The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1906-03-20


Iact*r and services - s great man Ee
Ican hardly determine hen - stop.
a. Incidents. opinions and facts are
cumulative / supposed when ! wrote
my last article recently on Senator
|Zebuiou f.. Vance that / Mas at The
end II my own consideration OF thai
rarely gifted and mai&-sided North
CasuEiuian. Bat / must ask ie0<. -
write anotke- paper upon q man II
national repute anG hignIy endowed
Thanks - ms friend. Cant. , \ Ashe.
.of Raleigh. / had the oppoTtuntts
|qaIIc recently II reading again the
brief address made before the Su-
|prcme court Of the United states on
ne Death Or the very able and eminent
Hon. jeremiah :. Black. who Was. a.
Z have held for thirty years 90 have
been. IIGe Nc = abicSt man eyer born
liza PENNSYLVANIA and one Of the fore
most Of Americans have read every
thing he ever published or that was
published after his death, which oc-
CURED December. 1888. He was a
great lawyer a great 5urist, a great
statesman. a most worthy citizen. a
genuine patriot and a Democrat OF the
sound old type. the true JeIersontan.
The bar Of the supreme Court IF
which senator Vance was a member.
held 4 meeting and adopted resolu-
tons, that IN abe committee report
ed. among other things us follows, Of
Judge Black
Resolved, That the OF the
deceased deserves to be cherished with
the utmost Veneration by the members
az This la. as that Of q lawyer pro-
foundry Versed in the science IF the
ItW and worthy to be ranked With the
greatest and ablest Of our age and
country: a statesman illustrious for
his public services. 4 ready scholar,
II vigorous writer. uncXcellcd Is Il
loeician. and in all the relations Of
life an eminent and most worthy citi-
zen.
Among the addresses made before
the supreme Court We're several Of
exceptional excellence. showing fine
discrimination, analysis and ~cIoqucnce.
Among the speakers were such ma
representatives is Richard +.
Mcrrick. Thomas f.. Bayard, J. Ran
dolph Tucker and Iabulon i. Vance.
| DO not think amy eXceIled that Of
the last named speaker. some were
Iongcr. but none Was finer. more fcIici-
tous and captivating. ! do not think
our great North Carolinian was
wrought with a finer art or with a
more disciplined vocabulary. He
probably surpassed in the nigh
qualities Of eulogium anu elegance and
perfection of manner and style this
but exquisite tcibute to 4 great
citizen. 1t is very happy
from opening line to closing word.
1t is 4 superb effort Of manifest felici-
ties, and in conception and fitting
phrasing is indeed a gem of purest
ray serene" 1t is manly, calm, dis
tinctly appreciatiye, and gives to the
greatest Of Pcnnsvlyanians his high
seat among the innlOrtal&. When all
is 50 good. so inviting. it is difficult to
give an example. But the following.
alike impressive and appropriate. APP
plies precisely 10 the great man of
it is spoken:
I me the charm Of this great
character consisted not alone in
the contemplation Of his extraordinary
abilities, but likewise in the bold and
ann in which he used
them in support of the convictions Of
conscience. SO far as my knowl-
edge of his career goes. he EVE ex-
erted them for low or insufficient pur-
poses. He hated shams with the
feIVor Of CARLYLE in his best days.
There was no form of how
temptingly presented, that he did
not penetrate and despisc: there vas
20 protean shape or guise Of tyranny
that he did not strip naked and smitc
to the earth; there was no ~cOG1bina-
ton of wealth for purposes Of public
plumber that he did not ~denGunce:
vas not a monopolist or q tool /
- i'Hiy l''bN ~ III IiIlt L lIlC /
not fear the vitriol of his pen.
40 poor man. 10 humble man. no
zones man ever feared him. It was
D happy conjunction by which the
nobility Of his heart kept pace vita
he lordship of his intellect"
He pays fitting recognition to the
mastery qualities of Judge Black as
IN cXcoriator Of personal ana political
his consummatc command
# tersc. vigorous. terrible invectiyc.
md vet his high sense Of dignity. pro
oriety II justice. Senator Vance said
him that his inVective has had no
parallel, in my Judgment, in American
..orcnsic literature. In this field his
Command Of the English language mas
rot been cxcelled on either side of the
lie was as much superior to
tunluS as an equal skill in the use
# language. combined with q vastly
hyperion legal knowledge, could make
nm, to say nothing Of the superior
manhood which made him sign his
anne TO even tho bittcrcSt If his phil
pics. Ills letters to Senator AilSonf
Il defense Of President Buchanan will
i've with our language as models Of
.iassic sarcasm and fierce logic"
in one of my articles on Vance re
entity ! referred 10 his very fine ar
iclcS on Western North Caroline tha
.ppcarcd III the Norfolk Landmark. 4
Ny friend. Captain Ashc. 50 accuYatoi
imply qualified. in 4 recent letter
ellis ne that they We're after
cards published in book form. CON
irming my own impression. he think;f
hat the articles were very excellent .
paintings He pr:sises justly
hc fnc address on Black. thinking il
sober. classic, elevated" Il take the :,
iberty Of quoting from his private /.
ettcr:
II asked Vance once hav he passed
rs time at Washington. He said
he Went home from the Senate
. put on his slippers and dressing +.
own and read and studied. read the /.
ldSSicS' etc. His last legal {
rgument was d CURRICULUM article. n
published for him when he was III :
:
Captain .Ashc thinks ii was his ABB 7
81 specimen Of legal RECOMMENDATION {.
most conclusive. | DO no rcmcm- +,
or the papcr *
North C~alnlinians know Vance an1 +.
really admire the man. and love and I
hcriSh his memory. When hc died ]
lc United states Senate paid him >