Illustrious men of the United States . 73 passed to another. The first hour he trod thaHall of the House of Representatives he waschosen the Speaker; and all parties unite ingiving the highest praise to his parliamentarytalent. For many years in both Houses of Con-gress, he has been most conspicuous; and formany years he has been placed in the front rankof the Orators of the Age. It is not yet the timeto examine impartially his acts as a Statesman ;but the long array of public service which hasdistinguished his life, is the property of the Na-tion— not of a party. Mr. Clay, at the date ofthis
Illustrious men of the United States . 73 passed to another. The first hour he trod thaHall of the House of Representatives he waschosen the Speaker; and all parties unite ingiving the highest praise to his parliamentarytalent. For many years in both Houses of Con-gress, he has been most conspicuous; and formany years he has been placed in the front rankof the Orators of the Age. It is not yet the timeto examine impartially his acts as a Statesman ;but the long array of public service which hasdistinguished his life, is the property of the Na-tion— not of a party. Mr. Clay, at the date ofthis article, is an old man, but his vigor ofmind remains; and he is yet, the active Suites-man— the eloquent Oraor. His history maywell be studied by all our young men. as an ex-ample of what can be done by the energy of amind determined to succeed. Henry Clay lettVirginia a poor boy. He has often visited itagain — the honored guest of the people. Suchwill ever be the destiny, high and glorious, ofthe pure and upright *Jf$ff 75 BENJAMIN FRANKLIN. It is a high honor to go to posterity with a»association, so replete with all that is pure andvirtuous and ennobling1 as the name of Wash-ington ; and this high fame is that of two illustrious names are linked together,and when the New World is asked for herbrightest and best, the response is made in thenames of Washington and Franklin. This emi-nent Philosopher and Statesman was born inBoston in 1704. Of all the patriots of the Re-volution, he was the oldest, and had seen mostof our Colonial history. Even before the Revo-lution, his countrymen and the king had com-mitted (rusts of importance to his hands. TheGeneral Post-Office felt his business-like vigor,and wherever common sense was precious,Franklin was consulted. But he shone most inthe councils of the war of Independence. Whileothers hesitated and spoke tremblingly, he sawwith eagle eye the result of the differences, andwas among the first to call t
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