The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1913-04-08

-~- DeN6c 10Inef was Z Con
nectic0t Yankee" who after gradual
ing at Yale migrated to North Caro-
una. laugh school. was admitted to
tne Oar, and attained distinction in
ais profession He married the
Gaugnfer OF Richard CogdeI. of New
nefn, an eminent Revolutionary pa
1r1ot and a member OF one of h
O distinguished colonial families
OF north Carolina. In the veins of
George z. Badger. therefore. flowed
Inc best blood OF New England and
OF the South. To the former. per
maps, we may trace that acuteness
or intellect, usually attributed to the
New England character. and to h
latter that geniality of temperament
and amiability Of disposition. usually
associated with the Southern char
acter, which were so strikingly united
IN MI. Badger. At fifteen years OF age
ne was admitted to Yale College hut
Withdrawing at the close of his sopho- |
more year, returned to North Caro-
una, studied law under John Stanly, |
ana rOSe to eminence in his profeS-
sion with a rapidity that finds a
DaraIiel among American LAWYERS
probably in the career Of Alexander |
atamliton ALONE. Admitted to the bar
at the age Of nineteen, he was elected
a judge OF h Superior Court al
twenty-five, retired at thirty with an
established reputation as one of the
great lawyers of the commonwealth,
and at thirty-three was considered by
MS associates at the bar as worthy to
succeed William Writ as Attorney
General Of the United States. Though
he had retired from Yale College a,
the close OF his second year, that in
stitution now enrolled him among its
graduates OF the class Of 1913 and
conferred On him the degree OF l.. L.
II. The University OF North Caro-
lima conferred a similar honor. So
profound was the impression he had
created On his contemporaries for
ability. eloquence and learning tina,
the following language, e~xtravagant as
It may seem to the present genera
ton. did not seem SO to them:
His massive forehead and spark
ling eye and a eountenanoe that seem
ca to have a supernatural illumi "a
on attracted the gaze AMI scrutiny
Of every n who saw him and sul>-
dned every feeling blu. that OF ast,n-
ishment n wonder, and when no
poke, the rich, musical tones of his
voice, the perfection and c%leluencc
of his language, and his faul,!ess pre-
runclatiOn charmed his hearers and
Persuaded all who listened to hi,n
The attention being riveted. the spell
vas never broken till he chose to sus-
pend and permit you 10 breathe again
IN freedom. His min was thorough
~ cultivated: he had read neatly
everything in our langua"e and Ver y
:.uch in Latin and Grs..e. and was
familiar with all the incidents of his
tory. His memory was unfail;ng and
his powers Of recollection without a
INIT. All that he had read and OBJ
: served were as servant at his hands
: ready to illustrate his arguments, te
aoOrn his or to magnify
= his eloQuence. It seemed that he
: knew everything that was beautiful
and eloquent and enchanting. and
blended them in harmony as a lovely
picture. and then with bewitchine
q words invited the admiration and won.
: der OF his hearers to the scene before
them"
9 In 1928 Mr.. Badger was the leade,
OF the jackson party in North Caro-
y lima and. according to the Philadel
: phia Standard. wrote the most i'm.
pOrtant addresses and other publ,
. papers OF his party previous to tina
q statesman,s 1Andrew Jackson] eleva
: ton to the Presidency" jackson
e subsequent fight on the National Banl
e drove Badger into the ranks Of tn,
newly formed Wing party: and il
1889 he successfully led the force
OF that marty in North Carolina II
support OF Harrison and Tyler. Fol
lowing n success OF the ticket. tn
< Wing members OF the General AS
sembly unanimously nominated an,
recommended him as eminently Quail
n fed to make an able Attorney-Gen
r. eral in President Harrison's admins
l. tration"; the Wings throughout tn
$. State. and many OF the Wing leader
in the nation. confidently expecte,
y his appointment. The Philadelphia
standard, anticipating this result, III
to dertook to introduce Mr.. Badger to tn
IN country as lone OF the most distin
IN guished lawyers Of North Caroline
Il where he has filled several importan
e. Offices with credit to himself an
"A profit to the Commonwealth.
IN He Is now in the meridian and fu
er Figor Of life, n no man living enjoy
,n a purer and more spotless reputatio
90 for probity and honor." Feeling tina
&c pd him for the ~attornev-s anara lshi,
pr Mr.. Badger and his friends We're di.
appointed when. instead Of the depart