Evansville Journal, Volume 10, Number 15, Evansville, Vanderburgh County, 7 March 1844 — Page 2

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N"t Ceesar's -weal, but that fllome.' UO0'.trtisrs, vearly and all other?, are referred to our first page for terms, &c, from which no deviationwili be made in anv case. THURSDAY, INI ARCH 7, 1814 FOR PRESIDENT, HENRY CLAY, OF KENTUCKY. STATE ELECTORS. Henry S. r.nne, of Montgomery; Joseph G. Marshall, ol Jr-flrrson. DISTRICT ELECTORS. 1 John A. l?rackenrilE:e of Warrick; 2. James Collins of Floyd: 2. John .A." Mat hoi, of Franklin; 4. Samuel W. Parker, of Fayette; 5. Hush O'Xeal, of Marion; C. George G. Dunn, of Lawrence; 7, R. W. Thompson, of Vigo; 8. William Homes, of Carroll; y. John F. Biddle, of Cass: 10. Lewis S. Thompson, of Allen. WABASH AND OHIO CANAL. . W e promised in our last article to present oar readers this week with some remarks relative to the Revenues which would accrue to the State from Tolls rgid Rents on the Canal, if finished to Kvaiisviile; but having been disappointed in procuring certain canal statistics, from which we expected to derive considerable aid, we shall be compelled to -ilttlcr the fulfilment of our purpose to some subsequent period. In the meantime, we offer such information on the subject as we possess, and hope, that as far as it goes, it will tend to strength en the claims of the Caaal ia the minds of all who pay any attention to the matter. . In the Report of Mr. Dunn, late Treasurer of Slate, at the opening of the last session of the Legislature, the following paragraph occurs: 'Although embarrassments attend ed the early 'navigation of the Canal .val.ash and Erie Canal) the last season, and extensive breaches afterwards interrupted it the Tolls on the 31st October, had amounted to FoKy-five thousand one hundred and thirty-three dollars, and will most likely, be fore the close of the season reach fifty-five or sixty thousand dollars. At least double that sum mat be reasonably be anticipated lor the ensuing year, and a corresponding - increase annually, ns ihe work is extended, and the country depending on the Canal tor ah outlet, becomes improved and cultivated, raid its business concentrated upon it." The expenditures for repairs on the canal during last season,yere about 25,G50,and it ispresumed they will not exceed that sum this season as the older a canal becomes, the Tewer repairs arc rieeded. . Now supposing that the receipts for 'the next season' will : equal the expectations of the Treasurer and I here i3 scarcely a doubt but they will and that the expenditures will remain alout the same, we then will have a licit surplus of near nincty-ficc thousand dollars, to be applied to the liquidation of the canal indebtedness. This large sum it wHl be remain ed is to be derived from that portion of the Canal between Lafayette and the State lino onhjuA will be the result of a busi ness on the Canal altogether local in its character, and. upon a section cf ' the work very little more than one third of the whole Taking this estimate as a fair specimen of What might be expected the first year; on the whole route if finished, we should have fl.r the local trade only, the gross sum of 285.000, from which deduct for expenses, the 8"),000 (which is considerably more than three limes the cost of repairs of the Lafayette section,) .and there will remain ttco hundred thousand dollars of available levenue at the very outset, to be appropriated to the use of the Slate. The Treasurer estimates the annual increase of Tolls at ICO percent,but this expectation will probably not be realized,afier the second y ear,when business has to some extent been concentrated on the Canal. We will therefore put down the' average income,on the receipts of each ycar,for a period of 5 ycars,at 23 per cent,and.we have then the sum of six hundred nnd ten thousand three hundred and fftyone dollars, as the nett receipts arisingre? the local trade only. An amount altogether suliiciei.t to pay the interest on the whole Slate diibt, as presented by the Treasurer in his annual Report, and to relieve usatouce from the disgrace and odium of reputed bankruptcy. Bui in addition to this large Revenue to le derived exclusively from the external trade; the income from tolls on Merchandize and Produce passing along the Canal from other States,will form an important resource for establishing a Sinking Fund, with which, to liquidate, eventually, the entire lrlif nf the Slate. The value of this rfvfrnif frnm fnre:m Sources may be --------- o - tolerably- well estimated, when we con sider the fortuuate position of th3 Canal for securing a large transportation to and inm fit'irr fitatpc. It will Connect the whole Lake border with the the rich vallies of the Ohio and Mississippi, by the only thoroughfare that can be relied y.pon in sco sous of low water, and the very cheap and speedy intercourse let'ceen thtSoulhern termi nus,EcunsciUe) Sc N. Orleans, mvst at once recommend the route as the safest and speediest one for the transportation of Groceries

and all heavy merchandise to the Liker

shores. Consequently the Eastern purchases of all the South and Southwest, which go by land will pass this way, -and the immense supplies ofSugar, Molasses, Coffee, Cotton, fec, which, in a few years the growing population of the Lake country must consume, will be taken through this canal , and swell to a large amount its revenues. It has been said in Congress that if the c anal were finished, it would enable the State, besides keeping it in repair, to pay off her whole debt "m a quarter of a century-and when we consider great fertility and productiveness ofthe valley through which it passes, and also the rich territories to which it leads, in both directions, we see no reason to doubt the correctnes of the p-ediction. It will undoubtedly yield to her a large Revenue eventually, and be second to no work in Union, except the Erie Canal of which indeed, it will he but an extension to the Southwest. Why then will any c'tizen oppose its constuction, or refuse to give his hearty co-operation in procuring the grant of land asked for from Congress? We can lose nothing by obtaining our wishes, and our gains will be incalcuable. With each succeeding year, the revenues of the canal must increase, and w hen at length the Public debt has been paid off, and Indiana once more assumes the proud rank of an unembarrassed and prosperous State, this single line of her Public works, will give her 'he means of com pleting sucessively, ajl the rest, and also of relieving her citizens from the burthen of taxation entirely. . , We have thus shown, first, that it will be a certain and permanent channel of communication, between the Atlantic cities and Lake shores, and the Southwest if constructed, next that it will settle up a large amount of vacant territory, fiilingit with industrious enterprising families, enhancing greatly the value of every specie of property, and increasing production and wealth three or four fold in a short period and thereby augmenting to a very great degice the taxable capital of the Slate; lastly that its tolls in a period of 25 years, will pay off the State debf,-ar.J provide us will) the moans of completing the vast system of 'internal improve- " . c si mi mt;ms projected in it,,::), wul relieve us from the grinding load of taxation to which we must sooner or later submit, ia order to piy our debts, and in the cud make us a great, prosperous and happy people. Our views have been" hastily thrown too-eth-O cr,but they deserve at least to bo considered, and if they will but lead our readers to an Investigation of the subject and a search after the facts, yvc shall have accomplished all that we wish, as investigation will inevitably produce comictionin every mind, ofthe vastimportance of ihe work and the necessity that now exists of giving it a prompt, active, and cordial approval. The Cincinnati Commercial says the njale beings of that city have got up a petition to thecity Council, praying that the ladies shall be restricted from wear-ins? bustles without first "obtaining a license; and that the , ike shall be such hereafter, as not tooLstruct the side waiks! A disiinguished writer says: There is but one passage' in the Bible when the girls are commanded to kiss the men, and that is in the goden rule whatsoever ye would that men should do unto you, do ye even so uu.o them. Prentice, in speaking ofthe "Iloosior Re vived," a little paper established in the up per part of this State, to support Locofocoisin, and fiee trade, says: "After a short and painful life, it will fill so flat and stiff that the last trump will fail to arouse its ghost..1 Is it not strange that not a single Loco jnper iu the whole west has heard of the re cent elections in Maryland? For fear they have not heard the news, we would inform hem that about the middle of February loll, there was an election held in that oodlv State for six members of Congress and that the Whigs were triumphant in eve ry district, electing the entire delegation. The Loco papers in Indiana are requested to notice the fact if they will not do it grctis,do it any how,and charge the expense to the Whig party. - C7-We have received the first number of Noel's "Whig Rifle," published at Indianapolis. It is to be published nine months, or until after the Presidential Election at the low price of 73 cents for a single copy or to clubs of 20 or upwards 50 cents. It is a very spirited political paper, and will, no doubt, do good service to the Whig party shooting down roosters faster than Chapman can skh coons. Mike Walsh, speaking of the pipe-laying, says: "The cant about pipe-laying during the last Presidential election is all froth and clap-trap; and it i3 indeed about every ether election. We laid as much, if not more, than the Whigs; and every man in the democratic pany who knows any thing about the matter kncv.s that we did."

OCT" We find the following communication

from our Congressman in the Statesman of last week. We copy it for the purpose" of showing our readers how he attends to theninterests. Ho admits that an appropriation to the Canal would be the means of paying off a considerable portion of our State debt,' yet the committee of ichicihe is chairman reports a bill in favor ofthe Wabash! Those interested in the completion of the canal will easily appreciate the influence Mr. Owen is likely to exert in favor of the work from the following extracts from his letter: 'lu regard to the Canal and River ques lions, I have yet nothing definite to communicate. The delegation from Indiana have decided, in caucus, in favor of the Canal. The House Committee of Roads and Canals has decided in favor of the River. The strongest argument in favor of the Canal, is, that its completion would probably furnish, more effectually than any River improvement, the means of paying off a considerable portion of our State debt; which we must pay, sooner or later, and which we shall find great difficulty in paying. Oil the other hand the chance of obtaining the appropriation at all, is rendered little better than hopeless, if Illinois oppose Indiana in the matter. Cut the Illinois delegation 'declare, that if ihe proposal comes up, to complete the thoroughfare from the lakes to the Ohio by any communication except the Wabash, they must oppose the measure, at every stage, by every means in their power, in private and in public,in committee and in the house. If the members from Illinois persist in this decision, it is easy to see what the result will be. With her forces united and harmonious, the West has to strain every nerve to carry her most favorite measures. With disseutiou m her ranks, she has no chance. A family quarrel is fatal." "I earnestly hope, that the difficulties may yet be reconciled ; so that the grant may be obtained for the one or the other object My best exertions shall he employed towards effecting that object." "It 13 rnmored, that lb benate Commit' !eo on Public Lands will report a bill in favor ofthe Canal," We arc tickcled'almost to death to learu thnt our "civility" towards Mr. Owen is pro perly appreciated. True, it would not have mattered with that great man if we had been otherwise certainly not. -He says: . "I sec in the Evansville Journal of Feb. 8, received this morning, an article entitled "Urumbliiw in advance." Your "neighbor cries before he is hurt. I had no intention whatever of grumbling, even if he had never noticed a syllable in my communication. lie has treated me very civilly of late; and, if he had not, it wouid be a great waste of time to grumble about it. He is right .in saying, that the" plansuggested by Dr. Davis's resolution, and which, at first sight, I felt disposed to adopt, would probably defeat the obtaining of either grant: and he will . already iiave seen, that, after fe w " days reflection, I took the same view of it myself. From the opinion 1 expressed, that the price ofthe lands should not be raised to the settlers, I. cannot recede; though I have no objection to a provision, that (hey should first be put up once at public auction; to be sold, on that occasion, to the highest bidder. Af ter that, to keep up the price above the government rate seems to me unjust to a large class of citizens, and impolitic, as retarding the settlement of our State." A writer iu the Baltimore Patriot, makes the following prediction as to the result of the Presidential election. And now, my dear sir, vou may tell the Whigs of Maryland, that we of Pennsylvania are "oing to work heart and soul, to carry this State by seme twenty, perhaps thirty thousand majority. Clay s Majority wul be tremendous. Take the following States, viz: Maine, Delaware, Louisiana, Vermont, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Massachusetts, Maryland, Kentucky, Rhode Island, Virginia, .Ohio, Connecticut, N. Carolina, Indiana, New York, Georgia, Illinois, New Jersey, Mississippi, Michigan, and very likely several others. This wil give Mr. Clay something like 500,000 ma jority in Qp-The following incident is mentioned in the Cincinnati Gazette, as having recent ly occurred in that city. It shews the con fidence of the Insurance Companies in the efficiency of the Fire department. A fire broke out, and when its dangerous situation was seen, several risks were hastily taken. "When it was lauiy under way a citizen suddenly entered an Insurance Office near and said "My house is next to the one now on fire; that will burn down, and the roof of mine is in a blaze. I want to know at what rate you will insure me in $10,000, for one hour." "Your roof's in a blaze you say?" "Yes." "Are the alarm bells ringing?". "Yes." "Five per cent." "Agreed!" The policy was made out, and the building and its contents saved.', " . , Tiie PHiL03oniY of Caluotjxism. The Washington Spectator, a Calhoun paper says: "Let Whigs or let Democrats succeed iu the next election, and it paves the way for Mr. Calhoun to the Presidency.1 These Calhounitcs have a queer way of extracting consolation from their adversities Luck is to fall on them either over the left or over the right shoulder, and they do not care much which. There was a Calhou philosopher in Sparta, more than twenty cen turies ago, by the name of Pedaratus, who having been defeated in his efforts to get in to the council of the Thice Hundred, thanli ed heaven that Sparta contained three hun drcd men worthier than himself.

OCT A QJay Club has been formed in

South -XJarblina, called the "Richland Clay Club." The preamble to' the Con stitntion declares, that as "the issue now presented to the people ofthe United States is between! Henry Clay and Martin Van Curen " thev are in favor of Henry Clay, and organize themselves "to promote the election of the one, and oppose that of the other," lind the members "pledge themselves to each other to promote this double object, by all fair and honorable exertions;" they express also the belief, that these exertious will be crowned with success. After stating a variety of reasons why they oppose the election of Mr. Van Duren, the preamble goes on to say: "We are in favor of the election of Mr. Clay. lie is a man in his own right, not fostered and fashioned into a fictitious consequence by a patron or a party, but cast by his Maker in a noble mould of manly prop(7fions and so endowed that in all the emergencies of his country, she has been willing to lean upon him and sure to find succour and support. His voice during the war raised the nation like a trumpet call. To him, with others, was confided the re-establishment of peace. U hen the Missouri controversy endanger ed the permanency of , our institutions, his master spirit presided over the storm and calmed its raging. And when again the reckless oppression of Mr. Van Buren and his party, threatened and insisted upon drenching our soil in civil blood, he stood forth between the contending parties and proclaimed peace. Courage, Patriotism, Eloquence, no one denies him. s lie has, as it were, passed into History, and men of all parties point to him as a wor thy and illustrious sou of the Republic. His course is straightforward in the broad light, firni with the conciousncss of honor and con viction of right. No cloud or mist around him; no staggering-iu his step; no stooping; no quailing, liiose who concur with him know tbey will not be deceived; those who differ, respect in him a bold, candid adversary and all award to him the palm ofawatm and broad patriotism, and of a bold and noble nature. That wo do not fully concur, in all Mr. Clay's opinions of public policy, is most true There arc points of difference between him and us; between u s and Mr. v an buren there are no points' of coincidence for in the double aspect of his professions, " in the sliding scale of his opinions, tn the evan escent colouring of Ins principles, there is nothing that we c?u comprehend or trust. On the great questions of J ai ill aud Aboitionism. Mr. Clay is, to say the least, as much with us as his rival. Oa the last, he is as safe as public pledges, private interest, common sympathy, birth, edncation and des tiny can make any man. On the l ann, he is pledged to the Com Promise, and has never liiiled on - fit occa ions to avow Lis adhereance to it, and no noe distrusts the avowal ol Henry Clay. Upon the whole, we repose our confi dence in Mr. Clay, as one qualified anddis posed to conduct the affairs of the great .lepublic, wisely, honorably and firmly; who n all his counsels will be prompted by pat riotism and guided by wisdom and expert ence; and who will have at heart, always, his country, bis whole country, and nothing but his country. The overwhelming sweep of the Whigs of Maryland is like an avalanche, and foreshadows the character which the coming contest will assume. There is scarcely anything like it in history there was nothing ike it m 1S40, when the result in Maryland was so anxiously looKeu ior. it is not lien ry Clay, popular as that name is. No man's name could produce such results as this, be it one ever so popular. It is the principle identified with the man, and his policy. It is the measures he is to cary out. The meas urcs which were looked for and demanded by tho people in 1810, of which they were deprived by the death of their favorite, and the treachery of Tyler aad which they are not disposed to give up lightly or easily. The spirit of 1840, is discoverabla in the recent vote of Maryland. It was broad cast over the land in that year, and the harvest is now but gathering in. As hath done Maryland, so will each and every State, until Van Burenism, we care not under what leader, will be left without a name or local -habitation but in New Hampshire, What a glori ous figure he will make, going into the electorial college with no other State at his back but New Hampshire! 07-The following is a vole which was taken on board the Steam Boat Grace Dar ling, on her last trip from New Orleans to Cincinnati: For Clay, " Van Bui en, Tyler, " Nominee of Dern. Party, 116 , 36 1 3 Gen. Jackson's Fine. The amount paid to Gen. Jackson for his fine, was 2,700. The Gen. has been well fed at the public crib, and probably has received move of the People's money than any other man, living or dead Gen. Washington not excepted. It is to be hoped this will be his last draft upon the treasury, especially as that is the second time the fine has been paid him,' first by the people of New Orleans, and now by an act of Congress. An editor in this State says he can't continue his paper, unless he is paid, as well as patronized. He might as well stop for the like was never known.

OPINION OF HENRY CLAY.

Thomas Hart Benton, in 1824, published to the world,' iu, an address to the people of Missouri, the following as his opinion of Henry Clay. Will the Locofoco papers publish Mr. Benton thus spoke of Mr. Clay at that day; , : "In New York and Louisalia, Indiana. Kent ucky, Ohio, and Illinois, his friends are in action, confident of success. In many other States Where his friends do not amount to a majority, (there are numerous districts deprived ofthe votesby the tyranny ofa general ticket,) auxiously look to the House of xepresentatives, where their anticipated re presentatives can obey their wishes. And shall Missouri be found wanting in this generous contest among so many friends? Shall she be drawn off from Henry Clay upon an atlected cry that "lie has no chance?" Shall the Slate which owes her existence to him, be reproached with tnrning her back while tie has a friend or an enemy in the field!" "Ihe principles which would govarn Mr. Clay's administration, if elected, are well known to the nation. They had been dis played on the floor of Congress for the last seventeen years. They constitute a system of Americau policy, based on the agriculture and manufactures of his own country upon interior, as well as . foreign commerce upon internal as well aa seaboard improvements upon independence ofthe new world, close commercial alliances with Mexico aud South America, It is said that others would pursue the same system; we answer that the founder of the system is the nutural executor of his own work. That the most effieient protector of American iron, lead, hemp, wool and cotton, would be the triumphant champion of the new Tariff: the safest friend to.interiof commerce would be the statesman who has proclaimed the Mississippi to be the sea ofthe west- the most zealous promoter of internal improvements must be the President who lias triumphed over the President that opposed the construction of national roads and canals the most successful applicant for treaties with Mexico and South Ameri ca would" be the eloquent advocate of their own independence. -i iio;ias ILurr Ha: TOX. .5 , Fro hi the Indiana Journal. WONDERFUL DISCREPANCY. The celebrated 8th of January "demo cralic" addi ess has the following, among the balance of its many singularities : "Look at tac voles of the States, as manifested in the late elections, and do we not see the Democrats every where rallying j.o the rescue gathering under the banners which have so often led them to victory, and marching on conquering and to conquer," In reply to this we quote from an address published iu'lhc Indiana - Sentinol a few weeks ago over the signature of such leading "democrats" as W. W.Wick, the "democratic" elector for this district, Horatio J Harris, the democratic"' Auditor of State, Royal MayheWjlhe "democratic"treasurer of State, Doctor Dunlap, the Chairman of the "democratic" Central Committee, Alexander F. Morrison, the old "democratic" Editor of the Democrat, and Nat. Balton, his partner both of whom were the "democratic" candidates ofthe party last year, in this county, for the legislature. . From a recent address published by those gentlemen, we extract the following: "As to Mr. Van Buren, is there a moral certiuty of his election in tho event of his nomination? What States can he now carry beyond a doubt, that went against him in IS 10? He may carry Michigan, New York,' Maine, Connecticut and Mississippi, aud he may, or he may not carry the State of Indiaana Ohio, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, North Carolina and Georgia. "Follow citizens, let us tax our recollection and go back to 1812, when Gen. Jack son and Mr. Van Buren weie nominated by a democratic national convention. The democrats of Pennsylvania refused to cast the vote of their State for Mr. Van Buren for Vice President. In 183'3, he received the vote of that Slate for President by a small majority only; when the democratic majority in the Stale was some fifteen or twenty thousand. In Tennessee, Indiana and Ohio until then (1833) democratic State, he was badly beaten. The majority against him in Indiana, was over eight thousand, and more in Ohio. In 1810 the majortty against him in Tennessee was about twelve thousand; in Indiana about ten and iu Ohio some twenty thousaud. What evidence hate we in the late elections to convince us that he can now carry Tennessee, Indiana or Ohio? "In 1839, the year previous to the last presidential election, the democratic party obtained sigual victories iu all these States. In the last election in Tennessee, where our friends fought under the Van Buren flag, they were badly beaten. In our own State we did well, but not better than in 1839. r In In Ohio, both parties slept on the battle mound. In Pennsylvania at their last elec tion, our friends barely won a doubtful victory. We were beaten in Maryland, North Carolina and Gorgia. From the Baltimore Patriot. THE WHIG LADIES. A Locofoco paper published in Dayton, Ohio, called the Western Empire, comments upon an article which appeared iu the Ohio State Journal, announcing that large numbers of ladies at tended the Clay Club meetings held in the Atlantic cities, aud says . "The women of New York, Philadelphia, and Baltimore may engage in debaucheries and drunkenness they may sing songs and swell the chorus in praise of Henry Clay, Sec. &c, but the purity and virtue ol Unio's fair daughters will never receive sacji a stain." We venture to cssert no, there is no risk in the assertion, we proclaim it. boldly and emphatically that if the editor who I panned the above slander on the fair Whig

daughters of the cities alluded to, be he mar

ried, widower or bachelor, were he to .make the humblest apology, and then try to culti vate their acquaintance, ,lhey- would spurn him as they would a rattle snake. - It is etendoubtful whether the conversion of such a. - man to the Whig cause would secure their respect. A young gallant Baltimorean, resident of the West, nobly repels the base charge. In writing to the Ohio State Jour nal, he says - , - ' . . "Permit me the use of vour columns to repel with indignation the unqualified chare' of debauchery and drunkenness made against the fair -daughters of my vnative city. , I would tell that editor, whose impudence . in making such a charge, is the clearest evidence that his associations have been ofthe vulgar cast, that the meanest daughter ofthe Monumental City, would spurn him from her presence as a thing too poisonous to breathe the atmosphere "made vocal by the song of the fairest of the lair." y--The noble daughters of Baltimore, are alike esteemed for their virtue, beauty "and" intelligence, with the brightest jewel of un- - sullied purity, exalted intellectual endow t ments and disinterested benevolence.. Note it, daughters of Ohio, this charge is : designed to wound your feelings by slanders, ing your sisters and relatives residing in those , cities." - ' ' From Uie Philadelphia Forum HENRY CLAY-MS VALEDITORY, . AND HIS l'OSlTION. Perhaps during the eventful public career of Henry Clay, his noble character was nev- ' er so conspicuously and impressively exhibited as on the occasion of his voluntary ' reterement from the Senate of the United Slates on ihe 31st day March, 1842. Every one seemed to regard it as a memorable event in the history of this" Republic party discussion was suspended crowds of peo pie thronged the avenues which led to the Senate Chamber, ro listen to the last speech, in his Senatorial capacity of the Great Statesman of the West, who had for so long a period, stood as an untiring Sentinel on the watch tower of freedom. It was an occasion eminently calculated to call into action, all hisuoble powers, and to stay tha calumnies of political opponents. It was oa that morning that he before his co-laborers in the cause ofthe country, and in the presence of ' an immense multitude, pronounced that remarkable valedictory which shall go down to future generations as the inspiration ofa patriotic heart. His voice alone was hoard; tor all else was silent as the chamber or the dead. For more than thirty years with short, . intervals, had he occupied a seat in that House. During that long period, notwith- -. standing the diliiculties and opposition with' which he was compelled to contend had he enjoyed, by universal consent, appellation of the "great Pacificator," and to him had the country looked as ihe only man capable of extricating her from the dangers to which, she had been exposed. Trne, his acts had drawn down upon him the censure of a portion of his fellow-citizens; but few,' if any,, ever doubted the purity of " his motives.. On the occasion alluded to he said: u v "My acts and pbblic conduct are a fair subject for the criticism and judgement of my fellow-men; but the private motives by which they have been prompted, are known. only to, the Great Searcher of the human, heart and to myself; and I trust I may be pardoned for repealing a declaration made thirteen years ago, that, whatever errors -and doubtless there have been many may be discovered iu a review of my public service to the country, I can, with unshaken, confidence, appeal to that Divine Arbiter for the truth of the declaration, that! I have been influenced by no impure purposes, no. personal motive have sought no peisonal aggrandizement; but that in all my public acts I have had a sole and single eye, aud a warm and devoted heart, directed and -dedi cated to what, in my judgement, 1 be lieved to be the true interests ol my country." ' This remarkable speech closed with the following eloquent and solemn benedictions:: "May the blessings of Heaven rest upon the whole Senate and each member cf it,, and may the labors of every one redound to the benefit ofthe natian, and uie advancement of his own fame and renown. And when you shall retire to the bosom of your constituents, may you meet the most cheering and gratifying of all human rewards,their cordial greeting of 4 Well done, , good and faithful servants.'" Some difference had previously existed between Mr. Clay and Mr. Calhoun, in consequence of which they had not spoken to j eachdher for several years; butt after the above benediction was pronounced,' and while Mr. Clay was leaving the Senate", he was met by Mr. Calhoun they both simuK taneously extended their hands, rushed into each other's arms, and with tears , in their eyes, without uttering a word their personal friendship was renewed. The, Senate was unable to proceed to business, and Colonel Preston, of South Carolina, moved an adjournment which was carried unanimously. This was a striking epoch of the Legislative history of this country, and the feeling experienced by those who witnessed this scene cannot he described. It' was then that the noble, independent character of Henry Claytriumphed, and It was then that the voice of his calumniators was hushed. It was a triumph of mind and of principle, over selfishness and ambition. It was then that the great Statesmen ofthe West stood "ERECT? before his countrymen, and laid his motives before that Being who alone is capable ' of searching the human heart. It was then that the hopes ofthe people were fixed upon him as the only man competent to restore this Republic to its former prosperity. It fe was then that the threatening cloud was broken, and the "earnest of a better day given." Fellow citizens, this is the man whom we now place before you as the candidate ofthe Whig party, for the office of President of the United States. His services have won your admiration, and he is entitled to your suffrages. It the last houor you will evet be .entitled to confer upon him. Your duty to your country toyourseves, and to your: posterity, demands your immediate action. HENRY CLAY and the Tariff! is the watch, word! SHALL THE UNION BE SAV-

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