The daily state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 188?-1891, 1891-04-08

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a' Iinistraticn will be regarded a3 wise. Fi
~ progressive, honorable and WORTHY of..FE.i
ithe upright man who filled the Office Of I
4Ohief Executive Of his native State. s.
] Ihe CHRONICLE writes not as 2 mr.
3nsii8t merely in expressing the grief
7walch this sad event carries to maDy:s
ddeacts. Oar relations with the. Gov
Iesnor were of such nature 8
siias to know him we'll. We
q were warmly attached to him, and out s
sSaS'de OF his Immediate family no one will5s
1oe more sorrowful OR more deeply {:
.lgrleved than the editor of this paper. &
81 His warm heart, genial nature, patrioticEE
sendeavor to serve the State, and hissS
Sunny temper, and desire TO secure theIs
sioetterment of the people had given uss;
ssaan atfectionate esteem for him; andsl
nov that he is dead we feela
sa hat while the State loses ans;
81 able statesman, our loss is that
~ of frank, cordial and sincere friend B
IS Mourning will decorate our public build. !,
ai'ngs. It's sad badge will rest upon ours
Hheart, for the Chief Executive was to uss
81 sjmore than the worthy occupant of al
sa great offico-he was friend in whom;
E3we trusted aud whom we loved.
M DANIEL GOULD FOWLE was born ins
EH W ashlngton. this State, on March 3rd, /,
HjlS31. In 1915 he entered the famous
En0ingham School and afterward entered:
College, n. j., at the age of
M3i1teen. He was a class-mate of HON
n BARNES COMPTON, of Maryland, and With
Mhim shared the honors Of his class. He
EIgraduated at Princeton in 1861, was ad !
,E nitted to the bar in 1853 and settled inI
E;Raleigh in 1854 where he has since re
as.lded, aud where he has always been
ri held in the highest esteem.
III Gov FowLE was twice married and
lEl uryived both wives His first wife was
,E1 Miss ELLEN BRENT, daughter of Chief
EaJustice RICHMOND PEARSON, who died in
IA 1862 leaving two children, MARGARET,
lsa low wife of MR. P. H. ANDREWS, OF thi
rkacty, and MARTHA, wife of MIR D. b
,E AvERA. Of Johnston county.
f In 1866, he married MARY E only
IA laughter of DIR. F. j. HAYWOOD, who
oEdied in 1886, leaving three children
nEs Misses Helen and Mary Fowle and
oMDaniel g. Fowle, Jr.
kl at the outbreak of the civil war ht
{ ms enlisted in the old Raleigh Rifles an(
,rEs narcned to the front as second Lieu
nki iseuaut. He served consecutively in th,
al ,f1ic $ Of Maj)r of the Commissary De
department and Lieutenant Colonel Of th
nE31st Regiment, when he was capture'
AsEl .nd impisoned at Fort Hill, in Beaufor
Ell bounty, February 8th, 1862, In tha
~ ame year he was released and entere;
:. sithe Legislature as the representative
ieEstrom Wake county, after the adjourn
)yKimenr Of which he was male AdJutau
E.Ge3era of the State with the rank c
H;Haior General la The fall Of 1868 b
a. III resigned his commission and ran fo1 th
!, HLegislature again on the anti HOLDE
. II ticket, being the only candidate electe
CyNsby the opponents of GOVERNOR HOl
nts4DEN In 1865 he was appointed by CO.
msaHoLDEN as Judge of the Superior Cour
:; aiind the subse quent Legislatures re,elec
II ID him until in 1867 &c resigned becau.
aEahe would not carry out the orders Of tt
Governor, GEN SICKLEs E
10 manner SO emphat
=. Mas never to be forgotten, his veneratiC
'."E4tor the Constitution and his love f
neg essconstitutional government. He fe
toEIdeeplv the humiliation Of a judicia
Esdependent upon the will of militia
ndk 3satraps, ,.nd his admirable conduct in I
Estusing to be an instrument to such de
'aSt lradation and his mastery denunclatl
yasflof such subversion Of constitutional go
deserve to be remembered
80 Eslong as patriotic men love constitution
20 t:lberty The attempt to make judg
tools made so deep an imprt
rmslsion upon his mind that he never was
estEa aeoquent as when depicting the evils tt
- Hwould come to the people if consti
"'' s5tional government should perish frt
olEjthe earth.
on-.A In 1865 he was chairman of the ST.
,nr. YAExecutive Committee, and threw
III sahis energy and strength into the ca
wv sspaign that followed. 2e was afterwa
led candidate for the Senate from Va
Ids. .aand franklin counties, but '
nntSsdefeated though he led his tick
saIn 1876 the Convention put
-eaon the 11LDEN and HENDR1
notsaelectoral ticket as Elector
du-ssLarge. So we'll did he conduct
.oet etsacampaign that it was evident had
o.. s:DEN been inauguarated he would, m
WI Ethan probably, have appointed him
dimft ftHtorney General In every Q
his gvention thereafter he recei
hattering votes for the Gubernato
Rsnomination and it was in the Cow
weS 5ion of 1888 that placed him enthusia
..ascaly at the head of the ticket. He
'..o sse elected by 1878 majority and was
estl- saugurated as Governor on January Il
ex-A In June last he was invited to del
on,oMthe literary address at his Alma Ma
MPrinceton College. His engagem
'nds prevented. He was honored with
nigh ssdegcee of LII D. This degree had
theEsviously been given him at Davidson
. 49, Mlege, aud in 1889 the University of N
80 NCarolna had given him the same deg
hlh- 81 It was just in January last tha
, gu Eamoved into the elegant new man
= asMbuilt by the State and revived the
,ors @custom of Governors receptions
.Eshad planned to make these recep'
w tEaoccasions for the social gatherlng
dayNgreat pleasure to the people of the
st ro E3and State