Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1890-03-15

m.n for the last ten years was henry w !
GRADY.
Again. Mr. Grady stood for the new south
and wa lust what We want TO meet three
other rsan. one 10 speak for the new norrnu
another for TIE new east and another for the
new west. The traTesr speech made Tor tina
last quarter of q century vas that made oy
Mr.. Grady at the New England dinner II
New York about two or three years ago. l
sat with him that evening and kno" some
thing Of hi. auxiet.es. for he WAS - tread on
dangerous croaud and might by one mis-
spoken word have antagonlzei forever both
sections. His speech vas a victory thaO
thrilled all If us who heard him and all who
read him. That speech, great for VISION,
great for kindness. great for paclilcaton,
| great for bravery. viii = down T. the gene
ration, with Neb>trr's speech at Bunker
Hill. William Writ, speech at the arraign-
ment OF Aaron Burr, Edmund Burke.s
/ spesch on Warren Hastings, Robert Entnets
! speech for his own vindicatlon-
Who viii IN conspicuous acton represent
the new north as heidi the new SOUTH Who
shall come forth for the neW-east and who
Tor the new wcsCt Ley OIn poiiulcai issues De
buried, let old grGig-s-Gie Let nav theories
be launched VITA the coming IN of a new
nation at the satas Of Castle Garden every
war. and the wheat bin aud corn crib Of our
land enlarged with every harvesc. and a vast
multitude Of our population still plunged ID
iiliteracy T. b. etu.lt-i /. and moral ques-
tions abroad Involving tae very existence OF
our kepunli" let the Old political platforms
that ara uorfu-o4t-n he dropped aud plat
tor.ns.that ~aall b. made Of two planks, the
one the Ten Coin~Inan1Ilentsand the other the
Sermon on the Mount, lifted for all u Us y
stand on. But there is a lot Of old polit.-
S ~ah1 a d lew soit51 a'i 4 w noS L a 4 new ea15 81
q new west. In4y have eome old wal:
speeche, that they prepared III 1851, that IN
all our autalnnal elections they feel called
upon 9 intiict upon the country. They grOwl
l,1tIa,. and l,,tlaf. II, J4-arsrti9l a. fl1v ara
pushed back further and further and the
Henry " Grady come - fie front. But
the mandate. / think. has gone forth from
the throne Of God that q new American ma
ton shall take the place OF the old, and the
new has been baptized for God and liberty
and justice and peace and morality and re-
ligion,
And nov our much lamented friend has
gone to give account. Suddealy the faclle
AMI potent pen is laid doHn ard the eloquent
tongue j. silent. What: Is there no safe
guard against fatal disease Tn imyersuna-
ton of stout health was Mr.. Grady What
eo:npactness o. muscle! What rudy com.
olezion! What flashing eye, Standing With
tlll in q g.oupot twenty oltnirty persons at
PIEDMONT, he looked the h3dIthiest as his
spirits wee lac blithcst. Shall e never feel
aSeia the hearty grasp Of his hand OF bs
lna9neaaed "lth his e.n4uelece? Men Of the
great f0il. Ien OF III. pea, men OF WIT, men
Of power, if our friend he'd to so when the
call came, 50 must Cuu when your call
comes. When God asks YOU what have you
zone Wltn your pen OF your eIoIuenca or J our
wealth OF yOurSo9lal position, will you be able
to give satisfactory answer. What have we
been writing ali these years. II niirth, has
it been innocent Hlirtil, OF that which tears
and stings AND iacerates: From our pen
have there come iort.l productions healthy
or poisonous Ia tie last great day when
tie warrior must give account OF what he
ha, done with in@ sword, aud the merchant
what 10 has done with his yard stick.
and the mason what he has done with
his troWel, and the artist what he has
done with his pencil. we SHALL have t. give
account OF what We haze done with our pen
There are gold pen, and diamond pens auC
peilao exquisite manufacture, and every few
weeks | -" some nr~ kind q pen, each sale
10 be better than tie ether: but III the great
day 81 our afftlIgn!nent before the j udgc o.
quick and dead that will be the most beautl
IA! pen, whether oolt or steel q: quill, "hicl
never wrote a ~I.ofolle OF Gncleal OF crue
word. or which from the Gay it was carved
OF split at tle nib, droplet from It's poln
kindness and encoura%cuent and hel y an,
gratitude to God ana beiled.rtiQn for man.
May Cod comfort that toln up Southerl
!, home -,nl all the no?nes of this country an
q. all the world which have been sven
by this piagt- Of intuenza, which la
deepen-d sometimes into pneumonia an
], sometimes into tYpilns, and the victims .
which are coanted Ey the ten thousand! So
tan, WHO IS the Prince ri the Power OF tn
Air, has been poisoning the atmosphere i'll a
nations. Though it IS tie first time III our II
mellblance, he Id. adoae the same thing b.
: fore. In 1896 the unst noiesont" air of Carr
= f,aypt. destroyed tie lie ii ten tllol
) sand II one Day, amt III Constan,lEopie i
g l.il three iitldreI itlot.- an: people died Of i
/ anl glad that ~ the setter sanitation OF ou
/. cities and wider u!}"ys5a r:iag Of llygieni
laws and the graa1ar sI:itl ri pll MUSICIANS tle-
+ Ap,llyoillc assault ~ II the human race az
Z beng resisted, btt D->.iIenT.ll atmosphere i