Report of the committee of arrangements of the Common Council of New York, of the obsequies in memory of the HonHenry Clay . ttenrii t:Li|(. FRIDAY, JULY 2. The meeting of tlie Association, numerously attended,met pursuant to adjournment. M. R. Brewer, Esq., inthe chair, assisted by two Vice Presidents. Kenneth G. White, Esq., from the committee appointedto draft resolutions, reported the following : Resolved, That in the death of Henry Clay, whose pub-lic life was a continued benefit and blessing to the peopleof the United States, this Association has sustained acalamity awakening the most po
Report of the committee of arrangements of the Common Council of New York, of the obsequies in memory of the HonHenry Clay . ttenrii t:Li|(. FRIDAY, JULY 2. The meeting of tlie Association, numerously attended,met pursuant to adjournment. M. R. Brewer, Esq., inthe chair, assisted by two Vice Presidents. Kenneth G. White, Esq., from the committee appointedto draft resolutions, reported the following : Resolved, That in the death of Henry Clay, whose pub-lic life was a continued benefit and blessing to the peopleof the United States, this Association has sustained acalamity awakening the most poignant feelings of regret,and the deepest emotions of sorrow. Resolved, That assembling once more in the place wherewe have so often met to rejoice in some fresh triumph ofhis commanding genius, or to do homage to some new dis-play of his exalted patriotism ; though it is with subduedand saddened feelings we stand here, like bereaved chil-dren around the grave of a beloved father; we still expe-rience a feeling of noble exultation in the recollection thathis whole life bore testimony to his lofty sentiment, that he Wou
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