LIFE OF HENRY CLAY, 



BY HORACE GREELEY AND EPES SARGEANT. 



" But there are deeds which should not pass away, 

 And names which should not wither." 



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Wliile the youth of America should imitate his noble qualities, they 

 may take courage from his career, and note the high proof it affords that, under our 

 equal institutions, tlie avenues of hon >r are open to all. Mr. Clay rose by the force of 

 his own genius, unaided by power, ])ationage, or wealth. At an age when our young 

 men are usually advanced to the higher scliools of learning, provided only with the ru- 

 diments of an English education, he turned his steps to the West, and, amidst the rude 

 collisions of a border life, matured a character whose highest exhibitions were destined 

 to mark eras in his country s history. Beginning on tlie frontiers of American civiliza- 

 tion, tlie orphan boy, supported only by the consciousness of his own powers, and by 

 the confidence of the people, sunuv^unted all the barriers of adverse fortune, and won a 

 glorious name in the annals of his country. Let the generous youth, fired with honora- 

 ble ambition, remember that the American system of government offers on every hand 

 bounties to merit. If, like Clay, orphanage, obscurity, ]ioverty, shall oppress him ; yet, 

 if, like Clay, he feels the Promethean spark within, let him remember that his '••ountry, 

 like a generous mother, extends her arms to welcome and to cherish every o • ." ^«r 

 children whose genius and worth may promote her prosperity or increase her reno,vi? 



BEING THE ABOVE, TO WHICH IS ADDED 



HIS MOST ABLE AND POPULAR SPEECHES. 



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"The rush of native eloquence, resistless as Niagara, 

 The keen demand, the clear reply, the fine poetic image, 

 The nice analogy, the clenching fact, the metaphor, bold and free, 

 The grasp of concentrated intellect, wielding the omnipotence of truth. 

 Upon whose lips the mystic bee hath dropped the honey of persuasion.'" 



As a leader in a deliberative body, Mr. Cday had no equal in Araer 

 ica. In him, intellect, person, eloquence and courage, united to form a character fit to 

 command. He fired with his own enthusiasm, and controlled by his amazing will, indi- 

 viduals and masses. No reverse could crush his spirit, nor defeat reduce him to des- 

 pair. Equally erect and dauntless in prosperity and adversity, when successful, he 

 moved to the accomplishment of his purposes with- severe resolution; when defeated 

 he rallied his broken bands around liim, and from his eagle-eye shot along their rank 

 the contagion of his own courage. Destined for a leader, he everywhere asserted his 

 destiny. In his long and eventt'iil life, he came in contact with men of all ranks and pro- 

 fessions, but he never felt that he was in the presence of a man superior to himself In 

 tho assemblies of the people, at the bar, in the Senate — everywhere within the circle 

 of his personal presence, he tissumed and maintained a position of pre-eminence. 



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