The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1910-08-25
HON. JOHN NJ. MOREHFAD
BY COL. c. $. wooTES-


I'D an address 10 the army. In
+- address be used the following
.--0,sga- "GentIemen:-The first
-. ~ fbo army Of Italy gill give
-, - 2 ucu epoch in military af-
- A for as we must hurl our
- ~, the foe like a thunderbolt
nd sri,e Ike it. Disconnected BY
...,srs and not daring to put
.to-. into execution they will fly be-
a.. cas- as the shades Of night before
ARISING sun" These were brave.
..,rv words 20 come from a youth
ls1s gears OF age; mere stripping,
-...h pale, marble brow, hands deli
.,.s Is a lady's. only feet and 3
.r.as- nigh. He made good his as
-.-r.on. for this speech fired the
ITS Of his soldiers and sent an
-f.l.-i@ thrill tingling through their
ye.rs and in less than three months
D.. destroyed the Austrian army OF
r,rafy thousand well-equipped and
vell-fed men, while the French army
vas only thirty thousand strong.
,onpgsed Of half naked and half
starved troops.
The election of Mr. Morehead as
chairman of the Republican Com
mjttee will mark new era in politi-
caI affairs in North Carolina and will
nfuse fresh blood and new life into
the Republican party and it will re-
ceiye renewed vigor like the tabled
earth-born giant from the touch of
his mother.
Mr.. Morehead has never been a
self-seeking politician, but has de-
voted his life to the management of
his business affairs. When two years
ago he was nominated for Congress,
in the Fifth District, he was in New
York City The District was Dem
ocratic by 5000 majority and for IL
years had sent Governor Kitchin to
Congress. None of the professional
politicians wanted the nomination for
they could see nothing but defeat
staring them in the face. Mr.. Web
ster said: " Politicians are not sun
flowers they do not turn on their god
when he sets the same look that they
turned when he rose" Mr.. Morehead
was elected, and yet heard men say
in opposing him for Chairman, why
he has never even attended Repub-
lican convention. / replied If he was
good enough to overcome a Demo
cratic majority of 5000 and vote with
the Republicans in Congress and
win the confidence and esteem of the
President and the party leaders, he
was good enough for Chairman. They
could not answer that argument.
When the Royalists gathered their
army on the out skirts of Paris dur
ing the French revolution and were
threatening to overthrow the republic
With an army of forty thousand men
with artillery and musketry headed
by veteran generals, who had fought
the battles of the old monarchy, with
stirring strains of music, with gleam-
ing banners and with glistening bay
OnetS were marching down from all
quarters of the city upon the Tull-
lerieS. The convention of the French
republic selected Gen. Menon to de-
fend the government. Menon was a
mild and inefficient man, with no
nerve for such a crisis, and retired
before his antagonist. Napoleon wit
messed the unsuccessful mission OF
Menon, ran through the streets to
the convention and with marble brow
and with heart of iron, contemplat-
ed from the gallery the scene of con-
sternation that agitated the conven-
ton. Aenon was dismissed and the
unlimited command was given to
Barras. He hesitated, and suddenly
seeing Napoleon in the gallery, he ex-
claimed, Il know man who can de-
lend us if any body can. It is Ma
poleon Bonaparte, young Corsican
officer, whose military abilities wit
messed at the siege of Toulon. He is
man that will not stand on cere-
mony." He was introduced to the
convention. This small, slender, pale
faced, smooth-cheeked young man,
with the appearance of boy in his
teens, with the air and majestic
tread tof conQuerer, selfpoised,
confident of his own ability, he
marched down the aisle to the presi-
dent of the convention. This officer
said, Are you willing to undertake
the defence of the convention" eyes
was his calm, laconic reply. The
President said, Are you aware of the
magnitude of the undertakings" Ma
poleon with that self-confidence char
acteristic of him, replied: Perfect
iy; and 1 am in the habit of accom-
plishing what 1 undertake." This
was the language of man whe in,
tended to accomplish something. Ma
poleon said in assuming command
One condition is indispensable.
must have the unlimited command
entirely untrammeled by any orders
from the convention" He arranged
his artillery in such a way as to
sweep all the avenues leading to the
convention. Napoleon, with 5000
troops was to encounter 10000 men