Republican Herald

The Justice of History.—Gen. Cass very truly says that history will do justice to the great name of Henry Clay. So it will; and had it not been for the vilification and abuse heaped upon him by the party to which Gen. Cass belongs, his own time would have done him justice. No man has suffered more from slander than Henry Clay; and the men from whom the slander came are now the loudest in his praises. We do not mean to class Gen. Cass with them. He has not been a reviler of Clay, although he has profited by the abuse which others have heaped upon him. He has been an honorable opponent, and he has a right to praise the man whom the nation mourns.—Journal.

We intended to have replied to the above characteristic extract from the Providence Journal, but the following from the Baltimore Republican and Argus, answers it much better than anything which we could say.

A NOBLE SPECTACLE.—Fiercely, warmly have thousands of our countrymen battled against the doctrines of Henry Clay: long and bitter has been the contest which has been waged, and yet, when the hand of death falls upon our great antagonist, and his towering intellect is hushed in the cold embrace of the grim monster—all hearts are bowed in humility—all voices are united in commemoration of his talents and his virtues.

This is indeed a noble spectacle, and does much toward elevating human nature to its original position as the image of its creator. From every quarter our exchanges bring with them the evidence of kindness and regret for the departed statesman.

We would not pretend that his whole life is faultless—“what man is there that liveth and erreth not,” not one says the word of truth. But we believe that the errors of his political life were more than atoned for by the deep devotion of his after days, to the great interests of his country and humanity. And so believing, we unite heartily in every movement designed to honor his memory and record his virtues.