The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1867-06-19
LETTER rRoM COY. GRAnAM,

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adnirabIer letter from Coy. Grauam, IN re-
pIy 10 an iuyi,atiuo to be, present on the
,occssisn Of the. recent inauguration oI
Harts statue Of Henry Clay at Louisville.
Like everything else from Gov. Graham's
Len, il is dign,ied, manly aud able, I,
..8ssta n,llsbosoagh, n. c., Nay %, 1867.
GENTLEMEN ~ regret that il is not in
any power 70 accept The invitation Of the
CITY Of Louisville, so politely rendered
through your note oi The 9th INST. TO be
present al the inauguration OF the s,atse Of
Henry Clay. by the Kentucky artist Hart.
IN the Court House of the City. on che 30th
oi the present month. 1H s.ia
That Louisville finds. in a native Of the
Stsie, an artist Capable OF perpetuating IN
enduring marble the lineaments aud the
lame OF the gfest American whom Ken.
tueky claims as her first citizen. Is itself
q matter OF islicitation. rendering all the
more appropriate her tribuie 10 the ge-
MUS aud character of the illastriaus states
man.
That she purposes by her hospitality ta
bring togethe, persun. from all parts Of our
common country, whose intercourse has
been interrupted. and whose friendships
may have been alienalcd, by the events Of
. .sngulrary civil war. aaording an occs-
sion 10 bury the animusiiies oi Tie late con-
test. W resume then old relations. and to
exchange pledges Of amiiy and mutual
good AL. as II were, BY the grave oi
common friend. is also an attraction which
1 trust NAV assemble at this ceremony nu
sAercss yotaries. with profit 10 the living
- sell as honor 70 the dead.
The long and illustrious public service
ol Me. CLAY. extending with rare intervals
throuPh half century, in which he thrice
saved the country from the eonvulsion OF
civil ssr, hrs conservative and healing IN
fluenee on every occasion oi internal dis.
cord, and hls manly aud patriotic spirit IN
oil matters ot foreign relations and dipl"-
macy. assign him the most conspicuous
place aiming American statesmen ~ the age
succeeding he men Of the revolution. hi,
uIoaaence. his genius, has address anu na-
turaI command over men. would have e.
zen him distraction in sny deliberatise a..
senlblv u the world bu, u was his pro-
found comprehension Of Amerlean institu.
t,ans. and praetical wisdom in American
AFFAIR.". which we're, alter all. his most DIS
tinsuishing characteristics, and the ehiel
source Of his uselalness aud power. With
M, his affections we're dislcmpered With M
local jealousiesgnr hatreds. nor bounded by
any sectional limits. In him the love ui
Union anil sense Of the importance oi Us
preservation did no, depend upon whether
the smiles of fortune were his to-day anu
snoiher's 10. morrow, but were hred and
abiding sentiments, which nothing ~ his
loor aud cscnuul life could ever shske.
ihope 4 nav say, without woanding the
sensibilities Of any among my eoantrymen.
that. in the anxiou. months preceding the
late hostilities In 1850 and '6l, the old dis.
eiples Of Mr.. Clay in this State did no, tai
to bring wildly TO the remembrance ofihe
people his grra, example aud teachings o.
this topic. until the downward course of
events, which have not space 10 record.
in their opinion rendered the embarkation
Of the State in the var necessity. MAY
be hardened also Tor the remark that. dur
ing this perlo,l, was often impressed with
the sayaciiy uf this patriot statesman in
discovering where the 1--we Of the Union
was greatests More than twenty.
years sgu, In an earnest and impressive
convcr.aiion upon a question pending in
the senate. aud connected with the ever
sgitated iIieme Of slavery, he observed TO
me, wuh emphasis, !" SIR, there are four
States Of this Union on which il Ii 10 rely
fur ia pcrSer,atinn in all time ~ come.
These are North Carolina aud Virginia.
Tennessee aud Kentucky" lie weut on 20
assign his reasons foe this asse,eration in
their geographical position. the character
Of their inhabitants, &c. often thought
nj II afterwards. and repestedit II TO the peo
pie, 10 the discussions 10 which allusion has