The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1891-1893, 1892-04-02
CONSIDERING CANDIDATES.
FRANK osborne. Of Charlotte. for
Attorney-General.

! Special or. State Chronicle.
Please allow me 10 announce TO the
! Democracy OF the State, through the
medium of your most excellent paper.
that the name OF Frank 1. Osborne.
the able lawyer. the eloqu ent advocate
and the efficient solicitor of the lIth
district. will be presented TO the Dem
ocratlc State Convention. which meets
IN your city May 18th, for the nomi-
nation for the position of Attorney
General To those who know Mr..
Osborne no word of introduction or
commendation is necessary. A gradu-
ate OF Davidson college. and naturally
fond Of classical literature, he i schol.
arly his attainmehts aud his ,duca
ton Is finished and complete. Inherit
ING from his father, the late Judp4
James W. Osborne, a legal mind OF the
most superior type, we'll grounded in
the fundamental principles of the com.
mon law by two years course OF
study under Lat Lreat >orth Carolina
Jurist, Richmond NJ. Pearson. and with
The ST OF opportunities offered bv
large practice in The active and
wlde-awake city Of Charlotte. il i
no wonder that Mr.. Osborne has de.
veloped into what he iS-a great law
yer, tine speaker, the most powerful
prosecuting officer in the State. and a
master, IN the broad meaning of the
expires ion, of the learned and abstrust
profession OF the law. ii is rare to
ind N one man so many strong points.
aud Al IN such high state of develop
mcnt, a are found in him. For depth
and accuracy of learning in his pro-
fesslon, FIR legal arumcn, for power of
oratory, for fearless and unswervine
devotion to principle and duty, he las
no superior and but few equals in
North Carolina rs a scholar. his
sty lie is elegant and finished, Astounding
III historical and classical allusions; A,
an orator, in his appeals to the reason
and passions If men, he is simpl,
matchless; IL II discerner and inter
prefer OF human nature, he l. peerless;
and AS lawyer, bis learning is thor
ough and deep and not being content
simply to knJw ,chm i written. h. AS
pires TO know the more important fact
why II Is so written, coming
up 10 the requirements of my
Lord Coke, when he says: Felix
qW rer'tm cauSoS cOgnoscere potest."
Among the many able lawyers in this
section of the State. Mr.. Osborne.
though still quite young, mas for years
been regarded as standing in the very
foremost rank. The several Judges OF
the Superior court, who have occasion,
under our rotary system, to observe,
not simply the prosecuting officers, but
the whote bar OF North Carolina, yield
to Mr.. Osborne, with one accord. the
palm Of equality with the greatest and
best of them all. For years his servi
ces have been sought in all the im-
pOrtan. litigation. both on the crimi-
nal and civil sides of the docket,
within the scope of his practice in this
section of North Carolina, and he is
universally co0ceded TO be, among
those who know him. not only the peer
OF any man at IN: bar, but he is an
irresistible power on the hastings His
political speeches bear favorable COM
parison with our ablest and best states
men, and if the May convention shall
see fit to nominate Mr. Osborne. he I
will plant the banner of Democracy
on the very ramparis OF Republican,
ism, and he will never suffer it, for
one moment, to trail in the dust or to
be wrested from his grasp. The lth
judicial district will stand up like one
man IN the approaching convention
and ask for the nomination OK Mr.. Os. /
borne; his nomination will be seconded
all over Western North Carolina, where
he is well and favorably known; and
if the convention shall name him as
its candidate for the important office
Of Attorney General the cause of Dem
ocracy will be advocated with great
power from Murphy to Manteo, the
Office to which he asplres will orna-
mented and honored, and the interests
of the State, in has hands, will always
b safe.
Let US nominate for Attorney Gen
eral, Frank i. Osborne, of Mecklen-
burg. ID. A. CovINGToS.
This communication was received
before our announcement that We
would only publish such as did not
take up more than a quarter of
column.-EDIToR
Pjtiab!e Object.
L.. L.