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, MAY 25,1889.
No. 39*
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A SHORT BUT CAPITAL SPEECH,
Gov. Fowle Bebra the Southern IDs
torical Society. t '* ‘J*
While in New York attenditife
' the Washington Centennial, Ctof.
Yuyvle vu a specially invited gueel
of‘the Southern Historical Society
to an elegant banquet. While flat
feast was being vto£Vfd*^*he
£: Afnnr made the following remardsr
Mr. President and Gentle, .ten:
If there’is one State in this Ameri
can Union that does not know how
to blow its own trumpet, it is North
. Carolina. [Applause.] And yet, X
tell you that there are, no people
now within the city of New York
that are prouder of the display
which the Union mode on day be
fore yesterday than those of the
Old • North State. [Applause!]
Daring this entire centennial cele
bration there was one grievance that
North Carolina had against NeW
■ York, and only one, and I will tell
yon what it was: When you placed
vu in the procession, you put 16,000.
men from New York in such a posi-„
tion that it took a long, time for
‘ North Carolina to greet her sister
* South Carolina, [Laughter and
applause.] But North Carolina got
there all the sam?. [Laughter and
applause.] - '
* v ; WlMlb Mf BUjT ouc. tutuf, ..
grand New York Southern Histori
cal Society. It did my heart good,
my countrymen, wen I saw title up
on the ticket that was to me
' only yesterday to meet you, hero to
night; ami why? Because, members
of the Southern Historical Society,
we wish you to have treasures upon
,..r your record every brrfve act of every
Confederate soldier in the lato^wer
_-7. between Urn Stator this Aja-..
on: tVe want to show yoa t£at
tile next time, if ifl .par day, the
United States of America is en
gaged in any struggle with any foe,
| that these same Southern soldiers
intend to surpass their reco.-d in be
half of our. common country.
'{Loud applause.] New York may
7 love this American Union, and
'Georgia,-though her distinguished
cons may boast of its devotion to
' this Union, hut let me tell you that
'< plain old North Carolina has within
her breast an affection for this Un
1 ion of oilr fathers that is second to
* »o State upon the soil of North
American. [£o«d applause,]
My countymeh, do you know why
it is that we had such a grand cele
- bration as this? I stood upon your
streets and went in a erriage from
one end to the other, and I grazed
w the faces of a miilioh of freemen
" who prided themselvs on the tittle of
American citizens. [Applause-]
. Why is it that we had such a de
monstration .as this? I will tell
* yon, sir, why. When the Southern
gtatea went from the Union (.here
was one thing they carried with
them. It was that grand, glorious
instrument, that work of pure patri
ots and sagacious statesman, ’that
best mode of civil * government
which human virtue or wisdom have
ever devised—the constitution of
ihp United States. [Loud apr
S plause.] And when we returned
again to this Union we found that
same old glorious Constitution, and
this day, puuu, uuuuay «vi«u
Carolina Btands the peer and-sister
of magnificent New lory. [Ap
plause.] There is one thing that
has been in my heart erer since the
■' war terminated, and I tell you, my
countrymen, my American country
men, that on day before yesterday,
for the first time, it seemed to me
that before these eyes closed in
. • death, they might see the desire of
, heart fulfilled, and it was this: In
English history, when the.wars of
the Roses were erer, the sons of
Lancaster joined in prosing the deeds
Of York, and the sons of York glori
ed in the manhood of Lancaster,
-and their deeds Conjointly were
weated together in order to form a
. chaplet with which they might
crown their old mother England,
.May the time come when the glori
our deeds of. the Union soldiers and
the equally glorious deeds of the
Confederate soldier* may be taken
and weaved iao*« chalet' with
which we will crows all Attends:
[Loud applause.] And when' that
time comes, then, my countrymen,
will come the day when the national
mausoleum to erected to t our
great leader, - Abeoham tffineoln
led by anothermonuiperit .ejected to
our Christian Sgothern leader,
Uofceri Edward ^Les. [Lend ap
plause.] And, then a monument
erected by a grateful conntiy to the
large-hearted and honorable Soldier,
Ulysses S. Grant [Loud applause],
will be equalled by American’s
monument to one of the greatest
soldiers of modern times, Stonewall
Jackson, [Loud applause.] When
that time comes, and come it will,
every one in this broad Union may
take the pqet’s own words , and
sayt. -‘1.
"The union of lakes, the union of
The umon of States, let none sev
er;
. The union of hearts, the union
Andthe flag Of our Union t orev
. w.” .
Three cheers and a tiger were then
given to the Governor of North Car
olina.' ' 7" • " - ' - •
Female Suffrage..
TtorAn Ctilyrr. _
“Far female suffrage means in
finitely more than merely dropping a
vote in to a ballot-box. It means a
participation in all the responsibility
of government; it means eligibility
to nearly every legislative apd execu
tive office; it means that in addition
to all the high and onerous duties
which -God, has :. laid on every wife
and mother,therp should . also be
imposed the sacred trust and tytrih
ena of civil government. The idea
is so monstrous that Dr. Horace
Busbuell, ip his unanswerable vol
uuie agauist it* well styled it ‘tlie re
form ugainst nature' Some able
aud excellent women—chiefly
among the" clrss who appear on
public platforms—do indeed favor
the project of loading their own sex
with burdens of political 'citizenship
and civil government. But they
are a very small minority. Horace
Greeley once said to me, very-wisely:
T will be' metre inclined to grant the
ballot, and’all its attendant sespon
sibitities to the female sex, -when a
large majority of the thoughtful;
cultivated, and conscientious wo
men of the land really wmt the bal
lot. But Ido not yet discover that
they do want it.’ He was right.
Four-fifths of the most rensible wo
men of America 'ere utterly opposed
to the imposition of the "burthens of
political duties upon their shoulders.
Woman’s empire is broad enbugh'
already; her burdens heavy
enough.” '
The men in all ages have been the
governors!* The Bible itself author
izes the supremacy of man in the
great activities of the world’s sphere.
The sanctity of Ameicanhome de
pends to a great extent in the con
duct of the women. Let them turn
politicians and they at once (deprive
themselvs of all those guards* and.
sanctities that surround woman.
Reverence and respect, and with it
love and delicacy will disappear to a
great extent when women become
political factors^ voters electioneerers
and candidates. ^ '
Tribute to Lee and His Men.
Theodore Roosevelt, the Civil Ser
vice Commissioner, wrote the “Life
of Thomas Benton” in the “Ameri
can Statesmen Series.” In that
work.he pays, the following high
tribute to the soldiers of General
Lee's artuy: “The world has never
seen better soldiers than those who
followed Lee, and their leader will
undoubtedly rank us without any ex
ception the very greatest of all the
the great Chieftains that the Eng
lish speaking people have brought
forth—and this, although the last
and chief of his antagonists, may
himself claim to stand as the full
equal . of Marlborough or Welling
ton, ' .. - ■ -
Death of a Notable Man.
Allen Thorndike Rice, the newly
appointed minister to Russia, died
suddenly ot the Fifth Avenue Hotel
in New York at 8:80o’clock Friday
morning. He was to have sailed for
Russia the day'he died. ' Mr. Rice’s
reputation ns editor of the North
A liter ic in Heview is known through
out the country. - -
SOUTHERN UTERATURE. p
A Growing School of Writers of South
era Ffctta,. j
CkcrfnMra, Jba» mn4 Verier.
A few yean ago the cry was heard
on every hand “Let n* have a South
ern magazine of high literary grade!”
The jfigiy was ths$, owing^tu.the bifer
terneeg.engendered by thecMwar*
Sonthrn writers could not get a hear
ing in Northern magazines; that
Northerners stontly persisted* in
literary as well as in political mat
ters, that no good could' possibly
come out of Nazareth. As the years
have worn away the cry has become
feebler and feebler. Southern capi
tal was neither strong nor enterpris
ing enough to establish a magazine
which conld -successfully compete
with the great New York month
lies, ■ <; y'-i 0>; - ;
The only attempt to establish such
a magazine was made at Louisville
about five years ago; but the South
ern Bivouac no sooner showed signs
of vigor than it was bought, ont by
the Century. Several young writ
ers, whose first efforts appeared in
the Bivouac, now contribute regu
laiy to the Centyrg. So Southern
talent has been obliged to go North
for an outlet; and be it said to the
lasting credit of Northern pub.ishers
that they forgot war prejudices
much more quickly than did the
politicians, and were not slow to see
and appreciate the efforts of young
Southern writers.' Afresh, breezy
story is a thing of delight to the ed
itor of a literary journal, and it be
came plain to the editon as well as
to their readers that the vein struck
in the literary mines of" the, South
yielded ore.. u-, • . -
The New England Yankee—and a
truly'interesting character he iutm!
has been masquerading through our
lighter literature till We know all
hie tricks by heartland now the time
has come when his place is being
rapidly taken by fresher Southern
and Western types. The Southern
story especially baȣome to be looked'
upon as the winning card in our big
magazines. They sometimes tell
their readers that the next number
will contain, among other attrae
tinons, a fresh Southern story! More
than one Northern critic has said
that the best stories we get nowadays
come from the South and Ex-Judge
Tourgee, in a late number of the
Forum, gives it,as his opinion that
the South is destined -to reap a rich
harvest in the field ef fiction. He
I thinks that the Southern negro and
: the Confederate soldier will get the
lionVshare in-thesong and story of
the coming years! .. If all this be
true, it is hot a matter for coasting,
but for modest congratulation. . _
Why should we not have a literary
renaissance ? Our pulses have been
quickened by the stir and thunder of
a civil war; we have a picteresque
and checkered past in which the so
cial fabric waa semi-patriarchal and
semi-feudal, the interest in which
will deepen as the years bring their
changes; the Old South is pre-emi
nently a land of memories, and
around many firesides to day may be
heard tales of privation and poverty,
of noble daring and of still nobler
sacrifice; many a grave now Covered
with periwinkles and roses has its
story of love and devotion and
death
All these literary sheaves may he
had for the gathering; and the fol
lowing cursory glance at some of the
writers who are now delighting
thousands of our- magazine readers
will show that the reapers have not
been slow to thrust in their sickles
and that the harvest has been far
from scant.
The first Southern writer who won
a national reputation after the war
was George W. Cable. He publish
ed In the Centm-y a series of sketch
es of Creole life in Louisiana, which
at once attaacted public notice. The
life pictured was new to most Amer
ican readers, and the lightness and
grace of touch with which the work
was done did not fail to charm. Mr.
Cable, despite his vagaries, on the
uegro question, oontjnnes to please
many reader* of the great magaoiaes?
Two other New Orleanswriterahave
won their spurs within the past jrhree
years—Miss Grace King and Mir.
Latcadio HearU. They have infused
into their stories of NewrOrleatsslife
more wealth of coloring and tropical
warmth than Mr. Cable has into hist
Mr. Hearne writes for HarjerVani
Miss King, ha* /contributed several
stories of Creole life to the New
Princeton Review. '
Coming further we find a
group of story-tellers who picture
the life of & middle and Northern
Georgia, dealing with the cracker,
the negro and the mountaineer.
These writers are Col. Richard Mal
colm Johnston, Joel Chandler Har
ris and Barry Stillwell (Edwards
Col. Johnson was 60 years of age
when he gained* foothold in the
Century, his earlier life having been
devoted to law and teaching. He
has had his home of late years hi
Baltimore, and gives to. literary
work his undivided tune. Both Mr
Harris and Mr. Edwards have had
journalistic training,' the former in
Atlanta and ih* latter ht Macon.
Mr. Edwards has. recently published
several humorous stories in the
Century.. .<*
The Old Dominion furnishes the
next group of writers as we journey
northward along the Atlantic feast.
The Mother«f Presidents can elaim
by far the largest number of the
newer story-writers, Thomas Nelson
Page’s stories of life ha Otd Virginia,
in which the pathetic devotion of
the old family negro is idaliaed, are
read with delight around every fire
side; Mm. Amelie Rives Chandler
eujoyes the questionable distinction
of being the American Ouida; Miss
Frances Conrtenay Bayldr, Mm M.
(1. McClelland and Miss Julia Ma
gruder have not only published Col
umns which give faithful pictures
oi certain phases of Southern life,
but they contribute regularly to the
metropolitan magazines. Perhaps
the latest aspirant for literary fame
is Mr. A. C. Gordon,- who has writ
ten for the Century; gome charac
teristic sketches which show decided
ability, -
Tennessee and Kentucky come in.
for their share of the ’glory; each
contribute one story teller of nation
al reputation. Charles Egbert Crad
dock’s stories of mountain life in
Tennessee, which have appeared
from time to time in the Atlantic
Monthly, pre too Well known to re
quire comment. Mr. Lane Allen
has contributed to Harper's and the
Century several sketches of Ken
tucky life whieh have the genuine
blue grass freshness'Of charm.
The limits of this article Will not
allow even a notice of the younger
poets, and While there are other Sto
ry tellers whoee names deserve to be
mentioned, my aim has been to no
tice only those whe tue known to
the nation. Others will doubtless
win their names for themselves in
the near future, but in the mean
while enough names have been men
tioned to show that Southern wri
ters have been kindly received by
Northern readers, and that the greed;
magazines have truly become na
tional by ignoring all sectionalism
in the selection of their literary
matter, ..
It is needless to add that the re
flex of this magnanimity upon
Southern writers has been whole
some and gratifying. While their
writings contain the wihnth and
color and glow of Southern life, they
have shaken section shackel" from
their limbs and have breathed into
their work the broad spirit of na
tionality, which "is growing and
strengthening every day. Northern
magazines have become National
magazines, and Southern writers
have become National writers.
A- W. Long.
Wofford College, Spartanburg, S.
C., April 25th.
Mrs. M. T. Lathrdp, of Jackson, Mich
wrote the poem In which oooure the fol
lowing beautiful stanza:
“Do you know you have asked for the
costliest tiling
. Ever made by the hand above—
A woman's heart and woman's Ufa.
And a woman's wonderful love.
’ '''/ ' "fT . . ■ ■ -• /■ . •/'•••
A BRILLIANT SON OF CHARLOTTE.
Rev.'W. W. Moore, 0, D., to’.Preach a.
Graduating Sermon. ^
CharUHU Chron-UU.
Re*. W. W. Moore, *D. D., of
Hampden Sydney, Ya., will preach
the sermon before the graduating
yhm at Petyce Institute this year.,, ’
Speaking-of Dr. Moore, fRe Ral
eigh News arid' Observer says:
Moore,’isra brilliant mant and his
career hasi been a remarkable one
He is a native of Charlotte, N. C.,
and is a graduate of Davidson Col
.ege. After leaving Davidson Col
lege he took tiie course at the
Union Theological seminary of the
Sonthern Presbyteriaa Church. He
is now a professor ip this seminary
having-been called to take a position
there six years ago, almost immedi
ately after his graduation, He is
the youngest member of the faculty
being about thirty years of age, and
ie perhaps the. youngest man who
hag ever Occupied'S similar position.
The Doetor is not only a fineScllol
is or»«■ n i .I r,—n.1 kn
x X MUU «T WUPlUVll/U mjj
“aJ ~~
most brilliant young preacher in the
Southern Presbyterian Church.' A
few years ago Dr. Moore mar
ried Miss Lola Fries, - of
N.CJ*
Gen. Pryor Vindicated by the Facts.
New Yerit Suftu. ^
A Southern journal having stated
recently that Gen. lto^er A... Pryor
was a deserter from the Confederate
! army, the General's son has taken
the trouble to obtain letters and affi
davits from persons acquainted with
the cinsumstauces of General Pryor's
capture on November 27,1864, the.
date upon which the desertion is al
leged to have occurred. The Gen
eral wan at that time a “general” on
ly by courtesy, being iu fact a private
in a Confederate cavalry regiment.
His capture .was an act of treachery.
He crossed the Confederate lines Lo
exchange newspapers with the. Fed
eral pickets'—a common practice—
and hating been, made prisoner was
[ kept'in Fort Lafayette till arrange
i ments were made for bis- exchange.
This account is confirmed by a letter
from Gen. Wilcox, who commanded
the Confederate line where; Pryor
crossed; by an affidavit of H, 0.
; Dudley, colonel of the Eleventh New
Hampshire, who effected the capture;
by affidavits of Capt. Hussey and
Mr. T. 0. Furnald, who assisted in
I the capture; by a letter from Assis
tant Provost Marshal General Sharp; -
who met Pryor at City Point in the
position of prisoner, and by a letter
from Washington McLean, of
Washington, who secured from Mr.
Lincoln an order for his exchange,
and on visiting Rort Lafayette found
Pryor in strict confinement in the
casemate witli other prisoners.,'Con
temporaneous accounts in both Con
federate and Federal newspapers
agree as to the fact of the capture,
the Richmond Examiner and Peters
burg Express describing it as a
capture effected treacherously by the
enemy while Pryor was trying to se
cure an exchange of newspapers.- Ex
tracts from Northern papers are giv
en chronicling every step of his pro
gress from City Point to Fort La
fayette, . Under the weight of this
mass of testimony the slander upon
Gen. Pryor is effectually extinguish
ed. , .
London Standard: At a village
school, not many miles from Canter
bury, a precocious boy being asked
to parse the sentence, “Hary, milk
the cow," went on accurately till he
Came to the last word, when he said:
“Cow is a pronoun, feminine gender,
third person singular, and stands
for Mary," ' “Standsfor May?”
asked the roaster in astonishment.
“Yes sir," responded the urchin
with a grin, “for if the cow didu't
stand for Mary, how could Mary
milk the cowl”
. Why_Women Fad*.
Women lose their beauty because
colds undermine their life. Dr. Ack
er's English Remedy for Consump
tion'is an absolutecure for colds.
Hold by Dr, A. J- Thompson, drug
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THE CHILD IS FATHER TO THE
MAN.
Exprcel Correspondence.
The imperative summons, in obe
dience to which I became an inhabi
tant of this mundane sphere,came to
me in the cool breezy days ofSeptem
ber, 1862. No great preparation
had been made, o* royal personages
assembled td give mi an ovation on
my arrival and impress me frinu the
beginning favorably with-the world1
03 as a place of habitation. No, my
infant eyes first beheld the glorious
light of nature as it illuminated a,
; scene of bloodshed and carnage.
My young ears were first greeted
not with soul-cheering -melodies,
but with sad waits rising from bro
ken hearts and the heart-rending cry
for bread, for the people were pas.
sing through the experience ’of the
little Irish girl, when she prayed,
i' “Only three grains of com mother, ,1
- Only three grains of com,
To keep the little life I have,
'Till the coming of themom.” j
The' storm was raging'fiercely
overhead; the sky was darkened; the
angry thunders were muttering forth
their wrath, and the . blinding and
awful lightning’s flash was playing
heartlessly around onr fondest hopes.
What the end of .civil strife
would be, no one could prophesy.
I could not take in the meaning
of this great war storm. ; My per
ceptive faculties and consciousness
were not at that time sufficiently de
veloped to appreciate or in any
measure realize how lamentable and
disastrous were civil wars* T have
been told since of untold wealth
that-existed in the. South previous
to the years ’01-'Q5 and how it was
swept away in the tempest of which
l am now writing. I have been told
of men reared in opulence and^great
wealth, upon realizing that the war
had made then) panpem, giving up
allhope of reparation and sinking
Underneath the burden never to rise
again. I have been told of noble,
aspiring young men and women
whose education and mental devel
opment were neglected in conse
quence of the ravages of war. Yes,
I came to the world in a stormy sea
son to become the heir of poverty,
and, in a large measure neglect, be-,
cause of civil strife, yet I am proud to
say, bora of honorable and respected
parentage. I never heard of any
“bine blood” tracing its way
though my veins! I belonged to
no special order or caste that would
brffig me favors and prestige and
strengthen me for life’s arduous du
ties, but to that good class of hum
ble people who try to be loyal, to
themselves and their country, thons
ands of whom are to be found in
Moore county to-day.
1 have mentioned these . things
himply to show that no favoring
gale of fortune swept across my,
pathway and led my : young mind
first to think of attaining unto use
fulness, but that all was dark ana
discouraging from the very begin-',
sing of my career.
It has now been nearly seventeen
years since I was deeply ; burdened
on account of sin and felt in my
heart the great need of a Saviour
from sin. I alyill never forget,
while &ason sits enthroned, the
happy hour when my burden of sin
rolled away and Christ was formed
in my soul the hope of glory. I
was then only ten years of age and
connected myself frith the misaona
ry Baptist Church m the-old town
of Fayetteville, my ohildhood’s
home. I come to Christ, I suppose,
in compliance with the divine ar
rangement, “The poor have the
gospel preached to them,” for I was
even at that early age beginning to
feel the effects of poverty keenly. I
would; pause here to say to the read
ers of this article that my accept
ance, of Christ at that age was the
most important event in my life’s
history, giving shape to my charac
ter and setting me in a determined
resolution to serve loyally my best
interest and leave the world far
richer and better by my having liv
ed in it. The first thing every young
man should do in order to he aucr
cessfnl, ia to seek the kingdom of
—±(M
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Gotl and His righteousness, and.
then, abide God’a time, confidently '
expecting to receive nil things, need-;
ful from Him. ✓ •
With my conversion came the
conviction.that God had called the
to preach the Gospel of X His Son,
and to this end I was kept in School ' ;
up to wy fifteenth year. When the
shadows fell across oar threshold .
and what seCttftd^a sad ■ stroke of
providence, drove me out- info the
battles of life, fo-learn something
more of privation .and hardships,
and to be strengthened for the great
struggle just ahead. The event re
ferred to above was my father’s
death. He left to me his only prop
erty, a wife, my own deny mother*
and two sisters, orphaned tby his do
mine. : , , •* -
• This of course put an end to my
school days, and instead how- of
dreaming of college life and a glori
ous future, my mind was directed by
stem necessity','to the satatkin of
the problem of an existence. Up to
this time I had not come jn contact
with the world, and knew little of ifaa >
customs and treatment toward those '
who are dependent entirely upon
their own efforts.. Many hard'lea
sons were in store for men mid were
learned one. by one* making me
stronger and more determined every
time. _ - • _ t
It is disgusting fo watch pretend
ing sympathy with the unfortunate.
They are deeply moved at the
trouble of their friend, but never go
beyond a tear or some worthless ex
pression to indicate their sympathy.
This writer had scores of such sym
pathizers, but not one fo suggest a
way out of the difficulty or lend a
helping hand. He soon discovered
1 that he most “root hog or die.”
-®he soener w* all learn that aym*'
pathy is a luxury . with which w» ;
can dispense, the better it will he
for ns and the world.
Next week I will tell you of 1 my
first visit to Moore county*
W. P. Wakkut.
• Note* About People,
Gfen. Lew Wallace has a decided
penchant for baseball. ,
Cardinal Gibbons has reached his
home in Baltimore, from his South
ern trip. - .** _ ~
A yonng minister “away down in
Maine” introduced Mis. Mary A.
Livermore to an audience the other ■
evening as “the Grand Old Woman.”
I Gov. Hill is taking riding lessons.
He goes frequently to a quiet riding
school in Hoboken, where he has al
ready became quite an expert in the
saddle. . He has not, of course, mix
ed m with the ordinary pppils, but
has taken his lessons privately.
Sybil Sanderson, the California
girl who has made a striking success
at Paris in the title role of Massen
et’s latest opera, has luxuriant au
burn hair, a pale complexion and a
magnificent figure. She is fond of
dressing in black, and the whiteness
of her skin, the brilliancy of hereyes
and the peculiar tint of her hair
combined to make her a fascinating *
object when thus attired. She is *
great coquet te and has had various
love affairs of a romantic character.
North Carolina Farmers' Institutes.
Mntelffh and Observe X8th,
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Commissioners Kobinson yester
day received a letter from Secretary
Rusk of the National Department of
Agriculture at Wwbiagton enefew
mg blanks, and asking him to tend
dates regarding the work of organ.
SJn* “TOiers institutes in *his
State Secretary Busk is collecting
reports from all the State in thf
Union. North Carolina has done
some_important work in this line!
but there is much more -to be done,
and it is hoped that Commissioner
Kobinson will he provided with
the necessary funds to carry out the
worK\ *end a report of the
work in this State to Sfeoretory Rusk
ASadStay.
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