The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-01-20
one OF NATURES NOBLEMEN
The Late Senator Vance EulOgized by
His Colleagues.

an EAOQubuL anu EAOWEEy EdnbkNLANs
Senator Blackburn Speaks of the De-
ceased as the Great War Governor of
the South, Ranking Side by Side With
Curtin of Pennsylvania - Secretary
Stanton's Course in Regard to Vance
Recalled.
Washington, Jan. 19.-Most of the time
I'm the Senate to-day was passed in the de-
livery of eulogies of the life and character
Of the late Senator Vance of North Caro-
lima
Resolutions expressive of the profound
sorrow of the Senate were offered by
Mr.. Ransom Of North Carolina. and were
adopted. Then Mr.. Ransom opened the
series of eulogies of the dead senator.
He recalled the scene in the Senate
chamber on April 10 last, when the Senate
lighted its black torches around the
lifeless form of that most honOred and
most beloved son of North Carolina, and
when his mortal figure covered with the
bright flowers CT spring, and hallowed
| by the sacred deVOuons of religion,
passed amid tears, like a shadow from
this portal forever"
To-day" Mr. Ransom continued, "his
dSEDtldltS Ou lllAS AAppA al hNAC ~ HAeANN
on the everything annals of the Senate
the record Of their admiration of his
virtues"
After sketch of Mr.. Vance's boyhood
and manhood including his service in the
! confederate army and his three terms in
the governorship of his state, Mr. Ran
| som spoke of his position in the Senate
where his record was, he said, part Of the
| national history. He was, Mr. Ransom
| said, a dutiful and devoted senator, as
piring and laboring for the welfare and
! honor of the whole country. He was
at all times, on the important commit
| tees of the Senate, and took a prominent
| part in the discussion of every leading
/ question. He was an unceasing advo-
| cate of revenue reform, and an uncompro-
missing opponent to civil service reform.
| He was the ardent friend of the silver men
| and of free coinage. He desired all the
world to know his opinion and position,
and never hesitated TO avow them. His
heart was, every moment, with North
Carolina, and his devotion TO that state
and her people was unbounded He was
/ an uncommon orator. He spoke with
| great power. His style was brief clear
| and strong; his statements accurate and
! his arguments compact. His ihustra-
| tions We're unsurpassed. His wit and
| humor were irresistible. He always in
structed, always interested, always en-
| tertained, never wearied or fatigued an
audience The Senate always heard him
! with pleasure. The galleries hung on
| his lips, with bended bodies and out
stretched necks, to catch his every word
| as il fell. His wit was as exhaustless
as it was exquisite. His humor was over
| flowing, his praise pointed like bubbling
| drops of wine He was master OF irony
| and sarcasm, but there was no malice
! in his words. His shafts were never pois-
| oned 1t was the strength of the bolt
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| steel to the heart of the victims. He be-
lieved what he said. He knew that it was
true and he felt its force himself. His
heart was in his words. For thirty years
he had stood by the people of his state.
He was to them brother a defender,
preserVer a deliverer.
Mr.. Blackburn spoke of Mr.. Vance as
the great war governor of the south, rank
ing side by side with the great Curtin of
Pennsylvania who represented the loyalty
of the union at that dark hour. This
mans character" Mr.. Blackburn contin-
ued, lis best illustrated by an incident
with which 1 became acquainted within
the last week. Gen. Schofield told me, less
than a week ago, that when the war ended
he was left in command of the district of
North Carolina. He received peremp-
tory order from the war de-
partment to here to arrest Gov.
Vance, to capture all papers and
correspondence and send them to Wash
ington. The general said he knew very
well that Gov Vance was not seeking to
flee the country or to avoid arrest, but
that he sent an officer up to his mountain
home with instructions to capture every
paper that belonged to his official or his
personal correspondence. Gen. Schoheld
sent Gov Vance, with these papers and
these records to the Secretary Of War
Pennsylvania's great war officer, Stanton.
THE people thought him not kind, even
to- ffsf1rr ont l,a rtroe in
point of efficiency and ability the greatest
war minister that the world has known
since the days of the elder Carnot in
France The papers were sent here, the
records and books, and every particle of
correspondence that Gov. Vance had ever
had with the president of the
dead confederacy. Secretary Stan
ton examined it all and when
he did and saw what this man had
done, how persistent his efforts had been
to ameliorate the condition of the federal
prisoners and to assauge the horrors Of
war this great secretary said to him
on your record you stand acquitted. You
are at liberty to go where you will"
Brief but eloquent, eulogies were pro-
nounced by Senator's Morrill,, Sherman,
Bate. Gray George, Call, Dubois and
Chandler
cessor in the Senate, Mr.. Jarvis. He said
that he had regarded Mr.. Vance more like
a brother than a friend, and he told a
characteristic anecdote of him. He had
been returning from Washington, where
he had been vainly waiting for the re
moval of his political disabilities and to
be sworn in as senator. In the railroad
car he had been amused and interested in
a theological argument between two cler-
evmen on the doctrine of election" Fin
allv they appealed to him for his opinion.
INV experience" said he, is that cleo
ton is not worth much if your disabilities
are not removed" Mr.. Vance was, Mr.
Jarvis said, an intellectual giant, and 1t
could easily have reached the foremost
ranks in any department of life. He gave
his life in public service and the people
His successes were their successes; his
glory their glory. They shared in all his
trials. and in all his triumph. No man in
nublic life ever stood so steadfastly by
the people and for the peo-
ple." Mr.. Jarvis described the
mountain tops of North Carolina, promi-
nent among them for its magnifcence and
sublimity being Mount Mitchell. and said:
North Carolina has had many great |
men. but II is no disparagement to say |
that Zebulon 2. Vance was the Mount |