Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1860-04-13
"Wi.hou' a sign, his sword the brave man draws,
And asks no omea but his Country's cause"

The honor Of the country indicated Mr. Clay was called
TO take part in the negotiations Client which led to the
treaty OF peace 1t matter of history that to him we
indebted for deprvng Great Britain of the free
i-a.ion of the MssisSpp-a preensiOn very eiectuiy
disposed of shortly after the signing of the treaty but
before rs arrival in this country be the brilliant victory
Of New Orleans. may mention here bearing the
probable value OF the submarine telegraph that the OBJ
noxious Orders in Council which constituted the salient
point in our controversy with England had been revoked
many days before the declaration OF part and
peace had been concluded several weeks before the bat
lie of the Eighth OF January
Returning TO America, Mr. Clay was welcomed by the
pauds Of the whole country and reSuming his place in
Congress under what he regarded the greater neces
" renewed his plans for the announcement of domestic
industry and the development of the national resources
by works OF internal improvement To these he now
added, by change Of opinion, the advocacy of a Ma
toual Bank rendered necessary in the judgment OF
large majority OF the leading men, by the financial cOnd-
ton Of the country These measures together with his
celebrated Land Bill Introduced at later period round
ed oil and completed the national system with which his
name his eoquence and his fame have been and will be
ndissolubly connected.
passing word il due 20 the brilliant episode in Mr.
Gays Congressional career wheu with all the energy OF
his ardent nature aud the full power of his fiery eo.
Quence he advocated the of the patriots of South
America and somewhat LATER OF insurgent Greece His
speeches on these subjects among the finest of his
ieone Of them translated by order of Bolivar and
L
age Of his troops To those who behold the disturbed
and pitable condition of our Southern neighbors-or to
those who co'dy Judge Of the policy morality OF ac-
tons by their failure these efforts in behalf of
oppressed aud struggling naionalties may appear be
visionary and imlroper-but they honorable the
nature Of the man, and show he molly said that his
sympathes with the masses Of mankind May the
cOunses offered in vain another people return to find
favor here and exert their happest influence upon his
own countrymen.
Ia the Missouri question was presented the
national THAI fearful issue which threatened the
existence Of Union. Mr. Clay won his grand title of
Pdcihcaor by what yanly regarded as a final settle
ment OF the quesion-but which was in truth but the
dropping of the curtain the first OF distractng
destined intervals convulse the nation for
forty wears, and whose end is not yet.
Under the prestige OF this and the subsequent
incidents Of his Congressional life he before the
American people in 1924 a candidate for the Presi-
dency and from that momeat may date his decline
in popular favor Up TO that peroi be had been borne
along on foodde Of popularity, md there is scarcely
reasonable doubt that his had been of the three
presented 10 the House Of Representatives, he