous tones OF his greeting there enrap-
ture the hosts OF Heaven, conparaby with his strains
| " 10 str mems blood" on earth
Then, may we not fancy, when it was announced 10
& inhabitants OF tina, better country, He COMES HE
cnMs-i there rusling of angel-wings-a thrilling
III up hcre, only 10 be witnessed once in an earthly
/ age
| Adiea a last adeu 10 thee, HEsRY CLAY
| The heat o ali thy cohrirymen are melted on this
day, because OF the thDnshl that thou art gone
Could have held the h ,nd ot the " IN aliae archer
thou hadst died but ou voIldst have tarred with
u.s. in the full grandeur Of Thy greatness. un we had
no longer need OF a country.
| But we thank our Heavenly Faher that thou vast
given to us, and that thou dIdst survive 20 long.
We would cherish thy memory while we live, as our
country's JEwEIs-than which is richer And we
will teach children the lessons OF mstcbess patriot
ism thou hast taught with the fond hope that
LIBERTY and our UNION may only expire with the last
| OF earth"
| Mr. GENTRY said : Mr. Speaker, do not rise TO pro-
nounce a eulogy the life and character and public
services of the lusrous orator and statesman whose
death this nation depores Suitably perform that task,
higher eloquence than possess might essay in vain.
The gushing OF the naion the deep grief which op-
presses the hearts of than twenty millions OF people,
cNRtute more eloquent eulogium upon the life and
ckcer, and patriotic services OF Henry CLAY than the
power OF language express. In no part OF our
country is that character admired, those public