Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-05-08

dense ignorance, and not from ptsIfub
spite and love Of lying. The proof mas
been abundantly collected and pubiisneo
By the late James Parton. who was Ens'
lish. but long resident In New EngIana'
that Andrew Jackson was born IN Union
county, North Carolina. Every scnooipoy
should know. and even Rhode lsiAno
editor should possess, that mucn OF D'o-
graphical knowledge. that James X. POLK
was born in Mecklenburg county twnere
there was once q Declaration OF inue-
pendence more than thirteen months
ahead OF the philadelphia Deciarauon,
but the Boeotian editor, Of course. never
heard OF IT, and Andrew Johnson Ne-
publican. was borne In Wake county, IN
which Raleigh is situated.
The Dispatch Is kind enough to take
up the cudgeis for North Carolina an"
after referring to three Presidents porn
in this State. 1t says this:
"In the person Of Nathaniel Macon
North Carolina furnished one OF the
Presidents Of the Senate, and ne was
also at another time Speaker OF the HOUSE.
and OF Associate Justices or the supreme
Court who were North Carolinians We re-
call the names Of Alfred Moore and James
Iredell."
We have not time to go into this as
We might. II WOuiu icatAC q f"o~
moro of the Messenger to tell In out
line what North Carolina has done In
the way OF producing distinguished and
some very famous men. The catalogues
OF the Dialectic and Philanthropic So
cities at the University of North Caro-
lima alone will give the Boeotian list OF
hundreds Of names OF distinguished
men In Church and State. in army and
navy, in medicine, In law, In science.
in journalism. who were equal to nun
dreds OF names that appear In Apple
tons Biography that were New England
products.
At one time North Carolina had seven
natives in the United States Senate. III
you leave out Webster. we say. with
confidence. that North Cardinals Badger
and Benton. Iredell and Graham, and
Bragg and Vance were the equals OF any
men New England has ever seated In the
Senate.
Carolina parents. DR.. Calling Is ma
tive here The Boeotian has probably
heard Of him. He made famous gun
The old New Hampshire senator who
died not long ago. in "reminiscences
| published only year or two before
| his death. said Badger was one OF the
really greatest men OF the country
North Carolnians have been prominent
| In peace and In war from other States
Among the soldiers OF the Confederacy
| outside of the State. but born here, were
| Generals Polk. Bragg. Zollicoffer, VIII
| cox, and a dozen or twenty others. But
| We are not undertaking a full survey
We are only naming n few names most
| worthy to be recalled, for they were
very strong and weli-appointed men
| The greatest Episcopal orator of the
| Union in his day was DR.. +. l.. Hawks
| Of New York. He was born here. Many
| OF the most famous preachers In the
| South were North Carolinians. In the
| Supreme Courts of several States NORTH
| Carolinians have sat, and several Of then
| as Chief Justices.
The trouble with ignorance Is that 4
Is concelted and blind. 1t does not know
! but thinks 1t knows. II Is so I'm politics
/ In literature science. in law, in theology
/ We wish some man of leisure. and viii
\ the requisite qualifications. would prepare
complete record OF all Of the more emf
nent natives OF this State in all depart
ments Of activity and mental excursion.