FROM THE

SPEECHES AND WRITINGS

OF

HON. THOMAS L. CLINGMAN,

OF

NORTH CAROLINA,

WITH

ADDITIONS AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.

RALEIGH:

JOHN NICHOLS, BOOK AND JOB PRINTER, FAYETTEVILLE STREET.

1877.

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1877, by THOMAS L. CLINGMAN,

in the office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington.

TABLE OF CONTENTS.

SCIENCE AND CHRISTIANITY,

RELIGIOUS AND POPULAR ORATORS,

ADDRESS DELIVERED AT DAVIDSON COLLEGE, NORTH CAROLINA,

THE GREAT METEOR OF 1860, ...

HUXLEY, DARWIN AND TYNDALL; OR, THE THEORY OF EVOLU-

TION,.....

WATER SPOUTS,....

VOLCANIC ACTION IN NORTH CAROLINA,.

FARMING AND COOKERY, .

ANNUAL ADDRESS BEFORE THE NORTH CAROLINA STATE AGRI-

CULTURAL SOCIETY,...

SPEECH DELIVERED AT THE CHARLOTTE CENTENNIAL,

THE MOUNTAIN REGION OF NORTH CAROLINA:

LETTER TO J. S. SKINNER, ESQ.,.....

LETTER TO THE EDITOR OF THE HIGHLAND MESSENGER,.

90

110

113

116

LETTER FROM PROFESSOR CHARLES UPHAM SHEPARD,

119

LETTER TO THE NORTH CAROLINA LAND COMPANY,

121

EXTRACTS FROM A LETTER TO WILLIAM FRAZIER, Esq.,...

124

THE PRINCIPLES OF THE WHIG AND DEMOCRATIC PARTIES,... . . .

MR. CLAY-CAUSES OF HIS DEFEAT,

148

173

IV

TABLE OF CONTENTS.

MR. CALHOUN'S UNIONISM,..

CLAYTON COMPROMISE,..

229

230

ALARMING AGITATION AS TO SLAVERY,...

CORRESPONDENCE WITH FOOTE AND MANGUM,..

230

231

POSITION OF THE "NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER,”.

233

MR. TOOMBS' RESOLUTION IN WHIG CAUCUS,........

234

PROGRESS OF THE SLAVERY AGITATION, DISCUSSED IN A LETTER

259

DUTIES ON RAILROAD IRON AND COMMERCIAL RESTRICTIONS, ..

PRESIDENTIAL CONTEST-SCOTT, FILLMORE AND WEBSTER,

STRUGGLE IN WHIG CAUCUS--LETTER TO THE "REPUBLIC,”.

SCOTT'S NOMINATION-GROUNDS OF OPPOSITION TO HIM--LETTER

TO DR. LADSON A. MILLS,....

288

308

......

309

316

EXCITEMENT GROWING OUT OF THE KANSAS BILL, AND DINNER

FOREIGN POLICY-PANAMA AND BLACK WARRIOR CASES-ADMIN-

ISTRATION REFUSES TO ACT,.

375

CRAMPTON'S DISMISSAL,. . . . .

376

TABLE OF CONTENTS.

BRITISH INTERFERENCE WITH SLAVERY,....

GREAT BRITAIN AND EAST INDIAN TORTURES,

BRITISH POLICY IN CENTRAL AMERICA AND CUBA,

SPEECH AGAINST CLAYTON-BULWER TREATY,..

SPEECH AGAINST PROTECTIVE TARIFFS,.

KANSAS--WALKER, BUCHANAN AND DOUGLAS--CONTEST BE-

.......

377

379

391

409

432

LETTERS TO THOMAS, OSBORNE, AND OTHERS, ON THE SITUATION,

553

PUBLIC SPEAKING-HOW IT OUGHT TO BE CONDUCTED, .

613

MODE OF CHOOSING A PRESIDENT,

614

JOINT RESOLUTION TO AMEND THE CONSTITUTION,

620