New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1852-07-10
DAILY CRESCENT.
OFFICIAL JOURNAL
VIE CONSOLIDATED CITY OF NEW ORLEANS.
The Memory of MIR. Clay.

Below we give some additional reports OF the
eulogies on the life and character OF henry
CLAW nronounced in the Senate OF the United |
States on the Goth uit.
Mr.. Cooper-Mr. President, it is not always |
by words that the living pay to the dead the |
sincerest and most eloquent tribute. The tears
of a nation, flowing spontaneously over the grave
of n public benefactor, is more eloquent testI-
monial of his worth and of the affection and
yeneration of his countrymen than the most !
highly wrought eulogium Of the most gifted
tongue The heart is not necessarily the foun.-
tain of words, but it is always the source OF |
tears, whether they be Of joy, gratitude, or grief
But sincere, truthful. and eloquent, as they are,
they leave no permanent record of the virtues
and greatness of him on whose tomb they are
shed. As the dews of heaven falling at night
are absorbed by the earth, or dried up by the
morning sun, so the tears Of people, shed for
their benefactor, disappear without leaving
trace to tell the future generations Of the SER
vices, sacrifices, and virtues of him to whose
memory they were q grateful tribute. But as
homage paid to virtue is an incentive to it, it is
right that the memory Of the good, the great,
and noble of the earth should be preserved and
honored.
The ambition, Mr.. President of the truly
great is more the hope Of living in the memory
and estimation Of future ages than of possessing
power in their own. 1t is this hope that stimu-
Iates them to perseverance-that enables them
to encounter disappointment, ingratl.ttude' and
neglect, and to press on through tolls, prlva-
tions and perils to the end. 1t was not the
hope Of discovering a world, over which he
should himself exercise dominion, that sustained
Columbus in all his trials. 1t was not for this
he braved danger, disappointment poverty, ana
reproach. 1t was not for this he subdued his
native pride, wandered from kingdom to king
dom, kneeling at the feet of princes suppEant
for means to prosecute his sublime enterprise. 1t
| was not for this, after having at last secured
| the patronage of Isabella. that he put off in his
crazy and i'll appointed feet into unknown seas,
| 20 struggle with storms and tempests, anu the
rage of mutinous crew. 1t was another and
nobler kind of ambition that stimulated him to
contend with terror, superstition and despair,
and to press forward on his perllous course,
| when the needle in his compass, losing its po-
larity, seemed to unite with fury OF the ele-
ments and the insubordination of his crew in
turning him back from his perilous but glorious
enterprise. 1t was the hope which was realized
| ut last when his ungrateful country was COM
PEELED to inscribe as an epitaph ON his tomb
columbus has given world to the kingdom OF
CASTLE and Leon,'' a@
that enabled him at first to brave SO many dis
appointments, and at last to conquer the multi
tude of peris that beset his pathway on the
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great-not to achieve present fame, but future
Immortality. This being the case, it is behttins
here to-day to add to the life of Henry Clay
the record of his death, signalized as it is by c
nations gratitude and rief. 1t is right thai
posterity should learn from us, the contempora
ries of the illustrious deceased. that his virtues
and services were appreciated by his country
and acknowledged by the tears OF his country
men poured out upon grave.
| Tho career of Henry CLAW was wonderful
one And what an illustration of the excel
ence of our institutions would a retrospect Q
r | his life afford Born in an humble station
without any of the adventitious aids of fortun
!, by which the distractions on the road to fam
are smoothed, he rose not only to the most ex
alted eminence of position, but likewise to tn
:. highest place in the affections of his country
n men Taking into view the disadvantages {
= his early MISUNDERSTANDING against whic
he had always to contend--his career is with
a out a parallel in the history of great men. Il
have seen him a youth, without friends or for
tune, and with but a scanty education, VIII
| would have ventured to predict for him n cours
so brilliant and benefcent, and fame so wei
d deserved and enduring Like the pine, how
a ever, which sometimes springs up amidst tn
Z" rocks on the mountain side, with scarce GREY
:, ice in which to fix it's roots or soil to nouris
q them, but which, nevertheless, overtops all th
trees of the surrounding forest, Henry Clay, b
!, his own inherent, self-sustaining energy an
Il genius, rose to an altitude of fame almost un
: eaualed in the age in which he lived. As a
II orator, legislator and statesman, his had no su
perior All his faculties were remarkable, an
in remarkable combination. Possessed Of
a brilliant genius and fertile Imagination, h
Judgment was sound, discriminating, and EN-
nently practical. Of an ardent and impetuol
temperament, he was nevertheless perseyerr
Il and firm of purpose. Frank, bold an intrepi
al he was cautious in providing against the col
: tiugencies and obstacles which might possib
"a rise up in the road to success Generous, Ill
10. eral, and entertaining broad and expandt
>. views of national policy, in his legislati
s. course he never transcended the limits OF wi
ate economy.
;ra But, Mr. President, of all his faculties, th
i of making friends and attaching them to hi
= was the most remarkable and extraordinar
no In this respect he seemed to possess a sort
Us fascination, by which all who came into
NJ presence were attracted towards and bound
|Is him by ties which neither time nor circu1
I nIsi stances had power to dissolve or weaken.
md the admiration of his friends was the recogr
and ton of the divinity of inteect in their attac
..,s ment to him a confession of his generous pc
iia, sonal qualities and social virtues.
.Ss Of the public services of Mr.. Clay, the prese
:. occasion affords no room for sketch more G
- tended than that which his respected collag
he Mr.. underwood) has presented. 1t is, no
MS ever, sufficient to says that for more thanl lfor
aTS Ssa years he has been prominent actor in t
em. drama of American affairs. During the lt
ayal S IA war with England his voice was more pote
sted than any other in awakening the spirit of
;eep country, infusing confidence into the people,
n 0a rendering available the resources for carryi
and on the contest In our domea kontroversi
u q" threatening the peace of the country and the
inc tegrity Of the Union, he has alwHs been fl
pital to note danger as well as to Suggest the mea
and of averting it, When the waterstf the gre
= On political deep were upheaved by the tempest
Aih discord, and the ark Of the Union freighted W
the hopes and destinies Of freedom, tossing alb
L 'n' on the raging pillows, and drifting every
naf mia. ment nearer to the vortex which threatened
s9rs swallow it up, it was his clarion voice, ris
pr ia above the storm, that admonished the crew
iy impending peril, and counselled the way
> safety
~ But, Mr.. President, devotedly as he loved
- country, his asperations We're not limited to
; the welfare alone. Wherever freedom had vc
e sy, Eye ry, that votary had friend in Henry VI
and in the struggle Of the Spanish colonies
independence he uttered words of encoura
YES ment which have become the notices on
ly banners of freedom in every land. But neil
the services which he has rendered his
% country, nor his wishes for the welfare OF
- ers, nor his genius, nor the affection Of frie
s5,i1u could turn aside the destroyer No price CT
cs in purchase exemption from the common lot of
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