[HAVING previously announced his determination to retire from
public life, by resigning his seat in the senate, Mr. Clay
submitted for the consideration of that body a series of
resolutions; which, being taken up at this date, he supported
in the following speech, in the course of which, the resolutions
are recapitulated and explained. They relate to the tariff, and
other measures of public policy, which, in his view, should be
adopted, to restore the prosperity of the nation. Although these
views, and the prospects of the whig party which supported them,
have been but partially carried out under the administration
of president Tyler, owing to the adverse position in which
the president placed himself towards the party which elevated
him to power; yet, it is interesting to observe the line of
policy marked out by a statesman, of the enlarged views and
great experience of Mr. Clay――a line of policy worthy of being
transmitted to posterity, as a guide and landmark for the future
legislators of the republic.]