The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1906-08-21

& omitted a u1an al tn sight ga"
most eloquent @~ch. ut one ~ st
length | .Eer heard from laa s~r Us
politician. Was That II JudR- DAME
q FoUlt. at Raleigh al t..- night t
N-ulst nomination fsr Cos. rlur is
1876. 4 nomination that meant th
salvation, the redemption. th- r-sta-
alton n North CaroItaa-It- deliver
ance from fh- cG4-! cl4teE. III liz.
Black Radical garty That ~tsE
and long, judy John Kerr WIN
u his best. with mis- inspiration Ga.e
aroused. was ire most purely e~lu44su.
Il Eorth Carolina public sp-4k-rs
far as / know Eanee was tn. 3--
furnished II alb. He had laIpmatloa.
felicity Of expression. strength ~ tA#
right. II pllity II conception. holau.s
personal magnetism. rasa. or NE.
foods Of hnmor without Stiu at on
spontaneous, original and nexhau~'i-
Bile. the most apt anecdotes. ana pa
rich. OEeriiOHi ing abundance At could
have supplied a whole state. a thor
ouga knowledge II the people. j rea
exercise Of his manifold powers 50 as
to talk To the people. In truth. VAN
showed himself equal IL all eme.-
sencics or exig ncies-taat he could
make a literary address nlled with
worth ana eloquent thought ana oe
superior finish that he could erEIaaln
thousands on AN agricultural d4E
that n could produce q lecture ~
once fresh and popular, that III could
deliver o|rations on men fall Of his
torical interest and Of dramatic force
that he could write sketches eniuentlE
bright and beautiful IN descriptive
passages; like those he wrote on West
ern North Carolina. / have read his
noble address on The Scattered M
ton" and see mother manifestations
Of his variety and rich endowment as
Wen as breadth Of vision. The i'm
preston he made IN the United state
Senate as a deb4ter, although his many
speeches We're read, was not that Of an
orator Of the highest grade. but Of an
able, round fully equipped statesman.
He was able to cnliven. euligaten
entertain with a dry subject full Of
statistics like the tariff, and he some
how made it very impressive with ar
gumcnts and facts. | do not recall
hat he withheld his wit n fun. for
he succeeded in holding his crowd and
making his arguments and facts botA
instructive and entertaining. There
was but one Vance after all. When
he was before people lie was 1t
home; he knew them; they knew him
He knew perfectly how to hold ana
thrill and instruct by the employment
of his most sun combination OF quat~
ities-cOmmon sense. force. logic. die
ton, power, anecdOte elO4uence-hc
made an impression upon the masses
such as no mere calnpaigner could
make. He was indeed the Tom Cor
win of the South. The do Western
Senator old me in 1872 at Raleigh
that Vance greatly reminded him Of
COrWin and was the best campaigD
speaker he had heard since Corwin's
day. He is gone, but his memory will
be cherished by his couEtrymen with
no abatement. He may have been,
as so many men of intelligence believe,
the greatest man ever born in North
Carolina. He was beyond doubt the
most popular. He arose to the pee
pies heart and our greatest Governor.
| have not heard 4 half dozen po-
Htical speeches in thirty years. The
last one | heard Was by Senator Ran
some, in the Wilmington opera
house in 1900 or was in 1896? III
addition to the various speakers refer
red to above, | have heard many
some very distinguished n able, and
all speakers of good talents. Let me
mention without here classifying or
describing, Louis D.. Henry, Governor
Morehead, Governor Jarvis. Henry \.
Nash. Hugh Waddell, William A. Jer-
kins COT Warrenton) Sion H. Rogers,
Judge Robert Il. Gillian, James ).
S. Amis. Leonidas G. Edwards, Josiah
Turner, and ThomaS b. Nenahle. Near
ly all of these W Alumni OF Inc tlt-
versity of North Carojna