Report of the committee of arrangements of the Common Council of New York, of the obsequies in memory of the HonHenry Clay . iUorii Clili(.. and that he left behind him the evidence of a good hope ofan endless immortality. It is hoped, that it may hereafterbe said of him, Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord,for their works do follow them. In respect to his mem-ory, therefore, I most respectfully move that this courtdo now adjourn. His Honor Judge Judson, in reply said : The announcement of these sad tidings will move everyAmerican heart to the deepest sorrow. In life, HenryClay was the pr
Report of the committee of arrangements of the Common Council of New York, of the obsequies in memory of the HonHenry Clay . iUorii Clili(.. and that he left behind him the evidence of a good hope ofan endless immortality. It is hoped, that it may hereafterbe said of him, Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord,for their works do follow them. In respect to his mem-ory, therefore, I most respectfully move that this courtdo now adjourn. His Honor Judge Judson, in reply said : The announcement of these sad tidings will move everyAmerican heart to the deepest sorrow. In life, HenryClay was the pride and boast of the American people, andnow he is no more—his name and great deeds will fill thelargest page in our history, and no portion of that historywill ever be read with more interest, or reflect higherhonor on the country. Henry Clay has been a participator in all the greatevents which have given character and glory to this nation,for the last forty years. As a warm-hearted patriot andlover of freedom, he had no superior. As a statesman, uponthe broadest scale, he had but few equals. As an orator,he was foremost in the ran
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