The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1861-09-18
REMARKS OF MR.. TURNER,

Senate an event. which trust will put an
end to all strife among Us, for one day at
least; yes. for this one day at least, let US
say as our first Mother said to our FIRST Fa-
ther:"
awhile ye, We i've scarce one short hour perhaps,
Between Us two let there be peace
| sllude to the death Of Hon. Willie r.
Mangum. We have been talking and voting
for Senators for more than week, but one
greater than them al has been taken from us.
The Judge. the Senator. the Statesman,
the Patriot, the Pride Of North Carolina, the
boast Of the Old Union. ended his earthly
career on Saturday last, at his own house,
in the bosom Of bis heart-crushed family.
We have had Macon. a Burke. q Davie,
a Davidson, q Moore, Stanly, Nash, a
CASTOR, and Mangum; but we have none
now; they have all gone TO another and a
better world but their names and their deeds
live among us-saered to heroism. dear 10
every lover Of constitutional liberty; their
names and their fame "is Of the history Of
the State"
.Ohi who shall lightly say that fame
J. nothing but 40 empty name.
NhIle 10 that mama lhem u q charm,
he nerves 10 brace, the hesu 10 SafmL
When thinking 90 Tho mighty dead.
The youth shall roass from slO,hiul bed,
And vow siih up-lih hand and hsan,
Like them 10 act noble part"
n those patriot spirits departed retain
enough Of mortality 10 grisve-if il be allow
ed them. with Washington, Hancock and
Adams, to look down upon tie black field %
Manassas, and the bloody waters Of Bull
Run, how poignant must be their grief.
II they could speak 10 ss, what would they
say: Alas. alas for the spirit Of American
liberty, how Il has given way for the cruel
dominion ut the sword! Our children.
,hey would say. have forgotten the trials and
sufferings of their Fishers; they have frogo,-
ten our lessons touching them.
. What make. nslioa happy sod hesy. 30.
VIVA, ruins kingdoms and l.ys cities Iow"
Judge Mangpm was born in i792. He
graduated at the University IN 1915. In 1918
We Was elected to the House Of Commons.
In 1919 he was elected lodge Of the Superior
Court. In 1925 be Was elected 10 Congress.
In 1929 ne was elected second time IL the
bench. In 1881 he vas elected senator in
Congress--seFsing until 1857. lie vas again
elected Senator 10 ls4l, and reelected IN
lS4s.
10 1857. though not candidate. We vas
complImented by receiving the electoral vote
Of South Carolina for the Presidency. IN
1871. upon the death o. President Harrison
and The accession Of Vice President Tyler,
be was elected Speaker d the Senate.
These are the public stations and places
which he filled--how he filled them ! need
not stop 70 lell. for il IS part Of The hlsto-
~ Of bis country.
The wisdom OF his counsel, the charms Of
his eloquenee. and the graees ol his oraiory,
will never be efaced from the memory Of his
countrymen; but the best portion VI a good
mans life - his little, nameless. unrscordetl
acts Of Kindness and Of love; for his aeis ef
kindness aud charity and love. 20 ask the
unfortunate, the humble. and the lowly. Who
regarded him as their neighbor and TREAD.
was frequent Ind not anweleome visit.
er az his house.
The present troubled condition Of the com.
Try gave hin the deepest concern. and weigh
ed heavily upon his heart.
The last time ] saw him, was Thursday
before the battle Of Manassas. Though bend
ing under the weight Of years and disease, I
thought him as well as he had been for tven-
" months.
Sunday came, and with IL came the bloody
battle % Manassas. IN that battles msgnif-
Gently stern array, stood bis only son. the
prop 81 his h0uss, The hope Of bis declining
sears, his only hope foe the perpetuation Of
his name.
I shall long remember the visit made 10
the son, lying III Of his wounds al Louisa
Court House; how in reply 10 nv inqsiries.
be expressed the "hope soon 10 Be well and
up. and al them again Nor am ashamed
here before men 10 confess that kissed the
Ievered brow Of this boy. not for his fathers,
but for bis mothers and his sisters rake.
] shall long remember how his comrades
in arms gave him the praise for his manly
and heroic bearing in The fight. and how they
pointed me 20 the spot. hard BY Sherman's
bsttery, where he stood, and fought and fell
aud bled.
but another Sunday came, and nth Il the
sad news, that the son had died Of his wounds.
Il was more than age and exhausted nature
could bear. Grief for the loss Of the son set.
tied on the iaiher's hesrt--it could not beat
Iii had 70 break.
NJ. Brown said Il va. bis fortune to know
The Hon. Willie p. Mangum, both ~ college
and IN The Senate. Tie testified 10 the high
position Judge yangum held 10 the Senate
81 the United States. eyes 10 his palmiest
days Tie said there was one trait IN his
character which peculiarly impressed him.
aud that was. his msgnanimity 10 mankind.
tie said his position 10 history would be high
and elevated, and when such an individual
passed away, we should treasure bic memory
10 our hearts, snd that he must express the
melancholy sensation his death created with.