The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1879-05-21
VOLUME XIII.

ence, with blazing eve and = c,.r,,en...
strongly expressive OF Grmness ami dec5siIn
ms gestures were in HARMONY 1-itb ~
1Siits, and has voice rang out Ii ke a cario,,
: nc occasion was grand one 1t va. his
" EI9t 10 irginIa since his departure for
e'ie " - an obscure boy with neither fortune
nor lIhuence- lie came back in the uaturit,
oi ms lame, invested with the highest parlia-
inehlafy distinctions, aud the highest national
[ honors apparently only awaiting biz demand
lie wa received by both houses Of the gener-
a. assembly IN the hall OF representatives. and
liie spacious Hobbies and galleries wer. crowd
"a win the great lawyers Of Virginia and the
most brilliant OF her women.
~ was sublime moment when the great
tribune rose amidst the acclamations OF thar
august assembly; and though he was a man ~
IRON nerve and wonderful self-possession. he
TtLnbled with emotion.
With lew well-cho-en words. slowly acceu-
tuated, his right hand upon hi- bosom, his face
iull ol pdthos, has eyes fearful, his voice mod
ulated To It's most musical tones ne referred 10
the feeling that overpowered him on his return
to the sacred soil of Virginia Neither dis
tance nor time nor the vicisStudes OF fortune
mad ehaced or even affected bis reverence. and
ne returned to her the representative Of her own
children, piouder OF her reception than he would
be OF the imperial purple
50 Breathes there a man ,oiL so,d 50 dead-"
And here he paused Tor several minutes,
looked around confused and bewiIdered while
sympathetic thrill ran through the vast as
7enbly, and there was a death-ike stiffness.
All at once his eye flashed and he said
Who never to himself hath said.
ms ~ my arm, ing aGtirc ia,d2
Whose heart had ne'er within him burned,
A. home hls footsteps he hath turned,
From wandering on foreign strand2
II such there breathe. go mark him well;
For him no minstrel raptures swell;
High though his titles, power, or pelf,
The wretch concentrated all in self
Living, shall forfeit fair renown,
And, doubly dying, shall 60 down
To the vile dust from whence he sprung
Unwept, unhouored. and unsung."
The whole audience rose to their feet. There
was tumult of applause. Hats, handker-
chiefs and Shawls were in the air. Many OF
the most venerable members LETT their seats
and rushed to shake hands with Mr. Clay
The old Virginia feeling Of brotherhood was
fully aroused, and it was quarter OF an hour
before order could be restored
1t was always mootcd point whether this
was iona Fde lapse of memory on the part of
Mr.. Clay, or a ruSe of the cunsummate orator.
In the celebrated debate in the House Of
Representatives in 1911 on the seizure and
annexation OF West Florida, the famous Jo-
siah Quincy, decidedly the most eloquent man
Massachusetts ever sent to Congress, took
strong ground against it, and, in the course OF
his magnificent orations dr0ued the strongest
Suites rights and secession sentiments He closed
his speech with these words
Sir, ! confess it, the first love of my heart
is for the commonwealth OF Massachusetts,.
There is my freside; there are the tombs OF
my ancestors"
Low lies that land, yet blest with fruitful
stores"
IJero no ,auz.d. Iaol-aJ or,urJ ar,barrossad
though waiting to be prompted-paced up
the aisle-huried back To his stand, and
claimed:
Strong are her sons, tho rocky her shores ;
And none, an none. so lovely to my sight
OF all the lands which Heaven o'erspreads
with light
1t may well be imagined what effect was
produced. j. +. III. CLAIBORNE.
NATHEZ March y. 1879.