The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-10-12
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"A Tribute From One OF
Ransom's Soldiers.
Tle General Was a Nan Valued by
State and Nation, Lelder,
True Patriot, Bene-
factor.
Tne General Was a Nan Valued by

He is dead, Yes. the last great bat
tie for life is over Death is the vic"
tor. On the 18th anniversary of his
birth he died. When nights sable
early hour of approaching morning;
when az animated nature was in quiet
rest; far away from the loving and
beloved wife, who for years had given
him comfort, joy and happiness; far
away from his charming and accom-
plished daughter the pride OF his life
he fell into the arms OF death. and
his great soul took it's everlasting
flight beyond the eternal river. No"
pale and cold in death. his handsome
face, his majestic form, rest in quiet
eternal slumber. A great man. true
Democrat, % patriot-nobleSt Of North
Cardinals noble sons Today in his
Mother State her sons and daughters
mourn their great loss. Yes, q nation
sorrows and bows with submission to
Him who doeth all things we'll. They
sorrow for their great statesman, VAR
rior, orator, jurist and beloved friend
and citizen, General Matthew Whitaker
Ransom, ex-senator and Minister to
Mexico. He died suddenly. While
death held his generous and patriotic
heart in its grip and the crimson es-
sence of life ceased to flow, his great
brain and mind acted for the last time.
He thought of his good and kind
wife, he thought of his lovely daugh-
ter, and his dear boys, and in his
parting words was counsel, saying:
God bless your mother, Mat! You
boys do right. l am gone And
falling back upon his bed, he died, a
hero. And the soul of North Caro-
lina's greatest son passed from earth
into the halls of eternity. Great and
glorious man that he was, gonei He
died as he had lived. a brave. fear
less, honored, noble specimen of man
hood-handsome and magnetic even
in death
He was a man valued by his State
and nation, not only as a citizen, but
as a leader, a true patriot and bene-
factor. man who could claim a place
! in craftsmanship, not onlysw Gas
| ton, Caswell, Bragg, Badger, Macon
! and Vance, but with Vest Lamar,
Morgan, Bayard, Daniel and Hampton,
and be the peer of them all. This
| was evidenced during his political life
! by the stand he took in defence of
right and justice in the Congress of
! this great nation. a man who has
served in the most trusted and honor
ed positions of his State and nation
/ during a life time; passing through
| the most trying and tempting ordeals
! of political strife, and yet not word
! of fault or corruption can be brought
against him: but he retired to private
life IN honor. fame and purity. A
man who loved his country, it's people,
its great institutions. its fame, gov
| eminent and prosperity, who poured
out his LIES blood in defence of free
dom and liberty. and who for forty
four years wore the badges of war,
the scars Of wounds in battle. the
scars OF a brave soldier, a gallant
| Loo nd ms n "a
at the head of his charging columns
in battle, he emulated a Cromwell, a
! Napoleon Bonaparte, Jackson and
a Robert Z. Lee. In public as we'll
as in private life, his counsel was ever
good, always analysing subjects we'll
before he ventured upon advice. AS
an orator. he was eloquent, convinc-
ing, and magnetic; intellectually, he
! was deep and profound, with mind
as brill ant as the morning star. In
q word there was in General Ransom
{, all the essential clements TO make
him as he was, the greatest son North
| Carolina has ever produced. NO KING
DOM empire or nation, no king, en-
peror or presiden can inf1ict shame
| of shane or form OF death to ShrOud
, him from everlasting fame and APP
! plauSe. The classics of the world will
place him unon the pedestal of eter-
nal honor and fame, exemplary to
chivalry and manhood yet unborn.
attended his funeral at his quiet
country home, where his body was
| placed to rest by Masonic rites and
admiring and loving friends, and al
though his body did not rest in state
upon the handsome catafalque, yet far
better, his. great achievements and
good deeds rest upon the hearts of
his people, and While his soul will
live in realms beyond, and his body
moulder into tho "tongueless dream
less dust of decay" yet his great deeds
will stand as diamond spots uDon the
| pages Of future history, and Will live
on in the hearts of the people of his
State and nation.
In the eternal hereafter, may peace
and happiness be with his SOU. is the
prayer OF one of his old soldiers.
A. p. ZOLLICOFFER. M. d.
! Weldon ~ c.. October 18th.