The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1842-07-28

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inr,on. Ky. On ths oh Of June. Judge
Robertson. who presided, offered the col.
lowing sentiment. which he prefaesd with
appropriate remarks:
HENRY CLAY Fsrnr II .fsAiaad PsfisI
s.s PkasniArsplsf fls ANEneAk Sisftsmaa.
sal w~drsiisd 0vsisr u lAs .sgs- liiasirioas
sbsssd. bslossd Al home In long carer OF
emIaenl pablie service. offea. iike Afisiids q.
~ breasted she rasiag stsrns q passian ard
delusioa, and ~ ofsfing himself sacrifice.
ssscd he Republic; and Gov. like cincinn lus
asd "A ashiagisa. hasiag voluntarily retired %
lhe IRA qail salks of private HE, Che graft Col
hears u his eonairymsn will do him ample
issiice bit eome whsi may Ksaisciy wil
sfaad ~ hims. aad sliil esntinne 90 cherish and
dclead, 40 her hunir. the lame % q am Who
has emblaa snrd hsr eseu,shsea With immor-
cal reaosa.
Alter The evidences Of feeling which
dis sentiment elected had subsidized, MIR.
Clay rose and spoke rs follows:
M. Prsa1sHi. Ladies ana Gsailsnr.
ID was given 20 our counrymsn,
franklin, 70 bring down the lightning
from Heaven. To enable me 10 be heard
BY this immense multitude, should have
20 invoke 10 my aid. and 10 throw into
nv voice, is l0udest ihunders. As |
cannot do that, I hope | shall be excused
for such = use Of nv lungs as is praclica-
bic and not inconsistent with the preser-
walton OF my health. And feel that il
is our FIRST duty 10 express our obligations
10 kind and bountiful Providence, for
the copious and general showers with
which he has Just blessed our land--a re-
treatment Of which IL stood much in need.
For one, offer 10 Him humble and du-
iilul thanks. The Inconvenience 10 us,
on this festive occasion, il very slight.
while the sum Of good which these time.
ly rains viii produce 10 very great and
encouraging.
Fellow Citizens. find myself now in
asitua,ion somewhat like one in which
was placed few years ago when ira
yelling through The State Of Indiana, from
which my friend mr.. Rsriden,) near me
comes. ! stopped =, village containing
some four or 1--WE hundred inhabitants,
and had scarcely alighled before | found
myself surrounded In the bar-room by
every adult male resident in the place.
Afser while. observed group consult
ing tngesher in one corner Of the room,
and shortly after, was diflidenly APP
preached by one of them, tall, lank.
lean. bu, sedsie and sober looking person,
with long face and high cheek bones,
who, addressing me, said he was COM
missioned by his neighbors 10 request
that would say a few words TO them.
Why. my good friend, said |, | should be
very happy 70 do any thing gratifying 10
yourself and your neighbors, butt am We
~ much faiigued and hungry and thirsty,
and do not think The occasion 10 exact.
" suitable for q speech, and wish you
would excuse me 10 your friends. Well.
IS he. Mr.. Clay. confess | thought 50
aS.!f, especially as We have no wine to
~ pu to drink!
NoN jf the worthy citizen OF Indiana
was ngni y supposing that glass Of wine
80 W. : ecsary preliminary and a pre-
uens conSion 10 the delivery Of
speech, you ave no just righ. to expect
one rom me \ this time; for during the
sumpmous rePst from which we have
us'ilsen' You offered me nothing to drink
ou1 colo watei excellent water, il is
uue, from the CLASSIC fountain Of our la
mehted friend Mr.. Maxwell, which has
30 often RECALLED Us on celebrations Of our
great anniversary. Great laughter.
! protest against any inference Of my
being inimical 10 the Temperance Cause.
On the contrary, | think il an admirable
cause that has done great good, and will
continue to do good as long as legal coer.
clonis not employed, aud il rests exclu.
slvely upon persuasion and its own intrin.
sic merits.
l have great and growing repugnancc
10 speaking in the open air TO a large as
semblage. But whilst the faculty oil
speech remains to me, can never feel that
repagnance, neser feel other than CRATE.
til sensations, in making my acknowledge
mcnis under such circumstances as those
which have brough, US together. No
mat ! am so presumptuous as TO believe
that ! have been the occasion solely Of
collecting the vast multitude. Among
the Inducements, | cannot help thinking
that the fat white virgin heifer Of my
friend Mr.. Bergman, that cost $500
which has Just been served up, and the
\othcr good pings which have been so Ii
lberally spread before us, exer,ed some
influence insweIling this unprecedented
~ large meeting. Great laughter.
! cannot but feel. Mr.. President. in of
lering my respectful acknowledgment:
|or The honor done me, IL the eloquen
ddress which you have just delivered
Sd in the sentiment with which you
Concluded il, thar if your warm partially
AL feryen. friendship which has so long
existed between us. and the Kindness o.
myneighhon and friends around me, hav,
prompted an exaggerated dssc upton. IN
100 glowing colors, of my public servi
ces anu my poor abilities.