Glasgow weekly times. (Glasgow, Mo.) 1848-1861, 1857-07-09
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A VISIT TO ASHLAND.

A VISIT TO ASHLAND.
Leaving for day the strong voiced ut
terance of this important railway festival,
desire to delineate, if may, picture, which
perhaps some friend, Of him Of whom it shall
most depict, may place in memory.
Aparty of us found that the completion
Of the Covington and Lexington Road placed
within the easy control Of IA few hours a
Journey to the city near which most Of the
private life of Henry Clay was passed, and
which will remain Of the deepest interest to
every man who is grateful that his country
ever produced such a man; and most of ell,
10 those tens of thousands whose best ener-
sies were given to his fortunes, and who
feel that the hour which took him from the
field Of politics removed The only man that
possessed the personal heartfelt love OF the
American people-a joy inhimwhich won to
him devotion, the like (Which none other
man on this side of thelAilantic ever woke
in the people. Lexington, as containing in
its vicinage Ashland, would have been fl,
pilgrimage even in the old days OF coach ano
turnpike; how much more now, when the
car, with the comiort'of a parlor, and the
speed of bird, is the transit.
Our party included George Bancroft, Mr..
Rossi,er, the artist, Mr.. B. R. Winthrop, Of
New York, and we were trebly fortunate
In thus having with us those who by appre-
citation and conversation, and the agreeable
in the true gentlemen, could make the occa.
sion, even without its incidents, delightful.
At Lexington we drove to the Phoenix,
and at the portal the landlord met US like
steut old host of the olden times. He was
in the entrance TO his hail to welcome US,
and with hearty, genial manner, that was
like the stepping back into the days when
the inn was his neat, snug, comfortable home.
Very soon, and very reasonably, the heart
Of the journey, the going to Ashland, was
provided. Old fashioned, and rather quiet,
but in such good order as to be worthy of a
close look at all its belongings, Lexington
was soon passed through, and ride of about
a mile brought us 10 the place which, while
this generation remains, is ali ineffaceable
sssociation--a household word. did not
expect to find Ashland so near the city. l
thought that the statesman, when he spoke
of his neighbors in the city, took that word
in the large spaced sense which rural gen.
f1ap, IN s,aoG If fbosa ybo hya in thar a.,
cinage. He was citizen of Lexington, for
Ashland is in its suburbs. The pleasant old
city may, in the changing fortunes of time,
decay and fade, but IFS suburb will secure
it place in history, where it shall be cock.
istent with the Republic.
Our carriage was driven up an avenue
not long one. The house is near the road
There is no distance-no deep seclusion be-
tween the home of Henry Clay and The peo
pie. There is very mingled feeling which
PUSHES over ones heart at the glance here
II is a contest between the practical and th'
thoughtful. The old house, Ashland, as i
was when it was the residence, the HON,
life Of Clay, is away. The new, an admi
rably built, and really beautiful mansion, il
in its place. A house so tasteful, and bull
with such good taste in ornament, and il
combination of material, that were it utterl,
dissociated with the fame of an ilustriou
man, it would yet at once be attractive, an
the traveller would pause to admire it, as w
do in relation 10 those, which, in the envi
rons Of Boston, teach us how strongly tn
beautiful may be represented in architecture
But sits not the true k ng for a that
tbs not the house of Henry Clay, and Will
freely admit the present owner had th
right to manage his estate as his judgemen
counseled, think he owed it to such
father, to let that home stand while bea,
and rafter would bind,
1t might burn down, blow down, crus
in, or crumble out. That would have bee
the same touch of Time that effaces th
wsrds we have written with our heart
but the nation did ask, did hope, that III
house whence Henry Clay had so often d,
parted on mission of eloquent word ar
statesman act, would remain. Rich in a
the situations for mansions, that taste or al
ulcnce could desire, is Ashland, and viii
u new house was built for comfort, for Il
practical, it would have been kind TO US
hays let sunshine and storm alternate {,