The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-04-12

was high and swelling in the moral
and intellectual region. much like that OF Walter
Scott. but, unlike SCOTS, slightly receding from
right facial angie; but the right angle was
maintained BY the parallelism of the subtend-
Ing lines OF the Uranium. This gave him the
slight suggestion OF the eagle, which he robem-
bled In courage For Clay was one OF the brav.
est men that ever lived. He had none of the de-
velopment OF the bulldog brain-but that
higher intellectual and moral courage-which
makes man the head of animal life.
Let as glance at few Of the landmarks Of his
life. Though he was not the author OF the tariff
system. he grew into it, leadership, where he
remained to the end His idea was not to buila
up great monopoies. but to increase the wealth
Of the common treasury against the exterminat-
ing war Of accumulated foreign capital, believ-
Ing and holding that. with our abundant raw
material and educated labor, the period Of pro-
lection and infancy would pass and We could,
under free trade. hold our own against the
world. 30. In . new country, he increased the
capital BY the United States bank, but keeping
ever an equal value OF paper and gold and silver
by convertible coin. He was emineutiy the
father Of the ways OF commerce. the national
interstate road, which ended on the Mississippi
river, the great highway which he had BY
diplomacy at Client saved to the American pee.
pie. "The American System" therefore was his
child In our foreign relations he stood ever
the sentinel on the watch-tower-in favor OF tho
Independence and protection Of the American
republics against European domination: for
free trade and sailoTs' rights against British
claims OF usurpation and tyranny over our sea-
men. native and adopted, and above all leading
with the eloQuence and IRE OF Demoethenes
against Philip.t the war W. perddious Albion who
dared to reduce Us once more to British colonial
servttuda Clay took his place In the front
rank everywhere In law, In politics, on the
field OF honor. in the councils OF the nation, be-
fore the great popular masses. He was born
genius and leader. He event head" aud re-
manned thefa With the great soul OF patriot
his own fame was his countrys glory. and his
sntagonisms were not contemplate personal
"gisdiatorial" onsets, but because he felt that
not to b for Clay was not personal want OF
fealty, but treason to the republic. Envy and
his dictatorial bearing prevented him from
being president He was the candidate OF q
great mass OF citizens twice in real contest for
that Office. but in fact their only choice -
long a. he lived. Scoring The crooked ways OF
machine anship-preferring to be right
rather than q dishonored ruIer-he stood
proudly the dictator of all public principles and
policies from the beginning to the end OF
grand and long life, and on his deathbed saw
the "Omnibus bill" which he dictated, through
rivalry and envy voted down. at last. in sep
arate bills, made the law Of the land.
More true Joy Marcellus feels
Than with senate ~ his heelA
The charges brought against Henry Clay Of
being q gambler are ridiculous Mr.. Clay
played cards, Is his contemporaries OF the South
did. with his equals in private houses-betting
It is true-sI don't gamDle) ~ they claim, for
the excitement Look at the millions now In
vested In race horses-utteriy useless 40 they are
the vast elite engaged in the amusement Are
these men. and women as well, ''gamblersf'
/ was thrown in early life with the
first class Of men and women In the nation
and never knew . more ''redned" man than
Henry Clay. 1t 10 true he never protested to be
q Joseph, but Henry Clay was never accused OF
''profigscy." But considering how the North
ern women wanted to eat him up in the North
ern receptions, and that he had 10 close the doors
when the multitude of women nearly smothered
him with kisses, I should say that Henry Clay
was "chasts" man. II Harry Clay. who was
free driuker Of good wines AZ dinner, was ever
drunk on good wines or "whisky drinker." to
that extent 10 an absolute calumny.
James g. Blaine Is lately dead. ! have moth
Ing TO say against him, OF even the
company with whom he lived and
self up as "Censor Morum" Nor do see
why Henry Clay, OF Gil the greatest and most
loved Americans, should e;ernaiiy have his
private life reviewed. The consensua OF great
morAlists Of all ages declares against holding
up the personal failings OF men to the public
eyes Altef tney can no longer oeteuu eueui-
selves. "Ds Eortuis nil nisi oonum" was the
generous apoths2m OF the heather Ro-
mana Lamar. replying to the puritan
icaa Chambers attack upon Jefferson
Davis, said that It was the vuItufe, not the
eagle, which thrust its beak into the rock-bound
criminal OF ancient fAblesl Birusy, like Clay.
was in principle against slavery. but hs fed
from the dangerous ieid OF contest Al exile
into the North, and like Gil towards, cast
poisoned Parthian arrows against the Gays
who stood their ground agatnst this oafoarism
20 the death II 10 true that the malignant
James g. Birney party in lsA defeated MI Clay
for the presidency. but they did It through the
moet impudsnt cAlumny. declaring that Henry
Clay was An ally OF the slavery propasandisis
and false to his lie avowss OF universal liberty
Inc Garrisonians were greatheaf'ed sno
brave men, but they were non-voters ana dis
unionistA The Blrneyites were malignant
faction, and see the result BY tneif vote they
defeated Clay, and under Polk Texas came In
. sisvs state They were then traitors 10 the
cause of liberty. II Clay had have been elected
Texas would or would not have come In, but
there would have been no war with Mexico
They were then responsible for the Mexican
war. Under Clay we would have had the chance
at least of checking the spirit OF siaseholding
progsgandisrn, ana set up the pesceful ten
deaeies OF the age in iavor of Gays life policy
OF liberty for ALL The Birneyttes we're then the
responsible authors of the civil war and al its
eaiamties-and the end ID not yell
So the form OF Henry Clay grows with time.
and ths corrupt platocsacy OF ous times hate