Report of the committee of arrangements of the Common Council of New York, of the obsequies in memory of the HonHenry Clay . ed the admiration of his countrymen, followed thewise and courageous Jackson. And now we are sum-moned to the mausoleum of Henry Clay ! On this solemn occasion, it affords me a melancholypleasure to briefly scan the past. Being probably theyoungest member of this body, I cannot be supposed tohave long mingled in public affairs, but, with all deference,I trust that I am tolerably familiar with our national his-tory, and that I am especially familiar with the lives ofJeffe
Report of the committee of arrangements of the Common Council of New York, of the obsequies in memory of the HonHenry Clay . ed the admiration of his countrymen, followed thewise and courageous Jackson. And now we are sum-moned to the mausoleum of Henry Clay ! On this solemn occasion, it affords me a melancholypleasure to briefly scan the past. Being probably theyoungest member of this body, I cannot be supposed tohave long mingled in public affairs, but, with all deference,I trust that I am tolerably familiar with our national his-tory, and that I am especially familiar with the lives ofJefferson and Hamilton, those great intellectual giantsof the Revolution, who laid the eternal foundation of thetwo leading political parties of our country. And it hasbeen my happy fortune to be a living witness of a moietyof the public career of Jackson and Calhoun, (the warmadmirers of Jefferson,) and of Clay, a devoted discipleof Hamilton. Now, although they all widely difiered onthose great national questions that have divided and dis-tracted the country during most of the present century, 15 w LnEiTj Obsccjilies of ^m. yet they all profoundly loved tlieir country, and strove tosurpass each other in their enthusiastic efforts to perpetu-ate our glorious institutions to the remotest period. Sir, with what national pride should Tve all contemplatethe youthful Jackson, when, at the peril of instant death,he hurled defiance at the British officer who commandedhim to black his boots, while in captivity. Again, beholdhim, with his knapsack, in his solitary march from Caro-lina to Tennessee, in search of a forest home,—as Judgeand Representative,—a Senator with Jeffersox, in 96,listening to the wise counsels of that illustrious statesman;contending hand to hand, and foot to foot, with the SouthWestern Indians,—at the battle of New Orleans,—thetwice-elected president of the freest, happiest, and might-iest nation in the whole journey of the sun,—utterly de-stroying a gigantic
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