Glasgow weekly times. (Glasgow, Mo.) 1848-1861, 1852-06-17
The Mighty Three.

CLAY, CALuoUS. NEBsrER.-Thc Wash
ington correspondent Of the Charleston
Mercury. writes as follows:
"Another of the great lights of our gener-
alton is fast passing away TO the lands Of
shadows. Henry Clay is dying, and thrill
must pass through every heart at the an
nouncement Of the fact. Though his decline
has been so gradual that the public mind
should have been prepared for it. still, like
Calhoun, Henry Clay seems to possess so
unbotnded vitality, the spirit seemed so
much stronger than the flesh, that the It'd
ings, come when they might, would give a
shock and excite surprise. OF the mighty
three who have so identified themselves
with the history of this country since the
war of 1912 down to the present hour, Web
ster will soon be the sole survivor. But
their works will survive them, and though
the angry storms Of passionate controversy
and party hate ragged and roOred around
them during their political pilgrimoges. vet.
when death has set its seal upon them. their
countrymen must award TO all of them the
need of high intellect directed TO high aims
and prompted TO lofty aspirations. when
Calhoun died. revuIsion Of feeling took
place throughout the whole country. and &
tardy recognition of the true majesty Of hi,
character, and the beauty of his whole life.
was wrung from those who had most bitter
ly reviled him while living. HonorS such
as never had been paid before to any citizen,
were accorded 10 his memory, and his re-
mains were inurncd in the midst Of general
lamentation. Similar will be the sensation
when Henry Clay passes away. and his deatl,
will be like the fall Of the mighty oak amid
the stiffness of the wood The deep shad-
ow which has SO long rested on the solemn
countenance of Webster. the shade Of which
deepened as he pronounced m culogium On
Calhoun, will catch another and q deeper
tint when his last great rival passes on be-
fore him to that bourne from whence uc
travellers feturns.
"When he spoke Of Calhoun in the Sen.
ate, and came to the passage where he says
He was my own age none who saw hin
will forget his air and aspect. His heat
droopcd on his breast lie stood musing FOR ;
moment as though there were a warning
and a summons for him in that fact and fell
that his race too was nearly run. He vii
not be in the Senate to pronounce an eulCgy
on lis next greatest competitor in that are
na, but the same thought must be more stri
kingly present to him when he stands Ly III,
bier of Clay. Looking at these three, anc
contrasting them with those who fill thei
places, we must admit that there were giant
in those days. But the breed of the nobl
blood is not yet distinct: and powers We
slumbering or undeveloped must exist j,
some quarter, needing only the stimulus O
opportunity and eXcltemen. 10 blaze forth in
to splcndor equal to that of the meridian Q
these great men now passing awav. Sine
the commencement OF the session il has bee
obvious to all of Mr.. Clay's friends that hi
end was near. He has sunk down sudden
" crumbles down into mass OF ruin
from turret to foundation stone, undermine
by the wasting influence of time. Thoug
wasted 10 the last degree, and reduced I
the extreme of physical feeblchess. Nh
Clay's mind still continues as vivid and Wig
orous as ever, and his firmness is still un
shaken. Differ as men may as 10 the politi
cal or personal attributes Of Hcnrr CLAY. Il
one can deny that he has obtained a dee
and a strong hold on the affections Of tn
American people, and posses same trait
which even his enemies may admire