The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1850-07-17

AZ = S6ldisl and q General, his hme e
assoeihtsd With some Of he pTondrH and
moSl ilHillilg srehFs of our military bic,
tory. tie may be liirTally ssid 10 hare
eonaaeEsd stsIy enemy be has mel save
only ihsl ~ saAns. 10 wilish Ne nnsl
all in fprn. snrrrndef..
lss cisilisn end SALESMAN. dsSine The
brief pefint in which he has bren permit
led 10 enjoy The irsnsesn6eni hansfs shirf
GRATEFUL country had awarded him. b
has eisse proaf of devotion 90 slniy. oil
an attachment 10 iiss Csnsliiniish xssd lhs
uniea. ola palraiis determination 10 main,
tain The peace Of our country. rhirh ~
irials ar temptations ronld shake. He hss
horne his f4rullies msekly. baI 6fn,ly. lie
has been -elssf IN his great afire." lie
has known No lorsi pariislilies or prsinsli.
ers; bot has PRAYED himself capable oi
embracing his whsle country il. The eom.
prehrnslre affections and refards Of .
large mud generous hiram.
Bar h. has fallen almasi ai The ilsrrshald
ol his risil rsrrrr. AMI Al mameni when
soma of 10 were looking 10 him 10 render
services io he eountry which ws had
thought nnalher man could perlnm. Ter
lainly. rir. be ha. died lao soon fnt every
body hni himself We ran hardly sR.i il IN
our hearts IA rspine thai The good OIL man
las gone 10 his rest. We would nsa 5is.
iurb The rrpnse in which tie brave old
Soldier Sleeps. Eiis pan in life had been
l"ng and fsiIhfali, performed. Ia bic
own Issl words. /. he had always done his
duly. and he Was na, afraid 10 die" Blu.
nnf rrsIeis Tor ourselves and for cur
country are deep. sirnng. snd unfeiened.
Sir. Il vas fil and beauliral eirenm.
stance in the close Of snsh o career. that
his la,r official appearance was al The ee.
lehraiion 81 the Birthday OF our National
Independence. snd. more especially. that
hls last public act was an act Of hnmsge
10 the memory nf him whose example he
had ever re,err,l and followed. and who.
~ he himself 50 we'll sad. VAS. rs 50
many titles. the Father Of his Country"
And now. Mr.. Speaker. lei US hope ,hsi
this event may teach Us all how vain 10
our reliance upon aug are of flesh. let
Ne hope that il may impress US with Q
solemn sense Of our National as well as
i'm ivIdnsl dependence on higher Than
human Power. Lei 10 remember that
" tie Lord is King. be the reople never so
impatient: that he stitch between The
rhembim. he the earth never So unquiet." "
let Us. in largusae which is now hallowed
10 US all. as having been the closing and
sentiment Of the brief but adm-
rshlr Inaugural Address with which this
iiluslrIoas Patriot opened his Presidential
Term. and which il is nv privilege 10 read
ri this moment from The very copy from
which il was originally read by himself
10 The American people, on the 4al day
Of March. lSis-lei us. in language in
which .he, being dead. yet speskeih"--
!. bet us invoke continuance OF the same
Protecting Care which has led Hs from
small beginnings 10 The eminence we this
day occupy; and lei as seek 10 deserve
that continuance bv prudence and modeia-
lion in our councils; by wen directed IT..
irmpls to assuage the bitterness which too
often makes unavoidable differences or
opinions by The PRONUNCIATION and practice
Of just and Liberal principles; and BY an
enlarged patriotism. which shall scknow.
ledge no limits hu, those uf oni own wide.
spread Republic"