The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-04-08
Burgwyn For State Treasurer.

To the Editor: AS a native of Wake
county and a merchant in Raleigh for the
past 20 years, / desire to add one to the
many written articles in your paper re-
commencing gentlemen for the nomina-
ton for State Treasurer, there has not
appeared one from citizen of Raleigh
in behalf of Col. VIM. H. S. Burgwyn.
Col. Burgwyns family, all during the
Civil War, resided in Raleigh. When his
gallant brother, Col. Harry X. Burgwyn,
Jr., of the 26th North Carolina Regiment,
under whom l had the honor to serve as
member of Company d, from Wake
county, was killed CALAMITY leading his
regiment at Gettysburg, the people of
Raleigh mourned as for the death of one
of her own sons; and when after the war,
the body was brought from the battle
field to Raleigh to be re-interred in the
Soldiers Cemetery there was great
conccurse of the, citizens of the city at
the funeral ceremonies to do honor to the
occasion, and handsome monument now
marks his resting place, among his COM
rades who wore the gray.
His brother, VIM. H. S. Burgwyn, was
also a gallant Confederate soldier from
beginning to the end, who bears on his
person scars of the fight; he is we'll
known to our people, and though resi-
dent CT Henderson, Vance county, he has
always manifested an interest in Raleigh.
Fer years he was connected with our
State Fair as one of its Directors, and he
took an active and prominent part in the
State Exposition of 1885.
But it is in reference to his connection
with the soldiers stationed at Raleigh in
the late Spanish war, | would speak. For
more than two months his regiment was
camped at the Fair Ground. No COM
mander could have been more untiring in
his efforts to enforce discipline and pre-
serve peaceful and pleasant relations be-
tween his soldiers and the citizens of
Raleigh than Col. Burgwyn-that he was
successful in this was the universal testi-
mony CT the press and citizens when his
regiment left for the front.
have reason to know in order that the
merchants and trades people in Raleigh
should get the benefit of the money paid
his soldiers, Col. Burgwyn used his inf1u-
ence to keep his regiment at Raleigh until
equipped fer service and thus caused
many thousand dollars to be spent in our
community which otherwise would have
gone elsewhere out of the State, and this
benefited every department Of business
in cur city. The presence Of Col. Bur
gwyn and his regiment was a source of
pleasure and profit to our citizens.
AS for Col. Burgwyn's qualifications for
the office of State Treasurer, it goes
without saying they are not surpassed
by the other gentlemen mentioned as can
didates for the nomination. Col Bur-
gwyn, it may be said, inherits these quail
ifications, for his great grandfather was
Treasurer of the Province of North Caro-
lima under the Royal Government. Col.
Burgwyn is eminently fitted by training
as we'll as by education, for this respon-
sibe position. He owned and managed q
bank at Henderson for ten years. and
since then, has served as United States
Bank Examiner with entire satisfaction
tC the United States Treasury officials.
l write this as much in justice of Raj
eigh as in advocacy of Col. Burgwyn,
whose candidacy seems steadily to in
crease in strength.
(Signed) w. n. SMELLING,
Late Capt. Co. D, 26th n. c. Regiment.