SELECTIONS

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.

.S 19473.2.5

HARVARD COLLEGE

APR 4 1917

LIBRARY

Ward fund

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,.

LETTER FROM PROFESSOR CHARLES UPHAM SHEPARD,

LETTER TO THE NORTH CAROLINA LAND COMPANY,

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

CLIMATE OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA, AND ITS HEALTHFULNESS

FOR CONSUMPTIVES AND OTHERS,

OLD DIGGINGS FOR MICA IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA,

MOUNT PISGAH, NORTH CAROLINA,.

MOUNTAIN SCENERY,

GUYOT'S MEASUREMENT OF the MountAINS OF WESTERN NORTH CARO-

LINA,.

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

MR. CLAY-CAUSES OF HIS DEFEAT,

WILMOT PROVISO,

POLITICAL ASPECT OF THE SLAVE QUESTION,

GENERAL TAYLOR AS A PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE, .

JOHN QUINCY ADAMS AND GENERAL TAYLOR,..