The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1852-07-03
Presidential Electors.
DEATH OF HENRY CLAY.


Hhas been laid heavily on the land, they
Evil have learned, from the slip we is
Issued on the receipt of the sad intelli-
gence, (reprinted now on the first page
u and from thousand voices beside, that
Ethe eloquent, the mighty, the beloved
champion of the principles of the Wing
Eparty of this country, and OF the rights
kand interests Of the American people
Ethe immortal Sage of Ashand," has
kbeen called away from the scenes of his
kconAicts, trials and triumphs. Ripe in
Ehonors and in years the enjoyment
Eof the unusual felIcitation Of having
houtlived even the last whispers ofenmity
kand SANDER, calmly he laid down, cheer.
Ned by the sweet and blissfu hopes in
kspired by faith in the gospel of the Re-
n deemer of men.
n The sound of the requiem bells and
sdoleful minute guns, whose informing
E]ing tones spread everywhere, from lake
Il TO mountain top, from the inland to the
sea, filling the land with a universal
q moan of woe, has died awav-the first
kw,ld throb of grief is over, which, when
Ethe SAD eravement was announced,
[ smote every true and patriotic heart; we
( have
"a "ITniiei for the glorious Pleiad fled
n U'cpt for the meier returning slar;''
Irand now, suhdued and calm, we contem-
Eplate the greatness Of that character
Eand intellect which raised the nursing
Eof poverty-the barefoot mill-boy of
EHanover, to the dazzling statesman of
Eunrivalled foresight and inhuence-the
kidol of great political party,.and the
Kadmiratlon, not merely of his own coun-
htry, but of the enlightened world. Be-
Estore the birth of the present generation
Eof men, back in the times of our revolu-
Etionarv sires, he rose like meteor and
Ehashed over all the land. A generation
4 grew d"crepid and grey, but his light
Eglowed on, broader growing and intenser
Ito the end Truly he was great and
Remarkable man.
n This paper, since its existence, has
Hbeen his ardent admirer and advocate
Rholding him first and greatest, not only
Ewhen the candidate of the Wing party
Ebut at all other times. Its attachment
TO him, small as the evidence of it NAV
have seemed beside the testimony OF the
gifted and the influential, has been second
lin order to no regard inspired by his re-
4 Charitable powers to win and control.
q 1t may, therefore, claim some little in,
Edulgence from its particular readers, in
kthe expression of its grief, and of its
Eperhaps, peculiar reflections on this mel.
Eancholy occasion.
We notice with peculiar satisfaction
Ethe m asses Of the nation bending over
Jour beloved and dropping like rain the:l
tears upon his bier. From that portion
Fof them known as wings, who have raj
lied with song and shout beneath hi.
2banner's folds, nothing less was to have
been expected. AS mourns man fol
his father so mourn they. Nor coulo
&any less tribute have been rendered by
THE noble sons Of the opposition party
+ who had opposed him on honorable
Egrounds and by honorable means. 1t il
knot for such to do less than shed teal
lover the grave of a powerful and mag
Unanimous opponent, who, never leaving
Ehis position in doubt, met them Away
in the midday and the open field. Blu
in the public demonstrations of sorrow
Rot late and at present occurring in every
Hhamlet of the land. we find individual
xpnshing themselves among the foremost
with whose immodest and hvpocritica
manifestations we have no sympathy ant
Ewish no fellowship. We alude to those
persons who, when the iIlustrous deac
Ewas living candidate, found no mpre
cation too bitter to heap upon him--nc
kslander'soo vile ~ repeat and circulate
If Mr.. Clay were to-day the candidate
of the wing party, he would to-day mee1
\ the same treatment at their hands, anG
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