The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-10-20
DR.. KINGSBURY WRITES
OF PETTIGREW'S BRIGADE
His Estimate of an Eminent Virginian. Kew. Or. 8
M. Smith. A Sketch of the Late
MARQUIS of Salisbury.

a letter was received, the envelope wa
opened b. 10 means carelessly-steamed.
poseibly-and then turned. made over
with homemade muciIage and sent back
with the answer enclosed. At this tine.
especially. his correspondence was volum-
nous ard envelopes were probably quite
dear
II was common in our war 70 rip U
old clothes and turn them wrong side OUT.
and then remake them. IN 1853 az a.
sistaut was furnished Dr.. Smith as he
was growing old, and had been sorely
taxed. I tel upon Rev. DR.. ". =.
Moore. a native Of Charlotte, \. c., ana
Of rare gifts and qualities. His nativity
i omitted IN the printed sketch. He Is
now al the head 81 the new Seminar.
Dr. Smith was a very able and consclen-
tIous teacher and a very able preacher
He was a ready speaker a. well, and 2
mastery dc5ater. He had the faculty CT
thinking while On MS Legs. He was
profoundly religious, and lived the life ne
taught and professed. His mother, when
he was leaving al fourteen Tor college,
took him into a private room and sol
EMMY dedicated and entrusted him =
GoI." I make room for one more EXCERPT
md one more scene o. solemn import:
Many who knew Dr.. Smith II his
family life viii ever bear IN their memo
res the scene ct the time OF family prey
eT9. when his large circle vas gathered.
each furnished with a ~hyGnn-ooOk (aad
expected to sing); the TeTelent reading
Of the Word OF God, like that OF BuTn'-
inimitable Co-ter and the humble and
earnest petitions at a throne OF grace.
To some II seems a heavenly dream Of
the psf.
Sweet dreamland faces
Passing 10 and fro.
Bring back TO memoir
Days Of long ago."
Although not q Presbyterian save III
/ church Poltty, 7 am a decided admITer Of
its history for the most part, OF It's vast
Influence fer good IL the world, its learn
ing. its many able and devout ministers
O. the gospel. q few OF whom I have
known. and Of many OF whom I have
heard. and some Of the productions of
! whom I have read with much interest and
often with much satisfaction. It has
been a qualification to me to learn moro
Of a most pious. admirable, and learned
minister about whom ! had heard more
Or less for more than a half century.
The South will indeed be greatly blessed
and enriched if It shall produce in the
decades many such noble, brave, devout,
ccnsecratcd men as Dr.. B. N. Smith, long
since gone 10 his blessed reward where
the redeemed and glorified abideth Tor
ever.
The late Marquis of Salisbury 50 long
Prime Minister Of the United Kingdom.
was one of the most commanding men
IF hi. country since 1S-0 H. va moi
great like his very able rival and oDpon-
cut in politics. the late William Z. Glad
stone. But who vas his equal III great
nc2s? Lord Salisbury himself III his re-
marks on Mr.. Gladstone IN the House OF
Lords after the iIlustrious statesman had
passed away, said that he was the great
est Of all the English statesmen-the
greatest that England had ever had,
Lord Salisbury was in public life half a
century. and last February passed his
scEenty-third year. He was not generally
regarded as a very wise or great Leader
and statesman. He was a Tory TO the
utmost fibre Of his being. The New
York Review OF Reviews says that 'es
statesman, he seemed to men Of other M
tons almost always half informed and
amatcurish. His career was one long
series Of mistakes at vital moments" And
yet for thirteen years he was Premier
and leader Of the old Tory party. Tie
same monthly says that "he was a man
OF great personal accomplishments, oi
devotion to the physical sciences, and Of
admirable qualities in every private
aspect and relation Mr.. W. T. Stead.
the well known English Journalist and
editor Of the London Review OF Re
vieWe,' discusses Lord Salisbury and CON
;edes tAat ne was . good man with
many great qualIties,' and says that
his private life was 1law1ess," and that
his public career has on the whole. vita
one terrible exception. been singularv free
from blemish." He loved his native land
oTofessed to be a Christian. and was
nothing of a d~emagogue," one Of the
lowest Of characters. and a curse to any
land or civilization. He was a thorough
aristocrat, and still not a very great man
Mr.. Stead holds that the one great blot
on his career was mis- acquiescence in the
fatal policy of Earl B-eaconsfeld. He fo1
years ioathed that able Jew, aud hi:
aversion was unconcealed. yet within
four years he became the facile tool O.
the man whom he detested." He had beer
The champion Of 'the cause of the Eastern
Christian and yet he BETRAYED
the liberties OF the BUlgarians. "Thi
was his greatest positive oTense." BIZ
IL III ~ WI Z DdSS DISdi
the worst negative crime that lies at his
door was his failure to check the policS
Of Mr.. Chamberlain in South Africa
To have been used by both Beaconsfell
and Chamberlain in behalf of two out
RACES and ~.betrayals makes surely a ba;
| record Tor any statesman, and mucr
worse does it become when it is done b,
a man adhering to Chfistinity. Steaf
holds that Mr.. Chamberlain was TOO mar,
| foT his aged chief, and we are TODAY
rcaping the consequences of Lord Sails
bury's failure to assert his authority OF
his own cabinet It is asserted tina
the old statesman saw later the evil n
the mistake, and that to the very las.
he entertained such an enthusiastic aG
; mlration for the Beers that if his privat.
! utterances had been made in public II.
/ would have had his windows broken as ;
pro-Boer, by the incenSed thoughtles
Worshlppers Of the doctrine that nigh
: makes right" The old man is gone, full o
2 hcnors, held in high esteem by royalt-
! and nobility. and yet not hated by tn,
po0ple as he was regarded. it is said