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The News and Observer
VOL. XXXVIII. -NO. 28
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ZEBULON BAIRD VANCE
A PUBLIC M % N IX WHOSE LIFE
BO ME\N ACTION COULD
HE FOUND.
MR. BRANCH'S ELOQUENT EULOGY.
Crrfaoait H in the llouiie in Honor of
North « »ir«*lina’s Greatest States
maa— AII the Tar Heel Represent a
tlves and Other Members Pay 't heir
Laiit Trihate to Ili* Memory--AII
the Talk in Washington is Ransom’s
Appointment hr Minister to Mexico.
Special to *lie News and Observer.
Washington, D C., Feb 23.
To day was North Carolina day in the
House. I had hoped to send all the
speeches of the North Caroline mends rs
for publication, but coul 1 not secure
them in time They gave a pleasant
and perfect pietureof Vance, and as they
related incidents of his great career, few
North Carolinians could keep hack the
tears IT* w>s truly North Carolina's
greatest son, and the honors paid him
were sn**h as hit grett life merited.
The eulogies in the House were at
tended bv about fifty N'orth Carolinians,
among these being : Kerr Craig and
family Mrs. Senator Vance, Mr. and
Mrs. Harry Martin, George W T . Sander
lin anti family, W. H Williams, Gen
Cox and a number of ladies. The delega
tion filed their speeches excepting Mr
Henderson, who delivered his. The
ruembets from other States, as said here
tofore, spoke.
Hr. Branch’*Speech.
Representative Branch, of the First
District, said :
“Dating my f* ur years of service in the
House the occasions have been frequent
in either h 11 of Congress when solemn
servic« s like these are held to pay the
last act of resp ectful duty to the mem
ory of some departed member. These oc
eurenct s can but warn us of the precari
ous tenure by which we hold to the fleet
ing things of tune and teach the imp res
sive lesson of the instability of human
life.
“If is a happy thing for aoountry, Mr
Speaker, when the lives of its public men
can be throwu freely < pen to the world
and challenge its closest set utiny with a
consciousness utmu the part of the friend
ly critic, that ili>»re is no blot to be con
cealed and no glaring fault which a love
of truth forbids him to deny and his ow>
sense of right scarcely allows him to pali
ate.
“Os all the pub’ic men l nave known
there are tone whose lives teach more
impres-ively the gnat moral of the
strength uhieh public virtue gives thau
that of Zebulon Hand Vat ce. Heie at
least is a public man in whose life there
cau lie found no mean or equivocating
action, none of a departure from the
self-impo-ed restraints of a lofty souse ot
honor, none in which either the fear of
man, the s< due ions of ambition, or the
allurements of pecuniary advancement
could tempt to a deed which would de
stroy i iiher his own self-respect or the
respect of others for him. Ho knew how
to inspire a people w ith a just confidence
in the soundness of his judgment and in
tegrity of his purpose so as to be looked
to as a safe depository of trust aud con
fidence. His popularity was not the result
of those factions aids, which give to
demagogues aud political tricksters an
existence, but was the uatural conse
quence of his exalted qualities of both
head aud heart. Under such cireum
stances it is not surprising that each
step in the political cart er of such a man
should ba'e been crowned with pu lie
bouors amid all the fiuctuatious of pub
lie sentiment.
“Amid all the changes of party, tried
in times of war as well as peace, he was
found pursuit g the path of duty by the
light of principle, aid dying he has left
behind him a life of consistency and
and public virtue, upon which the patriot
may ponder with pleasure, and from
which the mere aspirant for worldly
honor may draw an instructive lesson
His life is a true illustration that the line
of duty is alike the path of safety and the
way to honor. During a long aud event
ful period, a very large proportion of
his life was sj>ent in the public service.
For nearly half a century, he devoted his
energies and his talents to the perform
ance of public duties, always performing
his trust with fidelity and ability, and
never failing to command the conti
deuce, admiration and gratitude of an
enlighten* d constituency. How happy
noware the r. fleet ions of those who loved
him most, that there is not a** - *
r*!» public lifo which Can 1)6 referred to
but to bis honor, not a suspicion that
oould mar the purity and luster of hi*
eschutoheon the rememberenoe of the
life and work of such a mau should al
ways be an inspiration to those who are
to "assume the duties he so well, in his
time, performed.
“Perhaps Mr Speaker, one of the high
est ecomiums ever passed on a man in
public life, said John Quincy |Adams, is
that of an Historian, eminent for his
profound acquaintance with mankind,
who in painting a great character by a
single line says ‘he was just equal to all
the duties of the highest others which
he attar-ed and never above them,’ the
potossion of this rare political virtue was
preeminently ex»mplified throughout
the can er * f Zebu lon B. Vance, who
laid down bis work without oue straiu
upon his record, leaving as a priceless
heritage to ti e family and his country
a name synonymous with honesty and iu
oorruptibility.
“It is a privilege and a sad pleasure,
Mr. Speaker, to lay garlands upon the
tomb of the honored dead in whos** mem
ory these c* remoni* s are held to day. 1
i shall not at tern ot to give a review or
sketch of h's eventful life, nor recite the
many important incidents that marked
I his long aud distinguished public career.
Colleagues of m>ue who have preceded
me have with admirable precis on of de
i tail, and in el* quant, graceful terms of
unexaggerated eulogy spoken of Z-bulon
B. Vaucc, who has left upou the historic
annals of his State and country, lasting
and imperishable evidences of his states
manship and patriotism.
He was a b*-ave, generous rnagnan
imous man, evety pulsatioa of his warm
unselfish heart was kindness and love
for his fellow-man. The good of his
St»te, the glory of her people, the honor
and welfare of his couutry was the polar
star ever guiding him. His thoughts
were of his Btve and her people, he saw
her wide extending fields of cotton and
grain, h«-r mines, her quarries, her fac
tories, the hum <*f her wheels of indus
try, the songs of her working men, these
were his thoughts. He knew the priva
tioi s, the trials, the struggles of his people,
tomaketheir burden lighter, their hearts
happier were thoughts that concerned
him mo-t, and while, Mr. Speaker, the
addresses on this occasiou can add noth
ing to the future happiness.of the dead,
cannot augment the fame which his so
cial virtu* s and his public career
have earned, they tell the world that a
Republic can be greatful to those who
have done her services, and that the
citizens of a Republic can appreciate the
gentle qualities which give dignity ami
honor to a statesman’s life and insure,
peace and consolation to a Christians
dea’h.
“A great man has fallen; it is fit we
morn him, endulging the ho|»e that the
light of his example may long continue
to illuminate the paths of the future
of the State, which
honored and loved him as the swiftest in
the race of ambition to serve her, the
strongest in the strife for her supremacy,
a S’ato which now holds his r» mains
and wi[l ever cherish h's memory.”
Ransom’s Appoiatmeot.
AH the talk is aoour, Ransom's eonfir
mation. A number of Senators spoke
to me of it. Hill said, “I am delighted,”
Jones, of Arkansas said, “I do not con
gratulate Ransom, 1 congratulate the
United States and Mexico,” Allison, of
lowa, said. “Very good appointment, I
am glad to see liim have it.” Gibson
sa’d. “It was a deserved reward for bis
faithful public service,the President made
the wisest choice possible to please
the people of this eontiiry and
the members of the United States
Senate. The President by this did more
towards making his record more popu
lar with the Senate.” Senator Daniel
said. “It is very gratifying to the South
and h*s friend on the floor. The great
est pleasure I have had for some time
was to congratulate him.” Even Call
said, “It is a deserv* d reward, he will
make a eood minister.” Gorman said,
“When Ransom qualifies no better min
ister will be in service.” Pat Walsh ssid,
“He was everybodi 'a choice and I am
glad he has it.” Ransom will not qual
ify until the fifth of March.
Only One More Week.
The adjournment of Congress is very
near and as the third of March comes on
Sunday, a session will be obliged to be
held that day>-
Maiiy friends will part on the fourth
never to meet again and the closest ties
which have bound Senators and mem
hers to each other for years must now
be broken and new men must step in, to
cause the sad old story to be repeated,
when their seats are made vacant.
“Nobody,” said Senator Harris, “will
be missed in Washington more than Sen
ator Ransom; he is the old landmark of
the Senate and has more friends on the
tl >or than any other Senator.”
The door to the Senate lobby will be
closed and people who have come to
Washington for years and have found
Capt. Arthur Barnes at his old fort will
miss his smiling face.
The Secretary’s office will, of course,
be open all the summer and unt'l the re
organization of the Senate next Decern
her. General Cox will have his neat lit
tle office which >ou can never enter until
Peter, bis faithful messenger, has en
tered first.
Os course iu the Disbursing office Mr.
Peter Wilson will be also at his desk
along wi'h Rodger Wats m and Oh.is.
Lamb The delation will all leave on
the 4th and their hutnerotis clerks
through the departments will be left to
l>K)k somewhat to their own good until a
new Democratic dclagation shall come iu
’97.
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„^ u evening Miss Laura Payae
«*r 1229 N. street N. W., gave a Euchre
Party complimentary to her guests Mis-*
Annie Bu bee, of Rileich and Miss Man
ning, of Chapel Hill. Among those pres
ent who wen* from North Caroliua were
Misses Young, Henderson, Craige, Ethel
Bagley, Belle Bagley aud Collier, Messrs
Sterling Kuffiu, Chas. Alexauder and
Thomas Ruffin.
On Tuesday evening the Alabama As
soc ation gave its reception and dance at
Willard's Hall. Many North Carolinians
were present.
H. H. Carrow, of Washington, N. 0.,
was here this morning. He is on a
pleasure trip and leaves tonight for
New York
Mr. Charles T. Harris left for Wilson
last night.
Will Still Support Dofph.
Salem, Ore., Feb. 23. —A majority of
Senator Dolph’s followers at a caucus
this morning decided to continue to sup
port him for renomination.
Eight ballots have been taken so far
to day without result. A recess was then
taken until 7:30 p. m.
RALEIGH, N. C.. SUNDAY. FEBRUARY 24. *845.
! RANSOM IS THE MAN
NORTH CAROLINA’S SENIOR
SENATOR APPOINTED BIN
IS TER To MEXICO.
NOMINATION AT ONCE CONFIRMED
The Confirmation Was Moved by Sena
tor Sherman, Who Addressed the
Senate Briefly on the Fitu*s* of the
Nomiaation--Sketch of Senator Ran
som’s Life and Public Career—The
Vote on the Question of Confirmation
W as Unanimous.
Washington, Feb 28.—The President
to-day seut to the Senate the nomination
of Senator Matt W. Ransom, of North
Carolina, to be Envoy Extraordinary
and Minister Plenipotentiary of the
United States to Mexico. Immediately
after the nomination of Mr. Ransom was
received, Senator Blackburn moved an
executive se-a on and the nomination
was forthwith taken up and confirmed
by the unanimous vote of the Senate.
He was first elected to the Senate to
fill the term to which Z. B. Vance had
been elcet***l, but which he was not al
lowed to fill because his war disabilities
had not been removed, and the fact is
now pleasantly recalled by Mr. Vane ’s
frieuds that Senator Ransom devoted
himself zealously during the early part
of his senatorial cir* er to secure the re
nioval of the bar which had been created
against Mr. Vance.
The confirmation was moved by Sena
tor Sherman. who, iu making tie mo
tion, addressed the Senate briefly as to
the fitness of the nomination, wtrch, he
said, was iu every way deserving and
appropriate. He referred to Mr. Ran
soul's long term of service iu the Senate
and said that through his never-failing
courtesy and kind heartedness Senator
Ransom had won the esteem, as through
his ability, character and devot ion to the
public welfare he has earned the respect,
of all his colleagues in the Senate.
When the vote was taken there was a
general reponse in the affirmative. The
executive session lasted but five min
utes.
Senator Ransom made his escape to
his committee room when the executive
session was moved and was not present
during the executive proceedings.
Mr. Kans m has been in the Senate
since April 24th, 1872, and has long
b> en one of the popular members of that
body, so that it was with pleasure that
his associates took oeeasion-to confirm
the nomination so quickly.
He is a native of North Carolina,
born in Warren county in 1826. He re
ceived an academic education, graduat
ing from the University of North Caroli
na in 1847, and was admitted to the bar
the same year. He is a lawyer and
planter, and prior to entering national
politics held a number of offices of trust
in his ua’ive State. Mr. Ransom has
been re-* 1 -eted to the Senate three rimes
and his term of service expires March
3rd next.
It is also recalled by some that he di
vided his first year’s salary with Mr.
Vance. During his career in the Senate
Mr. Ran-em has kept well abreast- of
public affairs. He has from the first held
high committee places and is now chair
man of the Committee on Commerce, one
of the most important of the Senate com
mittees.
Notwithstanding be served through the
war on the Confederate side, Mr. Ran
som first made himself prominent as a
peace advocate in ante-bellum days, and
he attended the Montgomery peace con
vention in as a delegate from North
Carolina. He was in those days a Whig,
hut since the war has affiliated with the
Democratic party.
During the war he filled in succession
the grades of Lieutenant Colonel, Colo
nel, Brigadier General and Ma jor-Gen
eral. which latter rank he held when he
surrendered with Lee at Appomattox.
He participated in many important en
gngeraenfsu in some of which he was in
command ITe was especially noted for
the Cife ho took of his men.
The salary of the Mexican mission is
$17,500.
S'uaf r Ransom in admirably equipped
fer any diplomatic mission. IJe has
served in the Senate for nearly four con
secutive terms, is a horn diplomat, speaks
r itnch and Spanish, and is thoroughly
at home V Latin classics.
He is 6b yeirs old, but is strong aud
active.
He last fall m*de a most vigor ns cam
paign of his State, speaking nearly every
day and often travelling all night For
twelve years he has been a member of
the National Democratic Executive Com
mittees
The Senate has confirmed the nomina
tion of Wm. H. Heard, of Pennsylvania,
to lie Min*s‘er resident and Consul Gen
eral of the United States to Liberia.
Howgate Jury Hopelessly Divided.
Washington, D. 0., Feb. 23.—After
being out for forty five hours the How
cate jury reported this morning by a
note to Judge MeComaa that they were
hopelessly divided, and there was no
probability of agreement. The judge
informed the jury that the court would
remain in sessiou and await further de
velopments. The jury is still locked up.
Dover, Del., Feb. 23. —The Geueral
Assembly had one ballot on the Sena
torial quistiou to day. Wry little in
terest was takeu and the ballot resulted:
Higgins (Republican) 7; Addicks (Re
publican) 5; Massey (Republican) 3; Wol
cott (Democrat) 6; Causey (Democrat) 1;
Bayard (Democra ) 1; Daily (Democrat)
1 ; Tuunell (Demociat) 1. Absent 5.
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LADIES MONUMENTAL ASSOCIATION TO THE LEGIS
TURE NOW IN SESSION :
Let us teach posterity that patriots die not in
vain. A land without monuments is a land with
out memories. Lend us of your means to com
memorate the yirtues of our fallen dead.
SHAME. SHAME. SHAME!
THIN IS THU INDiGNINr SiS - i
Fit AIN OF TIIE PUBLIC I’K EsS
OF Til E COUNTRY.
GENERAL ASSEMBLY'S INFAMY.
i
The Rraud of Disgrace Put ! p*»u the
State by the lit solution Adjourning
in Honor of (he Gieat A post ie of >; i -
ceg* nation and Ignoring the Father I
ofllis Countrv—l-ee Sha es the F n
ot Washington, So Say the IDe.**<!*.-
A Matter of Surprise Every wh re.
Cheap it in tor negro Vote*-.
Greensboro Record.
Our law makers refused to adj urn j
for Lee’s birthday or for Washington’s,
but when Fred Douglass, the colored!
orator, shnfil *1 off this moral chi the j
other day, they adjourn*"*; in short order.
Fred was a big man as Republican j
bat we’ll bet two c nts bad he b* * o a j
Democrat there would have b*en no ad- |
j mrnment.
It’s a cheap bid for the negro vote j
that’s all.
North Carolina’s Mortification.
Richmond Times.
We deeply sympathize with ever*-1
noble and true-hearted North Carolinian i
in the mortification and shame he mu t
feel by rea-on of the am <zing action tin-
Legislatuie at Raleigh to ok on Thurs
day, In preferring to honor F ed Dug
lass above George Washington and
Robert E Leo.
The action v. : . s so nsonstr >us that it
would be thought rbsur.i if ir did no? |
touch deepiy *he v* ry heart of our civdi
zat i< *n
Frederick Douglas* v»js, no doubt, a j
remarkable negro, for he vvasiuteilectu.il j
and aggressive. Ho aspir <1 to be aa-i j.
was recognized as the most distinguished j
representative of his race, and, for every
good quality that he possessed, we would
have taken special notice of
his career but for the ra-.rtri offence he j
gave by marrying out of his color
He found a white woman who was j
willing to marry him, and he married
her. To the Southern m n*l this was an I
iuoffoueeable wrong to society, and it
should be so thought by all irrespective j
of color.
The preservation of the purity and ia j
tegriry of the white race is a conditio i
precedent to every other consideration
It is a law written by the Creator of all
races in the hearts of men, and a viola
tiou of it is a breach of th** law of nature
itself. As a tran*gres~ or of this law
Douglass irr-wQo an elf v, *r n the ■dgat
of ev ry m r. -v*~P 1 **r i* l who re-1
specta the Rutin da ii*»c] i l'. hi s
being by G >d
effect of thia aeiion hy lh F t-.*•
ists in North Car*J;tut w I be t . <1- 011
the color line again, ami to tui.'i■*'* f.. -> h j
arg’trscUq tv th r, «?v v.y; :mv. -j ;
out off the politick! rig Lia or tile negro
It is the heaviest blow the ntgro has re
ceived, politically, in twenty years. The
Mississippi distranchisemcul s UQihing'
to it; that l C'L ftmiWAij
taken by s*>m body else, this by him
self and his own chosen companions, and j
it will resound throughout the South. 1
If the Republican party of the South
is to bo organized on the lines of this '
“fusion” resolution, it had as well ha> g
up its h»irp on tho willov tree. The;
negro question h;:s kept many a man J
from voting with tint pvrty who os her- 1
wise would have d >no so, and if the no
gro is so impressib'e that he must give
such expression legidativelv r to his rtce
pride, then great efforts will bn m ole to j
beep him out *) f the Legislature by men j
who would keek his vote n, >a national |
issues.
There was such 1 1* ckiess d sregard of j
oomtnou sense and decency by the au
thor aud suppnr ers of rh * Douglass res
olution that there is hope that
the iu famous alliance of free silver Dem
ocrats and black Iv publicans will com- j
plete their p ditical sni ide. All go al
citia.-us of North Carolina and their j
well wishers outside devoutly pray it |
may speedily be done.
To those b ave and good men who are ,
j srid lighting C o battle of honest De
(' : cy and unconfaminated blood, we
< >r <b r our s mpathy and express the
h* pe that this dose of Hedonism will
- cKe ?an bri g back to the D ‘tnoentie
party all these who, though I***l astray
jby the f ree silver cry, still prefer Wash
; mgton s: * 1 Lep to Douglass, and th ■
| pure and nndefilrd Anglo 8 *xon bjnol
I to the ivp ji.Mve mixture which Douglass
p notice I.
The Fred Douglass Business.
, Ch *rlotte News.
I Cb&Ho'to was a very much disgust** 1
1 to n Wii. n The News went around \* s
■*'tday wibi its Rtle’g i -pecial tolling of
i the ndj *u ■* ment « f the I. *gisl tture i t
j t*. >;.■*«* <*f Fred Douglass. An ac'ion of
it nut r 1 :*| w< ul*l have been enough by
j its* If, but it must be remembered that
| motions to «dj urn for L****'s birihday
.md f<*r Washington’s birthday were
voted down.
The Opinion of Decent I*« o*»lc.
Durham ‘-un.
Our Legislature would uota*ljourn fo>*
Lee’s birthday. “We are hero to work,”
they said. Yet Thursday, when a no
gf** got un and moved to adjourn in re
>pect to the memory of old Fred Doug
lass, it was carried. How *K> you lik ■
that, decent people of Noith Carolina?
Th* v See Their Own Ideal.
Conco r d Standard.
The State ha«* an object lesson.
The Fusion Legislature saw no reasons
for adjourning out of respect to the
men ory of Washington and Lee—both
being legd holidays."
Yet a negro representative rises ami
offers resolutions to adj*>urn in honor of
Fre*l Douglass, and under the whip,
they passed by a vote of 34 to 20.
Tins can not boa surprise, Had Fred
D n(glass’ death been known to bo com
ing'on that date, every one, who knows
tho sentiments uppermost in this Fusion
bu-iuess, would have expected just such
j a thing.
But there are people in North Carolina
‘ who respect the memory of Washington,
and there are men, brave men, who love
| and respect the name of R E Lee.
The Legislatuie ought to .provide x le
gal holiday for Douglass, the mulatto,
j u whoso memory it adjourned on Thurs
-1 dav.
Every cloud has its silver lining.
Not a Representative Body.
Richmond Dispatch.
That the p try in power in North Caro
iiaa is not truly representative of the
good people of that noble old State is
eouspieu >usly shown by the resolutions
of re-pect p*ssed and adjournment or
der it in the tl .u-e cn Thursday in re
;-p—t ( j ’h? mctii'Ty Doug
lass !
We can appreciaio t’.* *lc.-:r« of the
c<»l* red rn tabors to h>>. r ne of the ;
most n tr-*i mm ;.f their 1 .c% but how
•.heir white .d l *. w ould ... ru :h an iu j 1
vidi.niT diviced ,a sg.i,: • W. .sbington i
and Lee rm’y 911
ground th it they a-c of tho opinion that, i
Dougl s-s was a gfGaier and t>etter mat) |
than cither Washington or L«e.
Tats action, so repulsive to the feel- 1
iugs of the true North CUroliaiana, j
shows that the negro vote is a great’ l
p *wer iu the politics of that Sta'e He |
was the instrument of whom the Popu
lists a.! d white Republicans made ns** in ;
overthrowing the Democrats of North
Carolina. And yet we are told ihnt the
negro is no longer a power in southern
! politics!
The North Carolina fact is at variance j
with the Virginia theory. The negro is j
a great power in North Carolina; he is
! a great power iu Virginia. But in North ' |
| Carolina he has gotten the ascendency,
while m Virginia he is waiting for tne <
1 whites to divide so that they may make 1
his vote tell against the Democrats and 1
in favor of just such a combination as is , 1
defying the sentiment and outraging the 1 1
feelings of North * arolina. 1 1
But the North Caroliuians are not go- J i
ing to stand this sort of a thing long, j
Soon they will rise in their might and ; l
clear the political field of these entrud- j I
ers H»w they will do it we do not j *
know - but tu**y are going to do it, and I«
do it thoroughly and well. 1 1
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
THE NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY TO
THE LAOIES:
It is not your dead, but our Fred over whom
we weep. Bear with usj our hearts are In the
coffin there with Caesar, and we must pause
i till they come back to us ”
A Lunatic May II »ye Expected It.
Norfolk Public Ledger
The di-patch from Raleigh, w hich an
nouuces that the North Carolina legisla
ture, a't* r refusing to honor the memory
of George Washington and Robert E. Lee,
bad voted to adjourn over a day for the
purpose of paying its rrsp* e‘s to the mem
«*ry of Frederick Douglass, wi 1 strike
the friends and admirers of tho Old
S’**r h St to with amazement. The
political upheaval which took place
in that S'iu<* hst, fall produced changes
<*f a very radical character, but, nobody
outside *>f tho walls of a lunatic asylum
ev- r thought for a moment that the Leg
islaturo of the S at *, w hich furnished
mi* h men :vs Vance, Jarvis and Ransom
for its public service, could hold the
memory of Frederick 1> uglas in higher
regard than that of Washington or late.
Degraded Themselves
Wilmiogtv u Bt,ar
The North Carolina Legislature as at
present constituted has n< v* r stood very
nigh iu the estimation of the intelligent
people of North Carolina, but it dropped
several degrees below zero Thursday af
ternoon when the House of Representa
tives adopted a resolution, offered by a
color* dnu mber from Granville county,
to adjourn over Friday out of respect
to the memory of Fred Douglass, the
half-breed, who had too much white
in Giin to be a repn sentative negro and
too much black blood to be classed as
white. That he looked down upon his
own race is shown by the fact that he
married a w hite woman, and associated
as much as po-sible with white people.
It is surprising that a Legislature com
posed mainly of white men should have
a*ljourued out of respect to the memory
of this man, and scaicely less surprising
that a self respecting negro who knew
anything about him should have offered
such a resolution, for while ostensibly
espousing the cause of the negro, and
tiev**r letting the opportunity to
widen the breach between the
races by attempting to force
his own race to the front,
he kept a sharp lookout for the interests
of Fred Douglass, ami he feathered his
nest well. The same House of Represen
ts ivos, composed mainly of white men,
who adjourned to honor the memory of
this man, refused to adjourn to do
honor to the memory of Robert E.
and of George Washington. And yet it
j claims to be a body representative of the
I p *ople of North Carolina. What can be
expected from men, calling themselves
white, who show respect for the memory
of Fred Douglass while refusing to hon
or the memory of the two greatest Amer
icans, Washington aud Lee ? If they had
only degraded themselves it wouldn’t
have mattered so much, but such action
brings disgrace upou the State among
people who do not know what this Leg
islamre is composed of, and may think
it a representative body; but, it is a dis
grace to the State that men who voted
For that resolution could be elected to
anything.
JiHrg-ut I>l rt mond ituown.,
LONDON, Feb 28. —The Pall Mall Ga
z-tte sat s the Pope has received from
the President of the Transvaal Republic,
n diamond weighing 9IT carats. The
stone was found by an African chief in
*he mines at, Jagersfout* in and is the
largest known. It, is of a blue white oast
and almost perfect, and its only blemish
is a tiny spot which is invisible to tho
naked eye.
John L. -Still Making Thing** Lively.
Jacksonville, Fla., Feb.. 23.— John
L. Sullivan is to day repeating his pro
gramme of yesterday and is now very
much intoxicated aud taking in the
town in a carriage. His company are
still hustling to get out of tho city and
the only arrangement so far made was
the purchase of tickets to New York for
the two children who are traveling with
the troupe. John L friends are almost
in despair.
This evening -Sullivau’s trunks, con
tain'd his wearing apparel, were seized
bv the sheriff on an attachment sworn
out by Miss Viola Armstrong, a member
of the defunct company, who claims
Bullivan owes her S2OO.