5
I
i
Leading Paper
IN THE
VELLOW TOBAIillO
DISTRICT. 1
$2.00 a Year; 6 Moi. $x.oo.
LargesMJirciifct,
BEST -
ADVERTISING
MEDIUM. ;
tRatcsoa Applkatioa.
' - - -, - , ' - ' ' -
Si '
ri
s
it-.
l'r-ni in the mol elegant iorm
T.U LAXATIVE and NUTRITIOUS JUICE
or THE
riGS OF CALIFORNIA,
Conibiued with the medicinal
5i tiK-s of plants known to be
i .ost V-'ficial to the human
: 1.1
.hi, iOiniHiK ayrccsiuiv:
: hi tnccuve laxative to penim-i-.'iitly
cure Habitual Consti-j.-utiou,
r;ud the many ills de
pi:a:.i;g on a weak or inactive
condition of the
KIGKHYS. LIVER AND BOWELS.
Ii i- :!.e iot excellent remedy lcnown to
'.IZZUSE TUZSYSTZM EFFECTUALLY
When oi.i xi. liiliom or Coutip-ted
SO THAT
FuREr'.OCO, REFRESHING SLEEP,
ic; if and STRENGTH
hATUrtALLY FOLLOW.
ICvery'cne is using it and all are
tl-lighted with it.
AS VOUFt onucaiST FOR
.. a. II ?CTUEO ONLY OY
r.'.Lli'dRNTA FIG SYRUP C( .
S.tri F5AHCISC0, CAL.
iWV'it. r- ' NEW YORK. U.
DEFEVV'S ORATION.
A GRAND TRIBUTE TO THE MEM
ORY OF GEORGE WASHINGTON.
Thoughts Suggested by the Centennial
of the Inauguration of par FirsVPres
ident Reflections of an Historical
and Economic Nature,
IIEADQUARTEllS
FOK
Fine Shoes, Hats
AND
Gents' Furnishings.
This is wh:it tli public say ilie cstab
lishniei t of
A. R. AIMCLEA
elv
lilt: plib'.if. (iUIiL t
P.IHHV,
The following is a synopsis of the
oration delivered by Hon. Chauncey
M. Denew. LL. D.. at the Centennial"
of the Inauguration of George Wash
ington, first president of the United
States, from the steps" of th- Treasury
Building, New York, April 30, 1889:
We celebrate to-day the Centenary
of our Nationality. One hundred
years ago the United States began
their existence. The powers ot gov
eminent were assumed by the people
of the Republic, and they became the
sole source of authority. The solemn
ceremonial of the first inauguration,
the reverend oath ot Washington, the
acclaim of the multitude greeting their
President, marked the most unique
event of modern times in the develop
ment of free institutions. The occa
sion was not an accident, but a result.
It was the culmination of the working
out by mighty forces 'through many
centuries of the problem of self-government.
It was not the triumph of a
system, the application of a theory, or
the reduction to practice of the ab
stractions of philosophy. The time,
the country, the heredity and envi
ronment of the people, the folly of Us
friends, gave to liberty after ages of de
feat, of trial, of experiment, of partial
success and substantial gains, this im-
1 mortal vir.torv. Hencetorth it had a
1 j .
refuge and recruiting station. I he op
pressed found free homes in this fa
vored land, and invisible armies march
ed from it by mail and telegraph, by
speech and song, by precept and ex
ample, to regenerate the world.
Puritans in New England, Dutch
men in New York, Catholics in Ma
ryland, Hugenots in South Carolina
had felt the fires ot persecution and
were wedded to religious liberty. They
! had been purified in the furnace, and
in high debate and on bloody battle-
. - . . . 11
der Elbndge Gerry uttered the grim
pleasantry,-We most hang together or
surely we will hang separately, the
portly Harrison responded with the
more daring humor, "It will be ail
over with me in a moment, but you
will be. kicking in the air half an hour
after I am gone." Thus flashed athwart
the ereat charter which was to be for
its signers a death-warrant or a diplo
ma of immortality, as with firm hand,
fajgh purpose and undaunted resolution
they subscribed their names, this mock
ery of fear and the penalties of trea
son." More clearly than any statesman of
the' period did Thomas Jefferson grasp I
and divine the possibilities 01 popular
government. He caught and crys
talized the spirit of free institutions.
Hi? philosophical mind was singularly
free from the power of precedents or
the chains of prejudice. He had an
unquestioning md abibing faith in the
people, which was accepted by but few
of his compatriots. Upon n is lamous
axiom, of the equality of all men be
fore the law, he constructed his system.
It was the trip-hammer essential for
the emereencv to break the links
binding the colonies to imperial au
thority, and to pulverize the privi
leges of caste. It inspired htm to write
the Declaration of Independence, and
persuaded him to doubt the wisdom
of the powers concentrated in the con
stitution. In his passionate love of
liberty he became intensely jealous of
authority. He destroyed the substance
ot royal" prerogative, but never emerg
ed from its shadow. He would have
the States as the guardians of popular
rights and the barriers against cen
tralization, and he saw in the growing
power ol tne jNation ever-incrcasuii;
encroachments upon" the rights of the
people. For the success of the pure
Democracy which must precede rrei
dents and Cabinets and Congresses,
it was perhaps providential that its
apostle never believed a great people
could grant and still retain, could
delegate and yet firmly hold the au
thority which untimely created the
power of their Republic and enlarged
the scope of their own liberty.
Where this master-mind halted, all
stood still. The necessity for a per-
fieldshad learned to sacrifice all ma- manent Union was apparent, uui cdu.
terial interests and to peril their lives '.State must have hold upon tne dow-
'1 liiii.k if in V many fiiemls l cum
toni;i inr l li ir i liliHrji! i.ttrnai.
ill l.llf IliNt. I i!HifH tliV tllil I l4VM
III! !! I
hii- s
:ii; 1 tlit- largest i'.! Hdj
rights. The principles ol
o
government had been
if
SHOES, HATS
impressed upon them by hundreds of chinery required to successiully fight
' vears of struecle and for each princi-1 the common enemy, but yet there was
fpar that it roisfht become a iranken-
ANU-
-r liroiig'il to Ueitderami, to which I
inv le thir inspection. Ail ih" !Hlina
mV.i s nf f hfiffc represented stj 1". qiial
itv anil prir- fuaranie 1. A Weani'iTu;
lino of fit's in both stiff ami soli. ooimIs
tie :i- bb't'St Mtylf" ftho shsoi. A
lastv oi tniHvi ol lid'kwMr ud ; t-nts'
riirtiih"nn i-'oods r wry dewr'pt
Kvr thinsr bought low d i I l .oid
heap. iJiVi- in' a m:I.
V-rv u-s.eHfn'lv.
"A H. ANUI.KA.
vj;. a HPiiiiPrw",
vears of struggle and for each princi
i pie they could point to the grave of
an ancestor whose death attested the
j ferocity of the fight and the value of
the concession wrung from arbitrary
i Vntc' Piirnichinrr fnnrk Pwer- Thev knew lhe limitations of
beniS rUrniblllllg jUUUb j iuthority) they could pledge their lives
and fortunes to resist encroachments
upon their rights, but it required the
lessons of Indian massacres, the inva
sion of the armies of France from Can
ada, the tyranv of the British Crown,
the seven years' war of the Revolution,
and the five years of chaos jf the Con
federation to evolve the idea, upon
i which rest the power and permanency
of the Republic, that liberty and union
are one and inseparable.
These men were not revolutionists,
they were tne heirs and the guardians
of the priceless treasures of mankind.
The British Kinr and his Ministers
(TOW Sl MarstOn. PfOl.'rS.. jwere the revolutionists. They were
1
helpless wreck upon the ocean, tossed
apout by the tides and ready to be en
gulfed in the stonn. . Washington
gave the warning and called for action.
It was a voice aefcustomed to command,
but now entreaing. The veterans of
the war and thetatesmen of the Revo:
Iotion"stepped to lhe front. X The pa
triotism which Jud been misled, but
had never falteied, iose above the in
terests of States and the jealosies of
j-"Tirjy iiBP" una ine uasis
for union, "it is clear to me as A, a,
C," said Washington, "that an exten
sion of Federal powers would make us
one of the most happy, wealthy, re
spectable and powerful nations that
ever inhabited the terrestrial globe.
Without them we shall soon be every
thing which is the direct reverse. 1
predict the worst consequences from a
half starved, limping Government, al
ways moving upon crutches, and tot
tering at every step." The response
of the country was the convention of
1787. at Philadelphia. The Declara-
tion of Independence was but the ves
tibule of the temple which this illus
trious assembly erected. .With no
successful precedents to guide, it aus
piciously worked out the problem of
Constitutional Government, and of
imperial power and home rule, supple
menting each other in promoting the
grandeur of the Nation, and preserving
the liberty of the individual. j
The deliberations of great councils
have vitally affected, at different peri
ods, the history of the world and the
fate of Empires : but this' Congress
builded, upon popular sovereignty, in
stitutions broad enough to embrace
the -continent, and elastic enough to
fit all conditionsof race and tradition.
The experience ot a hundred years has
demonstrated Tor us the ierfection of
the work, tor defence against foreign
foes, and for self preservation against
domestic insurrection, for limitless ex
pansion in population and material
developement, and for steady growth
in intellectual freedom and force. Its
continuing influence upon the welfare
and destiny of the human race can
only be measured by the capacity ot
man to cultivate and enjty the bound
less sopportunities of liberty and law.
The eloquent characterization of Mr.
Gladstone condenses its merits : " Th
American Constitution is the most
wonderful work ever struck off at a
given time by the brain and purpose
of man."
The statesmen who composed this
great Senate were equal to their trust.
stein and destroy its creators. Thus ineir conclusions were mc iu.
riifhcultiesot com- calm aeuate anu wibc uiutoaiua.
encircles its throat. It
was admitted that union gave the ma
string wnicn
patriotism and fear
munication between distant communi
ties, and the intense growth of pro
vincial pride and interest, led this
Congress to frame the Articles of Con
federation, happily termed the League
ant
HENDERSON
Carriage Wagon Works,
V lake Ih's inflhod nf informing our
friends and lhe pnMii; rmiiall v iht we
ire lit t'fr prepared to siipp'.v CHrriasr-.
Ibiugiew, W4"'i , ''arts, .1 . cheaper
lh:n Hi-r lie'". W 111 ike a xp'ci:illy
in in mulactii'i- a the !. b.alt-d
Alliance Wagon,
on i'f th liHNt wa ns soid. It cannot
be excelle-i. We have with us the finest
workmen in t hst..e. -nd are prepurfd
to ilo all kin lw r wink with 111 ai i.est
and. lefpatt:h.
Carriage Painting and Horseshoeing
a ai eri.iliy. Thankful for pat patrome,
wo h 'pe b pxal w rk and strict Muni
tion to liu-iineKS to merit a coniitiii; nee
t f the s.i:tie.
Ve-y i:epeetrnl.y.
mi. 24 3 1 CROW & MARS TO
to
of
Their character and abilities were so
imrp nnri preat as to command the
t o
confidence of the country for the re
versal of the policy of the indepen
dence of the State of the power of the
had hith
' - y 1 U
TT'Hch;., Th- resnlr. was not a Eenerai uovcrnmcui, wmui
Jl 1 IIV.HUJUIM. - 1 w . , -ii J
.rrnnient hilt a t?llOSt. BV ttllS ertO Ueen UlC IllVdliauic a uu
scheme the American people were lg
JJUSA-D Tills !
AGENTS WANTED
Kver wh-e to sell my
Kev,Tas and Stencil Plates!
Kr..m 2 t $ p'r rtaV 'a" ,,H '"'v
niHd I v artive waents H.v-I2 ears
I aients. O it tit hIh y 11
--i d -tamp lor pam-ulai.
Addr-"t
o'l licit. !
7 j reiil-.
I.. -V i: X N
:l
IkI 28.
I)
o Y l
Dental
Surgeon,
i reactionaries, seeKing armuaiuy
turn back the hands upon the dial
time. A year of doubt and debate,
the baptism of blood upon the battle
fields, where soldiers from every colony
fought, under a common standard,
and consolidated the Continental
Army, gradually lifted the soul and
understanding of this immortal Con
gress to the sublime declaration : "We,
therefore, 'the representatives of the
United States of America, in general
Congress assembled, appealing to the
Supreme Judge of the world for the
rectitude of our intentions, do, in the
name and by the authority of the good
people of these colonies solemnly pub
1 sh and declare that tnese unitea coi
onies are. and of right ought to be,
free and independent States"
To this declaration John Hancock.
proscribed and threatened with death,
affixed a signiture which has stood for
a century like the pointers to the North
Star in the firmament of freedom, and
Charles Carroll taunted that among
many Carrolls, he, the richest man in
America might escape, added descrip
tion and identification with "of Car
rollton." Benjamin Harrison , a dele-
emfe from Virginia, the . ancestor ot
the distinguished statesman and sol
dier who to-day so worthily tills the
chair of Washington, voiced the un
alterable determination and defiance
of the Congress. He seized John
Hancock, upon whose head a price
was set. in his arms, and placing him
in the Presidential chair,, said : "We
will show Mother Britain how. little
we rare for her bv making our Presi-
BKNHKKHiK.Jf.l
Satisfaction guaranteed as to work and
prlc s. Offic -wer Parker A K :ns.T atora
Mn stre fd 4 a
nored and the Declaration ot inde
pendence reversed.
But, while the perils ot war naa
given temporary strength to the Con
federation, peace developed its iaiai
weakness, States passed exclusive and
hostile laws against each other, and
riot and disorder threatened the dis
integration of society. "Our stock is
stolen, our houses are plundered, our
forme nre rn iderl " cried a delegate in
JUA. 114 J r j
the Massachusetts convention; "des
potism is better than anarchy!"- To
raise four millions of dollars a year
was beyond the resources of the Gov
ernment, and three hundred thousand
was the limit of the loan it could se
cure from the money-lenders of Europe.
Even Washington exclaimed in de
spair: "1 see one head gradually
changing into thirteen ; I see one
army gradually branching into thirteen,
- . . f !
which, instead ot loomng up 10 con
gress as the supreme controlling power,
are considering themselves as depend -
in" on their respective States. And
later, when independence had been
won, the impotency of the Govern
ment wrung from him the exclama
tion: "After gloriously and success
conteuding against the usurpation of
Great Britain we may fall a prey to
our own folly and disputes."
But even through this Cimmerian
darkness shot a flame which illumined
the coming century, and kept bright
the beacon fires of liberty. The archi
tects of constitutional freedom formed
their institutions with wisdom which
fArerasted the future. They may not;
have understood at first the whole truth.
but, for that which they knew, they
had the martyrs spirit and the crusa
ders' enthusiasm. .
The government ot the republic by
a Congress of States, a diplomatic con -vention
of the embassadors of petty
commonwealths, after seven years trial
was falling asunder. Threatened with
civil war among its members, insurrec
tion and lawlessness rife within the
States, foreign commerce ruined and
almost universal opinion, and for the
adoption of the idea of the Nation and
its supremacy
Towering in majesty and influence
above them all stood; Washington,
their President. Beside him was the
venerable Franklin, who.though eighty-
one years of age, brought to the delib
era Hons of the convention the unim
paired vigor and resources of the wisest
brain, the most hopeful philosophy,
and the largest experience of the times.
Oliver Ellsworth, afterwards Chief Jus
tice of the United States, and the pro
foundest jurist in the country ; Robert
Morris, the wonderful financier of the
Revolution, and Gouverneur Morris,
the most versatile genius of bis period ;
Roger Sherman, one of-the, most emi
nent of the signers of the Declaration
of Independence, and John Rutledge,
Rutus King, Elbridge Gerry, Edmund
Randolph and the Pinckneys were
leaders of unequaled patriotism .'cour
age," ability and learning ; while Alex
ander Hamilton and James Madison,
as original thinkers and constructive
statesmen, rank, among tne immonai
few whose opinions have for ages guid
ed Ministers of State and determined
the destinies of nations.
There were no examples to follow,
and the experience of its members lead
part of them to lean toward absolute
centralization as the only refuge from
said: -It is too probable that no
plan we propose will be adopted. Per
haps another dreadful conflict is to be
sustained. If to please the people we
offer what we ourselves disapprove,
how can we afterward detend our work ?
Let us raise a standard to which the
wise and honest can repair : the event
is in the hands of God." . :
Freed from the limitations of its en
vironment, and the question:: of. the
adoption of i ts work , the convention .
erected its government upon the eter
nal foundations of the 1 power of the
people. It discussed the delusive theo
ry of a compact between indepepdent
State's, and' derived national jxwer
from the people of the United States.
It broke up the machinery of the Con
federation and put in practical opera
tion the glittering generalities of the
Declaration of Independence. From
chaos came order,from insecurity came
safety, from disintegration and civil
war came law and liberty, with the
principle proclaimed in the preamble
of the gfeat charter: "We, the people
of the United States, in order to form
a more perfect union, establish justice,
insure domestic tranquillity, provide
for the "common defense, promote the
genearl welfare, and secure the bless
ings of liberty to ourselves and , our
posterity, do ordain and establish this
constitution ior tne unucu owics.
With a wisdom inspired of God, to
work out upon-this continent the lib
erty of man, they solved the problem
of the ages by blending and yet pre
serving local self-government with Na
tional authority, and the rights of the
States, under the articles of confedera
tion, became bankrupt because it could
nt raise four millions of dollars ; the j
Government of the Union, under the
constitution of the United States,raised
six thousand millions of dollars its
1 cred t growing firmer as its power and
resources were demonstrated. I he
Congress of the confederation fled be
fore a regiment, which it could not
pay ; the Congress of the Union review
ed the comrades ot a million of its
victorious soldiers, saluting as they
marched the flag of the Nation, whose
supremacy they had sustained..
The pride of the State and the am
bition of their leaders, sectional jealo-
... 1 . J . c
sies, and tne overwhelming aisirusi 01
centralized power, were all arrayed
against the adoption of the constitu
tion.
Success was due to confidence in
Washington and the genius of Alexan
der Hamilton. Jefferson was the in
spiration of independence, but Hamil
ton was the incarnation ot the consti-
tion. In no age or country has there
appeared a more precocious or amaz
ing intelligence than Hamilton, tie
.... ., r XT-.: 1
gave Hie to tne corpse 01 anoiwi
credit, and the strength tor sell preser
vation and aggressive power to the
Tederal Union. Both as an expound
er of the principles and an administra
tor of the affairs of Government he
stands - supreme and unrivalled in
American history. He captured the
people or the whole country for the
constitution by his papers in the Fed
eralist, and conquered the hostile ma
jority in the New York convention by
the splendor of his oratory.
But the multitudes whom no argu
ment could convince, who saw in the
Executive power and centralized force
of the constitution .under another name,
the dreaded usurpation of King and
Ministry, were satisfied only with the
assurance, "Washington will be Presi
dent." It quieted the alarm and gave
confidence to the timid and courage
to the weak.
He alone could stay assault and in
spire confidence while the great and
complicated machinery of organized
government was put in order and set
in motion. Doubt existed nowhere
except in his modest and unambitious
heart. His whole life had been spent
in repeated sacrifices for his country's
welfare, and he did not hesitate now,
though there is an undertone of inex
pressible sadness in this entry in his
diary on the night of his departure:
"About ten o'clock I bade adieu to
Mount Vernon, to private life, and to
domestic felicity,' and with a mind
oppressed with more anxious and pain
military companies, which escorted
him, marched from Franklin square to
Pearl street, through Pearl to Broad,
and up Broad to this spot, but the peo
ple saw only Washington. As he stood
upon the steps of the old Government
building here, the thought must, have
occurred to Jnm that it. was a cradle
of libErty, arid as. such giving a bright
omen for the future.- In these halls in
1735,1 the trial of John Zenger, had
ben established for -the first time in
its history - the liberty' of ! the press:
Here the New York Assembly, in 1764,
made the protest sgamst the Sump
act, and proposed the general con
ference, which was the beginning of
the United Colonial action. In this
old State House in 1765 the Stamp
act concrress. the first and the father
of American Congresses, assembled
and presented to the English Govern
ment that vigorous protest which caused
the repeal ot the act, and checked the
first step towards the usurpation which
lost the American colonies to the
British empire. . Within these wall
the Congress of the Confederation had
commissioned its Ambassadors abroad ,
and in ineffectual efforts at govern-
ment had created the necessity ior
the concentration of Federal authority,
now to be consummated.
The first Congress of the United
States gathered in this ancient temple
of liberty, greeted Washington and ac
companied him to the balcony. The
famous men visible about him were
Chancellor Livingston, Vice-President
John Adams, Alexander Hamilton,
Governor Clinton, .Roger Sherman,
Richard Henrv Lee. General Knox
and Baron Steuben. But we believe
that among the invisible host above
him, at this supreme moment of the
culmination in permanent triumph of
the thousands of years of struggle for
self-government, were the spirits of
the soldiers of the revolution who had
died that their countrymen might en
joy this blessed day, and with them
were the Barons .of Runnymede and
William the Silent, and Sidney and
Russell, and Cromwell and Hampden,
and the heroes and martyrs of liberty
of every race and age.
As he came forward, the multitude
its?
4d;-: 'l'''--"i
ags.ctc. J CIHTS.
uETBT CcbrOns to Too? Pound
Xf : Dress Gobds.
Garments,
Yarns, Rags,
A Child can use them f
The PURR3T. STRONGEST ! FASTEST
of all fc. Wrrt ii- 'l ly tlr r ! .
five lhe bnl color. t!uvxr-.H.-ci : tlri hit.
Sons, aixl all Fiwy ltynnr.': 33 I -d: ( teloim.
They ako ik Btil autd Cheapest
VRiriNl IN'K I ONKQUAW -LAUNDRY
PUJE , IO Cents.
DireciiouVfi CX-; c l"oifTa4siMl a Ui4l
Cabinet I i. '1. a ; uilca nt (or K.trw
Ask Jrtr.: : U.i iUir.H it - 'I Saordc C-Kt. of writ
WELLS. hii. i. s. SfiSi V A CO.. BvrlwytM.rt.
For C-iliJinj or Ummit.-; Kaacy Arcl t'fci
DIAMOND PAINTS.
Gold. Silver, Bronac, Cttt Only IO Cu.
PROFESSIONAL CAKDS .
AYCOCK & DAN1ELN. C. C DANIELS,
GOLDS BO BO. WTWOK.
AYCOCK & DANIELS &
ATTOBNBY8 -A.T LAW,
WILSON, N. C
Any huaiuewMtrurted to.ua will a
f-romptlj attended to.
R. HENRY.
ATTORN KY AT
HENDERSON", Nr C,
OFFICE tS BCBWELL BCILDtSa.
UIVKiV auu)( r lauanui -
vllle. United States Court at Roleigb, and
Supreme Court ofNorth Carolina.
Uct-KRKKCKs:-Chief Justice W. V. B.
Smith, Hon. Augustus H. Hernmoe. uerr.
Daniel O. Fowle, Hon. T. CVKuller, Hob. T.
M. Argo, Dr. W. T. Chestham, Dr. J. H.
Tucker, Mr. M. Dorsey, H. H. liurwell. Km.,
Hon. James tawin Moore, Mwreiiw uiu
PtalUlDs. Francis Yhar-
Amerlcan Jurist.
orU. H.Samuel
ton. Li. La. D
Office hours 9 a in. to 6 p. m
mob. 7 3 1.
T. W ATKINS,
Attorney and Counsellor at Law
11 ENDEKSON, N. C.
Courts: Vance, Granville and Warren,
and the Federal Court at Kaleig n.
Special attention given to negotiating
1, ana uugmieu
jan. a.
T.
M. PITT AI AN,
in the streets, in the windows, and on
the roofs set up such a raptUOUS shout 1 loans, settlement of estates,
mat vvasniugiuu sat uuhh uvutumv
with emotion. As he slowly rose and
his tall and majestic form again ap
peared, the people, deeply affected, in
awed silence viewed the scene. - The
Chancellor solemnly read to him the
oath of office, and Washington, repeat
ine, said
Fwill faithfully execute the office of.
President of the United States, and
will, to the best of my ability, pre
serve, protect and defend the Consti
tution of the United States." Then
he reverently bent low and kissed the
Bible, uttering with profound emotion:
"So help me, God." The Chancel
lor waved his robes and shouted : " It
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
HENDERSON, N. C.
Prompt attention to all professional I j1
ness. Practices in the State and Federal
courts.
Rpfora hv normlaalon to Commercial If a-
" I do solemnly swear that tional Bank and E. D. Latta Bro- Charr
J loUe Nl. . Afred Williams Cov HalelB,
IN. v.i u. x. trooper ana jm. ix. aawsiter,
Henderson, N.C.
Office : Over Jas H. Lass Iter A Bon 'a store.
nov 51 c. "
A
N mtiSW J. HARRIS,
ATTOKNEY AT XAW
HENDERSON, N. C.
Practices in the courts of Vance, Granville.
Warren and Franklin counties, and In the
is done ; long live George Washington, Supreme fiu
uourt nouse.
President of the United States!
Long live George Washington, our
first President!" was the answering
cheer of the people, and from the bel
fries rang the bells, and from forts
and ships thundered the cannon, echo
ing and repeating, the cry with re
sponding acclaim all over the land :
Long live George Washington, Pres
ident of the United States 1"
No man ever stood for so much to
his country and to mankind as George
Washington. Hamilton , Jefferson and
Adams, Madison and Jay, each rep
resented some of the elements which
formed the Union. Washington em
bodied them all.
Do his countrymen exaggerate his
virtues? Listen to Guizot, the histo
rian of civilization : " Washington did
the two greatest things which in pol
itics it is permitted 1o man to attempt.
He maintained by peace the inde
pendence ot his country which he con
quered by war. He founded a free
Government in the name of the prin
ciples of order and re-establishing
their sway." Hear Lord Erskine, the
most famous of English advocates:
Ynn are the onlv being for whom I
W. H. DAT. ' A. C. ZOIXIOOFFSk.-'
JT AY & ZOLLICOFFElt,
ATTOHNKYS AT LAW.
HENDERSON, N. C.
Practice In the courts of Vance, Oranvllls,
Warren, Halifax and Northampton, and la
the Supreme and Federal courts of the State.
Office: In Zolllcoflers law building. Oar
nett street. feb. f-I.
It. C. EOWABD8, A. R. WOBTOAM,
Oxford. N.C. Henderson, X. C.
JlWAItl8 & TVOiiTHAM.
ATTORNBYSATLiw,
HENDERSON, N. C. -
Offer their services to the people of Vane
county. Col. Edwards will attend all the
Courts of Vance county, and will eosee to
Henderson at any and all times when his
assistance may be needed by bis partner,
march lit a
P ti. HARRIS,
' : DENTIST
mm
HENDERSON,
vlaT s Strei
over E. O.
N.C.
'DmH Stars,
or at. 25.1c. -
The Bank of Henderson.
the archery of the confederation, while j fu sensations than I have words to ex
the rest clung to the sovereignty of the j press, set out for New York with the
States, tor fear that concentration of best disposition to render service to
power-would end at the absorptiou of mv country in obedience to its call,,
liberty. The large States did not want with less hope of answering its ex
to surrender the advantage of their j jactations."
position, and the smaller States saw jo conquerer was ever accorded
tVi ilonorVr tr thfir vi;t!nre. ! cur-Vi i"rinmr1i- no ruler ever such a
I i IV. UUllg.l v - I 3UU k -" 7 " - -
. 1 1 - 1 1 3 I rvan r
dent a Massachusetts man, who she internal iraoe paraiywru, u-uu.,
uovrinlfrnm irdon bv uublic worthless, its merchants bankrupt, its
nrnrhmarinn:" and when thev were farms mortgaged, its markets
signing the Declaration, and the sle- its lalxw unemployed,
closed,
was like a
At this crisis the courage and confi- j
dence" needed to originate a system
weakened. The temporizing spirit of
compromise seized the convention with
the alluring proposition ol not proceed
ing faster than the people could be
educated to follow. The cry : "Let
us not waste our labor upon conclu
sions that will. not be adopted,. but
amend and adjourn," was assuming
startling unanimity. But the supreme
force and majestic sense of Washington
i brought the assemblage to the lotty
plane of its duty and opportunity
He
WelCOmT. 1H m lliciuuiauic iiioit.il
of six diys to the Capitol, it was the
pride of States to accompany him with
the masses of their people to their
borders, that the citizens of the next
commonwealth might escort him
through its territory.
Washington was never dramatic,
but on great Occasion ne not only rose
to thp full ideal of the event, he be
came himself the event. One hun
dred years ago to-day the procession
ot foreign Ambassadors, of statesmen
and GeneraU, of civic rsocieties and
have an awful reverence. Remember
nfrVurU IjmN Fni. the UtiSUKKXOS. VANCK COUftTY. K..
.irpaipvt narliamentarv orator who ever 1 i;eHral BaakiHsr. BzcbSMaaTa
swayel the British" House of Com
mons :" Illustrious man", before whom
all borrowed greatness sinks into in
significance." Contemplate the char
acter of Lord Brougham, pre-eminent
for two generations in every depart
ment of human activity and thought,! mrM. H.S. BURG ATN,
.1 B W
tVipn inmress utmn the memories! w
Calieeslast aSewlaveea,
' Kikht MoBToaoa Loam Serotlataa
; u'xmI farms for a frrsa.of Tearar la
-Htiitf$5tO sul upward, at 8 pef ea
IntiTHii kihI moderate ebarga. apply
Vfy. H.H. BURuniH,
At the Hank of Bebderaoa.
1TOKNKY AT X-AW.
; HX5DEB802T, V. C.
r . . 1 1h. a aAMnlt tna tesmjsasaat
teat of the progress which blonaly ,whi find ma dally at nay oOe la
TneJiana oi jaraaeraoD sbiaoibb;
ot your children his deliberate judg
ment : " Until time shall be no- more
will a
race has made in wisdom and .virtue
lie derived from the veneration paid
to the immortal name of Washington."
We tand to-day upon the dividing
line between the first and second , cen
tury of constitutional government.
There are no clouds overhead and no
convulsions under our feet. We rev
i erently return thanks to Almighty Jod
(WTm'UD OX KOrKTH IE-
KW. COGHILL,
. -" - '
CONTRACTOR AND BUILDER.
HENDERSON, N. C.?:
Estimates for tha ereettoo ot bcMUsr.
and orders for lumber solieltad. Iwlll
ell all kinds of lumber at Pint WMds
prices, wttb freight added, v
Ifeb.-1 e. :
It ' j
j i
i I
. 1 1
Ui
n
a
p.
ti
V
1st
11
,1
i!
f
n
.'ti
I i
! ?
Y ..w.
' - i