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VOL. LII. NO. 95.
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ROOSEVELT DRAWS
IMMENSE THROHGS
Half a Million Throats Cheer
Him at Pittsburg.
THE ORATOR OF THE DAY
He Speaks of Cuba, the Philippines,
the Trusts.
RECIPROCITY, HE DECLARES, WILL COME
He Admits That Outbursts in the Philippines
May be Expected. He Says That We
Should Handle the Trusts
With Kid Gloves.
(By the Associated Press.)
Pittsburg, July 4.—Half a million per
sons greeted President Theodore
Roosevelt in Pittsburg today. They
came, not only from Pittsburg and Alle
ghany, but from the scores of indus
trial towns within a hundred miles of
the city. It was the distinguished
guest's first visit to Pittsburg as Presi
dent, and his welcome was most en
thusiastic. From the union station to
the speaker’s stand in the Schenley
Park, nearly four miles away, it was
one continuous cheer.
When the President stepped from his
car at union station he was escorted to
the main entrance, where his carriage
and those provided for the reception
committee were standing.
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Those who entered the carriage with
President Roosevelt were City Recor
der J. O. Brown,, United States Attorney
General I*. C. Knox and George B. Cor
telyou. secretary of the President. The
other carriages in waiting were promptly
filled by the reception committee. The
bugles of Sheridan Troop sounded the
assembly call, which was a signal for
Brigadier General John A. Wylie, com
mander of the military escort, to order
the movement of the column. The
marchers numbered three thousand men.
Flags and bunting fluttered every
where along the course of the parade-
People hung from windows of tall sky
scrapers, yelling themselves hoarse in
greetings of the nation's chief executive.
Thn greatest ovation came as the line
passed up canyon-like Fifth avenue to
the top of Grant’s Hill. Tall buildings
on either side of the street offered fine*
vantage points for spectators. Every
window in the buildings was
tilled with enthusiastic people, women
predominating. When the head of the
military escort reached a position oppo
site tlm speakers’ stand it was halted
and stood in company front with aims
at present. As the President and those
in carriages passed in review the band
struck up the stirring strains of “Hail
to the Chief.’’ The music was fairly
drowned by the cheering of the multi
tude of 2W,ord persons in the stand and
•H cupying vantage points on the amnhi- !
theatre-like hillside whiicli rose in
front.
The United German Societies of Alle
ghany. stationed at one side of the stand
and made up of 660 voices, then sang j
'•’l lie Star Spangled Banner.” At the
close of the song the invocation was |
pronounced by Rev. John H. Pugh. The;
Declaration of Independence was read by j
Brigadier General Willis J. Hulings and.
tln-n followed the oration of the day by
the President.
ADDRESS OF ROOSEVELT.
Mr. Roosevelt said in part:
"We have had our tasks to do in the
lfl d four years, or rather we have had as
' Very generation must have, many tasks
to do, tasks affecting us abroad, and one
of those tasks, being done as it lias
been, has signalled our entry into a !
larger world. (Applause.)
’’And it is most appropriate that on |
Hus Fourth of July, this anniversary of
the birth of the nation, it should be our
good fortune to have promulgated the
declaration establishing peace in the
1 hilinpinos and the acknowledgment to,
the army of the praise so richly due. j
Continued applause and cheers.)
‘A\ e said Cuba should become a free j
republic and we have kept our word. I
(Loud applause.)
‘To have turned Cuba over to the j
hands of its people immediately after!
tl*c withdrawal of the Spanish flag would
ha v. meant ruin and chaos. We estab-j
lished a government in the islands: we'
nstaMishedl peace and order- And when
in tin fullness of time we felt they could
nal Is alone we turned over, the govern
in' nt to them and now the beautiful
LMicen of the Antilles has started on her
• ourso as a free republic among the na
tions of the earth. (Applause.)
‘ But there is one thing—our policy
tr.vard < 'ubn has not yet mot with its
entire fruition. It will meet with it.
< A tod uisw> Cuba must occupy a pecu
liar relation to us in the field of interna
tionnl politics. , She must in the larger
s* >ise tie a part of the general political
system in international affairs, of which
i Ins republic stands as the head. She!
has assented to that view and in return
•his nation is bound to give her special
economic privileges not given to other
nations. 4Loud applause.)
“I regret that a measure of reciprocity
"hh < 'uha is not already embodied in
statute or in treaty, but it will be just
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as sure as fate. (Loud applause.)
“And now a word as to the Philip
pines. There are yet troubles in the
Moro country, the country of the Mo
hammedan tribes, but in the Philippines
among the Filipinos, among the people
who have been in insurrection, peace
now reigns. (Applause.)
“It may be, 1 think unlikely, but it is
possible, that here and there some seem
-1 ing dead coal of insurrection may for
the moment be fanned into a live piece
of ember, and burst into a fitful flame.
If so, that flame will be stamped out.
(Loud applause.)
“But speaking broadly and generally
peace has come. Our army has received
its reward. (Applause.) Anil what was
the reward of our army? The reward of
the consciousness of duty well done.
(Loud applause) Our soldiers have
fought, have toiled, have struggled, have
bled, so that when victory came they
might turn over the government to the
civil authorities. (Applause.) Victory
came. Today the proclamation of'peace
and amnesty has been promulgated and
at the same time our generals have been
notified that the civil government is
supreme in the islands. (Applause.)
“Does not that speak well, oh, my
brethren, for onr army, for our troops,
that the troops of this people should
wage war hoping for a triumph which is
l nit the power into the hands of the
civ:.* authorities?
“We have great problems at home to
face. Especially great, especially diffi
cult are the problems caused by the
growth and concentration of great in
dividual and above all, great corporate
fortunes. It is immensely for the in
terests of the country that there should
be such individual and corporate wealth
as long as it is used right, and when not
used right then it becomes a serious
menace and danger. (Applause.) The
instruments and methods with which
j we are to meet these new problems must
in many cases, themselves, be new, but
j the purpose lying behind the use of
| these methods, of those instruments
must, if we are to succeed, be now as in
the past, simply in accord with tlie im
mutable laws of order, of justice and
right. (Applause).
“We may need, and in my belief, will
need, new legislation conceived in no
] radical or revolutionary spirit, but in a
j spirit of common sense, common honostv
land resolute desire to face facts as they
are. (Applause.) We will need then I
new legislation, but while laws are iin- I
portant, it is infinitely more important {
that they should be in accordance with
the principles that have marked honest
administration from the beginning of re
corded history. (Applause.) In the last!
analvsis the most important department
of civilized government is the Depart- I
ment of Justice. Think what it means.
“The Department of Justice, justice
which means that each man rich or
poor, lug or little, strong or weak, shall
have his right and'shall not be allowed!
il° do wrong to his fellows. (Applause.) j
I And you. here of this city, have a right '
I to feel proud of your representative in j
; the Cabinet, the man under whom wc
| van guarantee that the Department of
Justice will be such in fact as well as in I
namtf. (Loud and continued aplauee, I
cheers and cries of Knox, Knox,
cheers and cries of “Knox,” “Knox.”)
"Oh my fellow countrymen as we facV
these infinitely difficult problem let us
ever keep in myid that though we need
the highest qualities of the intellect in !
order to work out practical schemes for i
their solution, yet we need a thousand I
times more what counts for many, many, |
many times as much as intellect—we need i
character. (Cries of ‘That is it’ and ap- j
plause.)
"We need what Mr. Knox has shown—
the character that will refuse to be hur- |
ried into any unwise or precipitate move- I
ment by any clamor, whether hysterica*
or demagogic, and on the other hand,
the character that will refuse to ho j
frightened out of the movement which 1
he thinks it right to undertake, by any I
pressure, still less by any threat, express
or implied. (Cries of H ear, hear’ and j
applause).
“Gentlemen, wo have great problems. I
We can only solve them by degrees. We
can only solve them by doing each part
of work as it comes up for solution. 1
Much can be done along the line's of su-'
pervision and regulation of the great
industrial combinations which have be
come so marked a feature in our civili
zation. but if we recklessly try without
proper thought, without proper caution, i
to do too much we shall do nothing or,
else shall worok a ruin that will be felt!
most acutely among those of our citizens
who are most helpless. It is no easy'
task to deal with great industrial ten-,
dencies. To deal with them in a spirit
of presumptions and rash folly and
above all to deal with them in a spirit of
hatred or malice would be thn invite dis- I
aster, a disaster which would be so
widespread that, this country would rock*
to its foundations. |
i he Mississippi sometimes causes im
mvnse damage by floods, you can regu- 1
late them and control them by levees. I
Aon can regulate and control the cur-I
rents, you can eliminate its destructive'
features but you can do it only by '
studying what a current is and what'
your own powers are. (Applause.) It
is just exactly so in dealing with tlm
(front tendencies of our industrial clviVi
zation. We cannot turn hack the wheels
o! progress. If we could it would mean
the absolute destruction of just such in
dustrial centers as this. Wo will either
do-nothing or we will do damage if wi
st rive ignorantly to achieve the impos
sible. But that fact, does not excuse us
for failure to strive to do what is pos-!
sible. Special legislation is needed,
sonic of the legislation must come
through municipalities, some through
States, some through the national gov
mont. but above and beyond all legis
lation we need honest and fearless ad
ministration of th laws as they are on
tin* statute hooks. (Applause.) Honest
and fearless administration of those laws
in the interest neither of the rich man
KALEIGH. NORTH CAROLINA, SATUKDAY MOHNING, JULY 5 1902.
as such, nor of the poor man as such,
' but in the interest of exact and equal
justice to all alike, and such administra-
I tion you will surely have while Mr-
Knox remains as Attorney General in the
Cabinet at Washington.” (Applause.)
I After the address the German singers
sang ‘‘America,” the vast audience join
ing in the words of the final verse. The
' benediction was tnen pronounced by
Rev. Dr. 'l'. N. Boyle.
I The President immediately afterward
• re-entered his carriage and surounded
I by the Sheridan Troop was driven to
J the residence of H. C. Frick, on Home
wood avenue, where he was tendered a
luncheon and reception, which was
joined in by a number of prominent
Pittsburg captains of industry.
ABLAZE WITH FESTIVITY-
A Great Fourth at Gastonia Tomkins’ Speech
Bas a Political Trend
(Special to News and Observer.)
Gastonia, N. C., July 4.—The celebra
tion of the Fourth here was a grand suc
cess. Though very hot, the weather was
j favorable. The crowd was immense, the
‘ city literally overflowed with people.
, There ivere many thousand here,
j The parade largely made up of cot
ton mill, mercantile and other industrial
floats was grand beyond description.
I The decorated buggies and carriages
were charmingly beautiful, showing a
, high degree of art.
The four or five speeches were all well
received by the large audience; that of
Hon. B. A. Tompkins, somehow hail a
rather political trend.
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Quiet Fourth at the Mines.
(By the Associated-Press.)
Roanoke, Va., July 4.—The coal mines
have been closed all day and the miners
have been enjoying the Fourth. Up to
tonight no clashes between strikers and
non-union men have been reported.
The Twin Branch mine in the Tug
River field, which has been closed since
the strike began, resumed work yester
day with nearly full force The killing
of the miner Jones on Simmons’ (’reek
on Wednesday has caused some excite
ment among the strikers.
GRAHAM COUNTY CONVENTION.
Brown and Ai-mfiold Fndorßcd For Associate
Justices
(Special to News and Observer.)
Robbinville, N. C., July 4. —The county
convention instructed the delegates to
vote for Brown and Armfield for Asso
ciate Justice. No instruction for Chief
Justice. For Superior court, judge, Fergu
son got 4 votes. George A. Jones 21 and
J. H. Dillard 2. Fkir Congress: J. S.
Bell 4. J. M. Guilger 3%. Walter E.
Moore %. J. M. Campbell %.
FORSYTH FOR CLARK
E.tchin For Congress and E. B Jones For
Solicitor.
(Special to News and Observer.)
Winston-Salem, N. C., July 4.—The
Democratic County Convention of
Forsyth, met today and endorsed Judge
Clark for Chief Justice, Kitehin for Con
gress and E. B. Jones for solicitor.
Lenoir Convention Tonight,
(Special to Nows and Observer.)
Newton, N. C., July 4. —The county con
vention for th<' nomination of officers
will meet here' tomorrow. The votes in
the primaries for some of the candidates
were about even, and the contest for
some of them will be very close. The
indications are that most of the present
otlicers will be renominated.
Splendid Rain in Texas.
(By the Associated Press.)
San Antonio. Tex., July 4.—A splendid
rain has just fallen here, the precipita
tion reaching an inch and a half. This
is the first rain for over a month, and
while it came 100 late to benefit corn, it
will be vastly beneficial to cotton and
grass. From reports received it is un
derstood the rain was general in this
section.
To Inspect the Water Batteries.
(By the Associated Press.)
Newport News, Va., July 4.—-Assistant
Secretary of the Navy Darling, with sev
eral government officials arrived here on
the dispatch boat Dolphin this after
noon.
The Secretary's visit, it is understood,
is for the purpose of inspecting the water
batteries at Fort Monroe.
The party will remain on board the dis
patch boat tonight, going ashore in the
morning.
Race Ends in a Fizzle.
(By the Associated Press.")
Boston, July I.—The expected feature
at Charles River Park bicycle races this
afternoon, the one hour race between
Harry Elkes and Bobby' Walthour, proved
a fizzle, owing to an accident to V/al
th'our's motor. After the second mile
Wall hour rode without pace cr with a
slow motor for sixteen miles and then
withdrew. Elkes continued to thirty
miles, which he completed in 41:32 and
was declared the winner.
County Superintendent of Schools W.
G. Clements said yesterdav that he
would hold an examination for white
teachers next Thursday in the Centennial
public school building, beginning at 8
o'clock in the morning. Next Friday lie
will at the same hour, hold an examina
tion for colored teachers in the Wash
ington school.
There will be a meeting of the County
Beard of Education next mouth.
TO THE MEMORY OF
NATHANIEL MOW
F. M, Pittman’s Oration at
Guilford Battleground.
MACON’S GREAT CAREER
Broad and Comprehensive Sketch of
the Celebrateu Statesmt n
THRONGS GVfHER ON BATTLEGROUND
The Ceremonies of iFu Day Are Varh d and In
teresting and All the Speakers Meet
Wilh an Enthusiastic
Reception.
(Special to News and Observer.)
Greensboro, N. C., July I.—The cclebra- j
tion at the Guilford Battleground drew j
immense numbers of visitors' today. The j
speaking was fine and the enthusiasm of:
the great audience pronounced.
The oration of Hon. T. M. Pittman on j
the character and career of Nathaniel ;
Macon, was the event of the (lav. It
was a sunerb portraiture of the great;
statesman and a historical summary of
the events with which he was connected. 1
The ceremonies were varied anil of
surpassing interest. The day will long I
be remembered bv all who were In at- I
tendance upon the exercises.
Hon. T. M. Pittman spoke as follows:
About us on every hand is peace. But
the occasion, this place these monu
ments speak of war, a war patriotic in
its beginning, glorious in its conduct,
far-reaching in its consequences, which
ended the sovereignty of the King and
ushered in the sovereignty of the people,
and in which a loyal colony was trans
formed into the free State of North
Carolina. The privations and dangers of
war gave way to the cares and perplexi
ties of e'vil life und r w and untried
conditions. The foundations of govern- j
ment bad been well laid in constitutions
for whiich existed no precedents of form
or interpretation, but the details and
policies of both State and national gov- j
ernments were literally to be spelled out |
under circumstances demanding almost
infinite patience and courage. It was in- I
evitable that differences should result!
in opposing parties. Visions of empire,
of wealth and position fixed the fancy of '
some on a government of power anil dig- !
nity, which should be made great by j
the control and direction of the great |
and wealthy few To these, constitutions ;
were but shackles that impeded the pro- j
gross of brilliant policies and to bo got
rid of as far as possible- if not by re- 1
peal then by a broadness of interpreta
tion which should make all things pos- '
tible.
Others saw visions of manhood—self- ;
governing, exalted and dignified. To'
these constitutions were the safeguards i
of lilierty—as th<- strong walls of a city j
shutting out foes whiich threaten its '
safety. One saw the splendor and lux
ury of the few, the others saw the dig
nity, the safety, the prosperity of the
many. So much being understood an j
insight Is possible into th- 1 life of the I
man whose memory we honor today.
Nathaniel Macon was born in Gran
ville countv, now Warren, December '
17, 17.37. His father was Gideon Ma- !
con, a native of Virginia, descended i
from the Huguenot Gideon Mqcon, whoj
settled in that State some time prior to
1682. Martha, a daughter of this first
Gideon, married Orlando Jones and was
grandmother of Martha Custis, the wife
of George Washington. His mother was
Priscilla Jones, daughter of Edmund
Jones, of Shocr-o, and Abigail Shugun, re
puted the first white woman to cross
Shocco creek into the upcountry.
Nathaniel was one of the younger,!
possibly the youngest, of eight children, j
His father died when he was about five!
years old. ilis mother subsequently!
married James Ransom and from that !
marriage are sprung Gen. Robert Ran- 1
som and his distinguished brother, Matt
W. Ransom.
At an early age Nathaniel gave such
promise of those strong moral and in
tellectual qualities which distinguished l
bis maturer years that, notwithstanding)
■ lie moderate means of the family, it was'
determined to give him a collegiate edu- j
cation. The few classical schools then I
in th-- State were conducted chiefly by*
Presbyterian ministers, who were edu- j
cati-d at Princeton College—then as now !
an institution of very high rank. !
Through the influence of these teachers'
it contributed more than any similar in
stitution to higher education in North
Carolina The fact that young Macon j
was sent to that college indicates tlm in- '
fluenee of some one of those teachers,'
most likely Rcvi Henry Patillo, who ;
taught in Orange and later in Granville,!
and who was chairman of the committee I
of safety at Bute county from its organi- ■
zation. His reputation as a teacher was
excellent and specimens of his hand- f
writing, now in my possession, indicate
that he was a man of culture. I have 1
not been able to k;rn when Mr. Macon 1
entered college, but it was probably
about 1 1 75. In 17<6 when lie was not
yet 18 years of age, his studies were in-!
terrupted for a shirt tour of military'
service on the Delaware, after which he
returned to his studies. The gifted and 1
patriotic Dr. Witherspoon was then!
president of Princeton and the value of j
his influence upon the life of the young
man cannot now be measured-
Os young Macon at this time his
friend and biographer, Hon. Weldon M.
Edwards, writes: ‘His own inclina
tions eagerly seconded the hopeful pur
pose of his friends. While there he
prosecuted his studies with fond dili
gence, and sought all the avenues to
useful knowledge with unflagging zeal.
Nor did he relax his efforts in this re
spect after his return home, devoting to
such books as were within his reach all
the time he eoulil spare from the ordi
nary duties of life. * * * In the lat
ter part of his life he was often heard to
ray that his eyesight failed him sooner
than it otherwise would have done in con
sequence of his reading so much by fire
light in his youth and early manhood—
being then too poor to buy bandies—his
small patrimony having been exhausted
during his minority in his support and
education.”
In 177!*, when the war clouds had de
scended upon the South, he laid aside his
studies at college and hastening home
enlisted as a private in a company of
which his brother John was captain. He
continued in the service as a private ex
cept as interrupted by legislative duties
until provisional articles of peace were
signed in November, 1782, and “though
commands and places of trust and con
fidence, as well as of ease and safety,
were often tendered him, he invariably
declined them,” nor would he ever ac
cept a' cent of pay for his services.
When the war was over and provision
was being made for the soldiers of the
revolution ho declared “that no state of
fortune eonld induce him to accept it.”
His was a knightly spirit freed from the
license and extravagance of knighthood.
He served fpom a love of serving and
when the frosts of many winters had
crowned his head, the State was still to
him “Our beloved mother North Caro
lina.”
: While in the army and scarcely yet
twenty-three years of age, he was
elected the first Senator from Warren
county to the Genera! Assembly of
North Carolina. It is said that his first
intimation of the election was a sum
mons from the Governor to attend a ses
sion of the assembly, anil that he would
have declined the honor but for Gen.
Greene, who heard of his purpose anil
persuaded him that he could be of
greater service to the army in the State
Senate than as a private in the ranks.
It is said that he did ,not disappoint
Gen. Greene’s expectations, and that it
wa largely through his efforts that (he
army received the supplies which made
possible the battle of Guilford Court
House and the hard marches that fol
lowed it.
He was Senator five terms, beginning
in 1781. His recognition was prompt
and the records of the Senate show that
he was one of its most industrious and
influential members. His strict regard
for the law was as manifest hero as in
his later life. Certain goods hail been
impressed from merchants in Edenton
for the use of the army. It was the oc
casion of a petition to the assembly.
Mr. Macon, chairman of the joint com
mittee to consider the matter, reported:
“It is your committee’s opinion that the
impressment of goods by general war
rants is unconstitutional, oppressive and
destructive of trade.” Forty years later
he wrote to his friend, Bartlett Yancey,
“The book of Judges ought to be atten
tively read by every man in the United
States to see the terrible effect in the
Israelites for departing from the law
which was their constitution, and so
ought the book of Samuel and Kings,
indeed the whole Bible contains great
knowledge of the principles of govern
ment. The rising generation forget the
principles and maxims of their fore
fathers, her.ce the destruction of free
government in every age. Os what
benefit was the law to the children of
Israel when they departed from it, or
v.hat benefit are written constitutions if
they bo departed from; the wise maxims
they may contain are useless, perhaps
worse than useless, if not adhered to,
because honest people abide by them,
and others do not.”
He married Hannah Plummer, October
!>, 1783. The marriage was a most happy
one, but of short duration. She died
January 1!. 1700, leaving a son, Plummer,
who died in his seventh year, and two
daughters,-Betsy K., who married Wm.
Martin, ct Granville, and Seigntora, who
married William Eaton, Sr., of Warren.
He never married again.
Mr. Macon established his home on
Buck Spring plantation, some ten miles
northeast from Warrenton. Here died
and were buried the wife and son, and
here were spent the long years which
grew into lovely old age. In a splendid
grove of many hundred oaks he built a
plain dwelling cf poplar plank. One
room sixteen feet square, a half story
above and a basement below, was this
mansion. It wag in keeping with his
slender means at the outset of life, and
wholly sufficient for the simple tastes of
the lonely man when the light of his
life had gone out. Offices, such as wen
common in that section were placed about
the grove for the accommodation of
guests. The old time kitchen with its
great fuc. place i n which I have stood
fully erect, was nearly in front of the
dwelling and nearby. As usual in old
Places in that* country, the barns and
rt a hies were first reached in approaching
th<- house. The great spring from which
the place derived its name was in a well
stocked deer park.
Mr. Macon took much pleasure in the
i -u. .nd disposed of his deer by will, j
I visited the old home in 1898, in com- *
! nv with Dr. Francis A. Macon, and oh-*
t 'ircd photographs of some of the most 1
interesting objects. Some flic hundred
oaks of the old, grove remained. The !
dwelling, kitchen, some old barns and I
servant houses were then standing. A |
friend in Warren county writes me: “l
would lay emphasis upon his unfailing
honesty, the intimate, friendly and social
lelutions he maintained with his neigh
bors, his faithful attendance upon the
J little country church, his interest in the
springs.” Those were characteristics of
! his home life and greatly endeared him
I to his neighbors, by whom he was known
as Mr. Meekins. This pronunciation of
! his name was insisted upon by Mr. Macon
himself, but was not so much relished
by his grand-children. One of these, by
way of protest, offered his grand-father
some bacon at dinner on one occasion,
calling it “beekins,” and justified him
self by the argument that if Macon
spelled “Meekins,” bacon spelled “bee
kins.” Wc are not told that the argu
ment was convincing.
A short time after his wife’s death Mr.
Macon entered upon that public service
in which he was to win enduring fame,
and a larger measure of affectionate re-
I gard than falls to the lot of most pub
lic men. At the opening of the first ses
, sion of the Second Congress, on October
j 28, 1701. he took his scat as a member
! from the Warren district. At that time
* the Federalists were in power and al
ready committed to the open door theory
of constitutional interpretations and to
. the doctrine of implied powers. Against
these Mr. Macon was unalterably set.
1 The gentle Huguenot blood on the one
1 side with traditions of kingly falsehood
1 and oppression; the hardy pioneer strain
on the other, with its records of haril
j ships and dangers overcome, were a
* heritage of preparation for a life cast
in heroic mould. In 1764, that portion
of Granville, in which he lived, hail been
cut off and erected into the county of
Bute. Here his boyhood witnessed the
| agitation which .preceded the Revolution.
1 Almost from his very door went the
, “Serious address to the inhabitants of
1 Granville.” Only a little way off. at
Hillsboro were the stirring events of
the Regulators. From his own, Bute, by
the hand of Thomas Person, went the
petition of his kinsmen and neighbors.
I When, after years at the feet of Wither
■ spoon, where enthusiasm was tempered
I by knowledge, he returned to join in the
struggle of his kinsmen for liberty, in
the county of Bute, where there “were
nd tories,” he found at the head of the
Committee of Safety his old preceptor,
Patillo, and associated with him the
1 men of his own family—Ransom. Alston,
j Hawkins, Green, Seawell, Johnston and
Jones.
About him were men who had conquered
stream and forest and mountain, who
had established homes of virtue and in
dustry and thrift, who. in the Colonial
Assemblies had proved themselves the
equals of the English governors sent to
rule over them, and who, upon this sa
cp'd ground anil a hundred other battle
fields hail shown their manhood in the
’ face of the best soldiers of Europe.
| Could a man born and reared under such
I circumstances and among such men
! doubt their capacity for self.government
. or look with any degree of patience upon
( the acquisition of power by trickery in
j the interpretation of the Constitution?
j Not Macon, at any rate.
As a member of the minority, Mr.
j Macon had little opportunity to promote
I any important legislation in Congress,
j but hero, as in the State Legislature, he
; received early recognition. His course
j was marked by sound judgment and in
; dustry, and by a strict adherence to the
(Constitution. His first real opportunity
■ came in the great political contest of
I 1739-1800, which ended in the final do
j feat of the Federalist party. Judge
. Story iii bis notable address on Marshall
j gives this account of that struggle:
| “The session of Congress in the winter
1 of 1799 and 1800 will be forever memora
ble in our political annals. It was the
j moment of the final struggle for power
j between the two great political parties,
j which then divided the country, and end
i eil, as is well known, in the overthrow
|of the Federal administration. Men of
l the highest talents and influence were
I there assembled anil arrayed in hostility
Jto each other; and were excited by all
■ the strongest motives which can rouse
! the human mind, the pride of power, the
j hope of victory, the sense of responsi
bility, the devotion to principles deemed
* vital, anil the bonds of long political
j attachment anil action. Under such cir-
I cumstances (as might naturally be. ex
j pecteil) every important measure of thn
administration was assailed with a bold
and vehement criticism, and was defend
ed with untiring zeal and firmness. Mr.
. Marshall took his full share of the de
j hate, and was received wiih a distinction
i proportioned to his merits. Such a dis
tinction, in such a body is a rare occur
rence; for years of public service and
experience are usually found indispensa
ble to acouire and justify the confidence
of tl)c House of Representatives.” No
! man came out of this struggle with
’greater distinction than Mr. Macon. It
■ left him the recognized leader of his
! party in the House of Representatives,
! and Speaker. Ho held this position dur
! ing three terms with entire independence,
j and yet with satisfaction to all parties.
| His sickness and absence from place pre
, vented his further election: “A calm and
i steady virtuc i which acts temperately
j and wisely, anil never plunges into indis
i crotion or extravagance, is but too often
1 confounded w-ith dullness or frigidity.”
: This has been Mr. Macon’s fortune at
j home. One writer in a late North Car
j oiina publication speaks of him as a
I “man of mediocre abilities and meagre
education.” But he had no such ex
perience in Congress. His worth was at
.once discovered and th/re v.as no abat« -
: ment of his prestige wilh the passing
years, but ever increasing respect. Just
I before his retirement, Randolph wr-otc:
j “He richly deserves every sentiment of
I respect and veneration that can be felt
for bis character.”
It is impossible in a short address to
discuss Mr. Macon’s Congressional career
j in detail. He was attentive and prompt
,in meeting every duty. We may note a
* few instances of the part he played and
j the views he expressed.
I The depredations upon our commerce,
{growing out of the war between Great
Britain and France, caused much irrita
tion in the United States. Various ex
pedients were pro|K»seil to meet the uit
(Coutinued on Third rage.)
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TESCHERSJF | DIXIE
State Managers Board Ap
pointed Yesterday.
D. Matt Ransom is the Member From North
Carolina. Movement For District
School Lb'2rits.
(P,v tho Associated Press.)
Cliat tanooga, To'nn., July 4.—The an
imal convention of the Southern Educa
tional Association, which has been in
session in this city for the past four
days, came to a close today. The follow
ing State Managers Board was appointed
by the association:
Tennessee, S. G. Gilbraith; Virginia.
.1 L. Jarbiggan: Kentucky, Alfred Liv
ingston: Missouri, William A. Cate;
Georgia. I’. Holman Gardiner: North
Carolina, D. Matt. Thompson; Florida,
W. X. Sheats; Mississippi, E. S. Bailey;
Louisiana, Dr. E. E. Shirb; South Caro
lina, J. \V. Gaines; Maryland, no repre
sentative; Arkansas, no representative;
Texas, to be appointed; Alabama, Ed.
no representative; West Virginia, repre
sentative to be appointed.
The selection of the city in which to
hold the next eonvention was left to the
executive committee. Invitations were
received from Asheville, N. C., and sev
eral other cities. A resolution was
adopted calling upon all State
tures to enact laws authorizing the use
of a portion of the school funds for the
establishment of district school libraries
wherever a like amount for the inain
tainance of the library shall bo provided
by tho district authorities. A paper on
“The Wiblie School Teacher; His Rights
and Duties, - ’ was read by Prof. T. M.
Garrett, of Augusta, Ga.
Prof. J. S. Stewart, president of the
North Georgia Agricultural College, de
livered an address upon “Library Work
in the Schools,” in which he urg'd ilie
necessity of libraries being established
throughout the South Papers were read
by Prof. Reese Linn, cf Mississippi, and
Prof. Archibald Belcher, of Texas.
King Edward’s Piogr ss.
(By the Associated Press.)
London. July 4.—The bulletin regarding
King Edward’s condition, posted at
Buckingham Palace at 10 o'clock this
morning, says:
“The King, had a good night, and. in
deed, slept better than at any time since
the operation. The wound now-.,, given
less trouble and His Majesty can
in bed with greater ease. His
appetite has improved.
(Signed) Treves, Laking, Barlow.’’
The following bulletin was posted, at
7 p. m.:
"The King lias had a quiet day. His
constitutional condition is satisfactory
and the wound shows more active sigus
of repair.
(Signed) Treves, Laking, Barlow.”
Preacher Blows Out His Brains.
(By the Associated Press )
Decatur, Ills., July 4.—Rev. D. C. Pea
body. until the first instant rector of St.
John's Episcopal Church, blew out his
brains at his home today. He recently
resigned this charge because of ill
health, and is believed to have been 4
mentally affected. He came here from |
Mobile, Ala., a year ago. having been in "
the ministry twenty-five years. He
leaves a widow, son and two daughter.
f
National Home for Elks
(Hy the Associated Press)
Baltimore, July 4.—Henry W. Meare, :
of this city, one of the supreme trus
t< es of tin- order of Elks, reports today
that the order has secured a national
home for its aged and indigent members
by the purchase of the Hotel Bedford, at
Bedford City, \ T a. This building was
erected in 1890 and its original cost with
lit tings was $120,000, and has accommo
dations for 2.‘>o inmates. The home is
new thoroughly furnished and will be
opened in October. The committee which
purchased the hotel included M. D. Dct
weilor and Judge Fisher, of Jamestown,
X. Y : Mayor Drennan, of Birmingham,
Ala.: George P- Kronk, of Omaha, and
lie supreme ruler of the order, Charles
B. I’i'-keit. of Waterloo, lowa.
Tim purchase has been officially
approved by the supreme trustees.
Telegraphic Briefs.
The entire plant of the Capcwell
Horse Nail Company, of Hartford,
Conn., was destroyed yesterday.
Tin e Gloated loss is between $300,000
and sl')",non, covered by instp^mcc-
Philip A. Rush, presidt nt of Hie
1-' ::obn Bank, indicted for the alleged
' mb'on nt of a hundred thousand
dollars of funds from tho State Treasury V
of .Mississippi a year ago. was placed
<m trial at Jackson yesterday.
A wind storm of hurricane velocity
i •' va;h d a' Baltimore for fifteen min-
Mi'., y-stonlay.. Two seamen of tho
I Hindi steamship Themisio, at anchor f
i;i ihe harbor, named Hauja and Von
"i r I r. wore drowned. James Chandler,
i • "lon d stevedore, was killed while at J
rk on the barge Minnie Fawyer. Mu 1
r.i Ila n v. ; killed and Henry Bppß'r and I
i .'.id C arhardt injured at' Brooklah&ljH
\ .11' Balt:more county.
* IH
Mr. B Hoheood, of Garner, ymterdayJß
1 i carload of water tn>>lonjH
to Durham. Those are Hi“ first ot tbfiH
Mr. Itobgoodt expects
i .' b "i •i" els this