The weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 186?-1869, 1868-04-01
Immigration.

immigration. r1s ont - ol
In the new Constitution of the State of
North Carolina. in the article on the Execu-il
tive Department, will be found the follow
ing section :els on i.9l5 l.8. lsl5aaH aaa
Sec H. There shall be established in the
Office of Secretary of State. Il Bureau of Sta
tistics, Agriculture and Immigration, under
such regulations as the General Assembly
may provide 's Is ...gs..re D 80
We regard this provision as one of the
most important in the whole Constitution,
involving the industrial reconstruction of
North Carolina, the development of her
magnificent resources of earth, air and water,
the peoping of her desolated fields, the
opening to the world of that mountain emf
pire-Westcrn Carolina, and the building
of mighty cities on our ocean shores, to send
forth the white winged vessels of commerce
laden with every treasure which God has SO
richly lavished amongst us. iaaFt iug
When we remember that in 1890, North
Carolina stood third among her sisters in
population and wealth her name was
renowned all ever America for fertility and
prosperity and that thousands of immigrants,
"the freest of the free "-focked to her bor
ders-when these recollections crowd upon
the mind, and we now behold her unfortu-
nate position, beneath those whom she once
surpassed, derided by Others whom she aid
ed and protected, filed with suffering and
poverty, mised and ruined by her wicked,
! unwise and ungrateful Children what true
son that does not feel a wish, strong as the
love for mother can be, to restore her an
cient glory, heal her wounds, bind up her
broken limbs, and smooth from her noble
brow the deep furrows of care" F." y. s't-
We have said that in 1890, North Carroll
ma stood third among her sisters. In 1860,
she had fallen to the twelfth luminary in the
galaxy of stars. The new States of Ohio,
Illinois, Missouri, Tennessee. Kentucky and
Indiana, and the old States of Massachu-
sets and Georgia had out run her in the race
for power and glory. Her fame was blem-
ished, her sons ridiculed and despised, and
only that, which she has clung to as she
4" clings to the promise of God," her integri-
ty remained to her. -3r
Unfortunately, because of lis agony and
suffering, fortunately because of its glorious
termination, the red tornado of war swept
her fields for FIVE long years, and to day
North Carolina stands farther down in the
scale IF prosperity than in 1850; but there
is new vigor abroad in the land, the spirit
of liberty guards her temple doors, and
1fresher life makes the grass of her mountain
slopes greener, and the flowers OF her valleys
brighter. ',is
Impoverished III many respects, the soil
Of our State is filled with every treasure, our
forests are mighty reservoirs of wealth, our
rivers as they roll to the sea, are stronger
than the arms of millions of men, our climate
protracts the life of man to golden age, and
fushes the brow of beauty with its sweetest
d glow-here God has spread forth q igoodly
land, here the angel of freedom hovers
above our heads, and here it is our duty and
it will be our work to build nation, second
to none in all the world. fj 5 ion
H When we return from this contemplation
of the future, and like wise men review our
present condition, and count the hours and
years Of toll before us, the strange opposi-
tion which we are to-day putting down, and
) feel the smart of wounds inflicted by
Cain-like brethren some hearts may sink,
. Others rebel with anger, but we say let all
forgive, and so far as past experience has
-taught-us it is safe, learn to forget, and turn
our hands to'that great-work with the cour-.
age that enabled our fathers to fell. primeyal
forests, drive back a savage foe, and con-
Iquer an empire for themselves and pos
terity. siolGIli9E f.asI557YidTi sdi
w What has buiit- t-up other States2 What
has rendered them great 2 why have they
-fourished and grown strong, while we have
languished and slept in theSwarm sunlight
of beautiful American Sons of North Caro- 9
lima, we can tell you. Slavery built Chinese
wall around our borders and the slaveholdli
er guarded its gates 50 that no free man
could enter withouta passport and live!!a- =
The Immigrant turned away sadly and
sought home under more inclement skies.
Ever our own brethren your sons and our
kindred despairing Of reapinga here the
full reward of honest labor, feeling the dis
NAL mark Of degradation, on their 'brows, !.
knowing that their thoughts were 3fettered
and their words scircumscribed, ,thatover their
heads was asuspened forever the, sword bf
despotic institutionAthey too, regarding not
the ties of birth, left their native land to
win honors from other peoples and add their
voices to the praises Of other States.
Few and far between, "like the first, drops
cofia thunderrshowernn here and there came
ina stranger to settle among us and make his
way in the world. But while tens of thou
sands yearly sought hemes in the West, 3
only half an hundred came to the Old North
State. From our borders flowed a con slant
stream of emigrants to other States-whiIe
few, came over to US. Many Of our statesm men
lifted a,warning voice and plead for the re- :
turn ofthe children of North. Carolina to the
! homes y Of their Birth, but they heard q
needed nots .iot of atit h41sq 7siHi .ma
!. !. Now we are ready to rejoice in the BELIEF
that this scondition of affairs is about 70,
chanpe-that we too viii be refreshed ysitb