Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1852-07-03
from the Bulletin.l

The residence of this distinguished son o.
North Carolina, is Hillsborough. He was borr
in 1904. In 1888 he entered upon his public
career as a member of the State Legislature
and served during the sessions of l834-'35-'36
'3S and 40. He was several times chosen speak
er; and as a presiding officer and legislator
he was looked upon as the best and ablest If
the Old Commonwealth. In 1841 he was elec
ted Senator to Congress. His senatorial ca
reer was marked more by %soliditv, sagacity anc
prudence, than by meteoric flashes OF genius
He was, emphatically, a working Senator, more
of whom the country needs IN these degene'
rate days. He was always found laboring
whenever the public interests required 1t, either
in the Committee room or Senate Chamber In
ls45 he was elected Governor of his native
State. When Gen. Taylor became President
he was offered the mission to Spain, which he
declined. On the accession Of Mr.. Fillmore to
the Presidency he was rendered the office OF
Secretary of the Navy, which he accepted, ana
has since discharged the duties of that high
station with distinguished ability aud ~etticien-
cy.
So much for a few of his political antecedents.
Now for his ancestry, as it is becoming fashion
able in this republican country to reflect credit
upon the descendant, by referring to the servl.
ces and character ofhis progenitors, Mr.. Ora
ham is a son of Gen. Joseph Graham, an m
nent soldier and patriot of the revolutionary
era, whose military services, commencing with
his enlistment at the early age ofnineteen, num-
Der some fifteen battles, in several of which he
was wounded, and ended during the last war
with Great Britain, by his leading North Caro-
lima troops to the aid of Gen. Jackson against
the Creek Indians. The gallant old veteran
arrived too late to participate in the brilliant
action of the Horse Shoe. He died in 1886,
at the ripe age Of II, universally beloved and
revered.
From the foregoing, it will be seen that the
Wing candidate for the Vice Presidency of the
United states, comes from as good revolution
airy stock as Gen. Pierce, or any other man of
the United States. That he is a worthy son!
of a noble sire-that he is the inheritor Of his
virtues and patriotism, as well as name-the|
many high positions he has filed in State and
National Councils, and in the Cabinet, the conf
dence which the intelligent people of North
Carolina have ever reposed in his ability and
integrity, to say nothing Of the high but de-
served compliment, lately bestowed by the|
Wing National Convention in nominating him
for the second Office in the gift of the Ameri-
can people, abundantly ~testlties.
AS a Wing of the good "Old North State"
~line--as a Southerner by birth, education, and
interest--tbe Wings Of the South, and the
long public life, now undergoing a severe ex-l
animation. /
Mr.. Graham's letter is short, and fully en-
dorses the platform. There is nothing new in
it. He has sent his resignation to the Presi.
dent as Secretary of the Navy. He will re-
main J. u office a few days to settle some impor-
tant business, and then retire to North Carroll
and await the result. e: 4