The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1847-05-06

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Balimosr. sth April. 1877.
GESTIEsEx: Your invitation in be-
half of The Young men Of the city Of New
York. 10 the festival with which they
propose 10 celebrate The birth day ol lien
nv Clay. have received with unmixed
pleasure. and hasten n say. that IL ! ean
possibly attend il. shall not fail 10 do -.
Ny professional engagements, however.
may prevent me. though they shall moi. IL
! esn. with any proprieiy, postpone them.
The man whon.you are about 10 ho-
nor. must now stand. If possible, even
higher in the confidence and affections of
The American people, ilian AZ any other
period in hissgreat and patriotic career.
Who does not feel.-who does not know.
that the hloOtknow spilling in foreign
war, would have heen saved, if lays
counss!s had ruled the Nation; and saw
ell. not only without dishonOr. but by pla-
cling The country upon position infinitely
more elevated Than il now occupies!
Our present condition. lsmenlable rs in
many respects il is, il is true, is almost
lost sight of, in the splendor Of our milf
iary irinmphs, and the pride with which
they fill every American heart. The fame
Of the Nation has alone been saved from
the plumbers and injustice Of the admins
lraliun, by the consummale skill and
maichless eallanlry Of Ia, Tor, and his Of
licers and men. The victories he and
they have won. have rescued nothing
else could have rcscued-ihe Presiden
and his advisers from load Of RESPONSE
biliiy aud disgrace, that mere miserable
party tactics would in vain have enables
Them To withstand. Aud for these, wha
credit is due 10 them! Let that mastel
slroke--Ihai malchlcss piece Of diploma
cy-'THI FACT or SANTA ANNA BEING
PERMITTED To SLIP INTO MEXICO at The
instance and by the orders Of Mr.. Presi
dent Polk-give the answer. Let TIN
disgusting. the degrading attempts durlnl
the last session Of Congress, TO blast thu
fame OF Taylor, sanctioned or promp,c'
by the President, give the answer. lie
the unparalleled and perscyering efforts o
the President 10 wound HIM in a poin
where the soldiers honor is ever, AM
Justly. most sensilive--his rank, give ih
answer. The day must came, is rapid.
coming, when the voice Of millions wi
proclaim the distinction between the wa
and its authors, and lis noU ayerred OF
jccts. and the luslre Of the achievement
of those who have carried aloft and tr
umphant upon every battle field the glC
Iious flag Of our country.
And. gentlemen, can an intelligent an
patriotic citizen be found, who will not AZ
nit that if Henry Clay had been at ii
head OF the Nation, the war, waging al S
much expense of treasure and OF bloot
would have been obsiated, or If unioriI
nalely forced upon US, would have been
conducted as Ia have terminated, ere thi
in an honorable and permanent peace.
A statesman, whose whole life in III
service Of his country proved him en-
nently convcrsan with its true in,ere
and honor, and to possess far reachl
sagacity which enabled him TO be almo
prophetic in his predictions, was, in m
ment Of popular and unaccounlable del
Q sion. put aside, when his great and adm
Is ted abilities could have been brought
n preside over US, and a citizen selected wi
f had never been tested in any emergenc
n and whose capacity for the hig u, arduou
e and all important station of President
$, the U. States. no man, intelligent or oil
., 'erwise, but a few months preceding Il
Ielee.ion, ever conceived OF, even in dreal
! How sadly are We fsyng in It's cons
Z queuees, Tor tins scs u naa ardonable foil
!. 4 war uuhlusi,mgly eafued on for &C
quest. Grief, agonizing s'ief, subs'ltu'
for Joy and happiness. around many, a
manv homestead. Public morals, 81
" suffering from the temptations VIII
beset ihem-an immense national dc
I'd contracted, ,and yet enlarging-and e'
If cu,ive patronage at such hight that C.
10 ruption cannot but ensue.
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