Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1852-07-05


TO MORROW (TUEsDAY) EVENING
at O'Clock
All are in, tied and uroed 10 r..me
Death Of Henry Clay.
The sad rldings have gone abroad that Hen
ry Clay is no The great patriot and
eiatesmnn-the orator and phi anhrui,i-t-ih-
hero fcivic if. and the friend Of frerdum eve
r,whcrc, has sunk rest. cheerrd in his diving
i.oar by the silent ben dcrons If his counrr.
men. anil the glorious promises Of religion
Evident ms ii has been io- months that his end
drew near, no cont. mDis tirn q! is inevitable
coming has Kept fhr cpuntry from receiving the.
melancholy corsun nation h feelings of pro.
found and pnsnaut s~row. C'adied III the
revolution. be- stood among us. AT onc,. the In.
,erpre,.r OF ;he orsces handed ,luwn To us Ira m
the Fathers. and the Seer 10 gde the Footsteps
o'tir nation alo1g tie future. Priest an |
Prophet the lore 81 ages. which wa, lis. is
lost fnF-, er TO mankind and the Iu,tie of PIES
cence lhat kindlcd lis eye. uili shine ~ ru.r,.
carh. What remains ofhim is tie glyrinns
rrnembranrc of all THAT he Mas and all that he
did. That remembrance viii live as long Us
gen's and virtue AMI conrageare admired. and
will spread " herc,er civil liberty is cherished
among men:
till the Future darcs
Forget the Past. his fate and fame shall be
Anc''hu and light anto ctrrn'y,''
Henry Clay Was born in Hanover county.
Va. the l2,h da, of April, l777 A, Ais death
which occurred about noon Tuesday the 29,h
day Of June. 1889. hc was seventy five Years.
two months and seventeen days of age
HIS earl. education WAS limited hy the mar
now circumstance Of his parents, and his frs,
experience IN business was as rop, is, in the
Office ofthc Chany,ry Court at Richmond with
occasional service AS the amanuensi~ of its dis.
,ingusheL Judge. Chancellor Wyihe His obli-
Cations 10 This great man, under whose guild
ance lie undertake the study of the law, are
gratefully recorded in brief sketch of his life.
written by Mr.. Clay. two or three years ago.
After acquiring s,ifiic lent know ledge uf his
profession IL undertake its practice. he remov-
ell TO Lexington. Kentucky. near Vi ich beau.
tilul city he resided until the period of his
death. AT the bar he encountered some Of IN,
first iniel,eels Of the State. al that lime, and hy
the tact and r'oquence aud knowledge Of the
law he disp,a; ed he rose " nh unexarnpIed ra-
pidiiy 10 lis head. In 1903. he WAS elected Ia
the Legislature of his adopted State. and in 1906
Was appointed To Eli a vacancy in the United
States Senate. occasioned BY the resignation of
one oi the iucumhcnts. He returned to the Leg
islaturc of the State in 1907, and in 1909 was
again sent back 10 the Senate to fill another
vacancy .occa,inned ike the former BY resigna.
ton. In The summer Of 1911. he v as chosen
10 represent the Lexington district inthe Huu.c
OF Representatives. and hy tina; body elected
to p'eside over It's deliberations. He vas and is
accounted the most accomplished and accurate.
presiding officer that ever graced ,h. seat
The singular fortune Was his in his service till
1sil..n" 10 have a solitary decision reversed
on appeal 10 the House.
During these years he was The lie. anil sou,
OF the Aar party, and with Mr.. Calhoun it.
Chief promoter and most able defender, r..
then became the bonored agent of ,.c country
10 negotiate treaty of peace with Great Bri
TAM and with Mrssrs. Gallatin and Adams nc
compllshed it to the entire satisfaction of III,
Country. After that he was offered place in
the Cabinets of both Madison and Monroe. ap,l
: the latter. We think, rendered the mission To
!. Petersburg He loved his horne and his
tun'rS, and preferred its service as Lsisla.
I" h"'ng lis representative at a sprndi,,
f.resn Conri,or an agent in the Use Of IL. nou
-cr or The dispensa,ion of its pH,rop,ye =. =,
Cst'inrt officer. He continued 10 ,liscbar,,.
the duties OF h- pos, rcprvsen,a,iv. in Cnu.
gress. Achieving brilliant rrnoyn, unit, 1920
when I've resigned To give some indispensable.
attention 10 iG- private affairs so long ncylec,,.,
by his drNoa'on 10 public duty In 1923 he
returned 10 Congress and VAS again made
Speaker. In le2a he consen,e. to become Sc.
crel'ry of State under Jolsn Quincy Adams.
and IN that post contributed TO The pui.i,c CIR
rcs:"ndencr of The 'nntry. and its diplomatic
Records s"m" Of the abIes, papers ia l,.. found
an is archives For cousen,ing to take Office
'"eh '"- WAS Tor Yeas after the sulget If con-
s'an' s''"lrra''an aud cals,nny. Il is difficult
10 'tlak ct the atrocious slanaers tLae ,rs,e -,
freely aud hercely circulated agsinsa him and
t"ri'ear giving utterance to dep ex-cr,,;o,
OF his tradncers; bat the chief If them viii,
him have gene before the Tribunal tIh.t read.
the hearts If men, and We leave the<n to IL
judgement.
VI has services eo'the country in rho various
public trusts that he Inns fiIled,and s she INTEL
iect the resolution, and the dev.r,elsacss y it'll
which lie gave himself to every thing relating
to MS welfare. our space crbids us to say
tcnthPart of vii shst We would. The friends
OF ma'y interests, deemed l.y .us essential q,
the rPr"'ec'i.n. the Development sni the pro-
gress 81 the e.'unsry. found in.lim sl.-ir tru-st
and st''ss' advocate. The policy If Internal
Improvement Is chiefly injsb,~d ~ sim c~ the
advancement i, has already ,sads. and for ,hs