The weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 186?-1869, 1868-02-05
ment for thousands of hardy fishermen, an album
aancsoi cheap iood for the people, and :. great

source Of wealth to the citizens who work these
fisheries. ~ =
And then your wealth of Forest. Where do
you nna Q liner belt -oi pine timber than along
your entire coast. and running sixty or an lun-
| dred miles inland-succecdcd as Won pass to the
interior, by oak, and hickory, and poplar, in
Large quantities and Of superior quality and after
y1u pass the Blue Ridge, those valuable woods,
black walnut and cherry
And who las any adequate conception of our
mineral resources? Aiarge section of the State
| Is unleraid with coal and iron--the most val "a
ole Oh an ninernls aud the grand eiviizers OF The
age. 10 the Deep River country, so faithfully re-
presented in this Convention, by the sfre-tricd',
4 gentleman rom Chatham, we have coal aud
iron, OF superior quality, in close proximity, the
Very tact above all others which has given Eng
land her greatness and power. And fartherwtst-
\ ward we have tine mines OF copper, and theme
tain slopes are rich with gold
| Now, SIR, it matters not how rich we may be in
all these great inatiyesresources unless we
quieken!them into life by the magic touch oflabor
and capital. "a
noticed with shame the other day, in one of our
| newspapers, the taunt, worthy Of Chinese fool,
in regard to q distinguished and gallant gentle
man of this Convention, that he recently came in
1 TO this State, by the way of Wilmington Now,
sir, it is very true that the gentleman fought his
way in by the way of Fort Fisher, sword in hand,
and II looks very much as il the gentleman had
4 come to stay.~ | can but think it would be well
| 1or North Carolina, sir, if many more such gen
ISuemen would turn their steps this way, and
would notconfinc them to the Wilmington route,
but would be glad to see them thronging all the
| ways leading to North Carolina. Skilled and in
| dustrious laborers and men of capital and enter
| prise are|what we want. | would have North
! Carolina open wide all her gates and bid them
'celcome. And when they know that they will be
| welcomed here-when they know that you are to
have stable and loyal government, they will come
| by thousands from all quarters. The hardy sons
| OF New England, seeking milder Cline Emf
| grants from the old world, bunting for land of
! freedom. When your government and society is
! fairly based upon Republican principles capital
| and enterprise will flow in upon us in generous
streams, and every interest OF society will pusate
with new life. Aye, sir, the very soil will feel the
| electrifying touch, and no longer vexed by the
| tormentings of shiftless, unwilling, unrequited
| toll your fields will wave their green banners in
luxurant Joy as they feel the deeper STRINGS of
! the sturdy plough snare of cheerful free labor.
| Your rivers no longer run idly to the sea-but
| with the music of waterfall shall mingle the mu-
sic Of loom and spindle, and the shouts of happy
labor.
| Your mines no longer slumber in the sleep of
| ages; but on mountain slope and through hushed-
vsllies shall be Weakened the ring of the forge,
! and shall rise the smoke of the furnace, and new
| settlement shout to lis fellow, while new towns
| multiply through all our borders.
| Norih-Csrolina is no longer, sir, to plod her
| weary way in the rear of her sister Siates with
every census falling back in the march of empire;
but with quckened step she is 10 press along the
highway OF an enlightened civilization, until she
| takes her place at the head of the column, and
becomes what God designed she should be when
| he spread her broad plains and furrowed through
| them the great rivers when lie planted her ma
jestic forests, and built her mountains and filed
| their vaults with uncounted wealth; Queeny
| State, chief among her sisters, the home Of free
men, pillar of liberty, atountain of happiness
and prosperity.
| Above North Carolina to-day burns the Star of
| Empire Let this Convention see TO it, that she
| fails not Of her destiny.
hope sir that we will place in our Constitu-
| ton, by the amendment while PROPOSE the no.
| tice that North Carolina WELCOMES IMNIGRA-
| TIoN.
Mr. Rodnian said that he had heard the
! gentleman with pleasure, and wished that
every word could go, not only to the North
ern States butall over the populated countries
of Europe He wished to see Immigrants
come. Without one cent of money, yet their
physical strength, mental and moral worth
were capital-free labor is the source OF all
wealth. He regretted to see that some WHO
had come amongst us were denounced as
"adventurers." Our ancestors had come as
adventures to win their fortunes by the ex-
ercise Of those virtues which God hal given
them. He wished all such men success, for
their success was bound up with our pros
| perity. He was not afraid of competition
with them. No worthy son of the soil ought
to be. If they possess more of the virtues
and energies which crown men with success,
let them that are worthy of the palm bear
it away. If as it is alleged, we are e6fete
let us go down and better race take our
! place. But he anticipated no such result
| Common blood and common sentiments
would inspire fraternity, which would have
no such unnatural consequence. Now he
would suggest to the delegate to offer his
amendment to the 18th section, and make
bureau OF immigration to be,placed under the
Secretary of State. And instead of leaving
the word may" in the section referred to,
insert shall" and make it imperative upon
the Legislature to raise this Bureau. The
Superintendent of Public Works would have
his hands full, without the charge of the
matter of immigration. He would, there
fore, vote against the motion as it now stood,
but would move to amend the 18th section
as indicated.
Mr.. Mcdonald, of Chatham, said the time
had come when sectional feelings should be
laid aside. He desired to see men come
from abroad, who would be "a benefit to us,
who would take hold of our works and do
what they could to develop the resources of
the State. A great many of our people
! abuse the Yankees, some talked of the white
mans party and white mans country. &c.
| Now he did not desire to hear more of this.
He wished to build up Union of good
feeling in fact as well as name-to encour-
age immigration and relieve the people.
Immediately before the surrender, the PEG
Pile were peeled and skinned by Wheelcr's
cavalry and JEFF Davis's impressing masters,
and then by Sherman's bummers. Now
they were poor. While the Northern peo-
! Pile had sent millions here for relief of the
people, they had sneered anthem. Nothing
Of that was heard in the North. He was
ashamed of such persons. We needed i'm
migrants here-men that would work and
help to relieve the distress of the people.
He would now say to the Convention. if
they'7oted down relief, the people would
vote down whatever else they did He was
r1 for the whole people. and would stand by
the colored man-determined to do all he
could for him that was just. In 1865, he
had voted to allow him to testify, and suf-
frage now could only male him free We
had been told of CASTOR, Dockery and More
head. How was it in 1885? CASTOR and
4 Dockery both voted against depriving the
colored men of suffrage. He was willing
to follow the lead of such men,
Mr.. Galloway said he belonged to race
which had been prescribed, but he desired
to see the country open to all men, to Ger
4 mans, fish and all-more particularly to
the latter, because he wished to save them
from the Fenian demonstration. Too much
had been said ofAadyepturers and FOREIGNERS