Daily American organ., 1856-04-18
WHOLE NO. 45O.
birthday Of Henry Clay.

i
Ger gives the following account of Governor Hunts
speech at the Clay Festival in that city the 18th
i instant
/ The second toast, to g The Political Principles
of Henry Clay-lessons of wisdom for the guild
ance of the nation" brought Ex-Governor Wash
ngton Hunt to his feet, and In spite of indisposi-
tion he spoke at considerable length on the polit-
cal topics of the day He thought that, when the
storms OF faction are loudest and when the polit-
cal sky is darkened by threatening clouds, it is
one of the consultations of patriotism to recur TO
the example OF Henry Clay, whose place in the al.
fections OF the people second only to that oc-
cupied by the Father OF his Country. In these
days, said Mr.. Hunt, II has been considered wise
| and patriotic by some for whom we have been &C.
customed TO entertain friendly and high regards to
| denounce compromises to object to all measures
by which extreme sections and conflicting interests
are brought to harmonize ; aud to such he held up
| as an example the compromising spirit Of Henry
| Clay, and reminded them that the Union and the
Constitution of the States were the result of COM
promise, and were only to be peipetuated by that
| spirit.
| He regarded the repeal of the Missouri Compro-
mise as great wrong and great misfortune; but,
| having been consummated the question arises,
| what can be done to remedy the evil? He acquit-
ted the South of all blame In the matter, believing
| that II they had been consulted in advance, ma
jorty would have been found for adhering to the
bond as settlement Of the question forever; and,
entertaining this view, he thought it both wrong
and injudcious to wage sectional war against the
| people OF the South. In aluding to the Compro-
| mice of 1850 as the last great act of Henry CLAY,
| and the exceptions taken to it in the North he
avaled himself OF the opportunity to eulogize Mr..
| Fillmore, and to defend him against the assaults
made upon him for signing that law, which he was
bound to do by every principle of honor aud duty,
under the pledge concerning the exercise of the
uatn wwh,o ,oh he rI.c
(Par parenthesis, this aluson to Mr.. Fillmore was
loudly applauded by the company
Mr.. Hunt then went on to consider the present
position of the Wing party, and the refusal the
conservative section Of it to follow those who had
renounced it both In name and principle, and de-
clared that he, for one, would cling to and main
tain the principles of Henry Clay to the latest day
| of his life. In regard to what the Wings should
do, he said it not for him to speak for Others
but he considered that, notwithstanding the strife
and confusion of parties that now exist, the new
names that have been assumed the new topics that
have been presented, there are thousands and tens
of thousands of Henry Clay Wings spread over
the vast expanse of this republic; and, whether
the party is declared disbandcd or, not, there is
still large portion of the American people who
adhere to his principles, and will maintain aud carry
them into effect
In conclusion, he remarked that, 30 far as the
Wings Of New York are concerned, il is not to be
doubted that, in due time, they will counsel to-
gether. They will come to an understanding;
they will convene, and deliberate, and xnslder the
true condition of the country, and ador ~ course
which is best calculated to restore p19o and har-
mony to the Confederacy, and place ~ Constitu-
ton and the Union upon an imperisAAbe founda-
tion and will sustain candidate or affiliate with
no party that is not true to those principles and
to that policy which the Whig party maintained in
its best and palmiest days. The applause with
which the address was greeted conclusively de-
monstrated that the sentiments uttered by Mr..
Hunt were responded to by every one present.
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SENATOR SEWARD ON KANSAS As we have re-
peatedly said respite from the agitation about
Kansas is to be expected until after the Presiden-
tial election. Whether Kansas ever comes In as a
free State not il is at present in state Of bon
dage most complete and irremediable. Il is bound
to the chariot wheels of violent agitation over the
prospective Presidency. It seems as though the
political leaders Of the day, at least Of one party,
we're willing to forego the consideration of those
other momentous questions affecting the welfare
Of the country, if only they may be enabled to pro-
claim themselves conquerors on this single issue.
Nowywe feel as strongly as any the wrong done to
the free States by the repeal Of the Missouri Com
promise, the mischief wrought throughout the
Union by the needless and unprovoked agitation
of the slavery question, the fitness Of Northern
men standing up for their rights as firmly as do
the men Of the South and the desrableness of free
institutions in the to be State of Kansas But we
do not believe that agitation is the best remedy
for agitation that sectionalism is the safe andote
to disunionism; or that revolution and rifles are
the surest heralds of civil freedom. We believe
further that with Congress-, and not with the Chief
Magistrate rests the right Of deciding all the vexed
questions connected with the Kansas difficulty,
and that therefore President of this Republic
should be chosen not alone because he expresses
t1orh fb4so Av,,to oP
free State or for its admission slave State, but
for the qualities which in the aggregate adapt him
for that circle of authority and influence the centre
Of which is this vast Republic, and the crcumfer-
cnce the worldly. Y. Com. Adv
TIE EsRxY AT WoRK.-The New York Express
says, and It Is matter of great concern:
Only blind nan cannot see what determined
energy the Romish Hierarchy are entering the
Presidential contest. Before any of our merely
political conventions to nominate President were
held, the spectacle was presented of grand con-
vention Of Romanists at Buffalo, the leaders OF
which we're Bishops and priests owing foreign
allegiance, ostensibly for the purpose of encour-
aging what they call Catholic colonization, or Cath
olc colonies In Canada and the West; but really,
as there are the best Of reasons to believe for the
purpose of organizing for the approaching Presi-
Dental election. Jesuitism works in the dark,
with thousand DISCUSSES on, and wearing as many
plausible faces, but in land like this where the
masses of the people enjoy the blessings of public
education it is more difficult undertaking TO con
ceal its intentions, than it is in those countries
which have been, and are now, overshadowed with
the ignorance, credulity, and superstition, which
are the natural fruits of priestcraft and foreign
domination.
II was closely upon the heel of this Convention
at Buffalo that number Of their clergy and laity
perambulated the country from New York to New