The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-01-08

of Luther's stern defiance OF danser-so long |
in our political history which portrays the moral
holiness Of Calhoun. Fortunately for him-fortu. |
the excitement Of debate, and with the moderation
OF rpened Judgment to chsel his statue states.
truth Ssn
dened-that man is by nature a social being-recog-
MIXING the dominion Of individual over social aasc-
housekeeping for illustration around the mnutey ba
lanced government Of Poland when Poland indie
pendent Statderlvng convincing proof from the deni
ing ct once the most original vivid and integble-he
incontrovertby established the superior safety and ad
the majority Of interests that of numbers As
work Systematically unfolding the true nature and gov
learning and thorough mastery Of the science of
publicansm, and marked by clearness and reach Of
the Subject Of government II it lack The gorgeous
Imagination Of Moore and the specua ave invention
as an active agency 'i for goodMs wise adaptation
to living, breathing humanity: rich product of his
The rs. Qualities Of his MIND Henry Clay wss born IN
1777. would be but the relation of story sacredly
familiar to describe that youth destitute Of instruction
ties, but secretly ravshed with dream Of wide nAu-
ence high renown already foreshadowing itsefgenius
fee ing upon its calm inspraton-h0w at and
undenaby he took the lead Of the Lexington barthen
brilliantly studded with lights Of ability and dstnc
moved tenderness by his unrivalled exposons-how
at the Of q he enjoyed an ovation tribute from
throngng thousands to that eoquencs which wrought
within him and around him-how he bound, by a sym
pathy strong that which holds the earth from
in the Shadow Of bereavement at his ioss-and how
he commanded senates with q majesty and urbanity-
or hi,
all this is known to you for 1t includes the incidents Of
one Of those rare lives which, having at once the fresh
ration, in weaving themselves into all that responds to
the noble in country character are preserved whore
memory, gnome like, guards richest mines, and
handed down by some rowing tradition, thrilling the
duh even Of soicism, and rekindling momen
where nursing age receives the fading past Bear with
me- while pause and consider the characteristics Of
| Mr.. c ny orator and statesman Were to define
eiquence it appeared luxurantly in him, should
say It was the appropriate expression Of appropriate
many qualities commune for the production of this art
Of arts, uniting 1t does the variety Of poetry the
o. painting the unity o. ana tine
real-we must feel that it the uterance of sentiments
native to u.s. i must lit US to the regions Of ideality
animated by nobility of sentiment, for whatever ele
na%an o e0man our
plicitiy lean upon strength, must have earnestness
alone commands aborbng sympathy. have called eio'
quence an art 1t is above all arts, the human
and Setanaa sv modern for \ Is the
direct breathing expression Of that which art
are all these refined qualities, it is art winch
stes the sse, ct, and test Of eoqsencs ProIety it
quence of subdued faith procring consolation to men
s
Esypay before him an appeal to ali that love Of
and glory that animated his sodiery and nation. True
eloanenee finds words Of tenderness when grefs
JOY. When avenging individual wrongs it moves by
parcuaritios by unfolding cruel betrayed and silent
placid endurance when seeking to avert public calamity
it marshals the arguments Of public Justice and phi
lanthropic Affections when expressing nations woe
triumph, 1t elevaes its tone and dgnfes its dicton,
summoning the instincts of patriotism and comma aiding
at will all Of hope or sorrow that dwes in nation
voice whose depth and music seemed to unlock all the
storchouses of sacred assocationsnor in that prncey
presence grave corresponding with his high destiny
yet in that fecundity and felicity OF expression
yelling up from hidden powers-but in all these, COM
bined with lofness of character nfusing their
qualities into terms and actions making words culver
and diate with the vitality and Thought The
eoquence-is it not always thus was matter calling
on him as prophet of nature. Welmigh Demosthenes
simplicity that each sentence he pronounced was
an epitome Of thought, deliberately carved in Ian
on We'll might Fox have come to be- in the language
Of Burke, 'the most brilliant and accomplished debater
| to classical studies, that when manhood his
thoughts voluntarily took the 1exbity and sparkle of
ripe scholarship; but Henry Clay stands unapproached
solitary orator. His craftsmanship general
shipnot the practice Of technical rules but general
hp in its hshsst sense eomnrs%g asaGy %n
to brave ell-to risk all-n pursuance OF his winning
views and above ALL power 10 command the imperious
ness of the tentorium, without its strategy-thc
prerogative of greatness of souls, which awes like
the glory or terror of the armament, and in
tournament and the impctuosity Of the war horse.
He moved with the conscious rectitude Of the Cru.
copquers within the circle of tire hour; proposed
commanded with the skill Of the veteran and the frank
ness of boy and with steadfast undoubting expeca
| tion surpassed only by those who contend for
than earthly victory His moral heroism transparency
OF motive and neabe contempt Tor narrow views,
reproduced expanded in his policy His sateman-
ship had other clements than Journalism and pres,rip
aed for the wn he to the
nations sympathies; he kept pace with the nations
growth ! see him rearing that stgpeneous sytem Of
ing that grand policy of projections hear him pleading,
suppleang for struggling republics. He was the Teri
Giles Of our age. he adorned no Acropols-he flung
blaze of glory the shInes Of art but he stimulated
generous unseconal activity; he reused dispon ling
industry causing the furnaces OF the iron dggers to hiss
by day and glow by night with the ferceness subter
ranean fires, and making those mammoth factories
smiling trade he developed directed the energies Of
people, and SO long that great thoroughfare there
Of the spirit he rcverenced and inscribed with his name
so long will the American people, as they recount
na b trs for 'san legend b % ms lire say n not s for
bazoned at his death. The eloquence OF the Senate
chamber, teeming with bis memories, commenced the
national requiem; the bar, its scrnness all melted
away, poured forth its sorrow the pulpit reaching
above the range Of and time for consolation meet
learning at her founts-her guardian gone-spoke her
tribute and her woe and art sought, by the reprodue
perish Beneatha darkened sky nation knelt at great
llne pehuInul ILLUSIONS 10 Mr WEBSTER are unay0id
ably omitted. The influence of each OF these men,
losing in combination, ita distinctive pecularities
like primitive colors in the formation of pure light is
with us to day and win be till our march as nation is
ended Webster and Calhoun aided in determining the
formula for the action OF our government-n defining
it's nature and law One reflected from
the constitution original government with complete
powers: the other government formed by the inter
yenton OF States, with Its authority definitely specified
and rgidly limited feared the coils of distraction
and severance the other those OF abs rbng unchecked
consolidation and desposm placed the perpetuty
OF our institutions in the interests Of the Individual
citizen determined by the equitable laws for the de-
scent OF property; the other security in
collective soyereign interests acting states Clay