The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1894-04-26

By an nnfaIfeTlDS iIuot, dPp4of'14i
grave
Like ono that wraps tie draperv q ~
About him and lies down to pleasant
dreams.
Mr. DUNN SPOKE.
Mr.. w. A. Dunn spoke in part as
follows cone has only 70 read he
nanera TO see the esteem in which the
GREAT Senator was held BY the people Of
North Carolina and the people OF the
United States.
It is custom in the United States
Senate that when a Senator dies his
colleague offers resolutions regarding
hia death. The resolutions offered by
Senator Ransom in the Senate cham
Der Monday were full Of deep pathos
and sincerity, showing that be esteem
ed his colleague, Senator Vance, as a
good man and a statesman. | have
watched the press Of the State and ey-
ery utterance il sincere is deep tone
Of regret. There is universal feeling
among the people Of North Carolina
that they have lost personal friend.
And we'll they may for in the darkest
hour Of North Cardinals history her
people have turned to Vance for cOun-
sci and help and he was never untrue
to his people No man in the history
Of the State was possessed OF such at
lection for her people as this great
man who has gone from amongst us.
In 1876 when the people of the State
were sorelv pressed and when no man
dared stand up against the odds, the
people said Vance must be their stand
ard bearer. | saw him stand before
the assembled thousands in the city Of
Raleigh and with his hands uplfted
towards heaven he said My fellow
citizens, with all the crime IN North
Carolina :i3.d with ali tie corruption in
/ public o3..:ce, not one dollar Of dishon-
est money has ever touched these
hands
NO Vance has never shown a dis
honest act TO the people Of North
Carolina He was no demagogue He
was true to the people and was loved BY
the people a. no other man ever has
been in North Carolina It vas during
the reconstruction period that Vance
came to the front and the people have
trusted him all the way.
And now at time when all ewes
were ready to turn to this great mar
for guidance Providence has taken hin
from us.
When the President, with his influ
ence, stood against the South Vance,
letter to North Carolina told where he
stood and told what the result would be
it all did not stand with him. He re
garded principle above patronage. He
stood like grand old Roman against
the President of the United States
and l believe his principles will still
triumph
When you look at him as a LAWYER
q soldier, citizen, a statesman, a Sen
ator, a parent, a hllsband-in every re
latiOn of life, he stood as a grand and
good man. With equal opportunities
he would have stood as grand a mar
before the American people as Glad
stone stands before the people of En-
gland.
Il is indeed sad that such man
known BY some member in every fami
ly in North Carolina, is so taken from
US. Let US point the youth Of the fu-
ture to his worthy ambition and con
stantiy set before them the example OF
such 4 great man"
| MIR. SHIELDS SPOKE.
Mr.. r. P. Shields said in part 81
cannot refrain FROM adding my testi-
mony Of my great respect for Vance
don't know how YOU all feel, but |
feel like | have lest 4 personal friend
l remember when | was boy nv IA
Their came in one day ard showed me
Vance's picture ard told me that he
was the only man he knew IN politics
that was perfectly honest And from