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Ui.:i . iii 4L tTLuri-ay livei.Iag', Aug-. IS. ICw3. UaVTIZ ITAUra, Editor. .FOB GOVERNOR, JONATHAN WORTH, k y OF RANDOLPH. ;Di8CO.UIlS12 . Za Memory of the Life ud CfajuraitUr !VV . OF TBS U.' V V Hon, Geo. E. Badger, - Delivered, by Request qf the Bar 0 Wakf County, ai Ralcyh,' July 10Aj" 18C6,' - i WILLIAM A,: GRA1IAM, -,,yo.F OnANO-Ji,- cosclcdkd. Oft tbe other band, there Lad been for 'year a tbf North m warty- organization, ixt nemcrous lit first, but which at this jmj- rwMl bad swollen into a formidable power, whose avowed object was tbe extinction of slavery who had denounced the constitu tion,' so far as it upheld or tolerated it, a a covenant with the infernal powers ; hud absolved themsrlves frokn its maintenance In this particular, aud avowed their prvfer . enee for a disruption of the Union unless slavery should be abolished ; in the terri tories and States as well. More moderate toco in that section, while not agrreeing with these extremists, denied emphatically eitlier that the Constitution gave to slave ry a footing in the territories or bound Con gress to maintainor "riot interfere with its existence there ; un.l t! t in the exercise of a legislative dismti they might eu eoorage, tolerate ot foilm it ; the great ma jority favoring its prohibitio.'i $ the terri tories, While they held themselves bound to non-interference in the State. In this conflict a third party .arose which affirmed that Congfcs had no power over the ques tion in the territories! that the people who settled in those distant regions were enti tled, (not only when applying for admis sion into the Union asn Statebut when ever organized into" a territory or at any time thereafter) to determine on the .estab lishment or rejection of slavery as well as all other questions of domestic policy ; and by consequence, that the whole history of the Government ia the regulation of its ter ritories had been an error. . Either of the contending parties was ae castbmed to tolerate very considerable ab errations and - even heresies against its ..creed, to acquire or preserve party aseen, dancy, or to achieve success in aJPresiden tial election, to which latter object no codi cessions and no sacrifices were, deemed ex cessive. And' the flame on the main topic was probably fanned by, many,; onr both. - aides,, with ,view to. the 'marahn'Heg f forces for this quadrennial contest for pow er and patronage. Be this as it may, never ,jrer$, themes; presented for sectional parties 80 well adapt ed to deeuen and widen the ouened breach 1 between them, or pressed with more inten sity rr teal. In the ardor of the contest old landmarks were discarded, and old friends repudiated, if not found in acco d ance with new positions aasumcd in its pro gress. William Piukney, the great cham pion, of Southern interests, at the period of the MisBourFagitation ws, pronounced an abolition at on the floor of the -enate by the highest' Southern authority, and the ' doors of Faneuil Hall were closed on Dan iel Webst'r,' whose eloquence bad illustra- ' ted it more than that of any ma ever had before or ever .will ngain.vcy the authori ties, of Boston, for wordi of "truth, sober .iDCSS and conciliation, spoken in the Senate. r and this whUol,Cjaonce so much deferr- ed to by them a party It'ajJer) sat by, J admiring in? ginff atver ' ,etf tence We r 1 ' "d. ; rv Betwe .J parties, Mr. Bad- er stood Dy neitner. as tar ack as the..v.c.iu war, perceiving, as he V I 'Sii , : t I V 1,1. !l I n ! llLlU I! 01 till! OulUIl of tliese roiiitiji-ratiiiiis in l.i of his sot'twii, in tlio Mill l itnv i.r nil .! Iif tin- ir'!iU (t f lli-i ule, with more eurne-tui and utility lli ui Mr. IJudger, it is soma one whose argument has not fallen under my observation. Hut be refused lo go further, lie refused to argue tlmt Congress bad no Coustitional power to 1 gislate on the subject of slavery in the territories, ell discuMcrd tho ques tion with boldness and adduced a decie'wn of th 8nnrrmw Dwiii,- aiinouucfd in au opinion of Judge Marshall, to the eflect, that the power did exist j and therefore he addressed hi appeals to the legislative dis cretion of Congress. . For this hs incurred the disapprobation of the extreme advo cates of Southern interests. 'But hi opin ion en the question had been deliberately formed, and though he maintained that the exclusion of the Southern emigrant ' with his peculiar property from these territories wduiJ be an unjust exercise and abuse of power, he declined to make what ha believ ed to bo a false issue, ia pronouncing it un constitutional ' He drtU wilta, tho , whrfo snlm-ct iii the interest of peace, iu subordi nation to the Constitution, in the hope of allaying excitement and .with an lamest desire for continued Union. ! He therefore gladly co-operateI , with his old ; pditi cal associates Clay, f .Webster, Pearce of Maryland, Ikll, ilanguitt, B'rrien, law " I . t'. ' (.tid 1 1 J " i tij I e lint Ium!. l.iit liii pranli'd ihouM be fiet x the objects of tho griint, be a carvt'ttl abetinenco ia k . son, as well as His ueuiocrmic oppoiienu Cass. Dop'iVs. Dickinson. Foote aud oth er couipatnyis of both parties iu the well remembered measures of . compromise of 1850. which calmed the waves of agitation, and promist d a lasii.ig repose f om this dis turbiuir element. An eflect which was ful ly realised, with the occasional exception of resistance to the law in the su. render of fugitive slaves, until the unfortunate revi val of thennnrrel by the repeal, in 1854, in the law tor the organization ot ins terri tories of Kansas and Nebraska, of the pro vision of the Missouri compromise, as it was culled, bv which slayerv was restrict ed from extending north of thirty-six Ie crees. thirtv minutes, the Northern boun dary of that State. His participation in this measure of repeal Mr. Badger regarded " i n- l:f. as t'ie most serious error oi ins puunc iue. lie lived to see consequences flow from it, which he had not contemplated, and pub licly "expressed his regret that he had given it his support. Not on the ground of any breach of faith ; for, as he amply demon stated iu his speech on the passage of the measure, the renresintatives of the North i,. t . II,- i . .1 . in... a lo f i while there. MioulJ fioiu the arsuinp- lion of any mt granted, but reserved. With this simple rule for hi guide, with an innate love of truth and wonderful per spicuity in Its discernment, with ni ethics which permitted .no paltering in deference to tho authority or ta'f'yA ,o( faction, Ids argument on Constitutional questions were models of moral demonstration. Such was the confidence reposed io hi accuracy and candor on questions of this nature, that hi opinion were sought for practical guidance, alike by friend and opponent and such was the personal favor aud kind ness entertained towards him by all hi as sociates that, at the expiration- of hi term, the rare compliment was paid of the adop tion, by an unanimous vota'of the Senate, of an expression of regret at hi departure. Afte; ceasing to bo a Senator, be held, ntil tt. !.. ...tTf XtlO UM mLmIi-' itou war, the place of One of the Regent of the Smithsonian Institution. In hi pro fessional visit to Washington, until the in terruption of intercourse by tluitdire event, and iu all his correspondence with public men, he never departed from that course of moderation and peace on the exciting suo- iii Longres; iai, in tne uregon terri'onai la thought, the dangers to flow from the ad justment of the interests of lavery,provi; ded conquests should be made and new ter ritories acquired, ho bad repeatedly endea vored to bring the war to a close and to bar nt those damrw to the Union, by ab- taining from the acquisitions of ,new do moms, wliile the herce contestants were both eager for extensive conquests, the one WlLU.illC UBIildlllg, UUIUVIUDITVUUUCVI rA- panding the area of slavery, the other with the -settled purpose to apply tp all such con quests the Wilmot proviso and to exclude slavery.; ' ' i .. s ' -'l When peace came with. those splendid acquisitions of territory so gratifying to the national pride, be wa not disappointed in discovering in tnem an apple of dtscord -which- was to prove fatal to Jranquilitjr at Inaugurated, be steadily snpnorted the. rgh te if bi owl sectKnTmaTuiS niug nJie tflfflS titi tspttrtoIRi etpffSsed tad lbemod- iustice andetedicncv ofooeniiis the ter- rUorles to all iiifauU:w1ttotttBBifitfefr as to any species of property. In au argu ;,ineftt, ft-plete, wJibrfpiBtsl Irairnlngp hrpinfreqaetflly ieeessary to vindicate true deteua-'a tue servitude existing in the 'South, under the name of slavery, as not inconsistent with the divine law, more than justified br Jewish precedeuui and not ' forbidden by the benignant teachings'' of - tne saviour oi toe world, who found in top 7" BomauTE ifipIrftVat h'm-eomiogrand Jeft .. witbout-coademlfiatioo, a svstem of far greater aeverity,JIe reminded Northern - Senators of the responsibility of their an - cestor tor the introdoctk n aud establish - tnent of slavery in this country, ours being Out purchaser from mem, at cona uaod, . for a tdnsider. tion vastly greicr than they bad Pd the profit being U foandatkm us niuca oi uht wniiu wuicu unnr con science did not forbid them to retain , He fc brofljhl home to their sense of duty a nd of honor the obligation to maintain the Oon - stitntion, so long as it remained tit Con- atitnrJon.ln all iu parts ; a well those, bill, as well as iu other instances, demon strated that they attached to it no sancti ty. Yet many good men among their con stituents did ; and politicians who had, sjnee the settlement of 1850, found "their eupation"gone," eagerly "'welcomed th s new theine ijfor agitation. . The experience of climate, labor and production ,liad shown that African slavery could not be attended with profit north of his parallel, and the repeal was .regarded as a flout, defiance . and aggressioii which provoked thejresent-' ment ot thousands who bad never Dt tore co-operate : with the extreme faction which cospired the destruction of slavery in de spite of the Constitution. Followed up as this measure was the important attempt to enforce protection to the institution tn Kan sas, when iC neither did nor could exist without unreasonable aid, which Was bro't forward after Mr. Badger left the Senate and in which there is no reason to believe he would have concurred, it arfotised an opposition, which, when .emhndiitfLjn ibe organization of party, was irresistable. He was.no propagandist of slave, though all the affection of huf home and heart se conded the efforts of his great mind in de fending it as an institution of the couutry recoguixed and guaranteed by the onsu tution of the United States. He was too sagacious to believe it tsould be benefitte in any way. provokingjthe shock ot civil war, and too truthful and patriotic to trifle wiln it, as a me ns of rallying parties or to suuserve any oi tiie.inierests oi i.icuou. n voting for the repeal of the' Mrssouri re striction, he looked upou tt has having been over-valued yin its, practical impor tance at first, abanponcd by the North as eoete, if not disregarded 4rom the begin ning, and its r emoval out of tho way as but conforming the system of territorial law,' to that. part of the compromise of 1850, perUiiiing to the territories, whic left the adoption or sejectiou of slavery to be decided by tho. inhabitants when tram ing a Constitution j preparatory to their aid mission as a State of the Tnion, not antic. ipating .tno r il in public sentiment. winch wasl'i iastetep in the overthrow of slayery itself. . f . . I have been thus tedious in review o the history of this, period, because it was upon topics arit ing out of this great sub- jt of controversy, ever frmot in tne public mind, that Mr, Uadger made his most frequent and probably most elaborate ejioTti5; reason that in the heated atmos pher!4t the eration of his eo use were, by some, eup- imsed to imply iiHbffumico to tha intextxta of bis soctwu. lime aud disaster are not His public career was bat an episode Ti his life, which not having aspired to, there were branches or political science, to which he had devoted no tudy. He'wa a se ver to the details of revenue and finance m C'i. ( ks James Fox. andcoold Drobahlr b ive uaited with that statesman in the de claration that he had never read a treatise on political economy. But on all subjects pertaining .to general 'policy, or to the his tory, jurisprudence, or Constitution of the country, he commanded a deference yielded to scarcely any other individual, after tbe withdrawal of Mr, Webster; and a a speaker and writer of Tngfigh, according m toe lesuroonyoi J uugr imuer, ox ooutn arolioo, had jm peer in the Senate, save. Webster when there: ' He delirbted in repeating the role for tbe cons traction of the Confutation, whkk movement of his old Whig friends for tbe organisation of a Constitutional Union party to abate the violence of faction which was too surely tendiucr to disuion, and to make an appeal to the people to rescue the country from the .impending peril. The result of this movement was tho nomina tion fer the first offices of the Goverumeut of Bell and Everett; and Mr. Badger ac cepted tlie candidacy as one of tbe elector on this ticket, sid visited various part of North Carolina addressing the people in it support In "theso'addrresps.-with" the frankness which belonged to his nature, he freely admitted that there waa a strong probability of Mr. Lincoln, not merely from a division of votes among three other candidates, but from the strength of bis party in the Northern Mates, founded on tho principle of opposition to slavery that iu that event it was the design of large jxulion of the supporters of Mr. Brekin ridgo to attempt to destroy "tin: Union by tho secession ot -the Southern States, anc that there was reson to believe hi defeat and the election of Mr. Lincolii was desired by this letter class, because of Abe oppor tunity it would afford for a dissolution of the Union, 'a purpose which they had long cherished. W bile, therefore, he advocated the eh ct ion of Mr. Bell, he conjured the people, no matter wito might be elected, to acquiesce iu the decision and give nocoun- teuauce to secession. Although, wtth the exception a small fraction, the people were averse to disunion, the majority were per suated, that-tlvi was ah overstatement or the case, and Cast tbeir votes formic. Breck- curide as fat an us tut pxrty nomiuee. ,W hen the electioiv was past and tho proceedings which immediately followed in other State verified Mr. Badger's anticipations, the people began to turn to him, and those of like opinions, fur guidance iu the futurf. And to persons in distant parts of the Un ion it is, no doiilt, a I matter of mystery how he, with al.1 his antecedents iu favor of Union, became involved iu war against the government of tbe United S tates. The asetiJaager. in tins particular, is the case of at least tureeTiourths of thepeo pie of the State, who relien upon his coun sels for their action, quite as much as upon those of any other individual, and requires a ward of explanation. Notwithstanding the long and acrimonious disputatious which had been carried on in Congress, . ... . - i- .i - . j and at tue Hustings, ana ine sennruenr3 declered i opposition to .slavery by Mr, Lincoln and his supporters, Mr. Badger maintained, that hir election afiorded no snffiient cause for a resort- to revolution; as to the right claimed, of a State to se cede, he had never for a moment believed iu it or givertjl tbe lenst countenance ; that that the accession if uch a party to power w'ould require increased vigilance over the the rights and! interests of the South, but the majority in Congress was not lost to lis, if the members from all the Southern State would remain and be faithful, and that Jug judiciary was open; to any just complain:, even if the Executive should attempt aggression. And after every State oeulh ot Korth "Jaroliua, to the csunue ot Mexico, bad adopted ordinances of seces ision, the people of the State rejected proposition to tall a Con ventfon to coiishj er me question. - Aui wm.-H ,guna, r neighbor; on the Northern frontier, withdrew, and Tennessee on the Vi't taken uoasur- ; f r 'the same object, ' wa had be .i tu;uly begun, no r by whose T ?I. r f "y, and ti-. . aJterjifttivei pr.- in . tlbeaho ; tfiesidd Wc t- ' ' .atyTOirt'deratioiii of national or:ir iutttst tn&iy snd tic-'- cessity, such as are not unfrequetrtly forces upou IMS decision j;f jaeutral -! coi duct of -belligerents not Conut . niiddt the sajnegoyerflaieuVaUwe occu; , 1 and were obliged to be weighed with tue oU gations of Conttitutioaal dxej. ' Our bor ber were surrpunded on all sides, except that washed,. by the ocean, by seceded States. Our youth must go forth to battle with or acrainst these Sutes. ' The Union. we bad SQ long and so sincerely cherished was a UuioQ iu iu integrity,, and next 4 I I V . in i.ut.iiii a ih.rrer. li' i . . - or .a Iinifl I "r, Willi a t' Mil re all i !' W .,..1 ini.ior iuter- whkh i ;. i i ll the h u t. I j (it three t!i. o'. except our own, ...t i,i I I n avuteiu. A Civil War tlirer. iiej to to sanguinary aud protractel Li,,,' I avowrd v for the protection kl n wa not ikely to en ihn i. rtiirL'ent Sutes. without tbe tioa tf the institution in them, end after no long time, iu the adhering Sutes afco. of in defi-at of destrue- Though for from spproviug the course ot the n-cusant States, tlclory on tbe side of those who held the reius of Government could not insure in benefit, nor withoet se rious disaster, to us. ' - . , These ties of blood, viciuity, institutions and Interests, the desire to avoid bitcnie cine1 strife among our own people, .which must have bceii Immediately precipiuted by a sealons minority with tbe local Gov ernment,' Legislative and Executive, in their bands, impelled Mr. Badger and those whoacud with blra,.to declina arm agalnlt their own section, in favor or the distant authority of the Aauonai uw MTtftie'nt and as a conscancnce to unite with thosA whose actious thev had depre ftatjwl and rudttavored to nrevent. and with whom thev had had little svuip uhy or co oneration in tho nolitics Of the past. The support of the undertaking, if concurred in i . . .... ... i in-1 .;.'i.-r w i;.. ri d liuiii!', in tin' i his OWil hopil.il inn, or on ft pul . .1 i i l.-' ' ' " I Iii. it !.- i-f lii'd l..ud. or ttt a v l.i-liwav. nil without t ... pedantry orappaieutefiort," if best.K.Kd (o touch tbe loftiest thought," than in these no s . i . a a . - . . ject of the times, which had characterised! by all tho slaveholding States, which was bun as a enator ; foined heartily in tne confidently represented to be cerum, ap peared to afford hope ot a saier ana wwr future than its suppression by force. The determination of the question, as I know, occasioned him jiaiu and embarrassment. But when made, it was firmly, maintained. Ha accepted a seat in the Convention which passed the ordinance, declaring the separation of the State from fthe.' Federal Uni" f,' l gave to thisordinailce bissanc tioi! t however without a distinct declo- rati. i f his disbelief in the doctrine of sepeseiuu, ua a Constitutional; right, lie also susuiucd jueasurcs for the prosecution of vigorons war," as in; Lis cona-ptiou the sunt 84 shortest road to peace, but was ever vigilant of the dignity and just rights of tbe State,- the encroachments of the mil- jury authority, the jurisdiction of tbo civil tribunals and tho protection and. liberty ot the cituen. He sought no patronage or favor for himself or his. His sons served iu the ranks of the army, and bore their part iu the perils and adventures of war. While It yet raged he was stricken by the hand of disease which partially ob scured his faculties and withdre w him from imblic view". .... ..... - He survived, however, until atter tne re turn of peace, and iu the twilight of wind, With which he was yet fuvoreUjjFrejoiccd hi the deliverance of the Country from the calamities of war, aud very sincerely ac quiesced in a return to his allegiance to tho Government of tho United States. These observations on the professional and public life of the subject of our mem oir bare ucrn ,iuhuci.-tt, that tbe ocei jon will permit hut a few further remarks upon hi general attainments, bis fntellee tuol aud moral character, aud usefulness as a citiseu. It wus tho remark ot lrd Uucon that " Kudiiig " makes a full man. conversation a ready man, and writing an accurate man." Mr. Badger's reading was confined, with the exception of that know ledge of tha dead languages, wl.i h he had acquired in his youthful studies, to the lit erature of our own language. With the most approved authors in this he had a familiar acquaintance, and, as al rearfy reiuaiked,exce11edr IrrHilsTiccrmr pi shmeuts as a critic. Tlie field of learn ing, which next to jurisprudence, be, most affected, and perhaps even preferred to that, was moral science. Upon -tbe, sub lime truths of the science in the conversa tions of hi frier ' bis remarks and illus trations were ofteu ,L unworthy1 of Alex ander or'Way land, 'Butler or Whately. "in it" (says one ot tbe mostlintimute of his friends jind cotcmporanesj ''the Jrapid- ity of bis perceptions and tha accuracy of bis rtpfirteuuiis were marvelous. l'lace be. f Lis mind any propositiouof moral tc nnl i MnUy be carried it out, bi- t' r if a most, beautifully enun t 1, 're ..oed it'to 8n ftbsnrdity." To" ho . nisiti.-is in the kindred topics of di dactic ui ' y, or theology as a science, only a professionartheolgian can do jus tice. An earnest member of the Protest ant Episcopal church, though buta lay man, he ventured on more than one occas Ion to discuss . matters of discipline and doctrine in the character of a Pamphleteer. iu opposition to Clergymen ofuytc isnsi in a memorable iustance with the head of .t. J;. . i ... i t-' t . me aKice8e,Rimseii witn sucn. signal sue- ! i tii' ii M llll I I the I t.1.1 v, tl llt Mate una seel Mi H Ii i ' t II t , . I I ... ,. t I't til ...... r. . . ."!(, ti and hi ii.ty, but with cub. that, and as a part of it, a Unkuiwiti neirebonnr eUtes.tn wbico were our s.in dred, and most intimate fileuds'audJJet tickl institutions. . Slavery, whatever ma t be thought of It .elsewhere or now. coneJi tuted more than one half of all oar individ ual and- public wealth. It had paid' on: taxes, budt oar luilrfcad, reared our Semi I t. li -I :. j -1 nanea oi euucauua ana cuaniy, aaawd intimately ' connected with tbe order aal repose of oar society. : WkhaL la the acri mony of along r- maintenance bad become va pol' t. In tbs actaal elaborate and studied exhibition. ir .rr... i.l tin invBterv. and wore mask, aud stood ready, In familiar collo- .. a lift tT4tl 1 hv new and apt illua- . .r..t l.m-nt advanced in formal argument, or to abaajlun K jmtf6 ? satisfied of error. . . - -.- . Hi reverence for troth, to which alius ion has been already, wade tn the course of tliese .ikservstions, was even auov. Intellectual powers, bis most striking char acteristic. lie was accustomed to speak of It "as tbo most distingulabJng attribute of God himself, and the lov of it, as giv ing to one moral being an eminence above another." To Its discovery he delighted to apply the power of hi rcroarkablo in tellect, to its influence bo was ready to n render his most cherished conviction w wm found to be rroueou. llie fruit of tbf were seen in the crown ing virtue of hi character ; a cbriatian of ardent and intelligent piety, without intol erance toward others, a lawyer without rliinnerT or artifice, a sUtesman without beiiig a factiouSst, a party man above the low. arts of thn dcniiurorue. a gentleman and citizen enlightened, social, "chariubh, liberal, impressing hi character upon the manners and morals oi nis times ; rca w render aid iii every good and noble work, and prompt to resist and repel any evil lu flueucr, no matter by what array of num bers, power or vitiatod public opiuion sup ported. - I have-known no man to whose moral conrage may be more fitly applied the Ideal of the Latin poet, as rendered In free tranrlation :, "The man whom? mind oil virtus bent. Pursue some jrreatly giHd intent With undiverted aim, Pereim bwh'old tho anfrry crowd, Xor can thir elamors lierc-s aud loud His stnhlHirn honor tm. Xt the proud tyrniit's Jiere ert- fhreat, Nor storms, that krom tJieir dark retreat Tin- rollinif scirri wake : Xt Jove'. dread holt that shakes the pole. The tinner purpo.-e of his soul With all its power tan shake r 1 'In the latter years of his life, actuated by a desire to be useful iu bis day and gen eration,, whenever oppoit unity and bis abil ity might allow,.. he accepted the omce ot Justice ot the Peace, au office which, to th.: honor of those who have filled it in North Carolina from the first organization of civil government until . now, ha ever been performed without pecuniary reward ; and took considerable -interest jn adminis tering" justice iu the County Courts t Wakej giving to this inferior tribunal tbe dignity aud value of a nporior Court, to the great satisfaction of the bar,, aul jbe.. public. . As a part of hij puWic service it is pro- fn i .In tiriitM, ! . Cmmf-mtp- -yri Mr. B;larer was one of the most activo Trus- tj?S'T tbe University of tbo Stale';-and cs pec'ial'y as a member of the 'ommitt e on It! ds then held in 'Tennessee, from his j ro essional abilities, without feo Or reward, rendered signal assisUuce to the "Institu tion, "o.;-- - . ' "5 , lie was thrice married, first, as befor mentioued, to the daughter of Governor, T urner, second, to the daughter of Coi Wm. l'olkt and third to Mrs. Delia B Wi liams, daughter of Sherwood II ay wood Esq., in each instance forming an allimct wit Iran old family of theStatej-distiiK guished by public-service and great perso nal worth from au early period. . The last named lady, the worthy companion of his lmnor tniny-yearsj- who survives mm as. his 'widow; receives iu her bereavement tbe Condolence and sympathy, not merely of tnis comrantrity and htate, but there are those in distant land and" in other? Sutei of the Uriioir whom, not the lapse of year hor the excitemeuts"bf intervening events, nor the" fiery gulf of civil war, shalL sepa rate from a mendsbip accorded to her, and bi't departed husband, as representatives oi wis personal cuaractcr, me society and domestic virtues of their native ' Sute in better days of the llepiiblir f f J t By the two latter marriages he, left nu merous -aeircnaanis- - , i aaing nis accustomed walk at an ear ly hour in the morn in er of January 5th. 1863, he was prostrate by a paralytic. stroae near tue .mineral spruig-irf iltt envi rons ot th? City of ICaleigh. And although retaining uis seu possession and ability to k tt . .... JT- TEonreotejiniii assistance was amdiy turn- isueo, on tne war Home bis mind- wander ed and before reaching bis residence, his faculty ot continuous speech deserted him, never again to return. Hi mental powers after a brief interval rallied ; insomuch, tliat he took nleasure in rpudinri " ant f listet'iig to the conversiitionJ of fiiends,T 1.- ! lit . l wine visitsanorocanimmocb satu-Uttioa ai a witn assistance could walk ? for exer. erne in the open air, but was qever after dor. modi r.itiou and true wiadom, whitb sought to bariiionine conflicting eb nieiiti, anofavert the calamities of civil strife. U moral inflexible, without Stain, or lusnic. ion of vke. v In mauner and social ii course, genial, frank, bospluble, with n,l Inniual Dowers toliistrtlcf, anTusewnd fw duatf, fin Tery circle in which be-.svd, and 'with heart open as day to mcthi rh.ritr." The fame of such man is source of natural and iust pride lo the pea. phof the J'tate.' Tbi sentiim-nt is thai wblcb the poet describes in tue juigusa man, when be sings m -It Is enough to satisfy th smUtioa of a prirau . " man. ' . . i That Chatham Uajroafts wa his mother tonsils. And Wolfs great name' compatriot with bii IIow.be was appreciated in tils city where he so long resided, and tbe State which h so ardently loved anJ so faith fully served, is attested by tbe evidenen of this day, the suspension of bnslnem and the concourse of this tuost respeetall.. assembly, many from distant portiou of the Bute, who have come np to unite with us iu these 'last sad rites of tennernesK" to one so mucb admired, esteemed and lovd ; as well as by tbo geaeral," and iu many instances, public. ex pression of re gret throughout North Carolina upon the annoauccment of hi sad affliction and sub seoucnt death. How much be will be tuis- rd as a meiuber of tbe community, ai the fiiend of ordej and lawj religion and an questionable morality." as a professional man', counsellor and advocate of unrivsIW ability-and repuUtjon, as an intellectual and cultivated luaii, with armor bright and powers ever at his f orumaiid, presenting a modid for the emulation of our ingenuous youth, as ajjublic character, an advis r and true friend, but no flatterer of the peo pte, and an unflinchfng supporU-r of their rights w herever truth and duty might lead, time and experience may demonstrate. There is no 1 public aspect, however, iu tyhich bis loss is so much to b deplored, as iu tbo relation be bore! to the past, and his probable efficiency trf solving the prob lem of the day. Whoso capable of Liter pceting the Ce-ustitution which form our Government, and the alleged laws of war by which it is claimed to be suspended or superseded, as that gifted mind and sincere, nature, so trusted on these topics in' form er years, and so thoroughly imbued with tho spirit and teachings of Marshall f Who so deserving to be heard,, on the p icifica tiou and re-establibhmentof fttdi raiid right among thirty-five millious of freemen; as he who by his tern je ranee, , calmness and intelligent ( onstitutional opinions, in the commencement of our national difficulties, incurred. t1uciisiire of many in our own section w( country, wiLut -r-T-iirinlr tfin jecta political or religious, ba-left few written performances . Rnt be bad tba ac- gcraeyj m thought and spoechk, of a nrae twed w riter. Ieoveratioo, he realised, in tbe fullest exteut, Bacon's idea of "read iness, and shone with a lustre ran.lv M. ailed. Tbe activity and nlavfulneaa f hi. thoughts, and tbe gayety of bis Hispositlonj inclined bim to fvafodvand renartee to anrh a degree that bis conversation w a "ften- tunes but amusing levity.. But .n a mo n"nitrose.to the profooadest reBeetlon ma most fascinating eloquence. Hi know-i-Jge WaS ever at ulsUnUneous command, . . 1 r morB ia wsutt ot his own meditation than of acquisitions1 from otn ers, and fancy lent ber aid in giving a gran !t or to bis conceptions on all th snb. jecu of bis grave discourse. -After all tbe public displays in -which be enchained the attention of joders, jurors, senators, or pro miscuou asscmblie with equal admiration and delight, it is a matter for doubt, among those whojkaew bim well, wbetber i&j ! 1l.nnk .1... l:.l -I.'. ..i hih wiuvugu hiq uuuiiji viiiinateiy himself withVthe Romish church, Air. uadger charged . that be was not suotbi-r member at Ids denom i left iu communion. ...i ., . I ' w as averse to the labor fof writ ins-. . vyoi d an 'Iree socltjtlts i.l tliu Universiryl ffiereportsr b vt t linn lam an I .ilio. M..l.l... . Te u.'r.' .... -V. y. ' . O t - tut titt tir w, U ihq. for brief sentences! failine of ten in thee to oavev bis full meaning. ; :.: : in mm cnuditinn be lingered' until the iitn;of stay ltsua. when, after a twd.r. illness from renewed atUtks of the same nature, he expired, bavin n&entlr eamt p e;ed the 71st, year of hi age. : Mr Ukituris o thi Waxs Bis : aiy task is done. I have eudeavored but to bold the mirror up to nature." - If th Jmage reflected appears, in any ofTts fea- .u.vp, nwgninea, m wwr-not so intended. let the menforyof a friendship, datinr uu vuitxi idu nnurn in mv ifn. dent l.fe, end extending through all my ac tive mapbood, may not have been without tin influence in rivinrxolos to iTui niotiiir But the. character in our contemplation was of no ordinary Dronortiona. At. t) k- e the State he wore the mantk of Gaston ana Aichibald Henderson, for a much Ion grr period than either, wortbilr and wott with no diminution of it honors. In the Ligbeet eonrt of tbe Union, he . K. kaovledged compeer of Webster, Critteavi j npprobationbf their adversaries y"who, iu a pvriosVef moat nnuiu.il party wcriuioi y,t never viohitod the courtesies of-debatejlmd whose personal associations and friendships were found alike on either side of tbe great luieof sectional division Who so fitted for the explosion and correction of error, of allaying the ignoble puesions of hatred I laud revenge, and recalling tbe national af- t fections inspired by a common and boner- able history, to 'remove' the, scales from f eyes that will not see, and to rebuke the rage of faction, thretttening to realize tbo JBgeTTloli of Mr. TOx, ;fu' bis history of f , James, the second, that "the. most uau- , gerons of all revolutions is a restoration 1" -To that good Being iu whose " bands are ; the destinies of nations and individuals, bv it whose divine agency crooked paths are of- " ' ten made straight, and issues granted ost i of all troubles, in ways not risible to liu-1 man eyes, let u mute in commending er- . ' ery interest of. our beloved country. . ., ' i : ! W AUYERTISEMEiNTS. TO AND FROM THE NORTII! Througli rFreigiit Air Line i f , -Hv ' - , -f h VIA- .'". n. G. Roil Road, And its Connecting lanes. pT THROUGH FREIGHT anraaswaMita. tlirongi ' trlpt ant iimt from Chriott J .11 mint oa tbs Nurth Cantiina Bad fioad, to Kew York, bo kmv riiiiaiipiiia, tfaltimore, ftrtiuaoatk, Norfolk. rnOTiMug, wa vny . l-oHii, at maadinfflr u LwtTi tcilM more dispatch and teitk kssi j surumce Man gny etheriZine. fafisVAsMsBBaa BlaaI JiIm aaaaa dteaW -V. . 1I...S Ho-, .id aoTuitrSiSw ZJZZZJZ'KZ awuth, Va., or Citr Point, -. . tram Kew 1 orti Atlantic Coast Mail StMBMhir ratnpan r WpaT, JJTIUJttm tliagentaijiffiif to. Hi Lluartv StraeL fcUmrfn Pnlnf. Pw Na. A .. c. u r ' tYoai nooaBoatoi and Kotfbnt eaaMtis a Boatoa. pany, A.-aUataoir, sceaL end af Central Wbrt Wean.nl. p I utnpaay. Wi K. CLYDK co;, ar as. M iN r-i Ltelawar aTenaa, FhiladelnlL'a. T. iota mi iJM.i !. k. fiiii. iml nut oil ioa lek,aad by BraaA'a Una, w iw law gwet aaers aetpate m Frprm Uaammy, and mt oar oaWoai net. , -.: . -.-ti- 7 E., WILKES, Em. A Sup'L is. if. . . ii Tnrner'a Almanac for 18671. . Vtf T Tn no a - . ... .r iVf B V ilili nr. A II T M K H'T T II ft. v' Septotnbrr. Tho wanunr advorusiB I Oould send m at k- iL..n il Itit" atTed and improved. . Sn4 ta-ronr J.f no if revwaiit uwm fiiud iri. u 1 akw9' "7 vara, msmi orders to Um ear son Farrar, at bs w. c ookrts. P. 8. Eack harrtrt th Ri.t will 1..a'f la tha Minmii nS a mi r. is V Mwrpris twaos. Kaieijrh. If. q- rerSaUtt Vie tferih Simto (& . a- t f t t
Carolina Watchman (Salisbury, N.C.)
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Aug. 16, 1866, edition 1
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