Thus does ambition overleap itself.[A]
[Footnote A: As a practical commentary on Henry Clay's professions of a
regard for the cause of human liberty, I append the following
advertisement, which, about two years ago, was circulated in Ohio:
"THREE HUNDRED DOLLAR'S REWARD.
"_Run away_ from James Kendall, in Bourbon County, Ky., to whom
he was hired the present year, on Saturday night last, the 14th
instant, a negro man, named Somerset, about twenty-six years of
age, five feet, seven or eight inches high, of a dark copper
color, having a deep scar on his right cheek, occasioned by a
burn, stout made, countenance bold and determined, and voice
coarse. His clothing it is thought unnecessary to describe, as
he may have already changed it.
"ALSO,
"From E. Muir, of the same county, on the same night, (and
supposed to have gone in company,) a negro man, named Bob, about
twenty-nine years old, near six feet high, weighing about 180 or
90 pounds, of a dark copper color, of a pleasant countenance,
uncommonly smooth face, and a remarkable small hand for a negro
of his size.
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