New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-07-26

~ o. e.idency
inc 80, ,nr,nne none more deserved 10 exercise gu
.ra hover But the life OF Mr.. CLAY 10 another OK
ample Of tho cap,ices and accidents which deterrine
he efs of elective power; and where universal suit
TRACE IL to seek the worthicst citizen IL will ever be
esfier as was IN htnens, 10 Osrace thdn 10 re"hu
from The Daily News, Julv -.
The mail from the United States brings
the that Henry CLAY is dead. Long ere this the
impressive fun ers service-perhsps the most imposing,
II not the affecting In the world-has bean per-
formed in the Capitol. The coffin has been borne into
the House Of Representatives, followed BY the whole
Executive and Legislature The President OF the SEN
ate the Speaker of the Representatives have occu
pied the chair The President before the con,
and the Members of the Congress- each with ths Grape
round his ARM have listened to the voice OF religion,
telling them bow the quiet sleep OF death must succeed
to the nost vehement political conaicts-how the
silence Of death must drown the most anmaung
and the most persuasive of the voices that nave
ever runs through those echoipg halls Tue lessen
could Dever be more impressive than wnen the co,iu
Of HENRY CLAY the text OF exhOrtauon NO
mind mi uttered Itself therewas more certain 70
animate 10 enterprise Voice more irressuoiy per
suasive the sensbilities OF friend ana ioe'
Less was known Of him as an orator, and even as
Statesman IN fore countries than OF other ora'Oshuu
Statesmen Of the last half century because bis attributes
such could not be conveyed In poruaS ana
newspapers. lncessant attempts TO taKe MS por
trait ell failed to produce one which could De
recognised by those who knew him much or
little. Calhouns singular head and cOuntensnce
painfully full Of lie, and Websters m,ssive oro"
and caverDous eyes could be made familiar through
out Europe; while HENRY CLAWS portraits could
neither be recognised by those who knew him, nor
remembered for five minutes by those who did not IL
Is the same with their oraory Cahouns singular tnso
riee b. ginning IN ingenuity, and ending In mohoan
can never be supposed be uttered By any other man
and the may be sad Of Websters best perform
aDcef-his close constitutional arguments. such as tney
weIein his test days HENRY CLAYs reoore1 speeches.
partske of the neutrality of which ne ever boastod 10
Ii Compromise which the principle OF MS states
mapship II needed 10 the mo!stened eye, the Gull
veJlng lip the Iemulous hands, playing win the sPec
"a les and the movements Of the tail 1.-The figure; 1t
ne eded 10 hear the wonderful variety OF his tones ana
to have thrilled to the eXqusts psthos OF bis voice 10
understand the power which he exercised over tue
whole mind of those who listened 10 him In stence
witch seemed as If II could never bs broken. The
silence has changed sides now. 1t is he who Is mute,
white every other voice Is busy in discussing his powers
and bis deeds.
TIE powers and deeds Of HENRY CLAY are subject
which, for its importance, msy be discussed In otncr
countries than HE own tor no american statesman OIL
the present century his faculty and his posnon or
objects so largely affecting the interests Of the world
He had become old and his influence had waned as a
policy of Con promise Teceded before the positive needs
Of the age; and thus, II he had nyed 20 tne
ato1ial chair he would not have produced prooaoiy
any additional effect the coming destnes oil nanons
classes but bis day. Of eecse i",e obYon
nor the phase of public lite which he presented 70 oe
lost because it has for years. slid back among the
things which were, and which cannot be again. |
f II ia true in any case that nothing but good snould
be spoken OF the dead never be true OF
No tue statesman could desire Ii and the weakests
pirapt who enters into political life must be aware 'ss
in choosing his career he valves his claim TO the prlV-
leee-if privilege it be-o partial appreciation aiter
death Ia the present case the truth must be spoken
for the sake of th whom Affects and II there Os
pain 10 it, there is the least pain to those VINO spoke
openly uhilgthe man yet alive and able 10 prove
~ his acts whether the judgment was harsh or just
HENRY CLAY avOwed through his whole political course
hat Washington was his model, and ne claimed for mis-
,Ocy OF Compromise the praise accorded by the world
Washington principle, temper, and career OF msd-
ration. 1t will never be forgotten by those who
card him how goriously he euogized while look
lg up 10 the great mans portrait In the Senate,
ashiD gton's wisdom, shown In his browning grace of
loderation. Nothing could be finer than the eulOgy
Ut when the idea and the sentiment were translated
himself into action, they came out in the miserable
,rm OF Compromise, which had NO principle tor lite 0a
and no Conservative virtue in It's action Both were
feinians by BIRTH Both had the temperament OF
hich Vreans are proud-mpulsive, ra5clole, haughty
arm in domestic affections, strong In li-~l, 'ens-
ve in honor, openhearted in spitality devoted In
iendshp. How, In Washingtons case the hner Ten
eIcies became subllmed, and the more selfish ones
ansmuteo into virtues, there Is no need to tell How
the other case, the faults degraded the virtues the
cts of long life but too painy show. Let tue
cts speak for themselves. Ii IL necessary only 10
oint out, in TO the probable inquiry how
len of this temperament should have tneir names
ssociated with moderation and compromise, the dit.
erence OF the way In which the Tesult was brought
bout in EACH Washington found himself, against his
sisb raised 10 The post OF umpire and ruler amid the
actions and conflicts OF nasct nj nation; and, la a
olenn copscentiousness he disciplined hmself to the
ubmest moderation thai the world ever saw. CLAY,
IN biious OF pre- eminence which he never fully AZ
aimed put strong restraint on his damaging Dpeiu
,sity Of nature and finding his faculty Of adaptation the
)ny by which he could tue leadership OF
promising party developed into the rarest genius
or comprOmise that the world, perhaps, ever saw.
His genius carried him a long way IL carried him
nto Intoxicating temporary paradise of thanks aud
praises 1t carried him almost through the surgtng OF
parties into the Presidential chair; almost. but not
quite. The retbution came little zoo quickly. Win
ring airs of distrust found their way into his paradise
be toTceB Of conveDeI failed before he had cleared
be thfong Of factions he was let drop la the midst Of
be struggle; and he tank disappointed aud mortified
fordipg the pathetic spectacle others OF Oaied
,ion, and himself witnessing the tremendous spect4-
lie Of bic nation about to reap the whlrlwnd from the
Wind that he bad sown.
His first interested Europe, and Englaud In
particular, from bis being OF the Commissioners
Who concluded the Treaty of Ghelt, in December,
1914. The Commissioners, British and American,
tent home word that they had Compromised their
:" the treaty signed the 24th OF De-
rember and the useless al melancholy battle of
New Orleans was fought In January, from the news
not being known In America This "Compromise Of
difficulties" like all Mr.. CLAWS other Conpro.
miies, q mere postponement of the SOLUTION WHICH
must one day be found, and agreement 10 a pro-
vsiODs course meanwhile The ostensible objects of
The war were lett on side; and the alimportan'
AhttSI VI oOuHuhlts, W uSai
with, to be- negotiated, some time other, by
future commissioners. HENRY CLAY wac, though
the youpgett Of his party, manager and head; and
should hase therefore, the chief share Of the adverse
judgment the transaction "a judgment which was
on both sides the Atlantic, and which would
have been England had not been in haste -
DE- caIe herself st peace with all the world, and tho
American Government eager 10 close, on almost any
terms swsr which every citizen hated, and no one
could understand. Next, Mr. CLAY effected the Com
PROMISE Of which, of all his feat' in that direction be
was the most proudeXcept perhaps 10 1920 there
was an application from the territory Of Missouri TO be
admitted as a State into the Union Missouri had Save
which by this time abolished 10 all
the Northern States Missouri separated only by a
river from free Illinois, light and ought have been
and encouraged at tails couuncure lay
ssde Slavery and deeply has that State since mournsd
that This WAS not done. The Nothern States were
strong enough to have insisted this condition OF
admission into the Union but the persuasive voice Of
HFNRY CT Az hepniled them infn a % Cnnnrnrniae1- |