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

: lllto thc movement, and was .tilI the rcro
! hHru chicf Of the host which muster
= under the banner Of another. His was I.
T. power behind the throne, greater than Il
throne itself. -Four years afterwards,
rrnped the fruit Of his prudence and Ii
patience. lie was supported with "
ana Ilhanlmlty by those. who before la
struck llm down, and certainly nOthil
nut the mine which was so sudden
sprung beneath his feet, prevented h
triumph. After II close and most dcspc
ate struggle, he fell again, and upparrntI
Forever. Yet, even after this apparent
hhal blow, another effort was made. Whic
most strlkingly illustrates his chaructc
ana diNplaNed upon II broAd ground hi
prodi%ious power over men, and his bllo,
an confident, sangrn", Imbrrakahc -pri
Nlcn he was struck down in ISiI. il seen
td lllAl his race was run. His defeats ha
! berh 50 numerous and continued he ma
hcrU 50 long in the public eye. he was )
iar advanced in years; the rivals of his mic
dle age, Adams, Jackson, Crawford, ha
| All passed away, ANA he seemed of Il lOrmC
generation. The public heart felt that hi
career was closed. The old make way TO
| me young, and Il new race had arisen
| layIor's Victories had arrested the pub
| lie mind, and, the veteran statesman o
! Ashland, was forgotten; yet, he altcmptc,
To- stem the tide of victory in the tulnc~
VI 10 PoNtI' ms control over men wa!
80 npI3u'Slous, ne brSllrrcd himself 50 Wig
orouSly, he struck so hard and true to hi,
mark, that, with most Of his close friends
directly committed against him. and il
splte Ol the general sense Of the public h,
scarcely failed to win. None but Il Spiri
~ uauhlIcss as MS own, would have darcI
lhe struggle. None but Il power SO great
could have made it.
AS Il statesman, undoubtedly Mr. Clay
lnI In I,t IL
among All ms contemporaries. 1t has been
generally conceded, that his learning was
not profound or various. Of science in its
limited sense. lie knew but little. and Of
the ilShtef ana less important branches of
study ana accomplishments; still less. 1t
Is said, that he cared nothing furl literature,
had never searched deeply into history;
anu IL ls renlafkable, lhat though ut one
time minister abroad, and for four years
rs Secretary of state, in constant relations
and intercourse with foreign cnyoys, of
every nation, he spoke no language but his
own. But lie knew thoroughly that which
1t most imported him to know. He was
profoundly ycrsed in the theory. and prac-
tees of our own government, and in Il
knowledge of the powers Of each branch
of it. He knew intimately and t0 thc boI-
tom, the connection, political and CONNER
mcrciaI, Of America with all other nations.
He knew perfectly the relation which each
part af the country bore to the other, and
he understood profoundly the character.
genius and wants of the American people.
There was nothing sectional in hi, policy,
Iii, broad and comprehensive genius held
in its vision the interest Of the whole ma
tiOn, and his big American heart throbhcd
for it all. He was intensely American in
all his thoughts and all hi, feelings. To
cherish the interest and the glorv, and to
build up the power of his country and hi,
whole country, was the aim of ali his pol
icy and the passion Of his life. No candid
reader who may study his career, can
deny, that on all great occasions. he was
not only purely patriotic, but cminrntly
Far brighter examples Of
his patriotic spirit, will at once occur TO
I'll who are familiar with his career: but at
his moment, | will only aliudc to the in
stances in which he look Ground Upon
Kentucky State politics. which | cited rs |
samples of bis unhcSitating holiness,
Nhru wa, di.rII,siuw his character MS n |
Iarly leader. Like all other true statcS-
nrn, his ideas were all relative not ahso- |
ute. lie was in no degree a man OF |
me Idea. lie m"7 -, m", ,,.,.4R-l lIr UT !
r. ,rtinn unI -. Gyrd mathematical
,o,,.om, vyborn und,I an circumstances
md .,t nj fines every rr.IIlt Lut one must
~, ,vr,uo. hut as thr ur,,rticll science of
~ ,,,.o to tho n,.'.,yinn tn 1n,s.
4, t, he
81 ,,'Li'h ,,',,,iJ in .ncurnd wa. his aim
.,,J ,m,Inr .ol,n' ',.i,,lnn.I,nrrs he wnIIII |
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r. ,ir,ir. hr vyn1IIL nnl,nsr WithoIIt dis
,i,.,i,,r tIn ,,LiInyn,,I,i,rI sn,,u,Inr., Of hi,
,nIiti,7I nconmmy ar thr CORRECTNESS, Of All .
u, ',o"s,,,.n. # n.y I,n ,t,t,d win truth
I.,t IL, thn,n ,iI he iunl.nI tn thr iutr~riIy |
me-, nI inL"nnnJnnre noiitiraI md CONNER. |
i,i % ~ ihn matinnn TLn anrrr, a his |
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4, iHpnD';, i,ppnn,,';, ,T tha nrotnrtiyr torIn unIiry
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