The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1839-07-25


invariably his maslsr-spirit has been
Looked "a. bslh BY lriends and foes.
uhsnexsT sny great and imminsnl danger
has impendsd over The county. Al The
eemmenremenI az The last mar. he MAS
The peFson selecleeled hv President Madl-
500 10 Be The e0mmander-in-ehief Of The
army and he Mas not nominated only
because The Government could not Get on
Without bis assistance in Congress. where
his powerful mind and great popularity
enabled lim 10 render services. the value
OF which il would not be easy nov 10
esIimsfe-eonsummaling 81 a Gheni.
whege. with The aid Of The other CON-
missioners. he succeeded in giving 10 this
second war Of Independence an honorable.
and. for Us. happy and fOri1nse Iern'na-
ton.
During the agitation Of The Missouri
question. shen the best men AMI patriots
in the land despsiTrd Of The UniOn--when
The ship Of State was lssl drifting on The
breakers. and be who had been placed in
command knew mol what direction 10 give
10 the vsssel-in that dark hour. Was there
any one who would have placed q. The
helm either Martin Van Buren, or r. NJ.
Johnson! Neither were ihonght Of, but
The eyes Of an turned on Henry Clay. and
il was To- bis hand that we were then
indebted Tor safety. And sgain, when
South cSsolina Stood in arms 10 resist the
tariff. and President Jackson talked only
Of The cord and the bayonei, /" Henry
Clay tsaid John Randolphl 10 the only
man in America that can save The Union"
and he did saye'it. Thus, al these tao
remarkable epOehs in our history. render
ing services 10 his country such as il has
been the fortune Of no other citizen 10
render. and such % ought 10 eniitls hia
10 tie gratitude OF every man who has an
American heart in his bosom.
And now, when . mad fana,aeism 10
spreading through the land. which, under
The prelence Of establishing certain rights,
| would uample un'ler foot others no
less sacred. and which. in pursuit. III
what is deemed . righliul end. would
resort 10 unlawful means. regardless alike
Of The evils they would innicI on Others.
or those which must inevitably recoll on
Ihemselses-who 10 IL that has given 50
stunning . blow 10 The monster Abolition
As Henry Clay! II these were The only
services he had rendered in his country,
(shieh 10 far from being the case. Who
is there ihai can be brought ia competition
with him! What has either the first OF
second officer OF the Government done in
omparIson, To enIirle them To the eleVas'
ed stations thew alll When Henry Clay
vas Iaboring with so much zeal during
the last war. TO provide the means o.
raising armies and equipping fleets. how
was Martin Van Buren, employed! VIVA
did he do to preserve The Uuinn when The
Missouri conflict ihesiened lis dissolution!
. Where then was 10 be ioand This Nurlherr
man with SpuIhern feelings! A frienr
/ TO the tariff, dad he also. like Henry Clay
prove himself fGiepd 10 the Union. an
5 The rights Of tie S,aiesl Was he thsI
sc,ise and prominent in tanning Ih'
. roaring Lion" whose keeper. for th'
, lime being. he was said 10 be. when. IL
his rage, he would have burst asunder 1h'
1 ties that unite Us, and stained our SouIheri
r soil with Southern blood!
=. or unsullied honor and pure patriotism
with nothing mean. selfish, or Sindieils,
a in his Internationally practised d
= the civil administration of The Govern
E ment--in some department. Of which h
Z has been serving for more than shIri
! years. his powerful intellect. during thI
: long period, employed in studying .h
e theory and practical operations Of on
e complicated sysiem-there 10 no on
o whose political opinions and views
- policy teyea where they differ from ou
/, OWL are entitled to more weight an
a respectful consideration than Henr
n CIsy's. A VIfginisn, too, and co-lsbor'
) Of jefferson and Madison, we have a
a assurance that. il he goes intp The Covers
I, ment q, all. il will mol be with the ignob
d purpose Of Furnishing enemies and rewar'
! ing friends, but " following in The f"o
n steps" Of these illus,rious men. with u
noble ambition Of recording in his cou
% ,.y's annals his own imperishable fame
10 a historical fact.
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