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MR. EDlToR:--I have, just been reading
the proceedings the Senate when prepar-
ing to pay the last sad rites to the memory. Of
the great man who has paid the debt Of ma
ture and "gone the way Of all tue Earth"
and I was. struck with this fact of which
every A merican should be proud-when any
Of our great ones die, no matter how active
part he may have borne in the partizan
struggles for political supremacy, il he has
merit entitled to the grateful remembrauces
of bis fellcw citizeus, he will be sure t0. re-
ceive it, -.s..., .-.--..-.. ...,... =. 3
This truly, und.I believe exclusively a.
meri an trait, hnsibeen, exemPllhed IN Tue
National reverence which has been every
where shown for. the memory OF HENRY
CLAY. All lIparties forgetting tnat le whoin
they mourn, was for half century the lead
cr Oft great political organization struggling
for the control Of our government, ana re-
mcmbering only that a statesman perhaps
the 0redtesI orLis age, had fallen, poured out
their tribute of respect upon his tomb, and
watcred With their tears, the sacred ashes
that once cue ased the mind Of the immortal
dcad. OF this every true American should
be proud. Whilst the heart OF our people
beats thus in proud veneration of those
whose lives have been given.to their cOun-
try, while forgetlul alike, of party differences,
and conflicting political opinio s,Americans
can do justicc to the hafie and fame of men
whose lives belong to the National history
what need of fear have we for our country OF
the pcrpetuty Of The Union. Let dcma-
gogues crouk, let disorganizers and disunioh-
lists for tho furtheranco of party purposes
threaten aud predict the dissolution Of om
Ccnlederacy, While we have a, National
heart, while as nation we can water with
our tears the grave Of CLAY, or any Other
great one who has cxcmpli6ed in his life and
sealed with Ills death, his devotion to hif
country. what fear need we have for the
safety of our Country or the faithful admins.
tration Of our government! ,.t ~, sy..,.
Gut it, was to cast my small mite in the
national tribute TO the memory Of tile gfeat
statesman who has been called from the
shores of Time, full Of bonors and full ot
years, that Itook up my pen. II was moi
for the purpose Of giving to your readers o
batch Of fulsome adula,ion, but to express in
simple language the veneration for Clay, o.
one, who from his boyhood never thought ol
acted, nor in manhood never voted with the
political party Of which the deceased states
man was the leader--the embodiment" -
He has gone--gone in the fullness of years
of hoDors, OF virtue; and let nation gatief
round his coffin and contemplate how he who
in life could gather and control the elements
of partizan strife, and when the billows oI
dissolution threatened to engulph the Union
could by the force Of his mighty genius and
the power of his surprising eloquence, bind
tighter to his country the hearts ofher pco-
! plc,-could in the full confidence OF faith
and with the simplicity Of child, compose
himself and calmly wait the stroke Of death.
Clay has proved himselfa truly great man
great in life, and surprisingly great in death.
He was one who "drank deep at the foun-
| tain Of liberty, yet dissolved not the pearl OF
his salvation in the drauglt." Born in an
age when the policy and destiny Of his coun-
try were just developing, he has seen that
policy ripen into the most comprehensive
system beneath the sun, and upon every
page of our national history since early
manhood, he has made his mark.
A partizan leader, he forgot the interests
of his party, for the good of his country
Thrice defeated when aspiring Gof the first
office in the gift of our people, he never dis
graced his dignity or faltercd in patriotism
Calumniated and traduced, lie has out-lived
his slanderGrs, and has his proudcst biogra-
ply written in the hearts of his countrymcn
His form'no longer towers in the Senate,
but his fame is immortal. BUCKEYE.