Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1852-07-02
From the Daily Journal, of July LIST.

mipgton Yesterday forenoon. Although all were a.
ware of the low state of Mr. Cays health for months
mast still the announcement of his actual departure
infused feeling of sadness into the community
Yesterday morning the Superior Court was IN session.
engaged in the transaction of business, when the
Hon Robert Strange arose, and announced in feeling
and beautiful language, the departure of the great
statesman His Honor, the members of the Bar, and
others present were deeply affected The Court ad-
iourned over until O'Clock this morning. Mr.. Clay
has so long occupied prominent position in the
country-has filled large space in the eyes of
the American people, that his death seems like
tional calamity.
He died on Tuesday forenoon, at quarter past
eleven o'clock passing away calm and very easy
He said nothing. No material change in his
diticn was observed until about ten minutes before
his death His son. MIR. Calvert and Gov. Jones, of
Tennessee were the only persons in the room at the
time The Senate and House of Representatives ad-
journed Immediately upon the reception of the sad
intelligence The public Offices closed, bells
tolled, and flags displayed at half-mast.
Silence is a privilege of the grave, right due to
the departed we, like others, have differed widely
from Mr.. Clays political views while living we
differ from them now--we have censured many of
the acts of his lfe perhaps on most of these our
opinions still remain unchanged. But he is dead
now and over his freshly opened grave We can but
remember the splendor of his talents and the noble
ness of his nature. We can only pay tribute to the
Statesman and the Patriot. The passionate man
the ambitious politician arc forgotten.
We think that the occasion calls for some appro
pirate public manifestation. The nature of such
manifestation we would not undertake to suggest
further than to express opinion in which all will
agree, that it ought to be of such character that
all could participate in it. We would suggest the
holding of public meeting at early day, to take
the preparatory steps
MIR. Clay was born in Hanover county. Virginia.
on the 18th of April, 1777, and had, therefore,
passed his seventy fifth year. He entered pub
lie life the national stage Senator from
Kentucky, in 1906 and became a member of
The House of Representatives in 1912. of which
body he chosen Speaker; in 1914 he was
appointed by Mr.. Madison one Of the commissioners
to negotiate treaty of peace with England. In
1925, he accepted the office of Secretary of State,
under Mr.. Adams. In 1881, he was again elected
to the U. s. Senate from Kentucky. and in 1882 was
the candidate of bis party for the Presidency, in OPP
position to Gen. Jackson He was again candidate
in 1874, in opposition to MIR. Polk In both
he unsuccessful His subsequent career is
known to all who take any interest in such matters.
P. S. Since the above was put in type, the follow
ing call has been handed in:
NOTICE-The Citizens of the town are requested to
the Masonic Hall, at o'clock this evening, for the
purpose of taking steps testify their regret for the death
of the distinguished patriot Henry Clay and to the
respect and honor to his memory which arc due to his high
July l, 1852
We publish to-day. the letters of acceptance writ
ten by Gen. Scott and Mr.. Graham in reply to the
communication of Mr. Chapman, President of the
Wing National Convention, apprising them of their
nominations and enclosing the resolutions of the
Convention for their approval.
/ The svle of Gen. SCOTS letter will speak for it.
self Those who have found fault with Gen. Pierce
for expressing reliance upon Providence, can have
no such fault to find with Gen. Scott The letter is
as purely an electoneerng manifesto as it could
we'll be- The fourth paragraph contains as undls-
gused bid for the Squatter and Foreign vote as we
have seen. The early settlement of the public do
MAN, favorable to actual settlers has been the can't
ing plea for all the landseang that has yet taken
place-this for the Western and Squatter vote-the
Land Reformers and Anti Renters. That portion of
the paragraph about changing the Naturalization
laws so as to give all Foreigners the right of cti-
zenship, who shall faithfully in time of war
one year on board of our public ships, or in our land
forces regular or volunteer. on their receiving an
honorable discharge from the public service is evil
IDENTIFY intended to concte and secure the foreign
vote in the great central States where his chief eff
fort will be made. 1t is to be used sort of off
set to his letter written years since to the Ma
tive American party in which he said that he was
undecided between a very long probation before
naturalization, and total denial of the privilege
but that his mind rather inclined to the latter
In the fifth paragraph he says that he should seek
to cultivate harmony and fraternal sentiments thro'
out the Wing party, without attempting to reduce
its members, by prescription to exact conformity to
his views. This is for the New York Tribune,
and such like, who SPIT UPON the platform but sup
port Gen. Scott. They shant be prescribed for such
a trife. Certainly not
In the sixth paragraph, Gen. Scott says that he
shall put down any resistance to the law the Tn
ion on any pretext, carrying into the civil admins
tration the military principle in that respect Ac-
cordng to this, should any glaring infringement of
| the Constitution of her reserved rights, cause
any State to repudiate the Union, Gen Scott would
be down upon her with the sword of military coer-
cion
| The seventh and eighth paragraphs are remarka.
BILE for moth ng much the beauty of their style
| by which the nominative is removed twelve lines
from its verb, and their good taste, in virtue Of
which the fore-legs of the ticket, Gen. Scott) en-
OrSe the hind-lecs of the ticket (AIr Graham y