Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1860-04-17

,,upI IT with feelings some" HAT Vi
'o"Nen vii add, with q little touch OF shame,
envy; ~" ,ras inspiring and cnnohling. We see
9es' tonight that all party feelings are sunk
c- the time, it, IN uaitcd effort 10 raise TO
is proper pinnacle where il must stand while
America is Il nation. tie name Of Henry
Clay. tApplmiSe.) WcI'arsheard the honor
cd tribute Iaid to his memory by one Of his
most constant rivals in politics, the late PrcSI-
DENT Of the United States. We have had the
calrmnies which stained The name Of Henry
CLAY in his lifetime long since Forgotten, and
here. once more, Virginia raises a shrine which
he shall occupy in her history beside the other
ilIrst.inus names whom she is IGNORING. But,
il seems TO me that Virginia has been in The habit
Of bcre,lins loo many distinguished %sonS-norc
than her share. daughter and applause " her
ever | have conc through this country. have
found distinguished sons Of Virginia. tApPlanse)
Six months AFRO, wien in France. Was IN Il
Churcl. N Il treat funeral parade, attended by
the elite and nobility Of Fraiicc. and there Oh
served that the ccrcniuny WAS presided over ny
distinguished Americans. rs the
church was with distinguished americans VIII"
were ON travelling tong through Europe the
gaze Of the French Irnple was attracted To-
wards them, and in the bier before us lay the
corusc OF a distinguished EIrglnlan, whose
death seemed To cas-, Il feeling Of sorrow over
all observation-disclosures and French alike. !
have travelled over Virginia anu have looked
down anon il from the summit OF the Blue
Ridge, and other elevated points, and ! have
been struck with tic fact that there have been
so many slrinrs where the %leart.oI America
shou,d urn hereafter. need not maine any
Of those places now 50 familiar 10 all yonr ears;
but this thought occurred TO nne-what n bless
ING il is to be born IN 4 free country. If Hen
nv Clay had been born III France, he would
probably have been eSiled IL Cayenne. II born
in Ireland. Inc wuniL have been hanged
lLaughter.)
Tolcr Gas the reporter heard iil-iou hntl
no Clay III ireland. MlIchel-Nt iau' !
| could name Robert Emmett. loud arplausc.)
But, grn;lcmc,, | have occupied loo lnnci
of your time. merely rose To express my
owu acknowledgements FOR the opportunity AZ,
fordcd ne 81 participating IN tue ceremonies OIL
the occasion. | l~rrycntlY express the hope
that Americans, WHO have II free country, VIII
know how to keep il; That they w'iI' WIN
valiant hearts. perpciliaie the blessings t'''l
now enjoy. (Applause.l
The President real tie following '~liSi'atrn,
lust received from New York:
The a~sllnnders nf New York send a greeting 10 Their
friends Of Virginia, who are now edihinGm0rn'lns 'IT m
dag Of America greatest man. W. L. p''''' Ne
This was received with loud applause.
The President proposed to acknowledge the
message bv drinking prosperity 10 tic Ash
landcrfs Club Of New York. The proposal WAS
Enthusiastically responded 20 over Il c"plou:
libation Of Champagne. -.
,t. f.,.a- ,r,rui =. .,rti,,nut IN ihr Mill
tary, as follows:
."Thc Mili,ary--It guarantees the lo''or Of
| the Union, and is the safeguard Of the States.
This sentiment was happily responded 10 by
Cant. Garland, Of ~Lynchbur..
Hon. John $. CaSkic. having been toasted,
arose, in response 10 Il loud call made upon
him, and said
Mr.. President, this call upoI, nc is certainly
most unexpected. ;ear ii somewhat inter
fcrcs with the regular order Of proceeding. !
came here, sir, 10 he Il I~istener only, and have
certainly been amply repaid. There arc gen,
,lenen from Il distance who, perhaps, III re-
sponsc 10 calls upon them, will better enter
| tain those vino are assembled here. They,
know, could not fail to lc much more welcoinr
to this audience than myself My voice Is very
| familiar to most Of ;hnS,. who are l;erc, in one
capacity or another. have often been heard,
and | TO not propose now To indul:c III any re-
Elections Of my own, bui, since have been
! called upon. will mention Il circumstance
in connection with him, in whose honor this
a~sSernbiaec has been convened, Which ca'i'I"',
tiiinl;, fail 10 he Interesting {" his irlrIidS Wl!d
are here present.
II was never my fortune even to hear Henry
| Clay speak. | had certainly no claim upon
him personally, nor Of any kind whatever
still, when | went 10 Washington, found him
4 member Of lie Senate, but soon stretched
| upon, villa, proved to he his bed Of death.
| felt as llic representative o! this district, that
il was not only my duty, bat my privilege Il
extend to him every mark OF consideration III
NV power. lie waS 50 feeble that the visits
| not only Of strangers hnt Of MS friends except
| those who should necessarily attend by his
| bedside, were forbidden; still, when 4 CON
mon friend spoke to him Of my disposition Il
yisi, him, he insisted that should colnc tc
him. never shall forget t!lat timc--.hc only
interview ever had with him. Feeble ant
wasted hv disease, he detained me in CONVERSE
ton about Virginia. and his ald i!ninc-hboul
the cn.uiv Of Hanover where he vas born,
and about Richmond which he knew 81 WE'LL
IIc detained me in conversation which Srcmc'
70 grow in interest with him, and kept me nm
I'll fearing for his health, WAS obliged, al
most abruptly, {" tear myself from NlEn
and | left him with impressions III my mlnC
Of the hold whicI! thc remembrance o! LIS
home AMI Of the whole State Of Virginia. la,
cvc,. retained in his affections, which vii
last me throughout ny life. One other re
mark. sir, and have lonc-anotllcr remark
called out by what had seen. Ny only con
ncc,ion with him was, as have said, in thl:
interview in his last sickness. 1T Is, alter TN:
lapse Of time, a pleasant remembrance 10 me
az think it must be 10 ri! who saw hun al
that time, that disease touched him 81 gently
that It's inruads were 50 gradual that when hi:
shirt uasscrl from his form, it passed, leaving
hrhinI il the caskct which was even tlicn w"r
thy Of the Jewel which it once cnslrincd.-
Loud applalse.J No man ever SAW Henry
(yav disiirurcd or contortrd hy disease. Hut
when my ewes last looked upon him, | fell
as cazcd tpon his statue, to-day, in yondcr
SQUARE. much tic same feeling Is when
looked upon him when sill living. lie wa:
then rs he appears Ia be in that monuIien
tai work OF respect ard homer 10 his memory
Mr.. Carter Lee next gave The great Cd Mas
sachusetts tea party. whcrenpon Dr. e. Aver
of Lowell, who was present, IN reply tHh very
general call from The asSeinhlage, respnhue|
as follows:
Mr.. presidcnt--Bcing Il stranger here, have
been g~ratilicd 10 see such evidence as this Vi
ciritv affords Of the cultivated tasteand cXuhc
rant prosperity which prevails among my 'el
low-countrymcn of Virginia. But y0u, gen
tle,neu of the South, mist not indulge in any
national pride, for although you grow the cot
ton that clothes the world it is our high destiny
nm there in the North to spin it. You MAKE
the sugar, and it is orr particular p%rovince AM
privilege TO produce the w~hlsicy that is lndls
~pcusahic 10 lis use. Your Savainahs outshin'
the Queen Of Sheha, hut New England has als'
her wide spreading fields of ice. Your ice help
=, c,cI tho nations Of the Garth, and Maine FIR
njsi,cs them with boards. Your granarie
rroan under their harvest loads, but Connect
cut supplies the clocks with woode" wheels
and thc seeds and other spices, sometimes sal'
TO he wooden also) Your soil Yields to'arc"-