Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1852-07-22

uuCou reSOluuoH ioI teuucHou ~ uutlcS
upon all foreign articles. silks and wines
excepted, that did not interfere with dunes
tic industry. He was opposed with much
energy by Il N. Hoynn, ofSoulh Carolina;
aud in tn. course Of lhr debate, thai last aud
ablest vinditatinn of tn American system
was uttered Which is sill fresh in the mem.
ory Of our READERS. The resolution pr vail.
ei, bill was ram ID accordingly, and pass
81 inlo law in jolly Of thai year. Such,
h ,wsv. .r, was the dissatisfaction of South
Carolina. and such the peril of the Uuinu,
that Mr. Clay, we'll knowing that the Presi 7
dent was secretly iniinlca 10 tho protective
scho,n,. determined 10 yield temporarily TO
pressure; aud lherelore. in lhe, fulIawiag !
session, propps IT. as Conpromise. a slid. |
ing-scale laritf. which wa accepted i,yfufiy
| by Coagress, the tx icuIive aud The people.
! Ii was source Of regret ,o The prop,ser,
thu his sense of duty on this OCCASION
obliged him To dlverge from ih5 opinions OF
soma Of his best friends. The Land bill
also received its shdp. lronlgkis hands. aud
but for lhe opposition Of the President, won d
have b come law. Indeed throughout thar
disastrous period. the voice Of Mr.. Clay nev.
er ceased protesting against the ruin invoIy-
ed in the government policy. Against the
various velI,s of tn, Bank anl Improve.
ment and other bills. he Numbered th4 most
unsparing dannncia,ions Fn4 eff r,, 81
lar as The infatuated masses wer concern ID
was (ruiileSs. The elections oF 032 gave
Con. Jackson an augmented, un"Xanpied
mai ,ri,y; and then followed the removal Of
the Deposits, and the threat Of hu>liIhirS
with The French. Tht actual reaiizltlun Of
, The later was only prevented by the cuarse
Of Mr.. Clay in opposition. The Cour Of 81.
Cloud was modified by the moderation Of the
Whig minority, aud consented 10 an AMIGA
, Bile adiusImen, pi the indemnify. Through
. the gloomy period of Mr.. Van Buran.s Pics.
idenlial term. Mr.. Clay reiain ID his seat in
the Senate, and contributed much to post
pone, if he could not defeat, the Sub rreaSu.
, nv scheme of thai statesman. In 1910, il
was the wish Of many of his friends Thai he
should b. nominated for The Presidency, bu.
). the fears Of others prevailing, Gen, Harrison
was placed IN nomination. Subsequent,
= events have shown the mistaken policy Vi
A this proceeding. There is now iuIe reason
f 10 doub, ,ha, Mr.. Clay would have carried
!. the election by handsome mnjnri'v, hal his
q name been placed in the field. The Extra
II Session called by the lalnened Harrison,
"a wa held in May 1851; and several measures
Is including the establishment OF a Protective
% Tariff, Of Fiscal Bank, and OF general
system Of bankruptcy, others for the reguIa'
, ZION of ,he Public Lands. and for the alb
i. rogaton of the independent Treasury, were
10 at once introduced. The history Of then
10 is conemporaneous; we need hardly reciIt
y, i, hefe. Mr.. Clay remained long enough
a, his post To witness the unexpected aberra
i. tion of Mr.. Tyler from his previous pr"ics
N sions and partisan ties; and 10 aid in tn
4. passage of the few beneficial acts that ha'
Il, The forluue 10 escape the PfesIdsnlial vcIo
! and then resolved 10 Withdraw lor ever iron
I'd public life.
IN On The 3ls. of March, 1842. having trans
H.. miued his resignation 10 the Legislature
d Kentucky. the veteran Senator addreSse
h The body. with whom he had sal so long. i
rd touchmgy eloquent speech. The seen
al was an extraordinary one. Oid combasanv
a. and well.uied friends joined in one common
v feeling Of grief al wha! was regarded as hi
ns final retirement from pubic life OF goriou
pn colemporary. Fancied wrongs aud invetel
n ate prrjudices yielded 10 the melting moo
n. of the momenl; and The retiring Senator ha
|, the happy concouSness Of leaving no un
10 friendly feeling behind him TO mar the rem,
n uiscenceS of his cIoudeSs career.
in The parlialilv of his friends once NOR
ed in 1913, dragged The vetCran bef"e The cou'
al try as candidate for the presidency. b
Ir. defeat was attributable TO Il curious groupi
es- of causes. which this is not The occasion
ID, analyzp; bu, the canvass. if it served no oil
20. er end, manifested the deathIess devotion {
he a large minority of The people TO his name
.Iy while it did not in The Ieas, obae the rospe'
cir always entertained for il by political oppc
ike nen,s. In l848, the agitation ol Slavery d'
ed; fcullies and the apparent peril oi the Un'"
or once more brough, Mr.. Clay 10 ihe Sena
10 re.enacl ihe part he had already wl'
the pIaved, of Savior of his cunntry. III
zen compromise bill, whatever our eS'lha'e
md its wisdom or fairness NAV be, is an lmpr
,ol. ishabe monument OF the attachment ol
'is- author to National unuy and prosperity
I'm. NJ slain rests upon his motives: no queS'lt
ike is raised as 10 his true hearted patrioIIsm''
the The act was in perfect conformity with II
IGN unselfsh tenor ofa long life.
the And here ends the story Of Mr.. Clay
ler- public services; services Thar have endear
by hum to the hearts Of his counIrymen, a
the will ever perpetuato his name. His hon'
maj are not of thai scanty pattern, lhaI may
ow- measured by one act or one series oil acuo'
ay, They are the Iruit OF huI-cenlury lul
nee industry, toll, sIlI-denial, unmeri'ed obloql
vas They surround every event in The annals
} an The na!ion, since the death Of Woshingu
)rcd Nothing of good is sci down in The rec'
Ia that his name is not associated with as
nor advocate and defender And there is ~
'|'ed ing Of evil, against which his protest a
. oil warning are not matters of history IL
hGni meslic industry has ever flourlshed and vie
Of a ed the laborer bread and shelter, and &C
no fort, Mr. Clay will be remembered as
founder Of the American System. 1t
res. country has enjoyed any long period
Ken peace in its external relations, Mr.. Z
tolls will be remembered as The author OF
re. treaty Of Client. lr civil war and the =
con- lure OF the Union have been thrice aver