New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1852-07-09
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Tho ambitious and aspiring the end of human
pursuit and earthly honor, But, sir, l do not |,
intend to dwell on that moral which is taught /
by the silent lips and closed eye Of the illus
trious dead, with a force such as no man ever
spoke with: but shall leave the event. with |
its silent and mute eloquence, 20 impress its
own appropriate teachings on the heart.
In tie long and eventfnl life Of Mr. Clay, in |
the various positions which he occupied, in the
many posts Of public duty which he filled, in the
many exhibitions which his history affords OF
,intirinc energy, Of unsurpassed eloquence, ana
of devoted patriotism, it would be strange
indeed if different minds rs they dwell upon the
subject were all to select the same incidents q
his life as pre-eminentiy calculated 20 c''ai-
lenge admiration and respect.
Sir. M admiration affection for Mr..
Clay-was won and secured many years since,
even ii ny school boy days-Then his voice OF
counsel. encouragement, and sympathy was
heard 81 Tie other ha1lsof this Capitol in be-
half 81 axe struggling colonies Of the Southern
rortiot III this continent, Who in pursuit OF their
inalieaable rights, in imitation of our own lore
fathers, had unfurled the banner ofAllberty,
Ma. regardless Of consequences, had CALAMITY
Mshed into that contest where g life is lost, or
Feetlon won" And again, sir, when Greece.
rich IL the memories Of the past. awoke from the
slumber Of ages Of oppression and centuries of
shame, and resolved
10 cali her virtues back and conquer time and fate
there over the plains Of that classic land, above
the din of battle and the clash of arms, ming
ling with the shouts Of the yictors and the
groans d the yanquished, ware heard the thrill
ling and stirring notes of that same eloquence
excited BY q sympathy which knew no bounds
vide as the world, pleading the cause Of Gre
cian liberty before the American Congress, as
il 10 pay buck to Greece the debt which every
batriot and orator felt was her due. Sir, in the
long and honorable career Of the deceased, there
are many events and circumstances upon which
his friends and posterity viii dwell with salts
faction and pride, but none which will preserve
his memory with more unfading lustre to future
ages than the course he pursued in the spanish
American and Greek revolutions
Mr. Clemens-M President, i should not
have thought it necessary to add any thing to
what has already been said, but for request
preferred bv some Of the friends of the deceased.
should have been content to mourn him in 81
lence, and leave it to other tongues to pronounce
his eulocy What / have now to say shall be
brief-yery brief :.
MIR. President, it is now less than three short
years ago since first entered this body. At
that period it numbered among its members
many Of the most illustrious statesmen this
republic has ever produced, OF the world has
ever known OF the living it is not my purpose
to speak but in that brief period death has
been busy here; and, as if to mark the feeble
ness Of all human things, his arrows have been
aimed at the highest, the mightiest Of us all
First, died Calhoun. And well, sir, do Ire
member the deep feeling eyinced on that occa-
sion by him whose death has been announced
here to-day, when he said Z was his senior
in years-in nothing else. In the course Of
nature I ought to have preceded him. It has
been decreed otherwise; but know shall soor
follow him 1t was genius mourning over hi
younger brother, and too surely predicting hi
own approaching end.
He, too, sir, is now gone from among us, ant
left none like him behind. That voice, who's
every tone was music, is hushed and still. Tha
clear, bright eye is dim and lustreless, and tha
breast, where grew and hourished every qualit,
which could adorn and dignity our nature. il
cold. as the clod that soon must cover it A fey
hours have wrought o mighty change-a chang
for which a lingering illness had, indeed, in som
deglee prepared us, but which, nevertheless, vii
still fall upon the nation with crushing force
Many sorrowing heart is now asking, as dit
yesterday, when / heard the first sound of tn
funeral bell
x And is he gone ?--the pure Of the purest o..
The hand that upheld our bright banner the sures-
IL he gone from our struggles away! 5U
But yesterday lending people new life, ,sAs
Gold. mute. in the coffin today
Mr.. President, this is an occasion when eulog,
niugt fail to perform its office. The long lit
which is now ended is a history of glorious deed
700 mighty for the tongue of praise. 1t is in tn
hearts of his countrymen that his best epitap
must be written. 1t is in the. admiration Of
world that his renown must be recorded. l
that deep love Of his country which distinguish
every period of his life he may not have bee
unriYalled. In loftiness of intellect he was NJ
without his peers The skill with which h
touched every chord Of the human heart ma
have been equalled. The iron will, the unhend
ing frmness, the fearless courage which marke
his character, may have been shared by Others
But where shall we go to find all those qualitit
united, concentrated blended into one briliar
whole-and shedding a lustre upon one sing
head, which does not dazzle the beholder onl
because it attracts his love and demands HI
worship't
scarcely know, sir, how far it may be a
1owable, upon an occasion like this, to refer
party struggles which have left wounds not "
entirely healed. l will venture, however,
suggest, that it should be source of consoa
ton to his friends that he lived long enough t
see the full accomplishment of the last grea
work Of his life, and to witness the total disar
pearance of that sectional tempest which threat
ened to whelm the republic in ruins. Both tn
great parties Of the country have agreed to stan
upon the platform which he erected, and bot
Of them have solemnly pledged themselves t
maintain unimpaired the work of his hands.
doubt not the knowledge Of this cheered him il
his dying moments, and helped to steal away
the pangs Of dissolution
Mr. President, if l knew anything more tina
] could say, would gladly utter it. TX
me he was something more than kind, ant
am called upon to mingle a private with
public grief l wish that could do some
thing to add to his fame. But he built TO
himself a monument Of Immortality, and left t
his friends no task hut that of soothing thei
own sorrow for his loss We pay to him tn
tribute Of our tears. More we have no powe
to bestow. Patriotism, honor, genius, courage
have oil come to strew their garlands above hi
tomb and we'll they may, for he was the pee
Of them all
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