The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-10-23

others. are sufficient to render his
hdlne immortal:
DO right boys, always do right!
zoo pless your mother! / am going"
oiiu instantly fell over upon the bed
ana IN few seconds, his soul. we
nope passed over to smoother and
sentier shores. The writer has rea-
son TO believe, that one of the most
important objects, the late Senator
I.d1soln set himself to accomplish was
10 40 right upon any and all occasions,
let the consequences be what they
nilsht. Perhaps he often failed. Who
is 10 De the Judge? For to our Saviour
alone was 1T given never to do wrong.
is II not reasonable to suppose that
the great emlnence he attained: the
success that he met with, can in no
s1ght degree be attributed to this eff
tort ana determination to do right?
Can language be more simple and re-
suits more grand and far-reaching
Is 1t mconceivable that these words:
Always do right boys" were intended
not only for those present but as his
last words of advice to the people at
large-yea to the world
The last words of a dying man to
those whom he had served so long
and so faithfully, and whose interest
and Well-being he ever had at heart
North Carolina owes much to Sena-
tor Ransom, but never more than for
these the last words of a grand old
man. 1t has been mtimated that since
his retirement from official to private
life. he had lost somewhat of his for
mer hold upon the affection and conf
dence of his people. No one who was
present at that country home, miles
from railroad and Geographic COM
munication, or that ever to be re-
membered tenth of October, 1904
when the remains of the noblest Ro-
man of them all, were laid beneath
the sod he loved so well, could for
moment have doubted that this i'm
preston if it ever existed, was an
entire mistake.
One hundred and ninety-two men,
bers of the Masonic fraternity; more
than two hundred ladies'; fully one
thousand old men and young men,
boys and girls, from the north and
the south, from the east and west:
distinguished men high officials; min
listers of all denominations profess
siOnal men, business men, planters,
farmers, neighbors, came to attest
their confidence, esteem and affection.
More than five hundred colored peo-
pie attended the ceremonies None
could have borne themselves better.
Polite. well-dressed and well-behaved.
vice. no one who saw them could
doubt for a moment, that their hearts
were with the family in their dis
tress.
The simple but most handsome cas-
ket was literally imbedded in flowers:
most beautiful and artistic Wreathes,
crowns and crosses from the florists;
flowers beautiful and sweet from the
gardens of his neighbOrS; wild flow
ers and ferns from the woods gath
cred and presented by his colored
friends (and a friend indeed was he
to many of them) last but not least.
most beautiful Confederate cross
surmounted by a Confederate battle
flag made of sweetest roses and pre-
scented by the Harry BurgWyn Chapter
of the United Daughters of the Con
federacy.
Thus each and all vieing with each
other i'm loving remembrance of North
Cardinals most cOurtly and diStin-
gushed son, their friend. Other and
more able pens. will doubtless do JUS
tice to the Senator for the great SER
vices he has rendered the State and
its people; but to the writer, it seems,
that no more noble sentiment could
have emanated from a noble man, than
always do right and honor ones
mother.
Senator Ransom can afford to have
these. his last words. kept in daily re-
membrane by all and transmitted
from generation to generation,
through time to eternity forever and
forever. Amen.
GEORGE r. BURGWYN.