New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-04-13
CELEBRATION OF HENRY CLAYS
BIRTHDAY

CELEBRATION OF HENRY CLAYS
BIRTHDAY.
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The CLAY Festival Association celebrated the egifys
fourth anniversary of the birthday Of the great sats
man and patriot, Henry Clay, last evening BY dimes
at the St. Denis Hotel. American flags canopied the
PLATFORM and streamers ran round the ROOM producng
very pleasing effect. Beneath the flags was sus-
pended the banner upon which was inscribed, Clay
Festival Association, organized MDCCCxLv." On
the raised platform at the head of the table, were
seated the President, II. c. Niles, esq. the Rev. NJ.
Weston and the Hon. Erastus Brooks; Capt j. J..
Comstock Of the Baltic; s. H. HaIlet, esq. Geo. w.
Quintard, esq.; d. Lewis, IT,, ESQ.,, and Geo. W.
Brown, esq. 49,
I Arrangements were made for seventy-fye guese4
and all the ats occupied Ii was the first public
dinner given at the St. Denis and the host Mr.. Bal
com, deserves great credit for tie style in which bis
part of the programme was conducted. Dodworth's
Band furnished the instrumental music, and Messn.
Colburn, Nash, Molten Paige, and Camp, the vocal.
The Rev. Mr. Weston said grace.
After some hours devoted to feasng and music, the
President, II. c. Miles, esq, opened the intellectual
treat by brief address, in which he gave history Of
the Association. lie then read the first toast;
Tire 12h dap1 AprI 17T1-tle BItaGay@ Hsnry Ctot-
We celebrate Til. anniversary with and melancholy la
tere-t Ghe political events which daily transpag
drnonrate to the world that Henry Clay undoubted
patriot and true statesman well deserving ri an annual com
end that his measures were right he would rather be set
Music Here's to you. Harry Clay"
This was responded to by a song written and sungby
VIM. G. Nickel, esd, the company joining in the
chorus:
Oh Henry Clay, thi, Is thy Ns.al Day.
Each couiugy,1
Tho thou hast psssd away.
The second toast was:
Political Prinples nazn and Massyes Of tae uho
pre,edhi' coratys g9y 90 A isdi.dua! gni1-The:s arc
BE OF brass aud he best proves the sincerity Of h de-
yotOn to them who spgr all alliance with fanatics o. traitors.
Music-The Fine Kentucky Gentleman
After the Festival Song" by Nash and Coleman.
and the wreathiDg of the bust of Henry Clay with a
chaplet of flowers, the third toast was announced:
III 81 sG sS sR% nd. % s.1 a nd
enoe Pscs property Gnon and Re.dsd the land
he anew no North, no South. no East, 10 West"
Ne; fss Himself, but for his coantry's sake;
Music-st.r Spangled banner.
The Hon. Erastus Brooks called upon to respond
10 the second and.hird toasts
He said that since the election OF Mr.. Lincoln, in
November last, until the present day, perhaps made
more memorable by what had occurred than even that
day, he he'd not opened his month i'll public. Tho
troubles q! the past TuOjNns nan Ut
parure from the co1nses Of our fathers Some Of Us
nj the North had undertaken to be judges OF our
brethren at the Soutbto si in judgment upon the In
stutons and the customs with which they have IRON
t, ennipanermenf nf their existence been identified;
elimination and recTia.iDarjon both tides,
that, instead of becoming and closely bound
toe Their. these sections have divided further aud
further ssunder; and the remark OF southern clergy
the Rev. DIR. Thouyena Of South Cardinal, that
the agitation Of the slaye-trade in the South was
merely IN extreme generated by the violence Of
Northern opinion in opposition 10 Slavery, and which
was advoca I'd by small party at the South who
were determined not to be outdone in extravaganza,
was undoubtedly true
Mr. Brooks then referred to the times when the
States OF all parts of the country united against
a common enemy, and 10 the experiments of q colonial
government, government Of federated States aud
finally thai of the Constitution under which had been
prosperity from tie day of Its adoption onward. He
for laying hold Of that Constitution and for up
holding il but not the Constitution construed by those
present by the Speaker By the President of the
Cuitej States Of to-day or OF las. year, Of years
gone oy but as cos rued by it, authorized exponent
the Supreme Court
Il was time that all good and true men had an UNDER
standing with each other. II was time that
party platforms tTampled in the dust. II
lime 10 see whether we had country or not; TO zee
whether We had a Government or not Dir. Brooks
referred 10 the last with Great Britain, and said
there were in those days seceders in NewEngand as
there now seceders in in South Carolina. There
were men who said that declaring upon the prin-
ciples upon winch that declared was sufficient
use for secession Anything was preferable TO civil
war. Mr.. Brooks concluded by quoting Mr.. Gays
last speech:
MI President have aid whs, olernl belleveth, the
dissolution thu Union and war ieaca and n,ePerabs;
thst they convertible terms
Sgch war as that would be- following Tie dissolution Of the
rrini Sir we psy search tie psgcs Of orv aud pone 40
furious bloody, 20 impdcGhe eSierns'iog fTom tho
of Greece down, incud those q the commonwealth OF
with such violence Conducted ia snch blood
shed and enoues viii that war which shs follow tst dis-
eyen--if hat event hsppensol dissolution"
The fourth toast
The Hoa JOAN. CrifteaSsa-A honor 20 the venerable
wbo following in the path the ln.rous Clay, and
OF the closing acts Of hs brilliant political
deavors by just and liberal Of PROMISE, to pre-
,erye or restore TO his country pe.ee aud union'
My principle stale care OF The bnipn-conp orise-do
ANYTHING rs IL Is the palladium Of goyenmen.-tske a
IL, and il " III take care of you"
Communicating Prhie END rrayeF en- igh ascend.
prsi,e for light like thee to point the way.
Prayer. that e may MOI lose toy !egyent ray
TIL Heaven another star liAe thee shall send"
ST. Tc Pcs5hs source OF sli power and the legitimate
origin Of ell government in RepabS fys5y soyeto@ss,
- The greatest CORY Of i free born people
l. 20 tTansmi, that freedom to their children"
Music-Hsil Columbia
6tb Our Coun,y-we repeat appropriate, tn. .ertiment
Henry Clay the festive board in 1929: Let Us never de-
spsr OF The American Republic"
- Beware of desperate ster,--the darkest day,
Live I'LL Tomorrow will have passed vwsy'
Musi.-Oft IN the Silly Di.ht.
9th WbtSeis seoThs salan. patriot tho col.
der whose base in the field eqused by his wisdom IN
hi distracted country the blessing Of union peace and hap
pinrss
Music fIdl to the Chiegn
The twelfth toast was:
The The duElatos Of Gore,Hsess-Foo~ n~
People end for the Peeplewhenever its opeaion, from any
the g bat the duty OF the People 70 alter and Amendn
Music" There good tine coming
The 18th toast was:
Tie Women of ne igeyot le patriotic than the womeuof
their asItraions must