The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1842-09-29
From The Ssu warld.
LIFE AND PUBLIC SERVICES
or
HENRY CLAY.
cHAPTTK 4.


R;ah sna Pareniaee- his early days- The
ui'E.b.Y IL the Siashrs- Sladi.s Law
Haas Fstrirk .lenry- Removes 10 Kansue
ky-Dsbul e. Debating seeieIy--Bersmss
ssscrcssfal Pfaelisienrf-c Cases IN ~hleh
~ disiiaa.lshrs hsmself--ii He advocates The
pale, ef gradually Emane'pallna the slaves
u Keaasrky-O rposes ihe Ahen and sedi
t,aa LaSs- .ls elected ts the General A.
srmbly--Iassaaers u hls 81. qsrnes--AfI,m
ualh Col. Dawes Appears Al The BsT loF
Aa.aa Barr sahssqasai inieisits AIi,
Bar 10 NeS fosk.
HESRy CLAY 10 native 81 Hanover
eauLt,. Ims,ms. lie wss b0rn IN The
l2.n u Ap,l. l777. ~ di.lrie, Of eeun
Hs f4snlli.ry kso@n 10 che n-,ghhorhnnd
a, The Hashss III. f,lhrr. ID plis, clsr.
tymsa. did duIin. the revolutionary war.
Ie.sing . emil ami much embarrassed e.
I..s and ssssn children. Of whcm Henry
wss the 6fgl, n tie rare Of IN ELECTION
ss mahsr. The surviving psren, did
20. Pnsse.s the aneans 10 give h.f IONS .
els.slcsi siuealian; a.d ile suffice, Of or
Insn,r screwed 10 uihsr inslariian lh4n
sush - could b. nblaiard IN the lag-cahln
school haasrs. sllll common 90 the lower
pan Of. yuglaia. 4 shIch spelling. read
Ing. ssiiIas. aud ariIhmelie are taught.
In l702. hrs m ..hvr. Who had become
snnsl. IN Z srcaud manisgs. ~lth Mr..
HAY Watkins. Irnnssd % Woodf0rd
e.an,y. Ksatpcks. taking Ill her rhL.
Grra. wnh the exception Of Henry
sad his oldes, brsiher. I. sas always .
slhj.e, oi roget With Nj. Clay, than he
uss deprived Il 80 eaIly an q. ol hrs mn
Tiers counsel. conversation aat care. She
vas woman 81 great ,ifsngih Of mind.
aud Of The ulmssi tenderness toward her
chlldfsn. ..... .... ......s.
lie wssonly ave years old WHEN he los,
his father; ssd. consequently, his circum-
Sauces in early life, II MT actually lndi.
gen. wsrs such 90 10 subject him ire
Qasa;ly 20 hard msnua; lsbor. lie has
pIoushed 10 earn6rlJ.. msRy a summer
d,y. wi,hau, shines. md ~i,houi no other
elalh.s on ihsn = pair ofosnsbnfg ifnwers
and . coarse shit lie has of,sa gone 10
mill wi,h grain B, be ground into meal ar
fu'; and there are ihnss ~ho remember
he yoaihful sls,ts 10 Mrs. Ds'ucou's
mil On The Psnunkes river. On such
occsaons HE gsner.l equipment was .
horse. with bdidls "a de Of rope. and
no saddle. Upon the horse wonId be
ihuosn q bag. couisinins three or luur
bushels ul ~hsA or corn. Da this bag.
the future Statesman wsuld mount and 90
TO nil. get The grain ground. and return
with Il home.
a. The age Of fourteen. he wm placed
in . ,mall retail s,ore. kePt BY Me-. Rirh-
srd Decay, near the Mukeshau.e IN the
cir Of Richmund. lie renamed here
uIl the n.r, year. 1902. when he Was
transferred 10 The office Of the Clerk oil
the High Court Of Chane.ry. Mr.. Peter
T,nsley. There he becsme acquainted
with The venerable Chancellor Wyihe,
Hiracivd his friendly attention. and en-
joysd the BENEFIT OF his instruction and
cmvsrsslion. The Chsnceller being un
able 10 ~ri,s well, 10 consrq.ncs Of the
gnut or rhrumsiism in his right thumb. be-
thought himself Of employing his young
friend a, an amsnuensis. This vas .
fnriunate circu Instance for the fstheiles,
by. Hts attention was thus called 10 The
Structure Of sentences, as he wrote then
d'wa from the dIcta,ion Of his employer
and Taste Inr the study of Grammar wal
e:s.led. which vas noticed snd encnurag
ed by the ChsncelIot. upon whose re-
comnsnJauon he read Hairiss iiermes
Topkss Diversion, of Purley, Bishop
Lnw,h's Grammar, and other s'm'la
WORKS.
Fm his interchangeable is snll re
markably neat and.rsgu!ar. Mr. Clay "a
chiefly indebted 20 Mr., Tin.ley. Chan
eel Wythe va, a passionate vntsry n
Creek lie was a, Que time occupied
In preparing report. Of his decisions, am
Commenting npaa those al the Court .
Appeals. BY which some Of his we're re-
ssrssd: and in Ibis work he,.wassassis'e'
hy his smsnusnsis. Alter the report
were published, he sent copies 10 Mr.
Jefferson, John Adam, Samuel Adams
snd others. In these copies. he employ
ed II. Clay to copy particular passage
from Greek authors. 10 whom reference
hal been made. Nat understanding
single Greek character. the y"u"e c"py's
had 10 an.c,Ibs By imraion letter al'e
letter.
Leaving the "flice Of Mr.. Ti"sley Oh
latter pr, oi 1906. he vent IL reside vii
the lac q ,ber, Brmke. E-q.. The Auo'
nv Gsnefsl, formerly Gosern"r "i Va
HIS only regular study Of the law va
d"rng The year 1907, ,ha, he lived wi
Nc. Br~kr: bu, il WIS impossible tbs
he should not. in the daily scenes he WI
nassed. and IN the presence Of The emit
eni men whom he So often heard an
saw. be in the way Of gathering much v;
liable legal infnrmshon. During h,s 70
sideuce of six or seven years l., R,e'
mond. he became acquainted with al
mo.. al The eminent Vlrg'n'ans oi The p'
rind. VIA lived IN that city, or we're
thn h,h - - ..,rti - 20 n --x ~ il. I'm M