Lynchburg Virginian

The correspondence which we publish today between the Whig members of the Legislature of New York and the distinguished ex-Senator from Kentucky will be read with grateful interest by all who appreciate wisdom and worth. The tribute here paid to the services, patriotism, and eloquence of Henry Clay, has been earned by a long life of devotion to the welfare and honor of his country.

'Mr. Clay is eminently the great statesman of this Republic. His name has been the talisman of Union from his first entrance into public life. For twelve years that long period allotted to human life, you have, with slight intermission, been constantly engaged to the service of your country. During that long in the more eventful history, both important measures which has contributed to the glory and the honor of the state or is redirected which, if not originated by you, has at least, received your cordial support. In the scope of your policy has all things been eminently American in favor amid it, as a Minister, at Angelica the bad to important statesman bane such for your ability and the respect of her administrations. which at home you have protected and on our shield. we deemed a related or for Delegate and sustained done of tot an epoch and originated in from old mal de London. In to vote principles, to to our liberal, and. a tool, to the servant it liberal or nn iel y the adhere had leading vapor his in rs and for in met d hom pin a thoit prople, ad at the cne w to py the n y t a m d j the on oss e afene od all sa bella e its n of en y j hitieal dmoi. The act within the common or decent body well pnth too they le in the history the honorable. The evidence, tea, of your example philanthropy and devotion to human liberty srr a ran o the reohso we ate fol natiet B ht thah tooe tre ot meta on whie tors than any other has occupied your time, and to which we may be permitted particularly to allude is to home log msjaclmamrththksoyr b.

WHAT WE MEAN BY THE PROTECTION OF HOME INDUSTRY. This great policy was adopted by you in the commencement of your political life in the legislative halls of Kentucky. It was the subject of your first effort, and constituted our first triumph on entering the Senate of the United States in 1833: you re-established it after the terrible peace in 1816, and was its successful defender in the great battles of 1820, 1821, and 1824. At no period of your life have you wavered or faltered in the support of this policy, and your sole mon fare we soil is baye mow sme tiomed. with the weight of thirty five years experience, the great measure which son at doeot jatrt in embraeed at thae coute ner ment of your carrer. it thu phodee thon giyen has hot haen always ad cquat to the obgrt, iis not wcaus it has hof been tch a ptopadarad adyeentel. We owe it to you, str. I laar cur testimoby, that, whale oh tho sthe linod tha do heenea th the oaisting law unthe anbeet orr atirbutable to ho fult er rrmnis mss cnyer juit rg thaeathor, tho impa rhet deoree of pto teci ws lae reied, an whidh stagtat mer cor calyontind, and eomotant ctherta, has cete wealthardnay hamdrthol olathad enr emay Ioatmped war Lcrstealamt,by remeriny ofeurdefeu,mnd hasgiven rew barrot tha cmforts and convehten aai hh wthai th roeamtt of all I trtheegat matiemal anees that wedein to tomder yon cr tionksW Iak tncurown name. baut we behey we peik the antimentsof thiuse whom in other things we he the huner to represent, when we seknow lelgre the vast debt of gratitude which we owe yoat when we deelareonr sole mn cohyiction that through yoar w hole pohiteal hle, you baye been governed by the I te t patri ti m arod the mest unsulhed integrity ; and whan tall, we asare youthst we folhew you in your retiriht wahtpee toIm wbo h huther Taen th guodi tor Repaddie, tht bualth and semothavhprok htedtyntrmmuyers, ta whitn th seeof thee stet teaes woi hie Ia hrd testahlish, ad tenoy th pouloons af baymg een the banfacti of vauo belored cotnhy.

To the Honorable HENRY CLAY, Senator in Congress from the State of Kentucky.

Sir: The undersigned, members of the Senate and Assembly of the State of New York, have heard with deep regret that you have resolved to retire on this day from the councils of the nation. In the various scenes, when you first entered the Senate of the United States, until this time, more than half the period allotted to human life, you have, with steadfast interval, been constantly engaged to the service of your country. Dating that long in the more eventful history, both important measures which has contributed to the glory and the honor of the state or is redirected which, if not originated by you, has at least, received your cordial support. In the scope of your policy has all things been eminently American in favor amid it, as a Minister, at Angelica the bad to important statesman bane such for your ability and the respect of her administrations. which at home you have protected and on our shield. we deemed a related or for Delegate and sustained done of tot an epoch and originated in from old mal de London. In to vote principles, to to our liberal, and. a tool, to the servant it liberal or nn iel y the adhere had leading vapor his in rs and for in met d hom pin a thoit prople, ad at the cne w to py the n y t a m d j the on oss e afene od all sa bella e its n of en y j hitieal dmoi. The act within the common or decent body well pnth too they le in the history the honorable. The evidence, tea, of your example philanthropy and devotion to human liberty srr a ran o the reohso we ate fol natiet B ht thah tooe tre ot meta on whie tors than any other has occupied your time, and to which we may be permitted particularly to allude is to home log msjaclmamrththksoyr b.

WHAT WE MEAN BY THE PROTECTION OF HOME INDUSTRY. This great policy was adopted by you in the commencement of your political life in the legislative halls of Kentucky. It was the subject of your first effort, and constituted our first triumph on entering the Senate of the United States in 1833: you re-established it after the terrible peace in 1816, and was its successful defender in the great battles of 1820, 1821, and 1824. At no period of your life have you wavered or faltered in the support of this policy, and your sole mon fare we soil is baye mow sme tiomed. with the weight of thirty five years experience, the great measure which son at doeot jatrt in embraeed at thae coute ner ment of your carrer. it thu phodee thon giyen has hot haen always ad cquat to the obgrt, iis not wcaus it has hof been tch a ptopadarad adyeentel. We owe it to you, str. I laar cur testimoby, that, whale oh tho sthe linod tha do heenea th the oaisting law unthe anbeet orr atirbutable to ho fult er rrmnis mss cnyer juit rg thaeathor, tho impa rhet deoree of pto teci ws lae reied, an whidh stagtat mer cor calyontind, and eomotant ctherta, has cete wealthardnay hamdrthol olathad enr emay Ioatmped war Lcrstealamt,by remeriny ofeurdefeu,mnd hasgiven rew barrot tha cmforts and convehten aai hh wthai th roeamtt of all I trtheegat matiemal anees that wedein to tomder yon cr tionksW Iak tncurown name. baut we behey we peik the antimentsof thiuse whom in other things we he the huner to represent, when we seknow lelgre the vast debt of gratitude which we owe yoat when we deelareonr sole mn cohyiction that through yoar w hole pohiteal hle, you baye been governed by the I te t patri ti m arod the mest unsulhed integrity ; and whan tall, we asare youthst we folhew you in your retiriht wahtpee toIm wbo h huther Taen th guodi tor Repaddie, tht bualth and semothavhprok htedtyntrmmuyers, ta whitn th seeof thee stet teaes woi hie Ia hrd testahlish, ad tenoy th pouloons af baymg een the banfacti of vauo belored cotnhy.

Gentlemen: I have received by the hands of the Hon. N. P. Tallmadge the communication which you did me the honor to transmit to him for me on the 31st ultimo, and I have perused it with lively and grateful sensibility. Such a testimony, proceeding from a source so highly distinguished and respected, presented at the close of my public life, will be cherished by me in my retirement with the highest satisfaction, and will add great strength to the consciousness I feel that, in all the public stations to which I have been called, I have honestly labored faithfully to perform my whole duty to the public.

In the brief but flattering review which you have taken of my public career you have justly conceived the motives of my conduct. With respect to the measures themselves, to the adoption of which I may have contributed, I will not undertake to pronounce any decisive judgment. Of their influence upon the future, and the character of the nation, the present generation, and posterity, it is a recollection of my agency in maturing them shall survive me, are and will be the most competent and impartial judges of them and of me.

But you have truly attributed to me a genuine American spirit in whatever concern I have had in public affairs, and especially in reference to a great system of National policy.

Divided as mankind has ever been, and will continue to be, into distinct nations, it is the solemn duty of each, whilst it deals justly and liberally towards others, constantly and sedulously to advance, protect, and maintain its own separate interests. To attempt to legislate for them, or to expect or permit them to legislate for us, would be alike vain and improper.

It was a view of this condition of the world, and instructed by lessons of experience drawn from its history, and the practice of other nations, that early led me to a conclusion in favor of the protection of the domestic industry of our own country. My convictions have acquired additional strength from every reflection I could give the subject, and from both past and present experience in the United States. Free trade is a beautiful vision, existing only in the imagination of philosophers and theorists, and practically repudiated by all nations. An indispensable condition to the adoption of it by any one nation is its adoption by all. But, instead of regulating their trade according to that theory, we everywhere behold restrictions, burdens and prohibitions; and those nations which make, especially royal ination o ein the least prepared state. During the last few years, about do fault but support bar transmitted duties and, as to the other moiety, a descending scale of duties has been in progress, which is now rapidly bringing them down. If there were any reality in the frothful promises of the partisans of the trade, our country ought at this moment to be in the enjoyment of an enviable prosperity. But directly the reverse is its melancholy condition. Never were the products of agriculture selling at lower discouraging prices: and the great Southern staple, cotton, which was to have been so highly benefited by a reduction of duties, is now sold at a price less than it has commanded at any time since the last war with Great Britain.

Nothing can be more crotchety than to wipe the existence of any real impediment to the interests of agriculture, commerce, and manufactures theththen themy an letren the n tho humn Iy I projst Chotlit'h D. m Wathtdrity inth cuato tely. all aretcal in o'cmeoh piait, thte cah ia t apbrets prdueed tor mutual d uate seh adege an eusepahtly to heae aatket. by fhr the best. mst stealy, m warad pre, nd th hat alehh I al markets, We shall tot, I fear, rha from out omt urased ct shton unth we pr duer, withln onr own couty. tote rf the spy hes beeary be oonpton, and djad l upent ign eunthe Lntd that dyeet aecoplish ad, we shall Io cte'antly cypsed to an eahausties drain of the phecloue te tals, ahd to sudden alte ratiotes od se bosie preje sity atad realadyeratty. One ot the ob vias modsof ace nplishing that drct is tha ieud a f cur foteign trude by meats ol a protaily adjsted tar iff. -ttmolating prluetiou at Iano aid dhdndshung ia tta tiobs fr tn abtad. And all exp ie nce I shown thnt wbatever abyeeteernanubctoring ladetry bs iee sectes fally cmpheyed. tts uee to the cmnter Iss an abt nvarialyrodeed.Ihisis tha weaary thetIihs baw o coplitin. Iha quesen is s iehat, hoa t'e aonde reren te tepafitd ta ahcaa rfdetis a the ethe attoheo preo Ihoatae datl leph by dbtalntn pe an fagtat rexent d lol math and ha tho gtrit stcalun whchun sals th it, whilo the t re gn pedunt, ih snler to shote aty jart of tht torlet, io ebliead firat teenbmt to a ndurtion in the phee at heshimdhy ciyahnt to tho duty. and he cemaeality is tally iselided fom the narlarhy the Furtat hy Ir the Loeeoy al the ditheten' ports of th I oio, anad witlot th dater aI ivvig tope wheh tomerhy caubtadaalexap mated potrs, the ar toal wanb d the Inoie w ngutne a tanl whch whith n cpplirsa maosoty reventa, tat raciod o toall nl ine entalre dection to toulae tute. withoat oy note rold potton femitln odpemie at trari th rela i G aaant tugive oueh incihen tanl prutretions aiad thae thetela of that p bies , Iedirg to the hatatoe rathee thae the name iI thite I doald thinl,coght to cnt at tat theh aet i attaihed. whethar nle mnde tn tha fan dt a reie tan or a poketi tanll Ir yur aeepanegehtme,fty e fnlod ondaleeknwlolenents f the Ioaly sant mentofomandsm contained in aurroanicatiet, an Iar yor kimd wihea for any heslth and propoiity in n turrmont. And I unite my prayers with yeuts to tha Gorat Author of cur being for hus blessings u yt, uI sh our country, and nprn all Iain, with the highest respect, faithfully your friend and obedient servant, H. CLAY. To Messrs. L. Beardsley, Erastus Root, &c.