Washington telegraph., 1852-07-14
Death of Henry Clay.


life furnishes some of the brightest pages of,
This Country history whose heart has ever1
gthrobbcd for IL welfare. and by whose de-,
avotion and transcendant abilities, it has of
item been shielded from impending danger!
ethe wise, the eloquent and faithful states-l
man, is numbered with the dead. HENRY
ECLAY is no more
i Although, from the declining condition oil
2his health. this event was not unexpected j
2still we hoped that he would be yet spared
Ito speak, if not to act for we knew that his
every word would be fer his Country wei
Egfare. The certainty of his death fills our
Shearts with sadness at the thought that sol
= much genius and worth have left this earth ),
%forever
In searching our Country's Records, we
Hook, in vain, for his superior We look
Yin vain for a boldcr, a brighter, Or a truerI
Espirit, in times Of imincnt peril. With the
Evision Of the soaring Eagle, he was the first
see when danger threatened; and with
Ethe lions holiness he proclaimed and com
Bbatted it. pnawed by frowns, unsilenccd by
Afaction, unsubdued by opposing eloquence,
Eand careless Of the consequences to himself,
ESQ his country was benefited Rising in
intellectual power according to the occasion,
Hhe was equal to every emergency, and ever
# #greatest when the storm was darkest; and
Gotten has the Nations eye been hopefully
Hturned to him, when the hearts, even of the
Ngood and valiant, were ready to despair In
&every such conflict, his was the genius to de-
Avise, his the eloqucncc to sustain the mea-
Ssures necessary for relief; and in every
Nstrugglc for his country, boldness and brilli-
Mant energy characterized his efforts and rem
ssdcred him invincible
4 Hc believed in the capacity of man for
lsself- government, and tyranny he despised
Hand wherever sword was drawn for free
6dom, whether among the struggling Repub-
4lics of South America, or the despot-troddcn
Sshores of Europe, it was aided by his blcs-
Esing and prayers for success, and caught
Hfresh CLEANS from his stirring eloquence.-
B His philanthropy embraced the whole hui
Rman family and his words have encouraged
kthe oppressed of earths most distant shores,
Mlit their dungeons with hope, and shock The
COMPRESSOR throne. His life is an era in his
&country's history-his words and deeds the
X Mbrightest gems of that era; and of these
Ngems, republicans, until utterly unworthy Of
&the name, will be justly proud TO recite
Mhis illustrious deeds here would be superfu-
Sous, They are written in our school books,
for the guidance of our youth-thcy are
&spread upon the Nations Journals for the
81 direction of its statesmen-they are imprint
Red On the grateful hearts and ever living
smemories Of the people.
1t was not to be expected that one Of his
& character and genius, who, on every occa-
!!33sion, judged for himself, and who, during a
salong life Of public service, always took a
#frm and decided stand upon every question
N-should have kept clear of censure, or
Eavoded the shafts of party malcvoIcnce.
&ln the heat of a political struggle, unfair,
&ness will be used, and injustice done; but
Enow that his mighty voice is hushed, and
8 his majestic arm can no longer wave def
Nance, and he is seen no more in the lead in
Hthe struggle for political principle-the
socean-waves of prejudice lull to approving
Sripples over his grave; and patriotism,
Emerging all party feeling, covers it with lau-
(srels, and mourns the loss of the illustrious
Edead, not only as a loss to the nation, but to
8 freedom and the world
4 He is gone. Like glorious star disap-
Spearing from the armament, but leaving id
Estill radiant with its brightness; he is gone,
3 but has left behind him the matchless tri-
Eumphs of his genius-monuments splendid
Gas the annals of his country fame, and en-
Sduring as its pillars.
E"Ee sets as sets the Morning STAR which goes
!" Not down behind the darkened East nor hides
:" @"Obsctired, amid the tempests of the sky
81 ~bnt melts away into the light Of Heaven"
Mr. Clay's Last Moments.
81 WASHINGTON, June %. p. ".
s. Last evening Mr.. Clay's mind was slightly
$wandering He spoke incoherently of his wife
xxand children.
8 This morning, at an early hour, there were de-
Ncided symptoms of his approaching dissouton butt
he assistants did not feel certain that the sad event
awoud take place until within ten minutes of the
Eactral moment