Litchfield enquirer., 1852-02-26

House ut representatives, February, 1893. |
the celebrated Resolutions If ceusure aguinsr
Alex"nder HanilrOu. and SCENE, proud of
lending tile mlIsrrabie faction Of sixteen that
was t"u"d ready 10 support them. lie and
G~ia Andrew Jncks0H were ia tile minority
uf twelve thai voted against the resolutions
of Ihnuks TO Gen Washington. when lie re
tired fran the lfesisteHcy IA 1797.
Mr. G'icS was very able tleo AIOr- more
han match for $UilIr OF The most t:istIm-
guishcd Fe'ierHliSls--a aud was pa rliaInen-
| thry tnctIcian OF almost uurivaIlpd skill
Aaron KitcheIl was Senator from New
Jersey at this session. In early lif. he
was bred tn the business If a blacksmith.
hut having been endowed by nature wilma
large share OF native talent, hr ruse 10 dis.
tinctiOn aud public lIOnUis. Fortunate ms
deed. for him and his tame. that he lived
in TINT era at our history when the possrs>
Sion ut wealth and the tiesltutiOn Of brains
lid not e''able naam to reach important
and responsible siai lions. JOHN Smnh was
also a member Of tho Senate from Ohio.
tle was charged publicly w,tn having been
connected with Burr aud Blennerla.>sel in
their movements, and ML attempt was made
to expel him. hut il taiied by one vote.--
Feellug the degradation Ut hts position, lie
resigned ilis seat, aud passed inlO ubscurily
aud torge,fdLness.
Ia contemplating The prominent acts OF
Mr.. Chy's hong aud br'lllun, public career,
his (rien.iS aud admirers will look upon the
proud spectacle presented 10 them, with
exulIaiiUn Hnd mot regret. Few indeed are
the a:ts Of that life, which they will ever
wish had boon left undOMo; and fewer still
Hro the public measures with which his
name 10 associated, that they will mot still
advocate. believing tha:, in this. they will
bs sustained by the impartial judgment uf
history. Politically speaking, the friends
Of Henry Clay have discharged with Adel-
ity the obligations due from them to exalted
lSHtrINiism a0a splendid statSsmanshlD.-
Prevented by the Louisiana Legislative
fraud IN 1925. from becoming one Ut the
constitutional camdi1aiss forlhe Presidency;
in l9AO, waving l,is claims in tavor Of Ok d.
pedi0mcy beHtem in l844--ahe world knows
to be serturmed, but to deieMd his fame
aud character from .he vile horde who have
lived and fattsnsd upon caImmny since the
Presidential eiectiOn Of 1925
Ii 10 "Ot g.ng tO Tar to say. that the
great conspiracy Uftlat year Was one Uf tl..
most complete in design and one of the
most injurious in its effects. Of any which,
the annnls Of modern history can prUduce.
OfiLis cOnspiralUrs themselves oniy one Is
left VIII" occupies AN elevated pOslli"n be.
fUre the American pe"pls Bucl.a.
nan. The Olhels Mro oIllirl aeild, ar hvinx
." an Oblivion s'' deep, that There IL no IL
>urrecihu, tor them llris side 1T The grave.
Tie rscantniIUn ut I"'Or old Cater Beverly,
the pllaut and creduIUus tool Of the great
r'ngI-"dnr himself Andrew jackson the
frank n"t manly letter of General james
'lanIillI'n; the long sought alter letters in
the pdfssesSou of F.nncIs p Blair, have all
been published as So ~ my evidences, not
only ct I'll" in,"Iemce "f MIR Clay but III
the sad c'nsrqurnc-s ut this simpeu.lous
plot. Mr. BlCnalgin's agency IN the g,rat
rr"nt ut the year 1895, Is well kmown.-
Charges ut The most SERIOUS character have
rested upon him for the past seven years,
WIN an Overwhelming accumulation of ni-
hrmh:ive aud negative testimony. His
friends have not cOinc forth to defend HIM.
He has offered no apology. lie has im-
y s.'G upon himseya silence that beIuk ens
the C 'nacionsmes> of narrowing guilt. IL is
i" his power 10 d. as ice to Henry Clay,
WI Ie lie ye. lives. 80 that his setting sun.
| Ienever witnessed, shall h, what it, was in
ITS mid dav spi-ndor. But he mill not do IT,
M"."a"imIny, an attribute OF genuine great-
ness. does not btong To hs cilaracier.---
What he might Mo. must be lrfi tor umer.
ring history, aud that tciI dO for The peer
lass sIatesnlan. what it already has done for
| Alexander Hamilton.