THE GREAT PACIFICATOR.
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NUMBER II.

 Three weeks ago, we examined the claims of Mr. Clay to be called "The great Pacif- cator,' in consideration of his course upon the admission of Missouri into the Union.

 In pursuance of the purpose then an- nounced, we will now examine his preten- sions to the same title, so honorable to him who deserves it, as based upon his course in relation to the :. Compromise Act" of 1882 33.

 Without going into any detail of the his tory of Mr. Clay's previous course, in the advocacy of high 1'arDs-and especially of the principle of protection, which was so mo- torious as to have procured for him the cpl thet of :. Father of the American System," it is enough to know, that up to, and during, the session of Congress of 1931-32, he was the very head and lront-the leader and mas ter spirit of the high protective Tarif party in the United States To him the Eastern manufacturers looked as their best friend their true and trusty counsellor, defender and advocate Him, the friends of agriculture, particularly in the South, regarded as the arch enemy, and the deadliest foe, to all the south ern and producing interests; and, as such, he was denounced by the southern press, and by southern speakers, on all occasions, and in the strongest terms. These are facts which no one will controvert; for they are part of the familiar chronicle of the times, and that part, of which MT. Clay, himself, has most boasted, as the richest gem of his crown offame-that part for which his friends have most lauded him, and his crawling sy cophants most humbly bowed themselves at his sordid shrine. Indeed, 1t is the very feature in his characteristic very circum- stance in his history-the very one, single, indispensable element of his merit, if merit it can be called, upon which, in this connection, rests his title to be called ssThe great Pacifi- catoro It was because he was the friend and advocate of high protective Tarif,-be- cause he was the champion ol the protection party, that 1t was called merit, in him, to yield up any portion of his cherished policy, and consent to a reduction ill the rate of pro- teetive duties, either present or prospective. To do this, was regarded, by his partisans, as yielding up so much of his hard earned fame-as dividing his very heart in twain, to conciliate his countrymen-as leaping, like Curtius, into the chasm, to save his country. So was his act spoken ol-so was he lauded flor this he was, again, called "The great Pacifcator.o

 Such, then, was Mr. Clay, during the ses- sion of Congress of ls3l-32 Accordingly, we find him, in his place in the Senate, striv- ing, not merely to maintain the protectire fea- ture of the Tariff absolutely unimpaired, but