The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1883-1893, 1885-11-26
Major VANCE IN VANCE.
ITIR>T VISIT TO THE COZ My
StNED HIS HONOR.
Entire ToWn Meets Him AT the De-
Reception at BurWefI> iIail--L Lee
r. on North Carolina, Etc.
Editorial Correspondence.

Reception at BurweiI'> HaiI--L
r. on North Carolina, Etc.
Editorial Correspondence.
IN vDER,ox. \. C.. Nov. 25.-Not few
- been the invitations extended to
Iis<kE IA tor Vance to visit this thriving place
~ fhe county was named in his honor.
~; noY il has been impossible for the
IA or 10 give himself the pleasure Of ac
ting these invitations. Some weeks ago
"a ~p1n-e to a request that ne Civ Il lee
for the benefit of the Henderson Ii
ry he slgnitied that it would be his
sure to comply with the request. Sat
nv found him in Raleigh on his way to
tobacco mart and after spending san
y with friends III the ''city Of oaks,
Key do say that he didn't tell bet one
@ke ali day on account Of its being the
&bbathl. Monday morning. train bore the
onatoI from Raleigh, together with others
long whom was the editor of the CHRON-
lie, to the growing town OF Henderson.
hon the train reached this place the
M was playing and the people We're
hecring is Justify as III the 1876 cam
IGN No sooner had Senator Vance left
he train, and salutcd his wife who had
needed him, than the people began to
IN .BurgwSn,' and in response to the
II Col. ". II. ). Burswyn, the enterpris
ng President Of the Henderson Bank,
41nc forward on the railroad depot, and
Slivcrcd, gracefully and timely, an ad
fe,s Of welcome Of which the substance
7as rs follows:
#GoyERNOR NANCE:-On behalf Of the cltl
NJ Of Henderson and of the County of
fance. | bid you welcome to our town. on
lis Your first visit to our community since
a mt Wa
= b. that from your many public duties it
D. not been without some personal incon-
enience and sacrifice that you have come
4 response to our invitation to lecture III
III Of an enterprise that bids fair to be of
feat public good, and for this evidence of
Dur kindly interest ip our people we re-
nrn You our hearty thanks.
When the convenience of the inhabitants
Il those parts of the old counties of Gran
ille, Franklin and Warren, which are trib
Itary to Henderson and make it their prIn-
iljal trading point, rendered it desirable
hat new county should be formed from
hose adjacent territories, with the thrly-
ng town of Henderson as its county seat,
md thc General Assembly in the year 1880
this as a necessity for the full
nd free progress of our people gave the
egu.Site permission, and it became incum
emt upon rs to select a name for the new
'ody polite AS You well know, sir, there
la never been a time III the history of the
'tate when there We're not men in public
md private life eminently worthy of honor
t the hands of their fellow citizens and
uch was the ease when this new county
yas called into being i'll 1880. There were
.lustrious citizens, who on the Lench, in
he pulpit, at the bar, in agricultural life,
IS leaders in scientific thought and pursuit,
md in mechanical and manufacturing in
rention. commanded the love and adml-
alton Of our people. But there was one
nan To whom our eyes and hearts lnStlnc-
iyely turned. As a mere youth, he rep
esented his district in the Congress Of the
United States. When the tocsin of war
ounded the call to battle, he was among
he FIRST to shoulder his musket and risk
lis life III defence of his invaded State,
no he deeply regretted the dire necessity
hat compelled his people to secede from
he Federal | MON. Soon called from ac-
i've service in the field to be the Chief
Executive Of his State during those long
md weary years Of war and suffering,
when the hearts of his people We're bowed
lOWn and every home was IN mourning
or some loved one killed in battle and our
Ia ing the enemy, enduring privations and
,xposures, hunger and cold and death, he
was the great war Governor of North Car
,lina. whose wise foresight laid up in sea
,on stores Of meat and bread for his sol
liers in the field and their helpless families
1t home; who clothed and supplied shoes
md blankets to the troops from his State,
while those from other States less fortu
nate in their Chief Executive suffered for
the want Of them land when the war is over
be yicarously suffers Imprisonment for
the sins Of his people. But soon liberated,
all eyes turn to him as the one alone to
free Us from the yoke of the carpet bag
government, that vampire like was suck
ng the life blood out of the people and
bringing dishonor upon the fair name of
the State
That political campaign, that glorious
political victory needs no eulogy at my
hands. 1t is a part OF the States his
tory. and there let il remain IN imperlsha
bic glory. But that leader of his people
realizes the gravity of the situation, the
crisis in his States history, throws himself
III the brcech, he first raises his standard
among his native mountains ana soon from
lofty peak and quiet valley is heard the
sound of his voice reverberating thro'
those everlasting hills, bringing hope and
cheer Crossing the Blue Ridge the
mighty movement of a people aroused in
defence of their liberties grows louder and
louder The Piedmont section next takes
up the cry, and broader and broader,
deeper and deeper swells the expanding
current of the peoples will until, like
some mountain torrent of his native land
swollen by rain, rushing from its lofty
source, with irresistible force it surges
headlong over PROSTATE and uprooted
bodies on its course to the sea, its volume
and uproar becoming grander and grandel
the mighty Atlantic, under his magnetic
leadership, night settles down in glorious
victory.
Governor Of his State for the third time
le is soon translated to the United States
enate, where he now represents his State
nd with profound learning, matches
t, scathing sarcasm and stirring elo
qence, but above all With a patriotic ded
le ion of his talents, time and energies tC
thJublic good regardless Of self, he stands
as Great Tribune of his people, eve
fea- 10 interpOse his veto to any measure
lh"..ill Cypress and do injustice to an,
par his country After this epitom'
ol distinguished citizens public servl
ces ,e'v one in the sound of my voice
& VIZ There is but one name we will giv'
oqi ,1 - " and that is VANcE-after Zeb
0io.i p ance, of Buncombe.
= W sir, in conclusion, about th
NV eo'y of Vance. But yesterda,
q 'ilo Goo ooi lnpty seat of Henderson with it
''o'V infants and million dollars o
,f@,, ,i,r,'''e u ppIlsrty was mere railroad sta
t.'I Dhenix like from her ashe
- = 'ltered upon that career O