Report of the committee of arrangements of the Common Council of New York, of the obsequies in memory of the HonHenry Clay . thedistinction and glory of his country. There never wasa man who more enthusiastically entered into the glory ofthe American nation than Henry Clay. Whatever mayhave been his infirmities, they were the necessary inci-dents of his virtues. There was in him an ardor—a fer-vency of purpose—and a loftiness, which, to the eyes of allgenerous men, veiled his infirmities. He was at once thetrue statesman, and the statesman of truth. He despised !lJIFiu (!)bs^(]i|ics of falseho
Report of the committee of arrangements of the Common Council of New York, of the obsequies in memory of the HonHenry Clay . thedistinction and glory of his country. There never wasa man who more enthusiastically entered into the glory ofthe American nation than Henry Clay. Whatever mayhave been his infirmities, they were the necessary inci-dents of his virtues. There was in him an ardor—a fer-vency of purpose—and a loftiness, which, to the eyes of allgenerous men, veiled his infirmities. He was at once thetrue statesman, and the statesman of truth. He despised !lJIFiu (!)bs^(]i|ics of falsehood in all its shapes and all its colors; and though hehas parted from us, and though his mortal remains haveLeen brought low, and are about to be consigned to thedust, we may say with the American poet, Truth crushed to earth will rise again. His spirit is now, we have reason to believe, rising on thewings of immortality to that realm on whose dominion thesun that has risen will never set. The Judge, in conclu-sion said, that in honor of the memory of Henry Clay,I direct that the court stand adjourned for the COMMON PLEAS—FIRST PART. Mr. Theo. E. Tomlinson, Corporation Attorney, ad-dressing his Honor, said : May it please the court, it is usual, when an eminentlawyer dies, for the profession and the court to mark theirrespect on the public records. A distinguished lawyer,and enlightened civilian, a noble patriot has fallen. HenryClay is dead! It is true we have expected his death, butit was expected as the sunset, which leaves darkness andgloom behind. It is particularly the duty of tlie tribunalsof law, and the members of our learned profession, to paya tribute to the great commoner, whose triumphs havebeen purely civic—his laurels were the laurels of peace—his triumphs the triumphs of the constitution and the partisanship marked any portion of his career, it hasbeen lost in the\inbounded patriotism that marked his de-votion to his whole country; so tha
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