The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1880-08-28


r. derS, and the ncapacity of all Of them /
IL ihe commencement of thc war. had hruugl
e. about series OF shameful disaster, Whir
III made every American blush for his con
H. try, Henry Clay stood forth in advance &
Is alI, to encourage, to console. and to rOus
). ms cOlIntINmCn to renewed efforts De
IL lcats, disasters, blndcrs and shame hun
~ heavy upon the party in power and dis
Al hearted its followers, while the cIOuIirn
I. chiefs of the opposition poured forth
n tempest Of inNcctiVe, drnumciation an,
T. ridicule against the feeble and futile efforts
lS ~ which the honor of the nation was sui
!! lied, and its strength lost Bat the fierce
h roared the storm, the sterncr and hiehr
~ pealed forth his trumpet voice TO rally hi
Il broken forces, and marshal them anew fol
c the struggle. To Henry Clay. far in from
J. of all others. that administration owed if,
u support through the trying scenes Of tha
l. bitter contest
Il lie afterwards led the oppositionthronel
:. the terms Of Jackson, Van Buren, and nv.
e Ter. The uncNamplcd dcNterity, skill, pa.
; ticnce, tirmncSs and hardihOOd, with which,
$ IN despite Of repeated defeats, he still
d maintained the war, must excite unmiXrd
= admiration in all who may study his career.
>. Courage is a high quality. Courage, per-
lect. mllltiiOm, and unquemchublc. one of
> the highest and rarest. OF all moral quaI-
l ltics, it is the most essential to Il great bon
! ular leader, most especially the leader Of an
opposition: and with that glorious wirt
: nature had endowed Mr.. Clay to extremity,
: There was OpOlitical Responsibility which
, he ever avoided to take: there was no ,ar.
: SonaI peril which he ever stunned TO dnrr.
there was no raw in the opposinr marry
: which he ever failed TO strike Ills heart
, never FAILED him i'll any extremity. He
met every crisis promptly and at once
; and i'll this he bore Il remarkable contrast
to almost every other politician of the age
of ...,t,
: him, in this bold. unhesitatin~ pronptnrss
but the man of his destiny. his mrcnt riv,I
Jackson, with whom. in so many othnr
points, so close A parallel miwht he traced
In dcmocracies; where the viii Of tbr neo.
pie must be the ultimate laws of the lanG
to induce politicians TO wait and wntrh tn,
indications of the probable result. The Tim
id timcscrver will fear TO move. he win rnn,
to take ground upon any question until
some CLEANS Of light break out from the
mass of the people, to show him the proba-
bic path to safety. Fears, mis@iyings, un-
certainty as to his personal interest, keep
hlm silent and still, while the masses STUN
bic onward TO their decision without the
light of a leader. But no fant-hcartcd
| doubts ever clouded his bright eve, when
| bold Harry Clay was in the field Like the
white plume Of Murat, amid the smoke
and the roar and the turmoil Of BATTLE his |
lofty crest was ever glttering in the van for
the rally of his host. lie waited for no in- |
dications Of popularity, for he received his |
inspirations from his own clear head and |
dauntlesS heart. His conviction. were 50
strong. his ~cl-contidcnrc so unboundrd |
his will 50 ndomitable, his invention 50 |
rapid, his genius so grand and lofty. that |
he seemed to bear, slammed upon mi, brow. |
natures patent TO command. He moved |
among his parliZanS with AN iuIpcrial
never doubling. ovcrpowrring air of au-
thOrity, which few were able to resist, He
tolerated no INSTRUMENTATION ODnu-iiInn
seemed to him to be rebellion, and obey or
quit the camp, death or tribute, was his
motto And he rarely failed to force obr-
dirnce Though thr powerful rally which
was made AGAINST him am0n~ his aSso-
ciates in 1910 and ISiS, when fortune
furnished the Wrannn to strike rX- |
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