Alexandria Gazette

Henry Clay's influence, politically, is powerless in this country—but his words of wisdom—of solemn warning—of deep devotion to the honor and liberties of his country—must sink deep into the heart of every intelligent American Republican.

Who can read, unmoved, what he said on the President's late letter to Mr. Calhoun, and on the Expunging Resolution.

There is a force—a truth—an eloquence in his language, beyond what has been uttered by any other man in the country.

Will it all pass unheeded—or will it not be "like bread cast upon the waters?"

We fear the first but hope the last. We do not despair of the Republic, but there are things now going on, and quietly and tamely submitted to, which almost make us pause and doubt.

Some idea may be formed of the manner in which a portion of the people of this country are misled and deceived by the party press, by reading the following paragraph from the last Warrenton Jeffersonian, accompanied by a deal of fummery which it is not necessary to repeat.

Mr. Bayard presented the preamble and Resolution of Delaware, instructing their Senators to vote for a Resolution, "Expunging" (yes, this hated word is used,) from the journals, Mr. Benton's Resolution lately passed. At which the Whig presses are already raising a shout of triumph. So the Whigs are to act upon the principle that two wrongs (taking their own interpretation) make one right.

Now, the fact is, Mr. Bayard presented no such resolution, and how such a mistake could have innocently occurred we do not well see. By referring to our files under the head of "Expunging," on the 9th inst. we find it stated that on the Tuesday preceding Mr. Bayard presented the preamble and resolutions of Delaware, instructing their Senators to introduce and support a resolution, to rescind the Expunging resolution of Mr. Benton, and to restore the Journal of the Senate to the state in which it was before this act of violence was committed upon it.

The reader will, of course, at once see the difference between the fact and the assertion. Will the proper correction be made in the proper quarter?

Mr. Calhoun's declaration that he "despised the popularity" of the present day—that he would not turn on his heel to obtain it—that it was a fleeting shadow unworthy the pursuit of an upright man—may not be palatable or popular. But as things go, it was a noble and independent sentiment! We honor him for it!—The lofty feeling which dictated it is worthy of a statesman. In truth, now, the post of honor is the private station.