North Carolina and e,r. clay.
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and has consented to do so next spring.
rejoice that he has done so, though he will find 1t
difficult to stop at North Carolina, or any where
South of Maine, when once he has crossed the
Mountains.


The letters below are both thrilling with the
eloouence of Truth. Mr.. CLAY is worthy o
North Carolina, and that State has Tor years
regarded him as her pole-star with manly con-
fidencc and affectionate pride which know no
second choice She supported White in 80 and
fafter he was. nominated) Harrison IN '4U, but
through all she loved and honored no one like
HENRY CLAY She will give him an overwhel-
ming support in '44.-But to the correspondence


Raleigh, June, lS43


Sir: By Committee appointed for that pur-
,,ose Won were invited to attend the Wing Con-
yention held in this place in the month OF April,
l842. Your answer assigns reasons which pre-
vented your acceptance Of that invitation, de-
clarcd that YOU had long entertained an ardent
desire to visit North Carolina, and, though Obliged
10 postpone that visit, you hoped God would
anare YOU to make it at some future time. AT
The close of the last Session of the General AS
semblv. 3 meeting of the Wing members of that
bodv was held, bv which the undersigned were
appointed Committee to remind you OF your con-
1empated visit to expresso on the part of the Wings
of North Carolina, their anxious wish to see you
amongst them. and most respectfully, yet earnest
lr to claim on their behalf the performance OF
,,o,r promise at such time as will be most agree
able to yourself.


That paving us a visit will be attended with ia
fipue and inconvenience to you, we arc 1ully
aware. but the Wings of the State have strong
cls;ms upon your consideration. They have long
admired YOU at distance, as the boldest, most
consistent and ablest asserter of those principles,
nm which depend the honor and welfare OF our
country; and they now desire to see with their
own ewes. and to hear with their own ears upon
the soil of their own State, one, whom 1t Is no
disparaecmcnt of the excellence Of others, to re-
gard as the first living Patriot of America.


In the midst of the distraction, disgust and dis
NAV. produced by the then recent detection OF the
President from the great party to whom ne owed
his elevation, the Wings of this State, IN their
Convention of lSd2, were the first to assume a
decided position, and TO announce settled pur-
pose. They declared you their choice for the first
office of their country without qualification or
condition and to this declaration they,as one man,
now steadfasty adhere. They desire your eeva-
ton to that office not only as just acknowledge
ncnt of your past services, but also and chiefly,
because from you in that. high station, they hope
twhat they hope from no other the restoration OF
our country to that glorious and happy state, from
which by misgovernmcnt and corruption, by
,reachery and sclfishncss, by knavery acting upon
ambitious imbccility, by wanton disregard o
every obligation, personal and social, we have
been unhappily displaced and degraded.


For such pcople-so true and devoted IN
sheir attachment and so pure in their purposes
for such cause, so deeply interesting, so awlully
sacred to enlightened patriotism, we know you
are ever ready to make any sacrifice.


We do, therefore. according to our Instructions,
and on behalf of the Wings Of North Carolina,
ask on your part ful6lment of your engagement
and we look forward, with eager hope, to the day
when our constituents may add TO the cherished
recocctions of their lives this Also that they have
seen and heard HENRY CLAY.


Your friends and ie!low-citizens:


r M,uNS MooET FRANCES RSbREM 3 N E1EH5NSh SoTNER


THOMAS ALLISON, H b ELICIT,


A 6. MOVE, JOHN a. YOUNG,


SP ALLEN C. G LAMB


A. {. EHRlNGHAUS, TOD. r. CALDWELL.


ALFRED DoCkERl.


Hon. HENRY CLAY.


ASHLAND, 10th July, ls43


GENTLEMEN: have duly received your letter.
aa Committee OF the Wing portion of the Le-
g;ssture of North Carolina, reminding me OF my
engagement to visit that State. and expressing
The expectation that will fulfil IT. My obhga,
tons of gratitude to North Carolina are too
strong to have allowed me to forget my engage
.nent, or to have abated my desire 20 visit 1t. l
have on the contrary, constantly cherished the
wish to sec it. and regretted that 1t has not been
hitherto in my power to ENJOY that grauhcauon-
Your State, gentlemen, has other and higher
titles to my friendly and respectful consideration
than that, mentioned by you, OF Its having been
the first TO denounce the unparalleled treachery
which has marked the career of the acting Presi-
dent ofthe United States, although that meriteG
denunciation was TIE performance Of high mo-
raj and patriotic duty. No State has displayed
more LOYALTY and attachment to the Union, been
more prompt to defend and maintain 1t, or exhi-
bted less selfish, restless or inotdlnatc ambition.
The first to declare the Independence OF the Col
onieS, North Carolina will be among the last to
abandon the support OF the Union, without whlch
we have no security for any of the blessings which
we enjoy, in our political institutions. Her calm
and dgnified course has been mistaken for lnsen-
sibility 10 public affairs. But she noby vindlca.
Ted herself from this unjust rcproach IN ls4o, and
I have no doubt stands ready to 90 1t again,
whenever suitable emergency arises.


shall take inexpressiblc pleasure IN visiting
such State, and in cordially mixing with Its
population, without reserve And, II God spare
1ny LIE and health, | will certainly perform my
promise IN The course of the next spring. can,
not now FIX the precise time, but of that Will
give you beforehand timely notice.


In the meantime, ! pray your acceptance OF
my gra,e'r! acknowledgements for the renewal
OF the limitation with which wa honorcd, and
assurances Of the high rcspec. and esteem with
which am. faithfclly,


Your fri.nd and obedieat servant,


H CLAY.
gIessrs Moosr. B,ssrsorR, &c


n DR. Ellsworth, of Hartford, Conn, has
inst suoplied boy with new upper lip, borrow.
