The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-05-28

ADOuL 3DGl --E+s +
mitigation OF the Declaration Of lnde-
pendenee BY the Continental congress.
William n, Crawford Wa1 born in Am
herst COUNTY. Va. Before he had al
vanced beyond childhod his fatner
took him 10 Georgia, = there the
boy grew to manhood, and became
one OF tho first citizens Of the rfpuD-
lie. lie was elected - the lesis!a-
fIre. and soon after was chosen 4 sen
ator In Congress, Of which body ne
became president pro during
his first term. He was Minister -
france dur.nq the war Of 1872. aad
upon his return Wa5 appointed Secre-
farv az Wan b. President Madison,
and soon after was transferred to the
Treasury Department. Of when ne
continued the head throughout the
ts1~1ccendfng two administrations o.
President Monroe. lie was a prom
iuent candidate FOR President in 1924,
and hts was one Of the names that
went before the House Of representa-
tives upon the failure Of the electoral
college to elect. Though he was a
J~effcrsonian Danfe Webster, a New
England Fcderaiist. strove for the
election Of Crawford, wen over John
O Adams, from Webster's own State.
When Adams was elected by the
House he invited Crawford to remain
at tho head Of the Treasury, but he
declined. returned home. accepted a
JuuSG1IiiEy anu Il Nv y N"A' @hIN
was not SO greet a mar
"a CLAW. or Calhoun or Webster. but
he was better fitted for the Presidency
than any one OF them. He was EN-
phatically a sagac!ous man. He was
DOT a statesman by intuition; his
statesmanahip resulted from reflec-
ton. Though no genius, he had wis
dom of the highest practical rider.
Webster and Calhoun We're warm
friends in 1925, and both hoped to
see Crawford chosen President over
Adams or Jackson, and it Is no small
tribute to a mans capacity and char
acter when Calhoun and Webster in
dorsed him for the first place in the
Republic.
: Charles A. Cuiberson, of Texas, fs
a.. direct lineal descendant from Will
liam II. Crawford, Of Georgia, and q
chip of that same block in abilities,
In character. in temperament. eau
ttous in de~liberation, he is adamant
when once he has reached a %conclu-
sion. There is nothing dazzling about
him. 1t is a cool head always. He
reflects carefully and weighs every
argument ~scrupulously before he de-
rides, but his decision is final. He
ls today the best prepared mar in he
Senate. He has in old trunks, boxes,
and chests more papers and
scraps of papers than any other OF
our public men, and he knows pre-
ciseiy where to search for any II of
them. He burns no letters, and
writes no letters he would request or
wish to be burned. Like Baltic Nicol
y~ervie's father, the deacon, he never
puts out his hand so far that he can
not draw it back again. He is the
most capable and the most skillful
eolitician IN the Democratic party to-
lay.
David 3. CuIberson was a member
Of Congress for twenty-five years
When he voluntarily retired from that
body. AS a lawyer he had no super
or in either house Of the national leg
stature, Inc for man years he pre-
sided over the judiciary Committee.
One of the finest public speakers in
public life. he rarely addressed the
douse, but when he did rise to speak
ne commanded the attention of all
within the sound of his voice. He was
powerful in the logic Of common
ense. He loved simple and homcly
speech. He was a simple man in
temperament and as democratic as a
hunting shirt or a coonshin cap. The
ate Tom Reed had e~xtravagant ad-
niration for his extraordinary abil-
ties, and when they Wore both mem
oers of the judiciary Committee, Reed
was fond OF taking untenable posi-
ions just to see 'old Cyclops demol-
Sh them It was the ambition of the
elder CulbersOn to represent Texas in
he Senate not for vanity, but De-
cause he was conscious of his capa-
cities for that theater. A time came
When the SenatOrship was his for the
asking, but he was now growing old
n tired of parliamentary life. He
declined it, and Texas gave it to his
.avorite son, the apple of his eye. the
core of his heart-the boy of whom
ae was so proud and who SO Well de-
served his probate
The younger Culberson was born in
Alabama in 1859, and the following
year his father became a citizen of
Texas. Old Dave said that he in
ended hat the boy should have an
education that would enable him ''to
lind his hat" One might write vol
1mes and not express it so well. What
he father meant was that his boy
should be disciplined for the battle
IF life: that he should be taught de-
all: hat he hould be grounded in
self-reliance; that he should know
low to make his way in the world.
danny a boy, bright healthy. vigorous,
cannot find his hat in the morning,
ind the pity of it is they go through
Ire Just that Way-aiWays seeking
What they cannot find. and simply
because they were not properly taught
n childhood how to seek.
And as soon as he was old enough
toung CulberSOn was paced off to the
Virginia Military Institute, a school
little inferior to West Point There
ae graduated With high honors, and
Vas anxious for a military career;
out that did not suit the father, who
insisted that the son should study for
he BAR. He entered his fathers of
ice and studied under the instructions
II the old man for three years and
hen became a student at the law de-
oartment of the University of Virgin
n where he greatly distinguished
himself. Here he attracted the alton
ION of Senator Daniel. himself a great
aWyer, who wrote Il paper on one of
Culberson'S legal productions at
.chool, and predicted the diatinguish-
ID career the young man was to carve
IUt.
Returning to Texas after his. grad
iation, young Culberson opened an
'ffice at Jefferson, and engaged ac-
lively in the practice. He was very
Don thereafter elected prosecuting
sttorney of Marion county; but his
rivate practice made such demands
IN him that, in justice to his clients.
re was forced to resign the office.
While vet a very young man he ap-
feared in the Supreme Court of the
United States and argued the cele-
Irated case OF lie Grande VS.. The
United states, involving the constitu-
ionality of the ku klux act. His
peech on that occasion was a legal
II and the court decided the