The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-07-02

informed of Colonel Bursey's state
ment the evening before. He said III
his calm, firm manner Il will go and
see Col. Bufsey about it," He went.
On his return | heard him report his
interview about as follows: Governor
Worth told the Colonel what he, the
Colonel had been reported to have
said to Major Harvey, and asked if he
had said it, The Colonel replied he
had. and still believed he could MOI
control them, without a division OF
the English cloth among them. Then
Governor Worth replied to him: 'Y ou
and your soldiers were detailed here
to guard and protect the train. If
instead of a protection, you have be.
come Il source of danger to it, it il
high time you were removed. i know
nothing of military etiquette, but ii
seems TO me when you first discovered
the danger, you should have reported
it to me, and not to the subordinates
connected with the train. | shall go
at once and telegraph to Genera.
Johnson the facts and ask him imme-
diately to remove you and your sol
dierS from here to the front" There
upon Colonel Bursey wrung his hands
and asked for a little time to inter.
view his soldiers, which was granted
The Colonel went out, was gone a
very few minutes, not long enough tC
have an interview of any moment ano
returned announcing that he coulo
control his soldiers for the future
Here the matter ended, and there wa
no further trouble with Colonel r. anC
his soldiers till the end came.
Whether the above matter should
be regarded as weighty or trivial, !
shall not stop to consider. 1t certainly
does this: 1t shows the quiet, unos-
tentatious and common sense way in
which Governor Worth went to WORK
TO accomplish anything he undertook
attracting little notice to himself, how.
ever great the good which should re-
suit to the public.
Governor Worth was economical
without being misery. He accumu
lated what might have been called .
good estate before government favorit-
ism and fostering monopolies render
ed the accumulation of millionaire for.
tunes by the favored few at the eX
pense of the masses, possible.
After the close of the war the act
ingS and doings of Governor Worth
both public and private are rs wei
known TO others as myself; and
shall not presume to enter upon then
detail My only purpose in taking up
my pen was to state incidents occur
lllS ulluet my ONil eye, VI III a. VI w VI
which / formed one, or which l heard
from his own lips, and which might
escape the pen of others from their
events Of n knowledge of them.
have been well acquainted with
other great North Carolinians besides
Governor Worth, and among them
Governor Vance, who, to my mind, is
the greaSt genius | have been acquaint-
ed with. He undoubtedly had the
strongest hold upon the hearts of the
masses of any man in his day. He
well deserved all the regard that was
bestowed on him. The cast of mind
and sphere and mode of action OF
Governor Vance and Governor Worth,
were very different This difference /
shall not stop to point out. Those
who knew them both Well can better
appreciate than I can describe it. I'll
Is human to err Governor Vance and
Governor Worth both erred. but on
lines as distinctly different, each from
the other. as were their excellencies.
Governor Vance's error arose from the