New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1860-04-13

II tas sirs NJ h,,.e " 80 mr hasolp1
i one man nnIr yhs az, & ts e..e aAa.a, ~
inan Il Hsnry Ciay now ~ ~ III sass
believe be baa fIss natr;t; - - lss Wy poHex1
Il the occasian &, s and hfnaness eaai =
Il The counfrv yr.a ~.
the probable aenassa Il Ioe;ass In sPase q
| wei knnyrtr0 ~ si9s ~ ponHcai Iflehast ana
leading to fsccrs's;a q M 70 sne pathway
honestly entarta;rea III rs " p eRlnion
the character az 4 1se sss y,sS sssumea once more
into the Senate Hja cosars; .s rs i1MsFodleea n
first RELUCTANTLY agsensa II NV ~ w <s. y was as
ajy and IN oDpostiou H. n ~ I'm
n was y,assed rs ayac 5000 M s1SssE
nation Wag aoair, sssiefsd IN es.s ena tae
provided for the craIaai Lut dsss5s In,aS .
duties on imports still ufeseryed sie y y
nrntactio,, III nerics,1 1a,,xt~,- s ~ a
standard ~ hone raI1afian u s ,aa;s5 @ ~
Carolina and saved fT Country frn1s fhe 6rry,
~ frii -,ar ~ - s n A''e fvts
The strains of euoov in yr5,b r,y baort ,.1on,,ss
mo 10 sneal of tbja and rsaf sJ
might bs deemed etrauaganf t ne ss, s,
10 Won te LANGUAGE Of ctizsn Who as aiiiea M
h;Geat a,ca e ss III 80 ~ ~
III In INV dahe~ate - II ;d ~ e th y.
was INIT ane man I cs.ld X ~ 49,
course Of tings te feae ~ " ~. =
dissolve tts TISsc All ts,s =. =
II rareIv w :, saas man was henry CIay
and patriotic to rasnrd thar "a a ,r ~ u, =
Of history N chsractey ;rdaa ~ VI r5.
But If to have ureseyved t s,, ~ ~
Union from fatal n ~ W s
/ an immortal and nndSig uass, @ -.
/ do believe that IL IA wa ~ h;ratf t @ sash
renown SNEAK WITT III M ~ s. ,1ss ~. ss 49, A1
actor in the scenes Of that nsrilous re}ad e1 =
From aretirement % prSyafa I;fa NJ 5sef n, t.s
believed was to conuue rni,tryanfea ~, ~ - s n
Of hs days. ID Is49 XII GIay s srei ~ a "A
the unanimous vote of Tie Kenflcfx ~ fsrss
Ihe annsxation of Texas, q III prophsiie sisIon
of the most absorbing interest that rrraeea 3ksr
/ selves upon tie consideration ,f Cenrresx. ~ IN
admission Of California fto fhe unioSse 81.
| Ting of the boundaries az Texas I'D y,yfv;5rs
Of Governments for the new Terr;tares " ~ TffsE
and New Mexico. brpurht with fI,en, ~ carnIica-
tons Of the slavery question and cenvuiaed INV
country to its center. Above the diseord of party
calm and comprehensive uafriotisrn IF EFrs fIsv
rose like tower. r. 4 80
His uaasterIy intellect conceived h aivaucc ~
all the statesmen Of the day, q plan Of conciiiasion
and compronisc No sooner yaa ID snp,;ftas III
the Senate than Il ercnsntered frnr, N,rsh e,y
South storm of opposition which thfrasanei 4,
bear ii down Bnt MI (.Iav was sot sssl,esrSsnaS
His courage rather sI1onufed With occaaioY, Il and
with the difficulties that spraug up around him.
! Once more the 1J;on xvaa ard fIo ;s,s
| n tla naticn ,sif iad snse;,s g - II - - -
saviour Henry Clay. {
Thus do we behold him for lie third time the
/ confessed preserver Of the Unicn What living
statesman can with Justice lay claim to an equal
service rendered to his country once?
Born in the midst of the revolution, Mr. Clay ID
herited the pure patriotism of those urfneyal
4 times. He was in every sense an American. He
loved his country with an ardor and devotion HAT
enter not into the sluggish breast Of the selfish ana
heart beat for her honor her glery and the perpe.
tuity Of her free institutions In truth could he
have said, in the language Of Demosthenes prom
Il the beginning chose an honest and straightfor-
ward course IN politics. support the honor. the
power, the glory of my contributes to exait in
4 these to have my being.'
4 It was the disinterestedness Of this patriotism
i which, in the perls of domestic diacord, caused
the nation to turn to him for counsel He eseenied
to stand upon an eminence elevated above the
n fogs of party and to survey with calm ana iis
/ passionate eye broader field than others could
scan who gathered round him. Governed BY
\ the impulses of magnanimous, benevolent and
just nature, he could look with fairness and for
bearanee upon the excuses Of party and thus,
/ by spirit of Just moderation he became enabled
to control them.
But whilst he thus loved his country, his heart
was full of sympathy for the sacred cause of liberty
throughout the universal world. He realized in
i it's fullest force the sentiment that
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,n,, h. hail, o,o aat ,ar, I'm II e.,s ne fs
with gigantic throb athwart he sea
Z Each others rights and wrongs thus are We aasn- (
/. And actuated by a sympathy thus enlarged and
sublime h lined XII eIerin, yaice aJoft m hahaii
of styurqliug Greece and IN order 10 obtain tbe
! recorntion of did indenendence az South America
Mr.. Canning, in the House Of Commons, boasted,
with reference ID South America. that here he had
: q called 4 new world int, exstance vi int I'll
truth of history awards that distinguished honoi
. not to him but to Mr.. CLAY. Mr.. Clay Was the
first statesman in the world To r,rouose , pracurt
: the recogntion of these South American States
And il ia well known that but for our previous re.
: eopntion of them. England would not. said Mr.
Rnsh. have taken the s1bseguen ut step of ackpoWI
edgine them. . IA
Nature endowed Mr.. CLAY with no common now.
ers. His intellectual faculties we're Of the highest
order There was no subiecf IN Gayernment M
abstruse that his mind could not fatom III loves
depths. He entered upon the nlnutest details 81
the most Intricate Questions showing TIE cOmplcte
ness of bis mastery over them. His knowledae 81
tie history Of his own country and her Constitu
tion and laws was most annie and accurate. Iii.
most nrofonnd Arguments hi possessed fha rar,
faculty of makno intejljobe IA ffe r,lasf rI,fier
, standing His snseehes1 are remsrkablF far snaig
tical mower centinunus and s,,atairfed arfnrnetif
and 8 ear, ond ;rras;,t;hla cjoprE ~ a1osz,a,,o
u q nei anu u ssto -
ara Any one Of his areat esrta woplS have beei
enoueh fo sntitle him Ia the hi0l,ast rank anon
statesmen and oratara. In fhe mere logic chan
ming of the court-house. Others NAV have eycelIaa
9 him. buf n force and directnegs On REASONING
9 none among bis cotemporaries was his superior
: His WISDOM his rapid perceptions Of right and
: wrong, the frankness of his nature, his love o.
/ truth and honor, the absence IN him Of All mear
y arts, his purity Of purpose, bis unquaiing cour
age, me afdof oi hls temperament. tns Marmti a!i
ana earnessness VI hs eInoLols, Ilsesseu niA W.
an, an eA.raoroinary power o. coMm5nd eyer eyer men