NEW YORK, TUESDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER TO- 1s44
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upon the helpless skeleton But OF such these was
Henry Clay whose lionike spirit after Il had hunted
down noble quarry disdained to feast with the Jackss
Of the party upon the fostering carcase Such was the
champion Of the ancient Democracy and such Is now
the champion ofthe wings This is the man who would
confer homer upon the office to which seek to elevate
him. But his election to that Office could not add bright
er jewel to the many with which fame has already en-
circled his brow and which will retain their undyng
lustre while the OF American shall be respected
or remembered among the sons Of men, Immense cheer
ing) Indulge me bur moment longer, and have DONE
Should the struggle Ter national independence which IS
now raging throughout the length and breadth OF the
land be decided against by the vote OF
she will come out Of that contest with her gorgeous ban
ner trailing in the dust-herself bleeding at every pore
The shouts Of party triumph will be speedily succeeded
by the wall Of her ruined ploughmen and her beggared
mechanics The fire of her forges and the sound OF the
axe and the hammer in her workshops, will die away
amid the acclamatons OF her fatal victory and there
may be thousands before me- who with stricken,


not with broken hearts, may live to mourn the loss OF


that independence without which public liberty would
to be blessing But let add. should the spirit
Of independence be discarded from the brs OF all other
Americans it will still nger in the heart OF that gallant


little State which, she the first to adopt the Amer


can constitution will be the last abandon It's true prin
ciples And il that spirit shall be finally doomed to
pire. there there amid my native oaks and pines, it
will breathe its last sigh on the bosom OF last friend