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HOXniOSJARVIS.
APPOINTED BY GOV. CARR TO
SUCCEED VANCE.
Brief Sketch of the Life and
Public Services of the Distin
guished Gentleman A Man of
the People and a "Well Equipped
Statesman Vance's Lieuten
ant Governor and Succesor in
the Gubernatorial Chair. A
Thorough Democrat, &c.
I lCalc'mli News-Oliservei -Chronicle. 1
The appointment of Cov. Thomas
J. Jarvis as Senator to fill the vacancy
created by the death of the lamented
Vance was, we imagine, generally
expected throughout the State.
Although still a comparatively young
man, Cov. Jarvis is next to Senator
Random, trie most distinguished
citizen of the Siate in active political
service, and it is fitting that he should
wear the mantle that has fallen from
the shoulders of the deceased Senator.
Having loyally and gallantly served
in the army of the Confederacy as
Captain of Campany li., Eighth
Regiment, he was elected a member of
the Constitutional Convention of 1865
from Currituck, his native county, and
he was elected from the county of
Tyrrell a member of the legislature of
1868 as a Democrat, and was the
leader of that little band of braves
who rendered the State such signal
service in that Republican body. The
State rang with his praises which were
echoed from the mountains to the
seaboard.
And in the succeeding Assembly
in which the Democrats happily held
a majority, Jarvis received merited
recognition in being elevated to the
Speaker's chair. As presiding officer
ot the House he enhanced his reputa
tion and made still plainer to the
people his superior merit. In those
critical times, his counsel was always
wise, his conduct just and his course
patriotic.
He was a member of the Constitu
tional Convention of 1875 and again
rendered the State signal service of
unusual consequence. To him more
than any one ebe was due the credit
of securing control of that body and
thus making possible the reforms
which it instituted.
The year following he was nomi
nated as Lieutenant Covernor on the
ticket with (lov. Vance and made an
active campaign. Ueing
elected, he i
presided over the
Senate until Vance
early in 1879 resigned as Covernor to
take his seat as Senator, and during
this period he exerted a wholesome
influence on legislation and still
further increased his knowledge of the
needs of the State. Coming to the
Executive chair fresh from familiar in
tercourses with the active men of the
State, and fully conversant with the
details of public matters, he entered
on his duties fully prepared to dis
charge them with a high degree of
intelligence. His administration, pro
longed by subsequent election by the
people to more than six years, was
without doubt the most brilliant in
the annals of the State, except alone
that of Vance during the period of the
war.
The changes that Governor Vance
had begun were taken up and pressed
to a conclusion, and new work was
undertaken with an energy that
bespoke progress in every line of State
control. Our people then were
prosperous, contented and happy,
and responded with cheerfulness to the
oi'.M'fst ions of :i nr.irtirnl linvprnor.
We had made an exhibit at the sPk of Senator Vance as his dis
Atlantn Kvnnsition and at Host on. ' tinguished merits demand, and as we
and just before his term ended, the j
State instituted an Exposition which j
was kept open a month, and which j
was a complete epitome of the State's ;
i
industries and resources. Such was i
the titling close ot an administration i
which, measured by its fine fruits, had j
in the progress and advancement of I
the people never been approximated in i
our history. About this time, Gov.
Jarvis being in New England, made
i such a favorable impression, that he j
j was much considered as a possible j
nominee for the Vice-Presidency. j
When Mr. Cleveland was elected in j
iSS.y, the legislature by a unanimous j
vote of both Houses, the Republicans'
cordially concurring, presented Gov.
Jarvis' name to him for a cabinet j
position. Mr. Cleveland shortly j
afterwards' appointed Gov. Jarvis j
Minister to Brazil, where he passed j
the following four years with honor to
himself and credit to the American j
people. Since his return he has de- ;
voted himself to the practice of his !
profession. i
Senator Jarvis has always been a :
zealous Democrat. He has made
speeches in every county in the State, .
and in many of them he has spoken at I
every recurring election, lie is a
plain, but very forcible speaker. He
is direct in his methods, frank and
sincere. He is cautious, prudent, and
thoughtful. Above all he is patriotic.
He is free from narrow sectionalism,
but devoted to the interest of the peo-
j pie of North Carolina.
He will bring to the discharge ot
his Senatorial duties, a lofty patriotism,
fine intelligence, high integrity, and a
.horcgh acqT,ace with e needs
of the people of this State, and of the
, 1
South
Senator Jarvis was born in Curri
tuck county, North Carolina, January,
1836, and is now 5S years of age. He
married Dec. 23, 1874, Miss Mary
Woodson, of Virginia.
At present prices for wheat it can
he frd to poultry fn gonfl advantage.
OUR ILLUSTRIOUS DEAD.
SENATOR ZEBCLON 15. VASCE DIED APRIL
14, 1894.
Down the dark valley of the shadow gone 1
In that dumb pageant which, with silent j
ueai,
Is marshaled on life's limits, and is led
By death away into the .Land Unknown !
And Carolina weeps but not alone !
15eside his royal bier, uncomfoi ted
A nation grieves He is the Nation's dead
Flesh of her flesh, bone of her very bone !
Wrapt in the silence of his native hills
To-day in tears we leave him. Back
to Thee,
O Love Divine, is fled his lofty soul.
But your remain his high-born princi
ples, e whom he loved ! Guard your rich
legacy
From time's fell scath or ravening death's
control !
Henry Jerome Stockard in Charlotte Ob
server. Chapel Hill, N. (J., April 16, 1094.
HON. WALTER R. HENRY.
He Declines the Appointment
Tendered him by President
Cleveland.
The Winston Sentinel says : Hon.
Walter R. Henry was right in declin
ing the post of consul at Curacoa. A
first class man should have a first class
office.
Mr. Walter R. Henry declines the
Curacoa consulship. He is entitled to
a better position than the one offered.
He is one of North Carolina's ablest
and best men. New Berne Journal.
Mr. Walter R. Henry, of Hender
son, declined the consulship to some
place unknown to most people. He
is a lawyer of parts, a man of brilliant
oratory we have understood, has been
efficient as a canvasser, and if he is to
receive any recognition by the powers
that be it should be of a kind that is
worthy of a gentleman of talents and
a North Carolina Democrat. Wilming
ton Messenger.
It is understood that Mr. Walter R.
Henry has decided that it is too risky
for him to accept the appointment
which has been tendered, as the
insurance companies will not insure
his life at Curacoa. He is willing to
serve his country, but is not desirous
of sacrificing himself on the altar in
these piping times of peace. And so
Senator Ransom is seeking to obtain
for him a better place, which we hope
he will be able to do. Indeed, Mr.
Henry merits much more consider
ation than the Department has ap
parently accorded him. His campaign
was one that but few men who have
received first class missions can equal
have the ability to equal. We know
something about men ; and while we
do not under-rate North Carolinians,
we do not over-rate other people.
Raleigh News- Observer- Chronicle.
DEATH OF SENATOR VANCE.
The death of North Carolina's
faithful, able, true, tried and devoted
public servant, Senator Zebulon Baird
Vance, will cause a pang of profound
sorrow to thousand of hearts in the
State he has served through so many
years, many of them tempestuous and
fiery.
His death is a sad blow to our peo
ple in this time of rJoubt, dispondency
and apprehension. At any time his
loss would be grievous to North Caro
lina, but now it is particularly serious
and afflictive. It remoyes from the
world the one trusted leader who has
done more for our people than any
living son has been able to do, and
whose plume has been followed with
courage and constancy wherever it led,
whether in war times or in more peace
ful days.
We can not at this hour undertake
will at another time enter upon, with
more of leisure and yet with a sorrow
ful heart. We have known him lone.
have often paid homage to his high
gifts, and distinguished services, and
have for many years regarded him as
our soundest and ablest public man.
His loss will simply be beyond estimate
at this serious juncture of public affairs.
His fidelity, courage of conviction, de
votion to North Carolina, large expe
rience in political and State matters,
honesty of character and superior
abilities, gave him a combination that
was without estimate, and his removal
is a very great loss to North Carolina.
The Senate and the country will be
very much the poorer by his demise.
Senator Vance was born 13th May,
1830, and if he had lived to his next
birthday he would have been 64 years
old. He was born in B-mcombe
I county and was educated at w'ashing
; ton College, Tennessee, and at the
University of North Carolina. He
I was elected to the Legislature in 1852,
; and to the United States House of
i Representatives in 1858. In 1862,
he was elected Governor, and was re
: elected in 1864. In 1870, he was
j elected to the United States Senate,
but the Republicans would not permit
I him to take his seat, and he resigned.
1 In January, 1S76, he was for the third
time elected Governor. He was
elected to the Senate and took his seat
in 4th March, 1879. In 1S84, he was
re-elected, as he was in T890. So he
: was elected Governor thrice and
United Stated Senator four times.
i His services have been long, and of
i very great importance and value to
, .
; ' "
; him than to any man wn
the State. The people at large have
attached to
y man wno nas ngurea
in the State within our recollection.
North Carolina will long cherish
his memory and know how to pay
fitting honors to its illustrious citizen
who was tried in many ways and
entrusted with great responsibilities
and found efficient and worthy in all.
Wilmington Messenger,
LAID TO BEST.
LAST SAD RITES OVER THE
BODY OF SENATOR VANCE.
Bnried at Asheville in the Presence of
a Larsre Concourse of Sorrowing:
Friends and Admirers A Great
Demonstration in Honor of the La
mented Dead The Solemn Journey
From the Table Lands to the Moun
tain Tops Scenes and Incidents of
the Mournful Occasion.
Speeial Correspondence Charlotte Ob
erver.l Asheville, April 18. Ashes to
ashes ; earth to earth ; dust to dust.
All that is mortal of Zebulon Baird
Vance was laid to rest to day in the
beautiful cemetery around which the
dirge-singing French Broad sweeps
with majestic curse.
Zeb Vance was a mountain boy.
His youthful songs had often sounded
through his native valleys or rever
berated from crag" to crag with all the
musical mellowness of Swiss boy's
yaoel on heights where Alpine avalan
ches have their birth. He knew the
hidden paths, and when Elisha
Mitchell lost his life, he climbed the
hills and searched the gloomy caverns
of the Black, leading the Highland
clans, until the sullen giant, unwilling,
yielded up the body of the dead, be
loved preceptor.
And so when the news, " Zeb Vance
is dead," flew through the mountain
caves, all Nature mourned. The sigh
ing pines wailed out the awful tiding,
until their winged denizens, the mat
ing birds, ran airily to every hidden
height and dell (as Malise sped the
Fiery Cross) until in every mountain
nook and cranny it was known "Zeb
Vance is dead!" And while the
mountain eagle soared up to the sun,
Nature's great rugged, rock-ribbed
frame shook with grief, and her sad,
bleeding heart, despairing, broke.
The encircling mountains, led by
Pisgah, as Saul among his fellows,
standing as a cordon of eternal senti
nels, craped their bare heads in clouds,
and formed the God appointed guard
of honor at the grave.
The Swannanoa Nymph of Beauty,
in the nvellow Indian tongue which
first leaps from the weeping eye of
Mt. Mitchell, dashed down the hills
ane around the rocks and over the
precipices in agony of grief, wailing
and weeping and wringing her hands,
until, with a despairing sob, she hid
herself in the ample bosom of the
Tahkeeostee " Racing Waters,"
whose grief was greater, though more
subdued, and who bathe the feet of
the grave.crowned hill in the lovely
cemetery as the penitent of old washed
the feet of Jesus with her tears and
wiped them with the hairs of her head !
UP THE MOUNTAIN SIDE.
Words can not depict the glorious
night as in the moonlight the engine
puffed up the mountain. On, on;
around, around ; upward, upward ;
but the eyes which could most appre
ciate it were shut forever.
I stood by the side of the casket as
the train passed Gombroon. I would
love to write the indescribable sensa
tion as I then felt, but last falling tears
obliterate every pencil mark.
All the way across the mountains
gleaming lights could be seen in the
rude huts the word had gone out
among the fastnesses that "Zeb" was
dead, and the Highlanders were
watching the passing of the corpse.
The cultured and wealthy brought the
flowers, but the homespun, calico
crowd looked on and cried.
I stood on Battery Park Heights
and saw the red sun come up from be-
hind Beaucatcher thev call it Beau-,
mont. Not a cloud was in the sky.
vi uic ,uui o. u.c um a military com-:
pany was marching down to the depot ;
to the sound of muffled drums. Sud- ;
denly a bell in a near-by church spire j
wailed out in musical grief. Innu-!
merable carriages rattled by, eoine to I
a. . I c fc r . 1 i:n
the deuot where the corpse was await-!
ing to be brought up to the city. The
hearse, drawn by four splendid blacks,
soon followed. People began to stir.
Another bell and another. I looked
toward the southwest for Pisgah. He
could not be seen. His stately form
and all the western range of hills that
surround Asheville as the mountains
were around about Jerusalem were hid
in a white cape of early morning mist,
A strong wind sprang up and wailed
through the valleys. Who says that
Nature does not know that this is Zeb
Vance's funeral day ?
The day promises to be a perfect
one. The mists are now lifting. It
looks as if invisible angels are sweep -
ing them away, that man, standing
by the side of the grave of the great
dead, may look up and fear God and
thit God may cast His all-seeing eye
down to the same hallowed spot and
pity riftn.
I finish writing this as the old clock
in the court house tower points to ten
minutes after seven. This court house
stands upon the site of the one where
Vance first practiced law.
THE FUNERAL-
-RAIN FELL IN THE OPEN
GRAVE.
It is no use to try to describe the
funeral procession. It was the mourn
fulest North Carolina if not this Uniou
ever saw the saddest veterans, sad
dest cadets, saddest negroes, saddest
school children. It looked as if the
decades had skipped and left the sor
rows of age upon the little ones. If
the burial had been on time it would
not have rained, but it was a little
late and Nature could not contain
herself any longer. She had to weep.
It was while the great concourse was
around the open grave and the
preacher had read the Scripture about
the resurrection and the life ; the choir
of ladies were singing " Jesus, lover of
my soul." They sang it through, too,
in spite of the rain, and the few um
brellas. Senator George looked long-faced ;
Blackburn's eagle eye was cast down ;
Dubois looked exceeding sad ; Gray
looked tearful ; Chandler looked mag
nanimous ; Ransom looked like Apollo
crowned with crape and myrtle
instead of his usual laurel and her
alded by Vesper instead of Aurora.
They were all bare-headed. There
was never before such universal sad
ness and heart-breaking at a grave
side. On Nebo's lonely mountain, Moses,
who led his people out of the house of
bondage, out of the land of Egypt,
was buried after being vouchsafed a
distant view of the land of Canaan.
It was all caused by his being impa
tient and angry with a stubborn and
stiff-necked people. In the shadows
of the great Black Mountain, not far
from the once happy home of Gom
broon, in lovely Asheville cemetery,
Zebulon Baird Vance lies in a new
made grave. He delivered his people
of the Old North State from the bonds
of oppression and from the Egypt of
reconstruction but he was permitted
only to catch a far-off glimpse of the
Promised Land, where the people are
to have a reformed tariff and a popu
lar currency, because his Israel mur
mured and complained and cried :
" Raise up for us a new leader and
this, too, in the days when the old
battle-scarred veteran was grieved in
spirit and struggling with disease.
And now in the early afternoon the
sun is shining over the western hills
with a radiance that might be likened
to the disappearance into glory of the
archangel that attended the funeral as
ambassador from the court of Heaven.
Little he'll reck if they' 11 let him sleep on,
In a grave where Tar Heel's have laid him.
The living form of Zebulon B.
Vance no longer graces the Senate
chambers at Washington, which was
the scene of his last labors, and the
souls of mourning people encircle as
with an ocean of love, that tomb which
contains all that is left of him. Words
are inadequate to express the feelings
of grief at his loss, of reverence for
his character, gratitude for his service,
thankfulness for his life, and devotion
to his memory.
A great life has closed. It was a
life which in every season, relation
and employment, was crowded with
all that twaines the affections and ad
miration of North Carolinians.
Gtanville County Reformer.
Why we Need Better Koads.
Teams and wagons will last longer
with good roads.
How to get good roads is a good
topic for general discussion.
A good road means big loads to and
from market in less time.
Good roads add more to the culture
of farms than anything else of equal
cost.
A good road built is built to stay.
Be sure the locatiou, grade and direc
tion are the best before hardening or
macadamizing.
There is immense amount of money
wasted yearly by paying Tom, Dick
aud Harry for scratching the dirt roads
annually.
A town should own a stone crusher,
and then a good road would be the
result. It would cost considerable in
the beginning but the result would be
lasting. The material could be had for
i nothing,
The principle of good roads are that
larSe,r 1ofl(ls San becamed Wlt,h greater
sneea, mat iarmers can market ineir
product at what ever time they can get
the begt pr5ce without being dependent
on the weather aud that they can also
use the roads in wet weather during
the spriug when they can not plow;
thus utilizing their horses when they
would otherwise be idle.
In general, good roads practically
bnorieu
-.1 A.
distances, encourage inter
communication between town aud
country, benefit trade, enhance the
value of all adjacent properties and
effect a large saving in money ex
pended in hauling materials over bad
roads
So all Will Say Yet.
j IScotland Neck Democrat. I
j The Democrat some time ago gave
expression to the opinion that members
of Congress ought not to be paid for
j the time they are absent from their
! duties in Washington. We gave what
j we thought to be good reasons for the
) opinions we expressed. We believe we
utter the sentiment of a great majority
of the people when we say that public
servants ought to be compensated
only as they serve. We think this is
right.
We note with pleasure that the
press agrees on this point. The ably
edited Charlotte Observer says :
Absenteeism has been the curse of
the present Congress. The medicine
needed is that the pay of the absent
members be stopped. 1 his is right ot
itself there is no reason in paying any
man tor work which he did not per
form ; but in addition to being right,
this treatment will have a most
salutary effect upon the progress of the
public business.
The best mutual insurance policy against
attacks of sickness is to be found in taking
Hood's Sarsaparilla. If you are weak it
will make you strong.
Hood's pills are the best after-dinner
pills; assist digestion, cure headache. Try
a box. 2"c.
ZEBULONK VANCE.
TRIBUTES PAID TO HIS MEMORY
BY THE PRESS.
What is Said of the Death of the
Eminent Statesman Eulogies
Pronounced Upon Him by Those
Who Knew and Loved t he Ore at
Garolinian Universal Sorrow
at His Passing Away Senator
Vance's Death an Irreparable
Loss to His State and Country.
A STATE'S 1IKAKT TRIBUTE.
It has never been the fortune of any
son of North Carohua save Zebulon B.
Vance to be as much beloved and
honored in life or to be as iouchiugly
and sincerely mourned in death. What
North Carolina is doing now is but the
heart tribute of affection to the memory
of the patriotic, devoted aud brilliant
son whom in life she confidently
trusted and was proud to honor with
all the honor that she could confer.
In life as he mingled with his peo
ple he had time and again been greeted
by admiring multitudes, of all classes
and conditions, greeted with a warmth
and enthusiasm that seemed to be the
very extravagance of enthusiasm, but
it was not until the great heart had
ceased to beat, aud the spirit fledA that
North Carolina showed how tenderly
and fondly she loved him. lie had his
triumphs in life, many of them and
great ones, but none which approx
imated in all the elements of glorious
triumph this solemn funeral march
from the scene of his Senatorial eon
tests to the resting place on the
mountain side in the county of his
birth.
All the tributes of oratory are as
nothing compared with the sorrowful
gaze of the multitude as it looks with
moistened eye on the lifeless form once
the casket of the mighty mind and the
great heart aud soul, or the myriads of i
flowers banked upon his bier by the j
hand of affection as the funeral cortege
moves amid sombre draperies, tolling
bells and the music of the dirge, all
voicing the grief of the State that
mourns him as she never mourned
another. Wilmington Star.
THE DEAD STATESMAN.
The State is afflicted; the Nation
mourns. From one end to the other
of this great land, the death of Zebulou
B. Vauce, has been heralded, aud with
equal swiftness have the encomiums on
the celebrated dead been sounded from
Maine to California. His greatness
was not confined to this State alone.
The Senate chamber echoes had been
heard from year to year to pronounce
with distinctness his statesmanship and
that he was the Commoner of his day.
While he is no more iu life, his name
is a monument of greatness in death,
an eusample for generations to come.
He will rank with Clay, Webster, aud
Critteudon as a patriot inspired purely
by what he conceived to be a duty,
bold in the position of right, as he as
sumed it and strikingly unbiased by
clamor or haste in his part of natioual
legislation. He was an honest man.
At no time in his history, did even the
breath of suspicion blanch his record.
No political opponent ever found the
slightest cause to assail his character
it was with the world a spotless one.
He loved his State, and the affection
was strongly reciprocated in the re
pealed honors thrust upou him. He
loyed the South ; he was ever ready to
battle for it. He loved his country,
aud so stood always between the emis
saries of each extreme, in the halls
which had so frequently resounded with
his pleas for pure and good laws.
He was recognized as one of the
wisest and most potential men in the
politics of North Carolina. With a
clear and vigorous mind he grasped
every political issue and was able to
present his views in a manner that
seldom failed to produce conviction
worthy to be trusted the people be
lieved him. His religion was intensely
practical, he recognized the fact that
the bedrock principle of Christianity
in man is living for the welfare of his
fellow mau. In Senator Vance's death
the State has suffered an irreparable
loss, for, ''turn the pages of North
Carolina history and the brightest and
most glorious are those illuminated by
his heroic acts and splendid achieve
ments." Charlotte Democrat.
HIS MEMORY WILE NEVER FADE.
No North Carolinian in the history
of the State was ever so well, so truly
and so universally loved as was Senator
Vauce. No man has ever been so
popular with the masses as Senator
Vance. No man will probably ever
be so sadly mourned for as h;. There
is hardly a child in the State but
knows something of this great and
good man. His record is probably
better known than that of any living
or dead North Carolinian and hardly
any man knew him who did not love
and admire him.
His life has been one of laborious
work for the people and his death was
strain in which he has been for the ;
past few years in laboring for the relief,
of his people. His memory cau not ;
be too highly reverenced. His labors j
can never be fully appreciated because j
they will never be truly known. To
fully and well appreciated him we ;
would have to know his every thought
and deed through that long cruel civil I
war, when he was at the helm ot State s
and when every soldier, and every j
woman and child loved him as a father.
We would have to go with him through
thnt. lorn? strurrsle for civil libertv in ;
I v-nrth Garnlina during the reeonstruc-
lon (ay9 immediately after the war,
an(j theri as our Governor "again, and
j finaly through these many years of
I nntirin-? and unceasing toil in the
Nation s council for the uplifting and , ters has kM id,T Jn ,ar f
benefiting his fellow men from the j uUil now it is dearv- in lbe lead amonK
most menial laborer to the one in the ; medicinal toidcs and" alteratives- -contain-highest
position either of wealth or ing nothing which irtuit its u-m;, an a
power. j beverage or intoxcant, it is recognized as
Senator Vauce knew no difference j the purest and best medicine for all ail
KotwPPn hi fpllnw citizens. His I ments of stomach, liver or kidney. It
counsel will be missed iu the Stale and
the Nation. All honor to the honor-
able dead. He was great m Me. He
I hoQored iu death. IDs memory will
c , , x
nver fd a lomr as there live? a true
North Carolinian. For him we mourn,
but in his record and fame we rejoice
with thousands of his fellow citizens
who knew him only to love ami tn
honor him. Peace to the ashes of tht
greatest of North Carolina's sons.
Greenville Reflector.
JKKAT TKIBUXK OF THE l'KOPI.K.
The sad news of the death of our
great Tribuue of the people, Zebulon
15. Vance, will be received with the
greatest sorrow throughout the State.
As North Carolina's great War Gov
ernor, lie ranked in point of ettieieney
and zeal and all'ection in which lie was
held by the troops, higher than any
other Southern Governor. Since the
war. Gov. Vance was the leader of"
the licople and occupied the highest
otlices iu their gift. lie was n man of
great breadth of character, strong
originality, of native genius and worth
gifted with a ready and sparkling
wit. He was a statesman, sincere,
brave and true. ltocky Mount Phe
n ix.
A FKIKXO ALWAYS IX STORM OR
SUNSHINE.
The genial presence of Zebulon B.
Vance iu the United States Senate is
now but a memory, but it will be a
long enduring memory. Nor will his
valuable services in that distinguished
body be soon forgotten. He had been
a prominent and familiar figure in the
Senate chamber for about fif teen years,
and while the humor of his eloquence
possessed a certain irresistible charm,
there were great force and iinpressive
ness in his deliverances when serious
questions were to be seriously con
sidered. He was a man of strong con
victions, and had no hesitation in their
assertion. He was also a diligent and
cllTcient worker in the committee
room, and at the time of his death was
chairman of the Committee on Privi
leges and Elec tious, a member of the
Finance Committee, and also a member
of the select committee on Woman
Suffrage and the
United States.
University of the
Senator Vance was extremely
popular with his fellow Senators, and
universally well liked for his excellent
personal qualities, in the private
relations of life no man was more
greatly beloved. It is needless to say
that by the people of North Carolina,
from whom he received repeated
bestowals of honor, he was held in the
highest esteem. He was always their
friend, in storm or sunshine, and his
friendship was gratefully appreciated.
Washington Post.
A GREAT AND OVER-1'OWERI Ni CA
LAMITY. There is mourning throughout North
Carolina lo-dav. Zebulon li. Vance
i is dead aui the people can not he com
forted.
It is not for us to write the epitaph
or pronoun ee the eulogy of Senator
Vance. Others more gifted and closer
to him in public aud private life will per
form that sacred duty. Our place is
with the mourners the people of North
Carolina. Reverently we stand with
uncovered head in the presence of a
great aud over-powering calamity.
At the proper time steps will be
taken to commemorate his worth by
the erection of a monument to proclaim
his virtues aud perpetuate his fame.
The Old North State has few monu
ments to her illustrious dead, but the
suggestion of a monument to Vance
would be immediately followed by the
spontaneous contributions of the peo
ple. Let it rise until it meets the sun
in his coming. Let the earliest light
of the morning gild it and departing
day linger and play on its summit.
New Berne Journal.
A PURE AND HONEST MAN.
Senator Vance had in part repre
sented his State in the upjier branch
of Congress for more than twenty
years. He was not only the North
Carolina Senator, but during the dark
days of Mahone's regime in this State
our people looked upon him as our
j defender and protector, in the branch
I of the National Legislature in which
! they had no representative. In those
days Virginia Democrats relied upon
Senator Vance and his colleague to
defend their interests. That the
gallant North Carolinian performed
this service well is attested by the
affection with which he was regarded
by our people.
The distinguished Senator was a man
of fine abilities. Not only was he
probably the lest stump speaker known
in the South, but he was equally as
much at home in discussing the most
important national issues before the
Senate or in any other presence.
Senator Vance served two terms as
Governor of North Carolina, an office
in which he displayed fine executive
ability. But it was as a United States
Senator and as a political orator that
the deceased was best and most popu
larly known. No man was ever more
loved it probably would not be an
exaggeration to say idolized by the
Kopie 01 ms btate man vance.
1 he announcement that he was to
sieak at any given point in the Old
North State was certain to attract a
vast crowd. His hold upon the good
peoule of his State was not remarkable.
It .as sjmpiy lhe manifestation of
their ,ove fof a and honest ,
Qne who had f
. , , ,
ottered not in what sphere he was
calletl uPn to act-
In the death of Vance North Caro-
lina loses a gallant and distinguished
vm. and VirainiA an anerincT and
strong friend. Richmond Times
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