[MR. CLAY having visited Philadelphia in the spring of 1828, for
the purpose of consulting a medical gentleman, on the state of
his health, which at that period was exceedingly delicate, was
invited by a committee, in behalf of his friends in Baltimore,
to remain in that city a short time, on his return. He arrived
there on Monday afternoon, the twelfth of May, of the above year,
and was greeted with even more than usual enthusiasm. The next
day, Mr. Clay received the visits and congratulations of his
fellow-citizens of Baltimore, who thronged in vast numbers, to
press the right hand so often raised in their eloquent defence.
Having declined a _public_ dinner, he partook of one in company
with the committee who attended upon him, and the chairmen of
the various ward committees of the city, on which occasion the
following, among other toasts, were drank:――