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


prompt them To Keep his memory
green. His life gave out such a frag-
rance Of delight. and hc was So
I-f-amel III the urodigatity ~ nature.
lthat he drew friends to him with q
singular potency and fiNedness. When
he spoke TO his fellow citizens = was
"hc drew audience still aS might.
What lie had a. sly was 80 marked
with humor aud wisdom. for he Was
III merry man rs Well rs great one. that
his friends said in admiration -Ther"
lis = Man lie deliNcred
In such apt ana spacious words
THAT aged ears played truuut To- his
tales.
IAna Younger hearings were quite ray
ishcd.
So earnest ami yolublc Was his dis
course"
ian the world" as Shakespeare said of
the Greatest az all Romans. Julius
Caesar, he was certainly one Of the
foremost men" IF the South since
Calhoun and clay and Benton TELL
on sleep" lie is gone forcNc. from
Iamonc US and rests in peace. trust,
with the redeemed and the gloliiieI.
Farewell. friend and statesman. and
may there bc no fading to Try eternal
summer
In 1897. the portraits of three dtS-
tinguished North Carolina colonies
were presented 10 the state. IT was
the late gifted W. {. landau me
work. These colonels We're the ihree
successive commanders Of perhaps the
most FAMOUS OIL an the more ih3h
3,ooo regiments ma we're III M
~uEeadful fouf years %@@-iA" @oiil
aorth GafolIha. Z. !. N@hce "a9 the
flfsl coloheI' II. ~. was lht
second ana JOll Il. Line WAS the
tnlro. vance "aS Dom ~ buhcoilp''
buT8NNh was po.h IL ~Nofihah1Ptoii
ana Lane IN 1ildlham. me ~certhlol-
les At the presentation We're interest
ln3 me ADDRESS was maze ny NJ
j. - Macitae, OF N9fthainptol county.
! turn 70 ms refndfkS on vance TOT =
t'iotalioll O. ms. lkelefliHS t" M
Ieiec'ioh - me '~oNernolSnlp Oh Nof'h
carolina in August. lS62. ne SAID:
NO sooner mao ne assumed ONCE
'hal me influence 81 ms SItoHs arm
was Immediately fe-f mt The helm o.
state. Fresh from the field. his hrst
thought was for those half-clad. shoe
less men who had gone forth in de
Tense of their country. How we'll
North Carofina's troops We're clad,
shod and those OF us who
survive can well testify, and the pri-
Vations and the sufierings Of many -
poor lad were mlugated and relieved
by the wise f~orcthought and timely
action of Governor Vance.
I'm addition to stores for military
use he caused to be brought from
abroad various kinds Of machinery to
be used in the manufacture Of 9th
ing"
Referring to other important snrv-
ices in the great man. Mr.. MacI,ar
said:
HE urged on the Departmrnt Of
War the formation of North Carolina !
regiments into brigadcS. commanded =
nv North .Carolinnns and dill an
his power rs relieve the nccrs-
stiles ana suffcrings of the Federal
prisoners confined ut Salisbury. n
Nav. 1864. ir visited tho sfxtv-ffve
Moth Carolina recjmcnty b~cIorrin- /.
the ARMY Of \artbern yirgini, a,d I,
with his fiery .louucncc d. biI tbo
mon be of good cheer ana stand fast
to their coIors."
ono more selection from iba adj
dress an mo ~ tnc et,tn.-a"n ma
here. re said:
His popularity with tho peorlc kyas
u~UDoundel. Twice VAS ne elected ia
represent his district III Congress
thrice Governor Of the State. thrice
to the United states Senate g.bar.
never lived q man i'm North Carolina
stronger in tho affections If thc poo-
than ZebuIon T. Vance 1,ba, hid
implicit faith in hin ana no in tbn,,
They believed in his honor his hor- Z
cSlN ilhI integrity of character II,
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