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A LEAK TO IaIs lEM0RY.


lf,he Hearts Of TIE living are The true monu-
menss OF the dead; il the wseathe WHICH eneircles
the names ofour sires. who planting the standard
Of freedom and Union amidst the backened and
smouldering ruins oftheiT once peaeefnl and happy
homes. maintaining and defending il with their
own and their childrens blood is destined 10 bloom
and aouish forever, So also viii il be with those
OF their sons who, shellering themselves and their
chidrens children beneath the ample folds Of the
same pure and slar-gcmmed banner, shall project
and defend il from the assault of its enemies and
| from the neglect of lis friends.
II such Is the homage America pays, and il such
are the tributes with which she rewardsthe fidelity
| Of her sons and consecrates their memory when
dead, may we not ask. around what dead or above
/ whose grave Is 70 be found a monument around
| which cluster such throng Of beating hearts, as
1 around that h1ilowed, eonseSrated spot, where
/ rerose the honored dust of HEkRr CLAY1 or where
| shall We look for and find 4 brighter wreath, a
/ ri.her evergreen, chapci more enduring, than
| thai which encircles his brow and halows his
namel for sacred the shades of Vernon, will be
the groves Of Ashland, and as dear to every Amer
lean heart and as cherished will be the name and
fame of Henry Clay as that Of George Washington
He sleepsl The phiianlhropist, the statesman,
the orator, the loved, the almost dolized Harry Of
The West, is no more! Weeall upon him 10 awake,
arouse shake off the dew drops which glitter onhs
garments and march once more 10 battle and 10
victory, but
He hears not, he hecds not; those cherished words now
His voice in the Senate no longer shall thunder,
liz hasmade his last speech he sleeps his last subcr
His country may call him, but her call win BE- vain,
No wrong can arouse him TO action again.
Henry Clay was emphaticaly the MIA 81 nc Age.
No where upon the page of his country's history,
or on The pillar Of her fame, will there oe found
name more deeply craven than his; never in the
history Of the human heart, has the spontaneous
love and affection of people been poured cut so
freely upon any one man as upon him and in all
human probability there will never again occur an
instance in which many genuine manifestations
Of sorrow anddeep grief will eexhibiled as Is now
evidenced wherever the sad tidings Of his death
Is heFaded. His empire was in the hearts 81 his
countrymen; and though his country may fall, her
pillar Of fame be shattered and her liberties lost,
yet the remembrance OF his virtues, and the purify
OF his patriotism, will be transmitted from genera
ton 10 generation, and forever remain impeTisha-
BILE as the records OF time
And now that the weapons of political warfare
have been shiyered into fragments by the pur der
Gus stroke OF death, the language Of 'panegyTie
win be exhausted in the effort to do Justice to
Henry Clay and il win done and fully, for il
is a theme worthy Of the greatest minds, and the
lofiest inspirations of patriotism; and will employ
the minds thetongues, andhe pens Of the now mas
ter spirits of the age; men who were his compeer
and competitors in the race for glory and for fame
Ifperchance they loved him less than we whilst liv
ing with US they will now gather around his grave,
an6as they upon his tomb The rich and rare dow-
ers Which they have twined together il will add
fresh lustfe to their own most glorious deeds.
| Borni Virginia, nurtured in Kentucky, and
cherished by the Union, the object and aip Of his
life, was the prosperity and presefvaton Of the
whole and hence he has been called the great paci-
| fcator. As leader he was the Couer de Lion OF
party Within whose ranks batted a host OF Ivan.
/ hoes but he il was who was always FFirst beneath
the advancing banner of the Eagles burning crest,
cool, dauntless selGpossessed. with lhe Consiiiu'
".
A gentleman by nature, scholar BY persever
ance, he was master Of every weapon OF debate
/ powerful as a declaimer strong in argument clea
] in reasoning and matchess as an orator. his way
like the current of the rivers of his home, wher
/ fed by thousand new born rills onward aud ire
sistibl0< TO him it mattered not $50 that it was
4 Zoe man worthy of his steef with whom or against
! what odds he had TO contend in the intellectual
arena; whether against the daring and chivalrous
Salladdin OF South Carolina, or the gigantic Front
de Beouff Of Missouri, or of united host whether
| in the courts ofjustice, the hall of Congress the
Senate Chamber, in the open field, he was still
the same intrepid leader and fearless champion
| never iorsaking friend or trampling on a foe.
II sometimes, in the varied intellectual contests in
which he was engaged, he failed TO be the victor
the fruits gathered by his adversaries were such as
turne to ashes on the lip; if he gathered not the
laurel it witlfered ere it touched another brow
and of all the trophies that crowned his life of all
the garands that shall decK his grave, we rejoice
to know that not one Of them is tinged with blood
or couded by tear for his were the triumphs OF
mind over mind, and heart over heart.
That he was great, in all the essential elements
ofrue greatness, his countrys history proves; that
he was loved most fondy by his countrymen, no
one will deny; THAI he is lamented and moprned
for, let The fearful eye and bleeding hearts Of mil
lions answer. Gloom and sorrow like pall over
| shadows the land3 for the mighty has fallen and
! passed forever away.
! A MeyRNER AT ms GRAVE.