The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1894-05-10
"THB VANCE bHAn
A Frus~ Fo~T=1 Til ss a ss~rn----In Rhythm
ami Beauty Of Espr-ssion 10
worthy Of Longfwltow.

+ iottr, We cup the following giving
Mr. Tillett's superb tribute to the
dead patriot:
/ The gem of all the talks was reser-
/ we'd for ktst-tbat Of Mr.. {. ". Til
lett. From the inement he repeated
+ the first sad words-.Zeb Vance is
dead"-through every tear bedim-
med utterance, the people sat enrapt,
and handkerchief after handkerchief
went face ward 10 catch the falling
tears:
"Zeb Vance is dead Few apd
short are these cruel words which
men with lips compressed and cheeks
all blanched have whispered one 10
another; aud yet they bear the mes
sage of the greatest grief which
ever yet mas filled the Old North
state
"Zeb Vance is dead Ring ont
the funeral bells and let their mourn
ful tones re echo in the empty cham
| bers of the hears once filled with
gladsOmc sounds of his loved
voice.
"Zeb Vance is dead And mirth
herself hath put OH mourning and
laughter, child of his most genial
brain, hath hid her face in
tears.
"Zeb Vance is dead, The fires of
party strife are quenched; and throb-
bing hearts and tear r-beclouded eyes
tell more than words of grandest elo-
quence the anguish of the
peoples minds aud how they loved
him.
"Zeb Vance is dead, Soldier,
statesman, patriot, friend. In war
and peace, the one of all her sons TO
whom his mother State looked most
fOr succor and relief; and can it be
that in the days to come, when
dreaded dangers threaten all around,
we nevermore can call for him before
whose matchless powers in days gone
by our enemies have quailed and
fed.
''Zeb Vance Is dead. His was a
name you could conjure with, and
and oftlmes IN the past, when this
loved Commonwealth of ours has
been stirred to its inmost depths, and
men knew not which way to 90 nor
what to say, the cry was sounded
forth that Vance is coming and
from the mountain fastness of the
west and the everglades of the cas-
tern plalus, the people came who
never would come forth to hear an
other living man, and gathering
around in countless multitudes, they
hung upon his every word with eager
eye and listening ear, and all he told
them they believed because 'oul
Vance had said it.
''Zeb Vance is dead. And where
shall come the man to tell the world
the soul-inspiring story of his hero.
) life? How, coming forth from
humble home, he batfied and o'er.
came the fates that would have
. crushed beneath their feet a man OF
meaner mould; how serving faithful
ly and we'll in every trust committed
} unto him, he soon won first place il
the hearts of all his countrymen anC
held that place for three score years
} unto the end; how when his nativ,
land was plunged in throes of civi
: strife, he went forth in the front ranl
to defend and save her and Tough
with valor all her foes; how called tt
} rule as chief executive in times tina
tried mems sous he ruled SO wisel,
and so we'll; how when the war wa
over and the cause was lost.-whel
down upon his bleeding, prostrat
, country came the horde of vampire
E from the North to suck the last re
f manning drops of life blood from hi
people, he rose with power almost di
: vine and drove them back; and thel
: with gentle hand he caused tn
: wounds to heal and his loved land t.
prosper once again as in the year
:, gone by; and how at last, when afte
years Of faithful, honest toll, upol
. his noble form was laid the icy han,
+ of death, he bowed his head in NEE
n submission to His will and yielde
e up to God his manly soul. VIII
c can be found to sing the praise Q
: such "a one, and who can speak th
y anguish of the peoples hearts at hi
y untimely death?
" "Ztb Vance is dead He was tn
= ;rleud and tribune of the peopl
!: though he rose to place where /
r. held converse with the great an
(; mighty Of the earth, his sympathet
, neart was open wide to all mankin'
}. and his strong al m was first stretci
+! ed forth to lift the lowliest of tt
- sons of men that cried to him fl
- help, and in the Nations Sena
~ Halls his voice was ever lifted up
a plead the cause of the down-trodde
e and oppressed against the favo
at ed classes and the mon,
ly kings.
;. "Zeb Vance is dead And wht
al be died, a poor man died; for thoug
- ne stood where oft there was with
ID his grasp the gains of millions if
H. would but swerve from right al
be reach it, he cast it all aside wi
ly scorn, and q ing, left his sons al
as all the people of his land t
en- priceless legacy of an honest and u
'll tarnished name.
'o' "Zeb Vance is dead And yet
.; lives: the influence of his noble wor
20 and honest life can neve" die; a
,ss in the year to come men gatheri
H. round their tiresides at the event
20 hour shall tell their sons of him a
on how he Scorned lie and scorned