The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1843-10-12

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.i.hlle. Boa ss have li,ile 70 Do with
Heavy Clay Ihs lasyer and she sdscsas:
Il - ID . higher sphere 81 life ss mSsi
now ,ies him.F
have dwrIl .hus upnn lie ssIly pari
ef Mr. Clsy's lie. bsraase. though less
brilliant snd less known Than his public
career. ior one. feel stronger ssnpsIhy
and la,e Tor =. lie orphan bay." IN The
russsl saTb Of possriy. fsilssine ne
rl0ngh. or struggling. unaided and al"nr,
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isrcs 90 IN hunble cle,k. than do for
he Sl.nsmsn ard Legislator. Boz il j.
., public character se are NOW N sie~
him. The youth nay be interesting 10
indis iduals. but the nsl,on 10 only coheer
ned IN lie man. HE espacIues. bis L.
hnurs. his prihcirlrs. and his IL flusnee
npnn public measures.
As early - 1871 Ne. Clay took an se-
tive. and. Tor so young . man, . Prnmi-
nsnt parIin the questions shIeh then agi-
tnsd The people. One of desc sas ne
propris'y 81 pro, iding. BY The Consil'u-
ion then about IL be formed, for The gral-
ual emancipation Of The slaves, and The
abolition ri slavery 10 that state. 10 this
controversy his pen and his voice we're
enlisted IN brhslf d liberty. lie lcosrd
upon slavery 30 sn evil ent.,lsd upon the
people, Of winch some ms asurs opeh, IN
be adopted gradually 10 reIhvs The ecun
Try. This sdvoescy oflhe emancipation
Of The blacks by process ialentsi 10
accomplish IL in manner rot injurious
or " just 10 those sho held hist species
Of properly, rendered him fer lime un-
popul.r; The owners Of slaves considering
him inimical tp their interest. Though
his expriiops IN this Phll.nlhropic rause
PROVED unaEailing. get he hiss ever sdht-
red To the principles he then svowed. and
endeasoured 10 GARY Them ou, through
he meaas IL the Culnniz .tIon Socieiy. IL
whirh he vas one Of The principal ioun-
drrs, aud has been, ,ince The death Of the
venerable Chif Ju,tce Marshall. PIesI
dent. Hi. desire was. and has ever been.
10 DO justice TO the black. but not mjns
ice g. the whites.
The mxi important question. in the
discussion Of which he bore prnminent
part, was one relating to The pal tics oi the
,isr. and, upon ~hrh. he ranged himself
with The Republican party. He took
strong and decided ground agains, the
Alien and Srtiii"n laws. aud IN IA, our of
popUlar rights. lie considered these laws
md "thtr measures Of The elder Adsm,'s
admins ration ss an Infringement Of the
Iiberues OF the people and The press, and
he entered into The oTposit'rn Ia them
with an energy so indomitsble. a zeal so
ardert, an el"queEce so persuasive, and an
ability 50 unlocked for, that, notw i,hs,snd,
ing his youth, be NJ then only twenty
one years oil age. he vas considered The
master spirit &c The Republican parry, snd
brought hlms,l II prominently before the
people, MT II his osn county oily, but Of
the ahole state.
IT, 1903. while sbsen,. Mr.. Clay was
tskcn ~ By the Citizen. OF F.ye,te Coun-
". without The lest in,imation Of their
Inlerti'n having teen COMMUNICATED 10
HIN, and eIect d him TO the legislature.
here he ut once took rank ~ih ,he first
men in the sta e. not oDe Of whom vas
his equal in talents, energy nf Character.
power al tlnq"ence.
lu 1905 he was elected to The Sen,e
"f the United S,stes for The unexpirej
Term, one year. &c Gen. Adsir, who had
resigned his sea-. Bring the yeungest
senator, aud a new member, he had. oil
course !, lie opportunity cfdisunguIshing
himself. Nevertheless the people # rhp
District Of CoIu nbis. and OF Alexandra
especially. have occasion to remember
him e'en then. f"r very able speech he
made in favor OF tie erect on Of bridge,
oter the Pntnm C. on he Alexandria road.
aud carving the question fer the friends
Of this internal improvement.
Mr.. Clay was now ag.in elected tn the
Legislature Of his own s,st". and d'sun-
euished him'elf By powerful speech a
gatnst a resolution which had been intro.
duced 10 prolibu the reading Of any BRUSH
decision mr. Elementary work OH law in the