The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1902-07-05
CECIL WING
FIT! YEARS AGO.
Extracts From Issue Of July 3, 1852.
RICKETTS, s JONES, Editors
DEATH OF HENRY CLAY.

Before the sable draprly in which our
paper is to-day enshroudcd. shall init
, mate to its readers that the hand of
| death has been laid heavily on the land.
| they will have learned. from the slip we
| issued or the receipt of the sad intrllg-
| ehCc. (rrprinteI now on the first pagpI
| and from Il thousand voices beside that
, the eloquent. til" mighty. the beloved
"h1mpinn of the principles of the Wing
party of his country, and of the rights
! and interests of the American people
| the immortal Sage of AShland." has
been called away from the scenes of his
conflicts. trials and trumphS Ripe in
| honoiS and III yrlrS-in the enjoyment of
| the unusual feicitntion of having out
| hvcd even the last whispers of rnmity
| and Islander calmly he laid down. chrrrcd
by the sweet and biSSful hopes inspired
by faith in the gospel of the Rcdeemcr
| of mon.
The sound of the requiem bells and
d0lrfUl minute guns. whose intrrminglpd
tone" spread cvcrywhrrr from lake to
mountain top. from the inland to the
sea, filling the land with Il universal
| moan of woe. has died away-thr first
Wild throh of grief is over. which, when
ia" sad bereavement WIS announced.
|nlotr every true and patriotic heart: we
have
"WAied for the glorious plrind fled
N"pt for the n"'cr returning star:
and now. Subducl and calm. we contrm-
plate tn" greatness of that character and
intellect which raised the nursing of
lovcrty-thc barefoot mill-hoy of Ham
over, to the dazzling statesman of I'M
llvA!rI foresight ana intlurncr-thr idol
81 great political party. and the ad-
mirarion. not merely of his own country.
but of the enlightened world. Before
the birth of the present generation of
men, back in the times of our rcvolu-
tlonary SirrS. he rose like Il meteor and
flashed over all the land. \ generation
grew dccrepid and grey. but his light
gIpw"d on. broader growing and intrnScr
to the end. Truly he was Il great and
remarkable man.
This paper. since its existence has
been his ardent admilrr and advocate
boiling him first and greatest. not only
when the candidate of the Wing party.
hut at all other times. Its attachment to
him. small as the evidence of il may have
seemed beside the testimony of the gifted
and the influential has been second in
order to no regard inspired by his re-
marEnblr powers to win and control. 1t
may. therefore. claim some little ndulg-
cue" from its particular readers. in the
expression of its grief. and of its per-
hapS. peculiar reflections ON this mclnn-
choly occasion.
We notice with peculiar satisfaction
the masses of the nation bending over
our beloved and dropping like rain their
tears upon his bier. From that portion
of them known rs Wings. who have raj
lied with song and shout beneath his
banners folds. nothing less was to have
been expected. As mournS Il man for his
father 81 mourn they. Nor could any
less tribute have been rendered by the
noble SorS of the opposition party. who
had opposed him on honorable grounds
and by honorable means. 1t is not for
Suc. t. II" less than shed tear over the
grave of Il powerful and magnamniOuS
opt"N"nt. who. never leaving his position
in doubt. met them always in the mid
" ~! thr ol"I field But in the pub
lie Il, .n"A> tr;tion of SORROW. of late and
II present "rClrrn" IN every hamlet of
the llrd. we find Individuals pushing
!".. We among the foremost. with
whose imMoi"st aul hyporritical mani
icSthti"n> We have no sympathy and wish
10 fellowship. We aludr To those per
son, who, when the illustriouS dead was
4 living candidate, found no imprccnton
too L.;t. + to lelp Epol him-Ao SANDER
too vile to repeat and circulate. If Mr..
Clay were to-day the candidate of the
Wig party. he would to-day meet the
sam" treatment at their hands. and their
affected sorrow is II mockrry-a dcccp-
tlou, attempt to appear liberal minded.
which tn" SAN" principle in the public
mind that saw the highest object of adj
nliHtioM in the deceased patriots frank
tess and cnndor. will not fail 1T once to
detect. These are private sentiments of
ours /" which we happen to hr in the
mood of giving expression.
And in spite of the malignant efforts
ot such men. and the presses controlled
10y "urh. which we notice now are often
clothed in deepest mourning. the name
aGl Fam" Of ilrury Clay. defended by
his friends. remained untarniShcd to the
last. frightened to the close of his life
and will glow on the pages of his count
rvs history through all time. And his
friends. who stood by him and defended
hIm III his life. have Il right to beg that
his drtamrrs will not now polutc his
memory with their praise.