The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1875-09-01

M0KaASFf0N, nv. g. Aiig 18TH 1875.
/ Alta meeting u the Board Of Csnplsg
sioiels Dr. Eugene Ci,lsson submitted the
| following remarks.
i MR.. PR1sIDENr.
It's eninellly proper That that this
EomnllssIonisleull take noticeofaiteveft
most Painful 70 citizens Of NORTH CARO-
Iina.it hmy saaauty To ANNOUNCE t,,yDa,
thesieatlI Of our iofn,erg, member Of your
/ body. The Hon. ~. Is. Graham, whicl,
occurred al Saratoga New York ON We'd
nestIay last the 18th instant. Although
notatithptIimeamemberofthis Commits,
sion, llefecased' The appointment for The
same 1T the hands oflhe General AS
sembly, and only declined its duties on
account ~ lie great public responsibilities,
he had already assumed IN ether iieldsof
usefulness, aud Of the impaired health
fthat foseiold lia approaching end. He
met the lsaarslat their first meeting and
manifested great Interest III aid profound
sympathy for the work, that Ii With the
Smiles OF Providence, in coming years 30
carry comfort and consolation toso many
households and rescue SO many fellow
creatures from lie dread doom Of mental
death. He aided sou ~ hiswise coull-
sells, Ia yourinialary steps, AMI warmly
and generously rendered lis services, his.
personal help and inllnenecat anyfuinrc
emergency IN the prosecution Of your ia-
Inis 10 tile completion 81 The task assigned
to ynu by The state. His excellent letter
on llfe, will be sacFedly pre-eryed on your
records. II will be remembered, tliat he.
expresses therein. the most sincereinierest
III Tile effort 70 secure. additional aecoHio-
datiuns for tie insane 81 our state, I'D
rplterates the expression, Of nurs.eep re-
grct il,at Tie imperative circumstances,
ID which have alluded prevented him
nom cooperating Ia the labors Of tlle
building commission, idw TINT Ute grave
has closed over his honyred head. 4 y
grateful loo, 10 recall his YARN expres-
sicns 81 personal regard. for tbe several
n,clmhers 81 your body, ard youMill not
fail to eiieslsl 81 rseoilec'ions. CIV.
Grnhari was truly great inait IN the tnll
ueccph,lion of tiiat ienn tbIaueiali III
rclatlbns III life. whether private, public "
social, ne wasahove rel,rocll, and 10 svef.s
posi,lon nfirust, whether as Representa-
i've ii tie State Legislature. or as Chief
Executiveofthe Commonwealth. Whether
In The tInitci States OF Confederate Sta.e,
r. Al tie bosrd ~ Tie nalCahinet. hc
met all Ills responsibilities with fidelity
Integrity ana ability. Iewis irtliy elnal
70 any aud every cnlcrnnry Hewaa 4
great man. snd tsbe truly great j. 20 b.
trIly good Cs,-ss WIS better soldier
| tlian .Wasl,blgton; Napoicnn conquered
more fstiAsthan Lee. hut how inlin,sis-
urably ar C,esarani Sai@lsen below the
niche or Fame, where Washington and
Lee nrrensbrined. Cor Lee and WISH.
ineton were not only great snldi"ls but
great mcn. Mans statesmen a,lorn our
annals. lat few u tlirse IRE cxemplars
boil, IN statesmen and men, and fewer
stili arr drnliama.
n sympathy wills Tie rriefaf North
Carolina. Imnvc the adoi'tioa oftlncfol-
lowing preamble and resolutions =
wnYwsAs: Ti~ Commission 60 ltiid
.hc wesiern Insane Asylum y North
tiaFaihia have learned with irosaai,a re-
erct The sad Intelligence ~ the death n
H,tt. VIM. 4. Graham, a former meinber
af tllis Commission.
! BE Il resolved, That The loss oflhe lion.
| William Alexander Graham, a distiniin,
IgulsLe,l patriot and statesman, Is = public
calamity. misfortune the whole unign.
and deep and painful sorrow 10 North
Cmolhna 4th
Resolved, That his faithful public ser
vice il many and varied folti''nsof trust
II aud responsibility through 1 lellg iiie 1T
pure aud sln,icss fame, viii le held in
pinteful rvinenlhmnce asa shiaing ex.
ample q. hIa fcllov citizens and gsnersi-
slon- 60 come.
Resolved, That We nfier the Tsspeeiiul
expression 81 our sympathy lnlhis great
icreave0icni 10 the ianlIlyof the lieiioisi
dead. ~
Oa'Ha,iah u Col. lSasgp,
It..solvc.I That fI,e Secretary. he IN.
a aattd loenefors these Tcsululicns upon
tlA. r.cs,pls ~ the building commission
ard fotuarf copies ~ The salnr tetlle
Z family the illnssrioas deceased, mld Z
tie newspapers of'sifisboio aud 'isalfig'i,
with the remarks of d. Urissoul; al u
/, whic.rwas unanimously adopted
= \. UsN. WALTN,
Secretary III ssoanl.
fbr III Reeor,icr.
township MEEriNs AZ CALDWELL.
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