Transcriber's Note: Italic text is denoted by _underscores_. Small capital text has been replaced with all capitals. * * * * * [Illustration: WILLIAM R. DAVIE.] LIVES OF DISTINGUISHED NORTH CAROLINIANS WITH ILLUSTRATIONS AND SPEECHES COLLECTED AND COMPILED BY W. J. PEELE, A MEMBER OF THE RALEIGH BAR DAVIE, MACON, MURPHY, GASTON, BADGER, SWAIN, RUFFIN, BRAGG, GRAHAM, MOORE, PETTIGREW, PENDER, RAMSEUR, GRIMES, HILL Let us pass not through the earth so fair, Leaving no witness the truth to bear That we've lived and loved and labored here. RALEIGH 1898 COPYRIGHTED 1897 BY W. J. PEELE PUBLISHED BY THE NORTH CAROLINA PUBLISHING SOCIETY THE LORD BALTIMORE PRESS THE FRIEDENWALD COMPANY BALTIMORE, MD. THIS BOOK IS DEDICATED TO THOSE WHO HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO MAKE IT, TO THE DESCENDANTS OF THOSE WHO ARE ITS SUBJECTS, AND TO ALL NORTH CAROLINIANS WHO SEEK TO EMULATE THE VIRTUES IT RECORDS. CONTENTS. PREFACE. INTRODUCTION. WILLIAM R. DAVIE BY WALTER CLARK. NATHANIEL MACON BY { THOMAS BENTON. { WELDON N. EDWARDS. Speech on the Missouri Compromise. ARCHIBALD D. MURPHY BY WILLIAM A. GRAHAM. Historical Address at the University. WILLIAM GASTON BY W. H. BATTLE. Address at the University. GEORGE E. BADGER BY WILLIAM A. GRAHAM. Speech on Slavery and the Union. DAVID L. SWAIN BY Z. B. VANCE. Address: "Early Times in Raleigh." THOMAS RUFFIN BY WILLIAM A. GRAHAM. Opinion in "Ex parte Bradley." THOMAS BRAGG BY PULASKI COWPER. Account of a Political Discussion. WILLIAM A. GRAHAM BY MONTFORD MCGEHEE. BARTHOLOMEW F. MOORE BY ED. GRAHAM HAYWOOD. Argument in State _vs._ Will. J. JOHNSTON PETTIGREW BY MRS. C. P. SPENCER. The Character of the British; An Evening at Seville. WILLIAM D. PENDER BY W. A. MONTGOMERY. STEPHEN D. RAMSEUR BY W. R. COX. BRYAN GRIMES BY H. A. LONDON. Surrender at Appomattox. DANIEL H. HILL BY A. C. AVERY. Address: "The Old South." PORTRAITS. DAVIE Frontispiece MACON facing p. 81 MURPHY facing p. 111 GASTON facing p. 150 BADGER facing p. 181 SWAIN facing p. 229 RUFFIN facing p. 284 BRAGG facing p. 306 GRAHAM facing p. 333 MOORE facing p. 378 PETTIGREW facing p. 413 PENDER facing p. 436 RAMSEUR facing p. 456 GRIMES facing p. 495 HILL facing p. 524 PREFACE.