Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1874-04-03
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State lines seem to be 10 impedl
ment 10 Governor Eance IN winnin.
the hearts OF the people. Caru!inian
oil like Vance, 40 matter whethe
North or South Of the line.
Our exchanges from the Palmetto
State are just now quite full of hi:
sayings and doiugs. tie has been talk
ing 10 the people there aud they are
delighted.
y correspondent of the Charleston
C0"ricr and Neapa, writing from
Greenville, S. c., says:
Gov. Vance. of North Carolina, has
been here for a few days, and is the
sensation of the week" and 'Iion of
the day He delivered a lecture on
Thursday last, in the Court House,
on ''The Scattered Nation,'' the Jews,
which was well prepared, full of in
t sfrucIon, and delivered with great elo-
! quence. But last night his stump
| speech i'll the Court House all I'M
21,oHs12tu, to a solid mass of reople,
was, as you may well suppose, of the
highest order. As a stump speaker he
has not his equal in the South and not
| in the Union. His subject was s'Hope
for South Carolina and he took the
ground that this PROSTATE State would
yet attain to greater glory and wealth,
and splcndOr, than she has ever at
tanned; that the present State govern
ment must go down, First, the,neces-
stiles of the Republican party domand-
ed that they should UNLOAD" South
Carolina; second, that n returning
sense Of justice at the North called for
it; third, that corruption compels from
its nature disintegration fourth, that
fricans from their past history and
natural incapacity, could not govern
Anglo-Saxons; fifth, that without
slavery we would prosper more than
with it, &c. But It was. not logic
alone; anecdote followed anecdote,
one often interpolating another re-
partee, wit, s;rpllery i; surprise here
and inimitable ncsirg there, altogether
mesmeriZed tie audience. Clapping
followed cIapping; the people almost
screamed with rapture and delight. 1t
did much TO cheer our people, and all
now feel 'fNil Dcsperandum." The
Republic is not dead brt sleepeth, and
shall arise 10 new life. The citizens
procured splendid landeau, with
four noble grays III tandem, and drove
him over the city. In the summer he
will deliver a lecture before the Lit
erary Club, and I sht uld not be sur
prisCd that a:lother stump speech fol-
lowed, as it viii be the time of the
oicCtioueering campaign. Vance is a
~ an OF great power and at'aptability to
the people. He is the peoples orator.
The SpartaDburg ,G2arfon says:
Spartanburg bade goodbye to the
lecturer, feeling that she owed a debt |
OF gratitude, which mere words and |
set speeches could not express. We !,
had heard OF the Governor rs cole !
of his witty savings and rich Jokes, /
we had every confidence in his patriot
ism ; bat we acknowledge Eow that
We had but an imperfect idea III the
man as he really IS, for wlliic his
speeches do abound with lightning
flashes Of wit, and if need be, OF sar-
casm, yet all must have noticed that
underlying this, there is deep, true
feeling, q heart and mind, the depth
and force OF which but few. if any,
have fully comprehcndel. We pro
nounce Governor Vance philanthropy
ist OF a very high order, one who not
only loves and Ievotes himself 20 his
cwn people and country, but who is
willing to stiiie the voice Of prcjnd;ca
and extend the hand OF friendship and
the heart OF charity to every one, no
matter how poor or despised they may
he. North Carolina should be more
iIlan proud Of her noble son. and we
doubt not but that she will show a
proper appreciation Of his mind and
ii,art at some future day, for the Gov
crnor is not only an orator, not only
l,li!lantlIropist, not only tirst-ciass
lecturer, Il great wit and ready speak
cr, hu5 ho is also great statesman,
We'll worthy of the age and country
which produced him, and which he
aI0rn7.
The Governor, on the second night |
Of his stay here, WAS called on by a
large and enthusiastic crowd of ad-
mirers, who would not be satisfied un
til they had heard from him III regard |
to the political affairs OF the country. |
He entertained them some time with a
speech full cf wit ard wisdom," the |
manner. style and anecdotes of which !
made lively and lasting impression.