Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1856-11-14
Nu,g-aJsry rfrgtutaw.
Friday Morning. November IL. 1856.
The Late Sch. N. Cla,,sn.

tor Yesterday morning and paid briet tribute to
his worth aud wisdom. The press Is pronounce
ing high eulnriums upon his life. character "nd
,nhlic services: The Natioaai irteHigenesr
saws: .Its with profound regret that we have
80 .a,.,oc. the death If the Honorable john NJ.
CLAYTON. the veteran and distinguished Senator
III. I,,;,ed States from the State of Delaware.
!. ,.l.graphic despatch informed us yesterday
,b., h. died at Dover on Sunday evening al : o.
cl,ck We we're anprepsfed for this melancholy
event. as We had recently unders'ood from seve'
raj friends who had visited him that the illness of
the eminent statesman had ceased TO wear crit
ical appearance and his convalescence was con
6dently anticipated. In intellectual power aud
statesmanship MI. CLAYTON has left no superior
in the exalted body Of which he was SO long con.
snicuoos member; and in his decease his immedi-
ate family and friends sustain n loss not greater
than tina, which is suffered by the whole
try"
In announcing the death Of Mr.. CLAYTON tho
Baltimore Americus employs the following Ian
2uasc of euogy: MIR, CLAYTON has been long
in public life. and was held deservcdly in high
estimation as a sagacious, prudent and oonscien-
tous statesman. For many successive years.
excepting short interregnum in which he was
Secretary oi State under General Taylor's nd
minis,ra,iou he has represented Delaware in tn"
United States Senate, and was a, the time of his
decease still mesuber Of tnst body. With the
exception Of Gen. Csss he had we think, helda
longer connection with the Senate than any
statcsmsa row a K,crnber Of il. During his con
nection with Ges. Taylor's admin stratsoa, the
famous Clayton aud Buwer treaty was conclu-
ded; a treaty that has been much attacked, but
which Mi. Gay ION always defended and the
American construction of which has been hut
lsely conceded by Great Britain. Mr. CLAY
roS's qualities Of mind were vigorous, but not OF
the kind to attract attention by their briliiancy
his temperament calm, mild and concliato-
~. and perheps no American statesman who has
passed through so ians term of public HE, ever
excited hess Of persoaal enmiiy towards d'nsei'
To .he above we add the criticism OF the New
York Express, which. while 1t is no doubt IN tn"
main correct, does not scenic ns TO bo entirely
just:
John NJ Cla,fce. WIS mol Rrea, maRs-bat very
iemarkabIe man Without high order I'D ol'qucnec
lie vet was eloquent Without much learning, be
yet was learned enough fo MI the Psees he wac
called 10 Not great laW} yer yet he bnd the icpn-
i4ton Of being one He knew little Of almost eve
i,thng without knowing anyrhinR espreiniy well
lie attracted Senate, aud bewltchcd mob The
most scea. naa almost IA the world be never yet
was IN st,,ety To anr extent He loved man, md
asoided > oman, and lie would talk Nil DAY aud all
II chi with h but always dodge the other II
lie could y It'll extraordinary habits, be shortened
Il life creased 10 he long Nature gave hiuh a power
tai ybt gga, shlol lie crippled, or dePmrod OF mat-
,le br Developing IT, oreNereissr any part OF
his frame-a Ae could help it His day begun about
. NJ and en- lid nj aT > 4. Ne wrlld stay in the
senate assiduously al dry, aud read hc'uly all night
Inspiring everybody with an Impression Of his pro-
found sineenty--t IS worry doubtful, IT, ~ pollti-
cian he was sincere a; all Nevertheless everybody
lKcd him. whether they accepted all he said or not.
Without order in his habits, he, thcless, could
achieve q great amount Of work. When he had %
thing TO do.-he went intoi with his whole heart and
soul-spd Epaid out sit, or out-talk, or outstand
anybody and everybody connected with him in his
work Tickle, however, in his mind, he often was
(and ne, with dificlatA) misled from his purposes
Sir Henry Bulwcr soduoed him cii IN the Central
American treaty FROM the true straightforward uRck
During the Taylor administration, lac halted, rs
member of the Cabinet, all the While between wind
m water On the subject OF tbe rePed uf thc Mi
sour Compromisr, against which his judgment was
clear-nei erthelcss his position, or hts nmhuunlcd
hm of-lerc, there, ssd every where-so that no
body now can, vitbsn, reference To the document,
tell lust exactly where he But when in the Sen
ate he served nader Henry Clay ASA sort Of Lieut.
inspired by the iearlessncss Of the great
kentuekian,-be nefer %aFered Der lnlterrd. Dc
nouncing the kullifers ia ts32 81, nad UNFOLDING
the Force Bill he yet went for the Tariff Compromise
OF s32 to save John C. Calhoun froan Gen. Jacksons
noise He braved Gen. jackson snd all has myrmi-
dons with n courage Of the very highest order. He
broke down Postmaster GeleTa Barry, hen mem
Der of the Senate Post Deicc ComMitlee,-jn spite,
all administration protection II was only IN his LAT
ter daysthat the unhappy faculty developed itself,
which made him often seem nirm Of purpose.
But, peace to his reIainsi No wife mourns him
No family pours lament over his demh-bedl lie
was man to love aud never to hatr-a jovial COM
panion-a most agreeable talker the delight of the
man social circle in which he happened to he-proud
of Delaware his little native State, and its pro
ector and defenaei His speeches ct tines have ex-
erted saaege influence over the pshlc mind and
his memory will BIO fresh for years and years among
all political lacp. Peace TO his names
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