The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-01-11
THE OLD REVIEWS AND
PERIODICALS--kN ADDRESS
BY SENATOR VANCE
Ry Dr. T. B. KINGS}URY
Dy Dr.. T. B. KINGSBURY

6delitv With Which they describe the
South y < !" in the Revolutionary
epoch" He thought his favor Is llke,
IL to increase as time goes on. an"
added that this country thus ldr
1SS3-nas produced few imaginative
writer's OF greater distinction than
Simms. in his particular time inns
recognition of the gifted South CARO-
linian probably is just. bat altS! AIS
novels @re but little read now III tI'lS
feverish age when flction OF anv1..i
kind sells by the hundreds OF thou~
sand. ana sensation and puffy reign
supreme.
Th "Quarterly'' had highly appre-
ctatiyc remarks upon Edsar Altar.
Poe. 1t recognized him as Il genius
Of a high order. Beyond all lar
question he had great capabiiity. The
"Ouarterly' t~Wenty-Se.tn years aso
said OF him:
His remarkable genius might have
entitled him to take rank as the
greatest Of ali American Imaginative
writer's, but he exercised it iii 4 desul-
tory and capricious manner, too ire
quently at moments when he was not
cc,nplateiy master Of his powers"
Other English writer's as we'll rs
French have gone beyond this, and
justly have allotted TO him the most
exalted position iii American itera-
turc. Poe created to q considerable
degrees this unique and most ene1E-
ing mystical and dramatic short
stories that are now common, and that
the Frenchman M~aupassant made for
ever memorable III his own suisse
Qucnt creations to the great delight
and praise Of his allniring country
men. Poe has come to his own after
more than forty years refusal on the
part Of Northern critics, and almost
everywhere ave IN New England per
haps. | have seen within a decade sew
eral highly ~iaudatcry recognitions Of
Poe's most striking originality. He
was not only the mos original poet,
hut the naost original short story
writer. and 4 writer Of superior
power.
h "Quarterly' also had some
thing kind for John r. Kennedy's en-
sIsrtaining and vivid "Swaiiow Barn"
Vt might have called also with q great
propriety attention to another novel
by him he called Horse Shoe Robin
SON IT had some merit, and at one
time vas popular, Mr. Kennedy was
u Mdrylander. was in the Congress ct
enc time. and also wrote q reada oie,
well wrought biography in two V,
umes of the once celebrated William
Visit, another gifted M~arylander. al
though identified with Virginia. Ken
nedy, like Sinl1ns. and many other
authors. has had his day OF ~reCogni-
ton, and but few know or these once
much read authors, While neglected
and perhaps forgotten now. it
is noticeable that the abIest
"Quortcriy" in the world then. with
the one exception Of the "Icdinburg."
should as late as 1888. vas found suf-
hcientiy appreciatiVe OF Southern writ
crs VIC are now so much neglected
at home, and hould prefer the genu-
inc and racy books OF our Southland
TO the recent New England novels
written with such manifest art and
care. It liked the freshness and or
iginality cf the Southern books. II
it could have been then acquainted
with the best fictions OF Miss Murfree.
Miss Glasgow, Allen, OF Kentucky and
possibly two or three others, it would
have probably extended them proper
recognition and praise.
l happened quite recently to come
across = part of the Address made
to the people of North Carolina by the
late eminent and faithful U. S. Senator
Il. 3. Vance, Of precious memory. This
was IN 1881. It was q long address,
filling six columns, and 1t was
mighty good reading I write CON
corning It at this time. It is fun Of
Vigor. point, clarity and genuine
horse sense It was all about the
treatment North Carolina towns and
cities were receiving from a certain
railroad operated within our State at
1H-1S III "IStt tiSis lI1a Uiu
not doubt that & large majority of
the people were i'll sympathy with the
great Senator and statesman. MonoD-
oily was then rampant. but it was
really child's play as compared with
more recent developments. ] do not
puTpose to enter at length into p re-
jEiVai OF the discussion. l was i'm
pressed with the force, directncss and
accuracy OF the Senator's arg,roant
against hish-handed oppression and
Wrong-doils. His charge was that 3
; certain syndicate was expressing and
f d~1scfiinlnatins hurtfully. immensely.
j, against the people Of North CarnIjna
to their serious detriment and in faxor
! OF foreigners and in violation Of the
express terms of the contract Of sale
? are fortified BY what seems to he
l a~puliuaht' STRIKING. assuring facts. r
seemed TO me that the single onac-
: Hoh resolved itself into this: Has tha
aloresaiu syndicate complied with tho
! ACT OF the Assembly as to the con-
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