Daily gazette and comet. (Baton Rouge, La.) 1856-186?, 1860-05-09

W. tVutt wv bV f"N'H WV ''"'
les Of the Nation Co. heart, bu
they do not discover 10 ne an ad
dltionsl wrinkle on his brow. Mr.
Dc vidson shows his good sense n
this he II . philosopher M wei
as q statesman.
.Anaivsp.--Col James A Me
iiatton aud lady, FROM Charleston
arrived In town yesterday, In good
health and spirits. Col Meditation I.
not yet In favor OF dissolution Of
The Union.
Clay AND CALHous.--From the ora
ton OF Mr. u. I. Barbour, delivered
al Richmond, Virginia, on the 18th
instant, on The occasion Of The In.
auguration OF the Clay statue, we
take the following passage
Divested OF It's personal features.
the antagonism between the sena.
tors Of South Carolina and Ken.
lucky was markeg ss IN other IN.
stances. The one gloried in the con.
temptation Of the vastness of his
Countrywide other thought Il nee.
essafy 60 watch with closest scru.
tiny, II not suspicion, the deIicste
relation OF the different members
Mr.. Clay, as the native If one state
and The adopted, child Of another.
considered the divisions between
the states M lines which policy
drew, but which affection should
not regard. Mr.. Calhoun watched
them Ne iealopsly as the founder
OF Rome guarded his growing walls
which, not even brother might
leap over with impuuity. One ex.
pended his time and talents In Gu.
rious dissection of the body polite.
tracing It's wonderful and 90 him
too fearful anatomy the other
sought TO endure Il with tealth and
htrengtb, make II instinct with
beauty. Or ir I may add another
illustration, the gopth Carolina. IN
bis more hopeful moments. regard.
ed the Union az a constellation.
deriving its fustre and grandeur
from the brightness OF each partic.
u'ar star the kentuckian found
the image u his country IN somc
grand river, like Our giant Missis.
sippi, each valley sending tie rift,
and lofty mountains speeding their
torrents to swell lie rapid tide. On
its banks he saw fertile fields and
happy homesteads The blended
sounds ct manifold industry went
up from pleasant villages and state.
~ cities on its bosom were count.
Less vessels laden with the products
aud fabrics Of land framed In the
prod'gali,y Of nature ; and thus
crowned with the trophies Of agri.
culture and Of art, he saw Il rush. |
ing to the sea, aud delivering 90
white.winged commerce the bread !
TO feed, aud the raimont to clothe |
the world.
Posterity will do justic TO both |
Of these great men--to the politi. |
cal speculations of the one. and
The remarkable executive ability Of |
The other--for therein was the dit. |
ference which made their paths |
more and more widely divergent. |
one was a statesman, grasping
with present difficulties The other
a dreaming philosopher, following
principles as the prince Of eastern |
'ablc followed his arrow beyond the
habitations OF man. beyond the
bounds of probability. In their
this antagonism was
equally manifest. Que was tho or.
scle OF bounding hope
"Aud his eye tindied
WIN The prophecy 81 glorious years.
The other became the prophet Of
voc. aud trembled, like the ancirp,
'ythoness, under the agony of his
'wn forebodinga---
There was . ls,enlng FEAR IN his regard
As " calamity had hut berunl
- " the ssnwsrd cieud OF evil d.,.
, msa spest thelr malice, spa the suiiso rear
a.. I'm "s .'o,ea thunder ,secrins mp.
One went down TO the grave in
y'oom and sorrow, bcwailing the
ate OF the "souih--the poor SOUTH
the other, with his latest articu
alton, blessed that Union which
o believed was TO be the assur.
ncc ofhappiness TO an Underlined
endless, perpetual pos.
erityr indebted