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 |