Phenix Gazette

Surrounding Mr. Benton when he delivered his "tremendous retributive philippic," under which Mr. Clay "sunk!!" were Kendall, Lewis, &c. &c. and the amiable Mrs. Royall. The Kitchen Cabinet, backed by the authoress of the Black Book!! They smiled and chuckled, and encouraged the Senator from Missouri—or, as we heard it expressed, "patted him on to bark louder against the fine fellow he held at bay." That the Senator from Missouri was gored, is, therefore, his own fault. We were glad to see the chivalrous and gallant Towson give Mr. Clay, in the face of all his enemies, a warm and hearty shake of the hand, after the contest. It was a different sort of greeting from that received by the Senator from Missouri from the worthies who were his backers and bottle holders on the occasion referred to. We do believe that an organized effort was made by the Club to sink Mr. Clay. Miserable failure! Whose heart does not warm within him to see such a man so beset by such a crew? Who can refrain from taking sides with the noble, the generous, the high-minded, on such occasions?

The Richmond Enquirer is in ecstasies at the veto, and repeats its hackneyed compliments to the "Roman firmness and honesty of the old Patriot." What did the Enquirer think, but the other day, of the "Roman firmness and honesty of the old Patriot," when he signed the Internal Improvement Bill? When we see such gross departures from all consistency and principle, we are almost ready to exclaim—

"O! Reason! thou art fled to brutish beasts."