The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-01-10

ne wanted a senate elected Tor D1e. ana
ae distrusted the people. AS it was the
Constitution as first framed. so strong
vas Hamilton's influence. was in dstrust
If the people. The Twelve Amendments.
he product IN certain sense and to a
great degree of Jefferson, were really in
hstrust OF the government and for the
people. Let me give another extract from
Watson, relative to the trial of Burr:
"The semi-royal levees which Washing
on held as President of the Republic had
lot pleased the plain Thomas Jefferson !;
but how about those levees which were
oelng held IN Richmond, where Virginians
crowded on each others heels to pay
court to high treason? Washington s
banquet may have been too stately in
heir etiquette: but how about this Rich
nond banquet, where John Marshall, the
Judge, and Luther Martin, the prisoner s
awyer, sat down at brilliant feast with
he prisoner on trial? Jeffersons wrath
became consuming flame. Almost be-
iide himself he rallied at Burr. at Mar
hall. at Martin, jogging the elbow of the
District Attorney at every step, supplying
him with copious suggestions, and exert
,ng himself to the utmost to have the evil
ience ready"
Mr. Watson. like tens of thousands well
informed Southern Democrats, is not
enamored of Chief Justice Marshall.
Students OF American political history
must know how much this great turist
eaned towards Capitalization 1t is no
lew thing, and Mr.. Watson, of course,
discovered it with his distinctness and
,learness of view. The reviewer refers to
Marshall "as that rank Federalist Chief
Justice" and says that Mr.. Watson
charges that "he saved Burr and by his
decisions on the bench transformed the
Constitution OF the Fathers into something
lew and strange and verglng upon mon
archy. So we know Jefferson also thought.
Mr.. Watson is a writer. a capital his
.orian, of whom the South NAV well be
lroud. l have but Just completed the
eading for the second time. IN less than
.wo years, of his two volumes on France,
ontaining nearly 1880 pages, and they
ire very full, fresh, Illuminating. strong
'or the right and in defense of oppressed
humanity 1 hold him in high considera-
ion as an historian who "hews to the
inc and lets the chips fall where they
nay" In my opinion he is decidedly the
est. the ablest, the most brilliant his
-orian that the South has thus far given
firth to- In fact he deserves to rank high
mong American historical and biographi-
al writer's. l have seen several cordial
-eferences to him lately among Northern
writer's, which gratifed me.
The South has never been barren of
men CT real eloquence. Certain essayists,
aditors and book makers in the North
gnore the South as to high eloquence, and
hink their section is alone blessed with
II prolific in the growth Of men of true
covers of soul The men who
publish elaborate works on elo-
luence, illustrating by taking examples
rom ancient and modern sources. fail to
ind much of the genuine kind in this
blessed Southland of ours. Patrick
Henry, William Wiel. G.. w. Summers.
Eenry A. Wise, Roger A. Pryor, Senator
John Daniel among Virginians; William
CASTOR, George E. Badger, Thomas Hart
Benton, Zebulon B. Vance, Thomas G..
Lowe, Lovick Peace, among North Caro-
inians; George McDuffie, w. c. Preston,
Robert G. Hayes, among South Carolln-
ans; Ben Hill. Robert Toombs. Bishop
George F. Pierce, DR.. L. NJ. Curry, and
others among Georgians; Lamar, Yancey,
Morgan and others among Alabamians,
md so on with other States, which talled
% produce eminent orators, according to
vankee standards. So they draw heavily
lpon their own typical speakers when they
Illustrate eloquence in their huge volumes
f specimens OF oratory in the United
States. North Carolinians know of Vance
md his oratory. The United States Senate
earned to appreciate his high powers, and
hey with his sterling honesty, his thor
ugh courage of conviction his superior
rift as an anecdotist and "felloW OF
infinite Jest caused him to be accorded
such a funeral when he died while Sena-
Tor as has scarcely been accorded to any
other Senator in thirty years, II ever
accorded in the history of the Senate.
Looking over some of my gatherings of
he past, 1 met with brief extract from
him when Governor, / think in 1857,
vhich merits richly reproduction here. He
delivered the annual address before the
wo literary societies at the University of
North Carolina 1t was but two years
after the South's great defeat, disappolnt-
nent and humiliation, when that great
hearted, faithful patriot and North Caro-
inian said this, and it is alike sad and
,eautiful:
mo moments of victory are for US. no
national Jubilee can we celebrate. no
songs of triumph can our maidens sing,
II garlands of glory weave; there Is no
Welcoming of returning conquerors, ncr
erecting of triumphal arches for US. to
console us for our great suffering. We
re all alone with our great defeat and
hat heavy sorrow which. never fitting.
still is sitting in our household: and all
hat we have left for our comfort is the
ad yet tender light which plays around
the memory of those who died to make
It otherwise"
1 lately urged that the people Of North
Carolina should as a duty erect monu-
ments to the Confederate dead. 1 believe
that statues to Generals Fender and
pettigrew should adorn the Capitol Square
at Raleigh, and that other men of SPLEEN
did service and fame should be houored
with a grand shaft. while the best sol
diers in the world should not be forgotten,
but honored It seems to me that 1t is
very stingy soul, very small-hearted
fellow who would not do honor TO the
memories of the Confederate dead. or
would not rejoice to see the grand and
browning deeds of our Southern braves