The news & observer., 1905-12-31

| him in fact twice, and wrote that he
| could not account for its popularity
! that there must have been other at
traction very different from fine writ
/ ing and studied rhetorical action" He
wrote a short article on the Grafton,
and gave some information that even
now may interest. He gave to Mr..
/ Everett the real secret of the popu-
larity of the Grafton, as he, DR.. Full
| Ter. understood it. 1t was two or three
years before the war. He wrote:
after the first delivery, he break
| tasted with me, and we talked the
| matter over. He informed me that he
| himself was surprised at the success
of an address which had been pre-
pared without any particular care, and
I simply as one of the series of eulo-
gums on the father of our country.
| which are read each year before a
society in Boston. AS to his oratory,
| he told me that he had been waited
upon by professor of rhetoric, who
assured him that the speech would
| be capital if well pronounced, and
| offered to take and deliver it through
| the country, dividing the profits with
| it's author. He expressed his pleasure
and entire concurrence when ! replied,
| that the secret of the thing was an
| open secret to me; that the address was
every where received with such en-
| thusiasm. because the great soul of
| the American people still beat with
warm love for the Union; and con-
scious of the disruption, one after an
| other, of the ties which had bound
| our ancestors--it clung TO the memory
of Washington as a centre where rose
it's altar to which all hearts fastened
to bring their offerings of reverence,
| loyalty and patriotism.
I recall that / noticed thirteen mis-
recommendations according to best
| English standards of 1859. He may
have followed Webster, an authority
have never consulted in quite {.
| half century. Mr.. Everett while at
| Raleigh was the honored guest of
| that refined and admirable gentle
man, Mr.. George w Mordecai. Ny
| old college-nlate and personal friend
until his life closed in his fortyninth
| year, Major Seaton Gales, of Raleigh,
| accomplished and gifted, distin-
| guished graduate of the University
Of North Carolina, receiving first hon
ors in his class and a rhetor, elan in
| style of writing, and / called together
J upon Mr. Everett, and were cordially
| greeted by both guest and host. Mr..
! EN,rett and Mr.. Webster are the
only very famous New Englanders
have ever been introduced to and ta-
| ken by the hand.
While not a graduate Of the Uni
versity of North Carolina / was in the
| forties a student in it. 1t is to me OF
very special interest. and its growth
and productiveness are a source of
unrepressed pleasure and satisfaction.
! 1t is veritably great ornament of our
| grand old State, and has history
second in Importance and usefulness
! to no institution of learning in all
our well beloved Southland, "the land
! Of the free and the home of the
| brave" 1t is the Oldest of all, and
! the work accomplished will compare
with any college or university south
| of New Jersey. It's alumni contain
| many men of distinguished rank and
abilities, including Presidents, Cabinet
officials, u. S. Senator's etc. A cata-
! logue of its most important alumni
| men Of mark in the many vocations
of life-would be valuable, and would
bear comparison with any university
or college in all the South. / am glad
the watchword is onward. upward,
and that the advance in the last few
years shows no diminution. Its Rec
ord" for October is encouraging. The