| [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."] |