MEssRs CLAY AND WFBsTpR
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The ''Madlsonian" IS getting out . series of papers (''EssayS," they are styled by their author,) under the head of ...Mr Ciay-Rc- pu6iicatioa.o They were published some time since by the Madisonan; and we under stand, that they were from the pen of Mr. Webster-and that the originals i'll his hand writing arc snl in ale hands of the Editor. They are strong, strange Essays. For exam pie, from the 4tI No:

 ''ln short, the sober truth, of which MT. Clay's friends can never be convinced, and of which he is less likely even than they to be persuaded, Is, that with no inconslderable striking reputalon, and always put forward by his jealous friends, he has yet no hold upon the confidence of the great mass of the community. More than twenty years have proved this, Thepeople of tie United States, not undervaI Iuing his talents and abilities for certain objects, yet do not sec ill him that mild, moderate guardian and parental char acter i'll which they love to contemplate the Chief Magistrate Mir. Clay is dogmatical, opinionated. Between him and his friends, even the most attached, there Is no intercourse ol independent mind with independent mind, there Is no munaity of respect and defer ence; nothing like confidence upon equal terms. Y ears have not soitened these repel- ling qualities, and when his supporters ap- proach him. he expects and will admit nothing but ealty and homage. All this is not sad loosely and ineonsiderateIy. There is not one of his friends who will not admit it's truth. With these characteristics, how ever, he may draw admiration, he cannot in- spire love and confidence. The feeling is general, and il is true, that he has no sympa- thy with the great body of his countrymen, but thathe builds his hopes of success upon brilliantachievements, on political manGuvres on compromises, ol.Which he has as many, and is generally as Successful ill them as Sir Hugh Evans in the Merry Wives of Windsor, and on the unscfupulous devotion of his up- holdels and parlizansn ..Io raise Mr. Clay is impossible, To sink with him, if the attempt be made, inevitable"