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'. ' la Veatri rtbe Life ja)4 Character
( , ' ow ni
r iiON. OEO.'ia UA.XX2KICT
' Deliymd, fey Set neet of the Bar of WaJu
, County, at Ealeigh, July 19th. 1866,
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W1LIJA5I A. OltAIIASI.
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s0r ORANGE,
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On the other hsiid. there had been tut years
t theNurtha party nri'im-ratnm, not nuiner-
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. j, ' (i I, I !,9 C .t 1 1 !i i-mil, K I .r U U)lMU J
-'r ' toU i.i.t 1 it, acovuiiiiut the iBlemal
jRiwon.; hud aimolved tln'ii;lj( from ite main--
tvnuM-e in tlie particular, and avowed their
prelut-me for a tiiwuption of the Union unlet
"t elavery ehotild ha abolished; la the territories
' aud butea at well Mora moderate men la
. .that section; while aot agreeing with thee
ajay tretaista, deaied emphatically either that ha
ConaUtatioa care to slavery a footinn ia the
-0 torritoriea r bound Confresa to maioUia, or
" aot iuterfere with, Its existence there ; and that
u. the erHnf a leriulatire discretion ftey
auiiht encourage, tolerate or forbid it; tlia Rteat
.' .-f aaaiority favoring ite prohibitioa ia the terri
. . " toriee while they held tberaeelvea twnad to aon
iaterfeaea ia the Statea, la thia eonflict
r rthird party arose which affirmed that Coagreaa
TfFvv bad as power aver the quest toa ia the torri--ksX
itoriat: that the people wha settled in those di
v. Mnt rcfrione were enticed, (not only Wbaa ap
" pl)ng lor admbsioa into tha Union at a State,
but whenever ortpuri&sd into a territory or at
' any time thi-realier) to determine On the eatab
, lishment or rejection of slavery well an all
- other niietfmi of domeette policy ; and by boav
J 4 aequuiice, tbht the whole history of the Gov
, troment in the rnijurMloa ot it territoriea bad
"uT )ecn ", frr0r- -''"?''"' ':'"
' i. ither of the eoatendtoa; parti waa accva
. ' ' totned to tolerate very Cfsmuderable aberration
, and evea herwies ajraiast ite creed, to acquire
- wMm mm wkmvtw MHIituwff t tA I'liWVat Btlft-
" in a PK-sldcntial etccthm, to which latter
- ' object ao concessiona and no sacrifice were
demed excesalve. And the flame oa the mala
' " - topia was prolmbly tinned by many, a both
'. aiilea, with a view to the marshalling of force
" jr.'l r this rqadronniloatest for power and
1 patrooauv, j.-v.e A
" " ' B"" ;t"r tbeafireaeiii.
v d tir aectionul Liuticiso well a.l)tt to duvp-
, ' aa and ibu the opened breacb between them J.
' ji ui.. Prtml uiure intensity or aoai. in tne
.ardor of the eonteet-vtd landmark were i-
.carded, aad old friend repudiated, if not fouud
. la accordance with new positions assumed la
:tri- it nrnnwm Willi. rlr4koeT. the creat i'liaro
,w' pioa of ButUern iuUjrenta, af Ilia pert wt or Tne
"TJ jjj, (giution, waa pronounced aa aoou
'iw tHiai.t na tba floor tit the rVcate by tb ii(;h
it Poutliera aathorityiandtlieflooia of Fane
i ' r "Lt Hull vera closeil, uu Daniel Webster, whoee
eloquence' bad illustrated it mora thaa that of
ranv man ever nau iuni w
. i.anMi and .eonciliatbia. apokea ia the Sea
-w, . tie, and thia while Clay (ooee to mocta deferred
, ' - to y then a a arry kaier sat try, admiring
m." r-- and eacourajring at every eentpnea Welirter bad
""''-"Bttercd. r. '
-ji,t 4Ua asflded parH, Mr. H'Ji'er
. - i pimved by aekher. - Aa far back aa . the
Meiioaa twarr perceiviug, 4a ha thought, the
. ..i-nffara to (Inw front the adiiistiuetitr the ia-
, t - t(rt of slavery, provide.1 conque-t bould be
iia.lcjtuJ new t.'rriiona-a'4jMV"-Ma---
jmjmUkI'V nknii-l Ui rvrilifi Hie war loaciose
-i .i 'i ! ' froiu the acqui.itionsnt newdamam.
t iC tierce con s:an were iwineaer iitr
II.. ..n Kit i I Rdhcnnif
ii. imive hone of expanding tne area
.... ai i' other with the wtile. imniuea to
at A 4 B . (., eh . .t the ilinot proviso
; " a. i f i' ' i: y" ' '
-- jj ., e ci:tie v j " 1i Hinxe sjilehdid acqni-
x' W a'lioiisot Uintoiy sopiiiUfjinir to t!.e ati.n -1
i pil.lfl, h r 1 ,1''uv
i,t' nan ,. of h v. to ..e
j ti j , , , i y f ),.. i.e. l.i the conb ii on
WH i 1. 1 i mi .tel, he eteadily j.
no.' 1 ' 'huof 1' own siN'tinn, mini.! wi-
4iig the jatii-e in
tern i ones to n I
t. nny ' i
1 ev ! . ni c ot oueninv tne
ii v ot opeiuiK?
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if j i.iitrty. IaaVfi!iii"
: t.n-d 1. niiiiii!', he d. ii ii
'in tlie N'Uth, un !; r i
t Hot iiiconsiMcut wall I
lue fc'fvituiicesi
,'" h( elavery,
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tlitlr cor s i,u-es md not tmbia ih-m
-rei 'n. l'e bro" -!.t home to their tense of J '
, ,1 of ,om,r the obligation to maintii .i t
-..u.! '.tution. so Ion'' a It remained the t
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peculiar property from theae territorial Wou!l
be unjust eierciita nd abaM of power, he
declined to make whet be1 beliercd to b
fitlii la p'H!"!ng it H!!OS!Krtitti)BL
lie dtmlt witli the whole eubject la the intereat
of peace, la inbrinlinatio to the Const i to Uoo,
in the hoe of allaying excitement ant) with an
eardt'Ht denire (r continued' Union, lie there
lore gladly co-operated with hit old political
aaeociatea Clay, WebetOT, Pcarce of Uaryland,
Bell, Mangum, Berrien, Dawoon, oe well a hu
Deninr,ra'.ie 0vnenU Caas, DoOiflasa, Dickin
on. Foote and other oempariota of Hth partite
ia the well remembered meacoraa of coinpro
BilM ol 1850, which cahned the ware of agi
tation, and promiaed lifting r-pose from tlm
diitmliinir i-li-ment. An el!e't lm ti m fully
4uti . i.u.'.u..Lt.tf lL:vili. lit
the quarrel by the repeal, in 14, in the law for
tlie onTani?,ttlion ot tlie territories of Ransa and
Ni'braka, of the provision of tli liisaouri
compromise, a H wa culled, by which elavery
was restricted from extending north of thirty
six decrees, thirty minute, the aortharB bada
dary vrtbat Ktate. Hi particlpatioa la thia
meamire of repeat Mr. 'tiadger regarded aa the
moat aenou error or bt pulilie tile, u uvea
to see enunequencea flow irom it which ha had
aot contemplated, and publicly expressed hi
rejjret that he ui gtvea It ni upporv not on
the ground of any breach 'of faiiu; for. aa b
amplr demonstraled ia hi speech oa the pa
sage of the measure, tba representative of the
Aorth In Congress nau, la tno wregoa territo
rial bill, a well a in other Instance, demoo
tt rated that they attached to it no sanctity. '
Yet many good men among their constituent
did; and politicians who had, line theaottle
ent of 1850, found "their occupation gone,"
eairerlv welcomed this aew tbeui for agitation.
The experience of climate, labor and produc
tion aau Sliown tuat Aiiican slavery couiu mm
be attended with profit tmrth of thia parallel,
and the repeal was regarded aa a float, defiance
and agression which provoked fba reeentment
ol thousands who bad never before co-operated
with that extreme faction which conspired the
destruction nf elavery in despite of the Const!--
tution. Followed Bp aa thia measure- was iy
the impotent 'attempt to anlorca proteetioa
to the uiKtitutioa m Kanaaa, wtisa -it ei'
ttier did' nor could exist without hnreasona-
ble aid, whieh waa broufrht forward after Mr.
Badi.tr left the Benahi and In which there ia aa
reason to believe h would have concurred, it
aroused aa opposition, wnicu, wuea emnouieu
in the organzatioa of party, waa irresistible.
lie waa no propmrandist, f slavery, tltotiga ait
the atfiTtkxis ot bis home and heart flconded
the ettorta ot Ilia great mind in defending it a
an Uwtit utida of the cooirtry recofmtteil and
guaranteed by the Coostitutioaof the United
buten. - He was too aairacioaa to. belie'va it
could be benetitu-d ia any way, provoking the
shock of eiril War. and tootrutlilul ana patriot
ic to trifle with it, a a mean of vaUying partiea
iIihkii aau all lie lnlen!'-r twMw
In votintr for the repoai of the Uiaaouri restric
tion, he looked upon it aa having beea over
valued in ft practical importance at first, aba
donad by the North aa effete, if not disregarded
from the heglnlnr,'aad Us removal out of the
way a but conforming the eyatem of terri to
ri ui law to that part of the eom promise of I860,
peiningto the tevvitoriee, which "h-ft the
adnntion or relcctka of slavery to be decided
by the luhaliiwntrwbe iramlng ar Constitn.
iion, preparatory to thelradmis-la as a State
of the Union, aot anticipating the recoil la pub'
lie. aentiment. which ava the flrat atep in the
ovwthraw of abwery ilaaUuiAijs..(
t have ISomi thu tedlout In review of the his-
tnrv of thi period, liccause It waa apoa .topka
arising out ot this great subject of controversy,
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ever uppermost in me pniuio mum, iu air,
Badi'er iiiaileliT most frequent and" proTiMil'pSUtes.fTbe Union, We hadto lonir and so in-
most ehtliorate ( tlorts in tne M-naie, ami lor tue
further rcam Unit in the heated atmospliere
.r iba time bis nuinions as rxpresied and the
i...:...i ni'l,'4 rmiMp were, bv soma. uo
llll l nil.'" - . , m
iinaed to bniilv indifference to th Interests of
seetion. Tim and tllsasle are not onfre
,,.nil necessary to vindicate true Wisdom.'"
i;is public career was but an episode ia hi
lile, bah not having aspire 1 to, -there were
branches of political science, to which lie had
devote. I no study. 1 1n wis aa averse to the de-
tVdsof revenue ami tiimiiee at'Chsrlea James
..,t and f il1 I I rohalily have United ith tLat
1.1 ...nu unit ' i'h' iliin that he had never
1 I. .lUe ixi i : ii mi econnmy. iiuioo an
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SEIII-VEEKLY.
nl WniLD ItATUEH BH HICIir
UALEIGIIi VrED:n:SDAY,JULY ,25,1800.
bent of 111 old Whiff Mende for tlie oreani
tion of a Constitutional t nion pwty to aide
theriolence of tnctioa whkh He too mlyIM jwwiwtioa -M 'tm cyu wwuaaia, ami
teBj'na to disKuluB and to m.-.k- eri e J lo Llue proteftlna and- liberty of.tbt jtllJlBit-Ufl
the iMMiiile to rescue the country front tne lu
pending peril. The result f this inoen, t
was the nomination for the first oHlce ol t
Oovernment of Bell "and Everett; and ?'.
Badger acitpted the candidacy -aa one oft e
Elector on this titkct, aad visited various j
of North Carolina addressing tile people in
aupport. In then addresses, with tlie IraiiWn
winch belonged to his nature, be freely a.lni !
that there wa a strong probability of the
tloa of Mr. Lincoln, not merely from a (lj '
of Vote tuions three other candiilntes. In '
the sti i'iii'ili of bis party In the Northern '
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(il l li(:e poi lionol'lhesiipportersof Mr. 11m k
enridre to attenipt to dinlroy the Union by the
tecesaioa of the Boiitliera States, and that there
was reason to believe bis detent and the election'
(if Mr. Lincoln was leiirvd by this Utter els,'
becauseif the opportunity it would afford tor
a dissolution ot the Union, a purpose which
they had long cherished,; While, thereiore, he'
advocated the election ot Mr, Bell, he con
Jured the people, w tnstter who. plight b
elected, to acquiesce In the decision and give
no countenance to accession. ; AHIionli, witli the
exception of a small fraction, the people were
averse to disunion, 1he majority were persbaded,
that this wa aa overstatement of the caw, aad
east their vote for Mr. Breckenride u for aa
anal party oominee. When the electinn was j
past and the proceeding- which " Immediately '
followed 14 other State verified Mr. Badger'
anticipation, the people began to turn to him,
and those of like opinions, for guidance ia the
future.. And to pcrsoiis In distant part of the
Union It is, no doubt, mutter of mystery how he,
with all hi antecedent In favor ol t nion, became
Involved In Wr.giot tb jrnvernment of the,
United State. The ease of rr. Badger, in thia
particular,, la the ease ot-at Icasfthree-fourtb of
the people of the Btate, who relied bpoa his
counsel for their action, quite a much a apoa
those of any other individual, and require a
Woru ot expianaiion.n - noiwiinsiauuinB; ins
long and acrimoniotis' disputation which had
lieea carried on in Congrev and t the hnst
inss, end the sentiment declared ia opposilloa
to"slavery by Mr." Lincoln and hi supporters,
Mr, Baduvr maintained, that his election afford
ed no sntlicient cause for a resort to revolution
(as to the rljiW claimed, of a Hate to-seceiW, he
hs ) never. fr a moment Ix lieveil ia it or given
It the least countenance ;) that the atcestioa of
anch a nartv to power would require increased
vigilance eve tlie ngiii sail towresra m ma
South, but the majority la congress wa not
lost to ns, if the memlier from alt the Mouth
era States Would remain and be faithful, and
that the- judiciary wa npen to any Just com
plaint, evert if the Executive ehould attempt
si'irresn'mn. And after every 8tate Bouth of
N.rtth fnrnlin ta the annftnea of Mexico, lis t
the State rejected a -proposition to call a Con
vention tq consider the question,' But when
Viririnia. oar aeiirhbor oa the Northern troiitier.
also withdrew, and Teanesaee on the West bn V
taken measure tor the aame oiijcet, wuen war
had been actually begun, bo matter by whose
rashnesa or folly, and the only albarhativee pre"
aented were ia the choice ot the side we should
espouse, considerations of national or Btate in
terest, aafety and necessity, wh as are not m
frequently forced tipont lie decision' ot neutrals
by the coii'luct Ot belligerent aot Connected
under the same poveniiiient, at once occurred
and wet obliged to tie. weighed with tha iihtia,
gationa of Constitutional duty. ! Our border
were surrounded on all sides, except that wa-.h
bv tlie ocean, by seceded Btatea. . Our youth
most no forth to battle with or against theaa
cerely cherislied, wa a Union In its intefrrlty,
J and next to that, snd as a fnrt of it, a Union
with neighboring Mutes, lnwuiLD Wereourxin
dil, and most intimate friends, and identical
institutions. Kiiivery, whafevermny be thonjdit
of It elsewhere or now, cqn'tituti'.i mora tlian
onel.iif of all our iiidividuul and public wealth.
It bad psid our tuxes, built our I. lilroads, rcRr
ad our tximumrica ol education ami county, ami
Tas intiiiiuU iy connected with tun onler and
repose ol our si n i v. Wnl il, Iu tne scrmony
1 1 1 1 ' i i . 1 i h i i il. i 1 1 1 1 1 1 ome a
p int i f 1 i r Id t e b t I ; ij aP urs
wliH il puiii..-' I to Coi mie V i i war last
ed. Instead of liitcen ?;' in win' h slavery ex
ist' I, wh'i- e reie-Tit.inve were to tnuintsin a
coiiiiuoa li ter' t in the b-H ot ( on ie-, there
were to be but tmoe or si n. t f.,.ir, and il
tlii ", except our oa n, won a iinwir interest in
tl.e f 'i'ni. A civd wiirwt.i. !i t ' nedtobe
ur - .in, .iy ami proirseict, iu...i i avowe'iiy
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loot of thedisnitr and iuat rirlit of the State.
the encroachment of the military authority,
the iuriadictioa ol -the civil trniunalii and
aottght bo ptrrms;je or favor tor himaell ar bia
ill son aurred in tlio ranks of tlie army and
liyre their part In the perils and adventure of
war. - . , ' t i , , j
While It -yet raged lie waa ntfUkeu by the
hand of disease which partially oluO'iired hi
('.u nities, andwlthdrew him trom nilUic view.
die survived, however, until alter Ih return
of IHnce, and in the twild of mind, with
whieh he was yet favored, rejoiced In the dclftr
erunce of the Country front the ciilumitii o
"nr. and very sincerely acquiesced in return
. his albigiance to the Ooveriinient of Hid Uni-
'i htiac oii 1 1 1 aLi'iii nu i ..c: u.l-'- iiiii7.r"sirvT
-'public life of the aubject f our memoir have
beeajw prolonged, that theofcttiiu mill permit
but a ftw further remarks-upon hi general at
taiiiMieiita, jiisuiUillct'tual and nmnd tbaracter,
and usefulness s a citixtn. It wa the remark
ot Lord Bacon that "reading makea a lull man,
conversation a resdy man, and writing aa ecu
rate man." Jlr. Badjiir's resxiiug waa confined,
with the exception of that knowlexlga of the
dead Ihhii-v, which he ha.l acquired ia hi
voiltliliil Kin. lies, to the literature of our own
! lanitU'Ue. , v '.. ,;: ," ', ri.v
.With tha moat aproveil author ia thi be
had a familiar acquaiiUauoa, ali.l, aa alreaily
remarked, excelled in his accoeinlishatent a a
critic, 3 h Held of learnUig, which next to in
ri'predcnce, he moat ail'ccted, and perhaps evea
prel'ened to that, wa moral science. I'poo the
aublime truths of this K'ieace. in -the conversa
tion of hi friend, his remark and illustra
tion were often not nryvortliy of Alexandur or
Wayland, Butler or Whatelv. '"In it" (ay on
of the most intimate ot his friend and cotempo
raries) "the rapidity ot hi- perorptioa and the
accuracy of hi, dediictions ,,were marvelous.
l'laca before hi mind any proposition of moral
acictice, and instantly he carried it out, either to
exact truth most beautifully enunciated, or re
duced it to an absurdity." To hi acquisition
la the kindred topic of. didactic divinity, or
theology aa a acienee, only a professional theol-.
pi an can do justice. An earnest meiuberof the
truteKint Episcopal churth, though but a lay
man, b ventured oa morethan one occasion to
discus matter ofdiscipliue aad dortrjii In the
character of a l"aniphleter,in oppositiotoClor
gynieu of note; and in a meinomble instance
- with the head of the diocese bimsell. with Mich
algnal aureesa, that although the Bishop ulti
mately united hiimklt with the Kommsli caurcti.
Wbithtrr Mr. Badger t'liarpeit that lie was tenil
iiig, mil atiotlier member ol hi deuoiuiimltoa k it
rlscomniunion, v ., ' - f
"lie waa averse ta the labor of writing, and
beyond an address before the literary soeielies
of tlie Uaiversity, the reports, by bis owe hand,
ot. tome of biaspeecbea in Congress, and otlier
pa!ipbleta, aubjects pollticaj or religiouSj
Iisji Li-fL few vrttti-n tM'Hiirmanoes. Pitt he bad
tUeaccuriM t, lit iiiuugiit ami h(n ill, ul afwuc
tised writer. In' conversstiim, be roalined, In
the tulleat extent, Baooa' Idea of "reailiness,"
and abone 1th a rnstreTTirelv.!HTialled, i The
activity ' and
d TilayTulnea' of bis thoughts, and
of hi disposition, inclined him to
the gayety
parody and repartee to aoob a degree that hi
conversation wa ol ten time out amusing levuy.
But in a moment it rose to the profoandeat re-
flection and most fascinating eloquence. .Hit
iscinauiiK tuoqiBM.. .Ji..
knowledire waa ever at lnstantane.yeoinmad,
a itMra' far mora the result of Ida OWB medt-
tations thaa of acotilsiiions from othersand f,n
ey lent her aid In giving a gramlenr to hi cm-
iTf -ii.-...t.f.'.i- ut fctw rtfttirt"ittl-'s
course. After all the pnbli display in which
he enchained the attention ot ymigiw, jurors,
senators, or promiseuon asaemblie with equal
admiration and delight, It la taattor lorduM,
among those who knew him well; whether his
brightest tbou;ht and most felicitous utteran
ce, the versatility f hi genius, aad the. vast
ranx of hi eoutemplaliooa, were not ollem-r
witnessed in hi boon and ancial hours, io tli
eoavera of friends, artmnd hi own hosjnt.
ble board, or at . a village bin, or a a publio
highway, alt wllhont fiedantryvw aiiparent ef
fort, "a it be stooped to touch; the -loftiest
thonodit," than in these lalaral and studied
exhibition, t 1 f ' - i
ITe
afl" ltd n i mvsicry, sml oref no nw-k,
and stood idy, In taimbar colloquy, 1 make
rood, hvmw and spt fllustrati.Mis, anysiuli-
. . i ....
tnent ailvance.l in lormai arirniiiem,, ?r m -don
it s unteiialile if talislicil of error.
H'ui reverence for truth, to which allusion ha
been tin idy made in tlie coiire of 1he obser
yatious, was. even above hu w.ti ll'-etuiil powers,
hi most atriking characteristic. He was accus
t'.iin d to Ps.ik of it "as lb" loi'-t ilistiugiio'h
in attribute of find Iihuh If. ni'l th'-' love ol It,
as ell Hi" to one tln'isi in in:' an i iiimt nc .num
ano'hrr" To its .!i-c..y.-rv lie delighted to )
lily tlm powers of In i .rem ti I. s'.i mli llecl; to
! 1 . , 1 . . i ... i.; i
Is Intnl. lice lie was rceiv io r en.
beritlied coni'icti .,.., nii. iu in loiind to be er
roneous. . w .-
1 1, h 1 1 nf II i n ni i i (' i (rowning
u i ml In dun nt, i "i f ar but
andiiibi'i i nt, 1 1 t v . wit', i tiiti'iranie to
i'',otiii , iliui i w 1 1 1 i it i lot un ry or ar
tiliee, a stalesmanwiihout l ma a laetioiiist, a
parly man above the low ait sol tlie (I, ui:i;;::"'-,
e"..lli'iniiil and citi.en eiui.'.ln' ni 'l, so. i d,
(!m it d ie, li1! !!, Impre ..sncf liich:iiae.er npoii
j !,u ii. iini. is and nior.m oi I i- lino-; rere' to
riM'lerai'l in every fsel an t nobiii work, ami
pi.niipt lo rc.-i.-t Hid P i1' I
ii.i ni...l.i I v win -l u;t v ' 1 '"'
till., I Ij.ubln i' in I"ll -" i "i
no ttin to whi.isv Hi"' (1 .1 '."" ':.
t.ily ii.ili. d thu I'tf'd of, t"" 1-
evil Iii.-tience,
.l.i . powtsr or
1 I. .unknown
e in ii v be more
itin ji.st, as I' ll-
dered III Inc. (rand a! l"ll ; J.. , ...
'""The n in 'in- e iniii'l m viituafsi-nt,
' I'ursins sun greatly urH,d luti-t
A llh nndni rtut uini, . ' "
y i-l rl ..'uiiji - iJri--L
- - or rna 11m tt . uhii ! aad hind
'i - Hi alubhora liomir lame. , ' ,
Not Hi proifH tvnuit s tlerrt threat, -'Nor
storms, that Irom lliet dok retteiit
' The rollui' sur'.'cs wnk I
f t J bex f Uttt I'nt bakoi tlef 1
The firmer purpose of histoid
With all a power ca hakfj';,.,
la lbs latter ycai oL his lllc, a- lu'iled 'by
. dcaire to be uvcial (u h.s day and ("
-jo.
NO. 35,
whenever epport unity and hi ability night al
low, ha accepted the office of Justice of the
Peace, an rtlice which, to the honor of those
who bavewlfd'H in North Carolina irom. the
first organization of civil government until aow,
haa ever been performed without pecuniary re
ward and took considerable interest ia aifmia
Jstvi ing justice In the County Court of Wake,
giving to thi infcrior tiibtinal the dignity and
value of a Superior Court, to the great satisfac
tion of the bar and the public. ? "
' - A a part ot hi public aervic It I proper also
to add, that lot tunny year Mr. Bail;rer waiona
of the most active Trustee of the I'ni versify of
the rMate, and especially" as a member of the
Committee on lauds then held in Tern-,. , from
Ilia prolisnlonal hillties, witlnmt f ecr rewii.l,
renilt-red si'-il s I i tl 1
-il, to the u. I. ..n-i i i i.'-n. i ,. ,,
to the diiiiyhler t Col. W in. I'i-.i, an4.i!iii'l to
Mrs. Oelia B. "Williams, d -n-i.ter of fci.. -r-wood
Haywood, Esq., in cm h instance forming
an alliance Willi an old fmuily of the Stiite, di
tiiiguislied by public Service and grent persouid
worth from an early pcriwd. The lt named
lady, the worthy 'companion of his life for thirty
yearn, who survives bun as his widow, receives
In her bereavement the condolence and sympa
thy, not merely of this community and Btate,
but there arc those in distnut bituls and in other
Btate of the Union whom, not the lapse of years
Bor the excitements of interv.-nina; events, nor
. the fiery RtiM" ol i ii il ar, sli.iil si'imriite Irom a
IricniL-liip !n- oiib d to fu r, snd her departed
husband, hs fepre.-eiitatives of tin 'jiersonsl char
cter, thesfH'ioty and domestic virtue of their na
tive Stale io better day of the liepublio,
a By- lbs two latter iimriiage he teti numerous
descendant...'.., . rii.i
Taking his aeusioiuei1 walk ut an early hour
!n the morning of Jiinuiuy fit h, l"ii.i, ho wa
prostrated by a paralytic stroke near t lie mineral
spring in the environ of the city of Itulcigh.
And although retaining his self p.---i-siiB and
aiility to converse iiiml a wi-4ii.!ire .s klnilly
furnished, on the w y homo his miiul amlc.red
and before reaching his residence, hi faculty of
oontinuons speech deserted him, never si'siu to
return. . His mental power s'ler a inii f inter
val rallied; insomuch, that lie took pleasure la
reading, and in listening to tlie, cunvn nation of
friends, whose visit allordnl liiui much aatislac
tkn; and with assistance could walk furexeicisa
In the oi'n air, but was never afterward able
to Command language, except for britf Senten
ces., failing often in these to convey lijs full
meaning.' ' ', 1 -' ' , . ' ' ' -, ... .
, I" this "condition ha lin;' icl lilif.l th lltk
uf May lSui!,. when, aflcr a few day illness
from runcwed attack i.f lh'aiu nit lire, ha
expired, having n cully en ; J theVlst.
yi ar of his i;e, . ,
' Mr Bhktuhrw of niaViAi. IWh: A?y
task i done. 1 have cmleiivoit'd bill "to hold
the mirror up to nature." If th imice n-ilwt-ed
appears, in any of il feature, magnified, it
waa. not an touaidtsl.-Yrt the -ronot J of a
i i I,, i ..! t i iiim- nm) no, J.
lice In my student lile, and xu -miiug tunin,i
all my active manliood, may not have been
without it influence in giving : color to the,
picture. But the character ia our conU inpla
tion wa nf no ordinary proportion. At the
bar of the State h wore the mantle of (Jastou
and Archibald Henderson, lor a mncb longer
period than either, wortliily ami well, with ao
diminution of it honor. In the hik'tot court
i ., ... .v. .i. ...i,,.l,l., oA
r - " V . ' 7.T. ; - t " v. ,7. . c i. i..T...-
"' ' " .
llcriieii, Walker, Cushlng and tin ir ullagae.
In the Senate, when Clay, Wetistcf ml t al
hs still.-nwiaiH there, not to aamit Other
areel iutouir renute. ha wa among tne-
fnreiuoat men in that august asscmiity. qpnoiu
ing the riirhta of lii own (Mate ami tectlon,
with uianliins and ability, but with candor,
niiKleniiii.il and true wisdom; winch sought to
harmonise.-conflicting elements, and avert the
Calaiiiiti.s of civil strife. In mm !s Inflexible,
without stain or tu-picion of vice. In manner
and social intercourse, irenial, frank, hospitable,
with colloq'tial powers to instruct, amitx and
fascinale., ill cvetyiin if in which bo lunveil, and
"with a heart opi i n as i1.iy to nu Iting eliauty."
The fame of siteli a man is a source of nn' 1
anil jusrt pride to the people, ot the ' 'ite. I i.nl
MClltlllK lit 14 til it W 1 1 h t e p t , i l .in
the l-:ii"li.slimfiil. when be ti:t;.t -
"It la riioiij'h to saliLiy loe ninhii imi of a piivam
. man. .
Thai Ch
And VI
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How he v. is n- i iv.
n, binir rei-iiled. nii'l t -(liutlv
loved and n" t
bC I be uhlelietsi ft l
biii.iness sini tne i ntn
tut, e ssscliil.lv,- many
Hie :-.tule. v lio li 1 v
iu tlieve "hi .t s i'l IH'
in ik ti a.ltniic.l, i -'c 'i
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it rtht
t.ll 1 1 n ii ' ns I
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Theebnlatlsa f the Bamaaa mk It eae ef
the atett iMhable ardlasM ef tdvartliiof la Ih
fltata, fy;,. ' ; "
- AavartissasBta, eteanylnf tks vto of ID lias ef
ajinloa type or Itu, nhuli s..t a a .uivi charge
M fuUow aj iassrUna la th wkly i
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'JOTS W0BX xaua With aaalnttt at lis Bmtk '
Ja OrvtcB. . -
liiu... .'!'";; n i . - in i i
trv, witlioul receiving the appruiutl.in of their
auversarie ; whs, in a period of most unusual,
party acrimony, never violated th ennrtesieaof
debate, and whose personal association aad
friendship were found alike oa either ' la of
the great lin of ectional livi:(ion I Mha a)
fitted for tlie explosion and correction of error,,
of allavinir th itmoble passion of hatred and
revenfe, and recalling the national aPeetionsin-
pirud by a common aud honorable history, to
temove the scale from eye that will not see,
and to rebuke the raa ot faction, threatening
to realize the assertion of Mr. Fox, in his histo
ry of Jaiuf, tlie aecoml, Mat "th mont daa
gcrbu ot all rerQlution ia a ro.loration t"
To t!,ut pimd Being in whonc 1. ''i.l are the
1i-t iiiies nf nations and .individuals, by whose
,' .:o r ney ci.K'ked pat ha are oft-., juado
- s r" .'. t out of nil ti'.iii l. s, "
, . , ... t v . in .',.
in ci.'iiiiuv.iu.ii cmy inn n t ol our Inaoved
country. " "
Ltctacseof KortbCaroUna l!end .;
; STATE OF KoilTit CAROLIN A, 1
f V i "J.i;,' lhilci;;h, July 20tli., 1 -,, , J .j;;?
- Jehm'Jkttmiji, Jhletjk, X. IK . t
. DkAK Smr Vours, request m my view
"whether there was, la-fore the paie e of the
ordinance authorizing the coma ivinii of HttllO -bonds
into railroad.' Wocl, any miih-rstanding -that
the btate control uf ll.e-0 woikt would
cease pari fiun with Its iuttn-st,'' is received.
'ou slate that my "opinion on this point, al-tlion'-li
not having the validity of law, will '
iniliicitee the action of many." -
" V ndsf the slsnre stiiMttw meiit that "iny opln- - -
ioa Will iiitUittiie the at lion of many, 1 feel
anm difildt-iwss ill tpre-i!ig that (i'inion,silt .
a doubt in regard to the a ' mil ol the Htste, '
in the coul iiij.'i-m y of a tsulij of stoi ks, will In,
jiiriouslyaftn ttlieir price, I do not feel at lib
erty to withhold a frank aoswer to. jour in
quiry, '''". "
Iconvarsed frequently wish the lending ad-
vocate ol the ordinance, tinder whi. U the ollur
for exchange of sbs-ks for bomTs is made, and
there wa not one, who ' did" not sscume, as a
tmili.tr ftfttnir, that the Slate would surrender
th control of the work ftr p.'Uuu with the
tale of stock.
tin of the aruuieiits fur tha pst.su,; of the
ordinance was that thu railnwd would be
better pvans-'rd when freed turn th mutation
in the J: niriis of J'ireetors, inei.htit to the bi
eniii I tliai;''- in the ii; "ii., r I'-wcr, The
chief arcjuiiii-nt Used Bi;aiiHt t ' measure, waa
that, by Its 'execution, the 'administration- of .
t?tor work ti; 1 1 p" s i'itcli,n! ! iti'.hjof othera' .
limn citizen of the t ia'C , - . ... .:
I happened to be in tne l.d.by of the Conven
tion I'mll when one of.the dclrgatt'-from tiran
villo, (Sir, Orissom,) moved artsronsideration of
the oiiliiiaiiee aliove metitiuncd,. giving a a
rcasoti therefor, that it required sni' tiilnientin!
the particular in q" sliiMi. Una of the dele
pate from Orance, ( Mr. l-iiuiips,i a p-enwentsn
that it an exchangs should be made, the suin-n-render
of the Hirectorshipof the works would
be etfected,s a matter oi course, by subsequent
legislation. Whereupon, without lurther de
bate, the motion to reconsider was defeated.
By tectlon 8, of the amended charter of the
Raleigh and Gaston IS. It. Co., it is enacted,
"That whenever the Stale shall transfer its rtock,
la whole or in part, the Ptato shall have only
one Iirectir for every thousand shares, which it
may retain in the stock f aid Company." .
I am not aware that thcia is any similar pro
vision in the charter of other Itsilrond corMira
tiiiiis. " But that tiio f!ate,'after havtlig'told tl "
stock In work of internal improvement, should
transfer the control, po-ne".i-l only by virtue ol
it ownership, twins bi m .so nuuiilestly re
(jutred by good lai!li,-thst, in iny oinnion, pur
chaser may e.vtv,' t prim rt net ion of the Ueu
eml Assembly t'l I eiur.:e snrh trur.fcr.. .. .
- ' - Y'c'V I." ;- Itiitlv. ' t
- . - , ' b.. ..i". C. i:WlIX,.' :
' di' ! e 'I rrasurer. '
I,. C. Bsiiaaiil f' noi't.
BicctlpJ of the Jiii ti'ls. nf f
In f 4 t 'y i 'i i1 1r i 1
ton was c i i 1 lo t ic (I i i
aon W M-p'nnted secret n
lr. . I'-l I i'i r, l.in
( Un v i i i"N.-i-Atta ,
.bbii'll S. hools held
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', n i l I v. L. llran-
nl on, expressed
til ol II t ol t, c tin
to Isi (lie, i" tlin up a
general Interest on the i
tsvhools among, all dciinni'imi
Ihe 'utc. ; ,
On motion, . i
T 7 'I, Tint wor la' i'
Contention, to beheld in the i
t, ol ts.ihhath
is tliroMi'hout
i'h Pchoi.l
liahi.'hoii
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