Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1860-04-16


said that hs declared the second war as.init
Great Britain. His speeches were % many irsm-
pet calls to his countrymen 70 repeal the systsma-
tic insolencs and tyranny Of government which
hoped. thst since Washington was gone; We might
be reduced again By forcs Or fraud 70 colonial yas-
salage. In the management Of this question Mr..
Clay exhibited 90 many Qualities Of 8 treat com
mandsr-urged fesbls and slmosf pEostrsts
country TO take up arms against . nighsS power.
with such sublime aadaeity that u wAs s.fieesly
contemplated. II not actually propossa ~ Nj.
Madison. to place him n he head of or ssny.
The desigu was abandoned, becauss his ssrsicss
In Congress were indispensable. It ID only leu
for to avoid or reverse the disasters which fell
upon our arms in the commencement ~ ths son-
fict. We shonld be mindfai Of The snssr 70
which we may expose ourselves by beooming pro-
ny instances our own age Furnishes of The biting
truth Of the sentence passed BY the histosian on
Galba, "Onsniam sonsensu, copdp isspaf( Nh
imperassct sct"-but Of this We may rest assured,
that he would have justified. on . stefnsr Asld.
what he claimed in the civic contest, when he
which feared nothing bat its Maker. The szam-
pie Of serene intrepidity; or, II necessity, Il
daring courage. would have been offered 70 oar
soldiers. Fortune" ~ Bossuet said, "would
have had no power over him, either Ia the
evils he foresaw, or IN those which surprised
him. His would hato been the spirit Of the
undaunted nnd dauntlesa- Hector, who neither
asked nor cared for signs, or omens, or auspi-
ces-
Without a align, his sword the brave man draws,
And asks no omen but bic Oountfy's cause"
The honor of the country vindieatsd, Mr.. Clay
was called to take part 10 the negotiations ut
Ghent which led TO the treaty Of peace. Il 10
matter Of history that to him We are indebted for
depriying Great Britain Of the free navigation Of
the Mississippi-a prstension very eheetually dis
posed Of shortly after the signing Of the sfeaty,
limit victory at Now Orleans. l may mention
here, as bearing on the probable value Of the sab
marine telegraph that the obnoxious Orders In
Council which constituted the salient point In our
controversy with England, had been revoked ma
ny days before the declaration Of war our part.
and peace had been concluded several weeks be-
fore before the battle Of the Eighth Of January.
Returning to America, Mr.. Clay wss wsloomsd
BY the plaudits Of the whole country, and rssum-
ing his place In Congress, under what he regard
cd rs tho greater necessity, renewed his plans for
tho encouragement Of domestic industry and the
development Of the national resources BY works of
internal improvement To these be now added.
by . change Of opinion, tho advocacy Of Natio-
nal Bank. rendered necessary 10 tho judgment Of
large majority Of the leading men, BY the Anan-
cal condition OF the country. These measures,
together with his celebrated Land Bill, introduced
at later period rounded Of and completed the
national system with which his name, his elo-
quencc. and his fame have been and will be, in
dissolubly connected.
A. passing word is due TO the brilliapA episode
In Mr. Clay's Congressional career, whom, with oil
the energy Of his ardent nature and the full pow
or of his hery eloquence, he advocated the cause
of the patriots Of South America, and somewhat
later, Of insurgont GrCece. His speschsA on these
subjects among tho finest Of hie lifs-one Of
them was translated by order Of Bolivar and read
at tho head Of the army to animate the itful cou-
rage Of his troops. To those who now behold the
disturbed and pitiable condition of our Southern
neighbors--or to those who ooldly judge OF the
policy or morality OF nations by their success or
failure. these efforts in behalf Of oppressed and
struggling nntionalties may appear TO be visiona-
ry and improper-but they are honorable to the
nature Of the man, and show, as he nobiy said
that his sympathies were with the masses OF man
kind. May the counsels offered in vain to ano-
ther people return to find favor here, and exert
their hnppiest influence upon his own cpuntry-
men
In the Missouri question was now presented on
the national that fearful issue which threat
enoj the existence Of our Union Mr.. Clay won
his grand title of Pacfcator by what was vainly
rega, ded as final settlement Of tho question
but which was 10 truth, but the dropping Of the
curtain on the frst act of dstracting drama
destined ut intervals TO convulse the nation for
forty years. and whose end is not yet.
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