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Tus Lars .ssxar Clay.

Aiihs rsesss grad Pssiivsl IN New York, IN
sosef Of Hsssy Clay. tAs Hoo RrsNa. Bsosss
vAs Presided % ths oeeasiss. ihtrossssd Er s On.
AZ fs,mas. fIoa tAs western sseiios Of the
ssssf. vAs vss received vi,h sesi en,hssia,m:-
he spoks inpressirsiy and efesssshy, % follow.
MI Ptssideat and Gesllenea - You honor N.
ef, hf secss my d-serts By suea q cordial and un.
sosed zoe sntrvdueisos. bad not anticipated the
aoes' o. osias called upea 10 reply TO the ,sn,i-
oSas pfoPsssa In hosos of ~ s.,ss ned fri.sd anl
seseheor. Miiisrd Fftocss. (Chesrs) You ear.
nsve aiiuted 10 nv lsavieg the Senair by .sy,ns
sas,l .ss eesssaed- teaosoi fully sxrvs vith yos
ess ee~rvatios, foil vas not tasishedi 4 "a.
get free vili not ssy from the iSIpr Io.,hss
iof ~ long a. this heart shall hes and thi, eul.,
vscrsis. shall EVER remeneer v,,A pride and AT,
,nseucs 80 yesfe g e-s rrrsrssec=s s.t:;s ~ 4.
the se~aiye halls Of this Stale BY the .,d, AZ m.
pfessdisg oacrr &c ttis pssi scrthy and hs,lov.A
sesocniioa. ttL,sd she~n.l Sir. yeu have met
90 noble occasion. Yos are met TO psy honor
70 .se nsmery Of H.s'y Ci,,, TO The memory Of
HIN vha "a. tAu roices ,isk thal Loan5 the I'd,
rsoas rsst to the giCrious pte-eni Ahcush he doe.
No, nov live n tsis lie. yet his sshes are v,oets
'sd aud ne shall ever live In the givr,ou, annsI.
" nme. tChesr'1 Yon are met ,hox the
vosid that you ere not ns,efi.lzsd, but that you
i've 70 country vAoA~ servants you love and
thstyoa do hcnor him no vas himself the rol-
den Ink that bound together thirty one free md in.
aeresdent sta'es. tLsud cheer. Sir 4 have
heard said BY some men. hat Henry Clay vas
epeemeFsi, that his was one of The ia ian NOR
tsi names that vas not bofn 10 die but ok how
can such men forget thai Henty Clay was the mag
e ssme. and the msRie sani which he hold in hts
evn hand, and By which he prevented the .suata-
lion OF the glofioas Uaion. (CAeersl II. "a.
The eyno~urv OF the whole Union and Ia Ms at~ence
NE eoaneis OF the Uai,td States are 10 be trse-
Cd me evils OF that sectional strife which has be
come % prevalent since his death. Az air uen1y
Gay WI survive, even sf,er the Uniled States
cease To exist, even should .pch q calamity ever
ceear, which God foreid. lChsenl lie !. ote Of
inn 81 - ia
survive tCheer.l and when that DAY comes.
vhsn that soa shall rise, ~hieh nov doe. set rise
humanity SIR. from hoTizsn 10 horiz,a shai venr-
rave the nane Of Henry clsy-tCh,er,.l add q
voice shall rise through the shsdcvy i,les Of Gen.
turtles, ahd inca shsll stand like lighthouses on tie
shofrs OF iim~ proclAisins and declaring tina the
greatest, The most losi nd the patriotic ma
OF hi, day cas- oar own H-ary Clay. (Cbesr.O
NO, sf, those malign,fs Who said that In the tenn.
peoi Immortality there no niche Tor Henry
Clay, are mea Who will be forgotten when the
gave shall close In silence over their mortality
Loud cheering He was MAJ sir who TOOK
the national dag in his own haad AID sen, /; forh
IKE bf,gh, spirit TO preserve the national honor
both BY land asd hy sea In every psrt OF the world
lChsef' And here may a. well repeai an sx.
preston once h,ari from a nnb.- Kentuckfsn
WITH whom vas convefsinc a short time ago re-
gariieg the repeal Of the Missouri Com promi,r-
We said he, "oi krntucky repudiate IN opr
,amo'i hearts hat ubiquitous manure and had
Henry Clay lived IL never would hare passed.
nsy, could IL have bten possible Tor him 10 hny.
oa' ~, tomb. and 10 have re-Rppsarcd In the Sen.
aif, Sahe iasy were discussing that measure II.
IePe.' wonid never never, have iAken place, they
never Sonlt haze dared 10 repeal H." But h. l.
gone, "the watchmsn e now silent on the tower
and we ne'sr shaIi look upoa hi. like sgaia"-
But, sir, ! am wandering. and perhaps saving
mS,s nan ought (CfieS Of No, nc" 90 on go
on, Allow me then To thank yOa as a friend of
Mhlsrd Fillmore. tor the confidence YOU have t1.
pressed In him. ! remember we'll when the man
sn9se memory You have me, to night 10 ceiehrste
sAia hAt ne was iaiibiol, honest ard worthy Of
The nations con6itnee." Loud and fpfolos.ed
aPPlsusel know he is ms igned hut also know
nm well, The coun,Ty knows him welt ant history
viii d.eiate bis upright and honofabIe eharsetrr;
and although he il sisnteTed by Some-pay pur.
sued win spirit ot vindiciiyensss unpaTAll.Ied
save In The CAGE OF the ds,ing uished and
patriot whose HaemorT you taS Eigst ysnerate vet
ne !. woithI OF Iour support aud Is a man that |
NE American nation will never cease TO honor I
No matter whether he flIs the Presidential chair
or rusiica,es 10 private life the heart OF this gtr.I
and glorious nation viii ever b-at high at the !
pane Of Mhiard Fillmore. lEaihu,issiie cheer |
ing lie u emiaently faithful; be y suainentl, |
Jus, be 10 miaenily honest II, knows no North, |
no South. no East, no wesi--no not even the /
West but he loves his couL,ry- HE whole conn !
Wy and reno meefs that his is Fetsral Govern /
meat, upon whose dag are thiny-one stars, each |
representing free ard indrpen dent S,ate-Tioud |
eh ersl-aod tha, In the fold, Of Lhst Gag are con.
tanned the eesiines Of the human race aud Of tree
Institutions lie remembers lhst The best in,rtA...
OF Christian civilization and 81 human progrets /
oepend upon The human race fulfilling IT. mission
He remember hat the desiinie. Of Ihi. gieatta.
iion depend upon portion OF the Anglo Saxon
race on the Western coast Of tbs great eontisent
The Sun which IL 10 give light 10 this glorious. |
powerful, and great nation be does not erpsrt TO
Iise on ihe horizon Of africa fGreat cheeripg.l !
lie also rsmenhers that civilization aad Lh,isti-
sniiv must GO on. hand IN hapd. under the Gov.
srnmesii nor does he think II right TO trucke TO
e'untry which deyo,s, hal its lime ia shn.sa hi.
nsion, whereby TO extend it, dpmin over India
IGfeat apPlausel thank you. srain grniIemen
OF heaaH Of Mr. Fillmnfs sad ~ill saw In eua'
elSs,on. that no TuSi Is high OF too noble Ior
hin TO DO honor 10. Dor TOO lev 10 satisfy his an
biiion; AMI whatever may he the issue Of N. an
Pea-hing ctntesi, EN- confident he will ever Be
tnunf an honest ratfiot, great and able states
man, an esimabl. private 70 tieman aud trne
feprrsebiAtse q Him who created mar in the
imsRe ofhis Maker. Mr. Putman onclused amid
the most enthusiastic applsuss.