The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1883-1893, 1885-11-13
hIoI : NORTH CAROLINIANS
TtIISEST MEN NORTH CA r.
nII>> HAS PRODUCED.
.,,, from Solicitor General PhiilIpS's
Ir., BEFORE the Columbia Law
.n,I-IIIs Estimate OF Judge GastOn.

II oIJ<t HAS PRODUCED.
&s,rt from Solicitor General fhIilIpS's
3s3ddr,.., Before the Columbia Law
4EtnoI-Iii. Estimate of Judge CASTOR.
III, tTe Introductory part OF his excellent
nd SCHOLARLY address at the installation
zYt1.n. Law school Of the Columbian lnstl-
IN ~ Washington, d. c., oct the 4th,
6olicitor General Phillips we'll known and
KlclTl regarded in North Carolina, the
nlac. If his nativity tribute to the
- Judge Castor which all North Caro-
Iinians ought to read. We extract the
"a Upon coming to Washing
IA some twelve years since, | was told
La the house Just removed to make way
1or tfi, the new lecture hall had shortly
fore been the residence of a daughter of
Ia late Judge Castor, of North Carolina.
81 a city Of strangers, | thercupOn began
(o rcyard it as wearing the face Of a friend; ;
nd now propose this connection betwlxt
Ia name Or a celebrated American jurist
nd public man, and the present ceremony
g. however casual, still altogether ausplc-
|on 10 the present occasion.
a he time that | first looked to the
|sN as a profession the Supreme Court of
North Carolina, was at zenith, being com
5oscd Of RufIin, Castor and Daniel: triad
bch not only settled for our State the
%, important questions Of law that have
Xcutrcd therein, but is happy III full
S{butc of regard rendered to its Judge
ents by the American bar and bencn at
1kge.
~ shall now say of Ruffin no more than
III be has made contributions to Amer
a law that generally are admitted TO be
Erarc value and in this way has much
Myancrd the general welfare of American
IDciety more think than any other citi-
ZEN OF our State, of whatever calling; and
b h. Will be longer held in memory, if
lot general, yet memory as grateful to
jim in whatever prospect of 1t he may
Lye udulged, us it is select
Nor does opportunity allow me to say
/ uch of Daniel, OF whose transparent sim
\ lefty and humanity anecdotes sometimes
iyen the North Carolina bar: how for
l~taucc, upon one occasion he became alb
krbed IN minutely instructing Il grand
hry in one of our swamp counties upon
b obscure historical topic connected with
/ udal England; and also how, being mar
/ al of the procession when General La
/ yctte revisited the Revolutionary bOr-
y 1h of Halifax, riding at its head, and
paued to observe that the ladies ut the
eudows i'll their eagerness for glimpse
i the French hero were emitting to wave
as had been assigned to
lrIr share in the simple welcome, he cried
loud repeatedly, with hasty gesticulation,
hFIirt Ladies', Flirt, Flirt "a solemn
pder which it IS but justice to the daugh
of North Carolina to say that they
flye at no time felt themselves to be un
I any duty to observe Traits of char
eter thus illustrated of course made Mr..
Daulel justly an object of affections; but it
3 mere to our present purpose to repeat
fat | once heard Mr.. Badger pronounce
Tith emphasis that che was the best judge
Il the three:" mainly as he added, be-
|auSe his opinions contain all the reason
b. that Is necessary to their conclusions,
Ind no more, these being rarely more than
w pages long.
of the three however, Mr. GastOn's is
le name to cOnjure with in the presence
>f the authorities of an institution of
Earning Fond of the law, we'll bred and
b ~hly read therein to his latest day, he
Ka~ also distinctively a classical scholar
lrJ man of letters-a forward promoter
j higher education, and both teacher
ind, upon wider field, an adviser and
n~pirer of students of law. Within this
Month | have seen-what, indeed, is peri
,dical in North Carolina republica
Jon of letter, extending through several
newspaper columns, written by him to a
aw student fifty years since. He was said
20 hestOW great pains upon such fugitive
lIattcrs
And this recalls my earliest recollection
IF him, delivering the annual address be
r1 hA -tr, of hA
of 1892 The crowd was
open methods at the regular entrance, but
being we'll assisted | climbed in at a win
low, with the luck of an entcrprising child,
oon found myself in commanding posi-
ion within a quarter otherwise exclusively
devoted by the gallant marshals of the
iay to ladies, whence | surveyed the scene
With the eager eyes of long ago. Mr.. Gas
ON was speaking; | had no conception
what about. but after a short while | did
lDtice with interest that whilst the audi
nee was applauding at the close the
,peaker somewhat dramatically waved his
land and called upon the band i'll attend
nee for s'IIail Columbia" Even then
that much, but it was only
Jfter many years more that upon rea1ing
The address | saw the pertinence of the
@peaker's little piece Of acting before that
young and enthusiastic assembly and the
many principal citizens of the State then
a6out him. He had thought proper it
ST, ms, to occupy the last part of his hour
in spirited attack upon the doctrine OF
then fermenting beyond our
States southern border, and threatening
THE common peace and happiness The
choice, too, of .'Hail Columbia rather
than The Star-Spangled Banner was a
bt Of good color in picture having Mr..
Castor as its chief figure. For it was mu-
sic associated with 179S-a sort of counter
blast to the famous Resolutions of that
year rather than music of the war OF
1912 that 50 staunch a Federalist "a MIR.
Ndstou would select to heighten the effect
.0l his own patriotic OratOry.
MIR Castor resided more than 100 miles
397. Of course, of those degenerate miles
ich fit by travellers now from Chape
ill, but he would visit that place IN or
Dl3ry term time to attend the classes.
Il 4ough without special ties to any stu
-sAt there. | particularly recOllect his
Essence at six O'Clock before breakfast
tation in the freshman room TO which
Il rn belonged. Some years, after, be
Il u In his presence at Raleigh, my name
81 called, and he at once SAID that ne
Ia's 4ad the pleasure of hearing me reclte
VA well perhaps that it was brother
'.4 Apt me, whom he had heard.
Ar Castor was in Congress for two
lus only, seventy years since. | do no
,'aetaIze that part of the career un
~ "a suggesting that no man upon thai
-a"lte Ats done more for solid and last
~, epltstion in SO short a time. Making
i I'll ol tIe fame which Mr. Webster was