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Clay, Calhoun, and, Webster.
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h"u now, uiSni>s lof the present, all
these lca,ling characters, save Clay, and
no lungor dwell on linn as distinctive CHAR
actcr, but as one of Il mighty trio, Clay,
Calhoun, and Webster, who to us we've,
what Pitt, Fox, aud Graltan were to England.
]. In social lie-in marriage, for exam
PIe-Clay wond have pressed forward with
Coup q Etut," like an ancient Bri,on, IL
sturdy Welrhluan III G!cndower's day, an
Arabian ChIct, each one of whom, would
have seized his reluctant bride, and borne her
to his home.
Calhoun would ponder long and warily.
and with curcuinspection, like Il European
Monarch, who ucg goti;,;es match, for par
poses of State.
Aud Webster, Ike Prince Hal V; Of
Eng land, who wooed and won without d.
plonacy, the gentle Katherine, the daugl.-
ter OF the due dc R-ign;rr, and nutl,"r of
llc"ry W. % England, the victim OF that
shc-wolf Of France, Margaret Of Aniou and
the Bloody Gioster, in the Tower ot Lon
don.
2. In forensic drlate-tlle forte Of Clay,
was his rcSi>,less Eloquencc-oi Calhoun,
his s"Ph'Sn', and wonderful puwcr of met
"phys'cnl o'squ>l'ion, aud as:u'v a,aly>s,
It'll Nchslcr, .! open and solid argument.
8. as Il Historian Clay would have been
Il speculative lhcorisl-CaIrun Il Scrp,ic
AMI Examiner, and Webster would have
been guided by Example and ll.: Facts.
4. y disappointment, i'll struggle for
d"'n'ulon, Clay wuu!i have felt viii! the
pr'ck1ng OF The l,uss vi Pride an.l Amki-
''on Dail =, ,-C..!lipun, with the restless tc-
ver OF defiant discomfort, - aud Webster
would hay. encountered it., with calm and
l'hi!uSrp,icai conpu>urr.
.. La administering Government. Clay
would have been both compromising and
conservative Calhoun, hca!struuy, rcS,!c>,
aud dciant-W eh>Ivr, for standing OH tic
LAWS aud th- Constitution.
q. .iS Monarch Clay would have pre-.
'vrtcd 10 have hc',n an !Aulu:rat--C;,ihunn
an Athcncam Ar:lluu, elevated uu the broad.
est principles Of Democratic suisrayc.-a.d
Webster woald have liked "A limited and
constitutional Monarchy.
I. Asa Historic chascatcr, Clay rcscm-
!'ie> Tie chivaIruuS and daring lI.nrv V.
Of England, on The licl oi Agincourt. char.
g:ny with visor up, anl lance, couchaat, III
rest. against the in;iic'l and wiling, bold
and mocklng, mad anL l"v"rish Percy, The
r"douh.ablc and uniaunicd Iloispur- Prince
Hal. swift bearing on astrilc his r:ciiy
,aI'arisonrd and wrl!.housed white steed,
his uo>triiS w;crxpari.lcd, and challenging.
ticrre neigh, his White name streaming on
his bodily upliftcd crest. and waving tail.
flashing wildly the mad aud sulphur charged
wind, carecrug DER the field Of battle, while
Percy bounds with II defiant shout, 10 meet
him, iii the lung"d.or conflict. Calhoun.
the subtle stra.cgiSt, the calculating Saain,
who's. Damascus Scymelar flashes through,
the severed neck Of tucnan, who not till
they u"d their heads, that they are detached
from their bodies-whii- Webster, Gear de
Lion, in arms. hnrs his ponerous battle
axe, with colossal strength, until the mailed
links fly apart, and the descending weapon
yrinds homes, and blood, and fire, into one,
um'liatingul>llablr, shapcleSs mass Of Juve-
>pI!itcd, lightning ng-slrickrn humanity.
8. They are like three different streams
of equal volume. Clay, like ST. Antllony's
Falls, ora Cataractic, Niagaric, Cascade,
flashing in creamy foam, and Rainbow
Beauty, caring and hissing in tn,nutuous
cddies, ,ealsing OH, inpaticnly pressing
forward, to search the blue and tranquil
depths, or earnestly crowdinc Oh, Lrtwixt
high rocky shores, begirt with ignous TO-
rest nolarchs, its banks all fringrd with
vines and flowers, sweeping like the streams
that feed the Mediterranean blue, drawing
ii world Of waters through Bosph.ric passes
and Hnrculean Straits, with IN undercurrcnt
gliding slow beneath, AMI both to and fro,
Points AID Pro-pontis, through the Kscan
Seas, by rock-gir Isles, scorning the muddy
Nile, out into the blue depths Of Old Oreans
multitude "PotaphioSJoio IhaiusScs" waves
Calhoun, multitude Of finnumcrable st,eanh,
washing The mountain basis. threading
with winding and devious course, the many
tangled woods aud gloomy forest depths.
and stealing swiftly throug il ten thousand
v'lIies, and gathering all together 10 make
lis grand debut, 10 the unfa,homablc deep,
dctianlly to breast the winds, that sweep
the bosom of the illimlabIe field Of waters,
and Webster, Ocean self pealing n roa-
ring voices, and in laundering tones, its ev-
erl;lsting anthems, round the rock-bull
shores, that hem about the hnb;lutions OF
the children of Almighty God.
o: And Clay, again, Planet, like the
he'y M"is, henaciiSiy streaming through
the fields OF space Calhoun, like Mercury,
swift in his tlig int, close round the Sun, dense
nd constant 10 its centie of attraction,
hasing the living creatures that tread upon
t, SO that they cannot leap six inches above
IS exacting, and incxorable surface; and.
Webster, like Jupiter, boldly aspirant to
"snutf the Moon," and with his playful
absence OF n strong attraction, permitting
living things, TO leap, mile high, up to-
wards Heaven, or Saturn, feeding not on
Infants. but devouring Giants at u gulp;-
Clay, like Aurora, heraldng the Day.Spring
OF Creation Calhoun, the baIefuI Syrius,
the raging Dog.Star of the skies; and, Wet
ster, the superseen and all.seeing North Star
OF tue Upper Deep! IL
10. In Music, Clay would have loved to
listen TO the ringing tones Of the war.bugles'
4 I--ss t.sc r..