The weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 186?-1869, 1869-01-27
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men ? Are not those her sons that are seen
on our streets daily idle9 Are not those her
sons that are waiting for something to turn
up, Micawber-likea Are they not waiting
for something to do, and isit not true that
they are not needed? We shall answer this
by telling you aohat Kind Of young men North
Carolina wants. u H1ref q ta,siliz ~ q
/ /. She acdnss young men that aoiU identity
themselves aciM her interests and destiny. Such
as will stand by her in veal and in woe, and
whose highest ambition it is to place her
abreast of the foremost States of the Union.
She has had young men who forsook her and
are now in the West building up giant
States while their native State is struggling
for existence They may befound in North
ern cities aiding to drain the life blood out
of North Carolina She wants young men
who will assume her burdens and toll to
raise her to power When we have thought
Of this, and when we have heard such youths
villify the land that gave them birth, we
h. looked upon her as relieved by their
departure, and never thought it strange that
she should want young men. 5
OF such, too, are those contemplate pen
sioners, on other mems means, who are con-
tinually exclaiming, the State is going to
the dogs p Who assail every good and
honest man that does not own that he belongs
to a party that is disgraced by their presence.
Who are doing all they can to destroy the
reputation OF the State by assuming the
world that all but their select circles of inn
| beetles are scoundrels and knaves. Who
would destroy every reputation in the State,
ruin her prosperity, drive and keep out every
honorable man in order to get some one into
office that would pension them with crust,
cast off clothes and rations of whisky and
tobacco. Would it not be well for the
| General Assembly to appropriate few
| thousand dollars to enable such sons" also
to emigrate to some Democratic State where
,ehite men vegetate and vote? Would not
this be SO desirable that at least railroad
appropriation might be rendered to affect it2
2. She wants young men acho aciH acork.
| Much work. toilsome work, is needed to be
done in North Carolina, and she wants
Young men to do it. Yes men who do not
think it degrading to put off their coats and
roll up their sleeves and soil their hands,
and, if need be, to have the sun embrown
their brows. Thousands of such youth,
with athletic frames and ambitious hearts
are needed-young men who will not blush
or hide their faces when seen hard at work
upon honest business-young men who de-
pend upon their own biawny muscle TO give
them position and character in the world,
and who have no idea of depending upon
ancestral reputation or property-who are
determined not to remain where they now
are, but who expect to cork their way up to
opulence and influence-who will become
the men who will sway the destinies of the
State and leave their impress upon it when
they pass away All this must be done by
some and it will not be done by those who
shirk from toll because it is degrading, or
those either who shirk it because they are
lazy. Business must be renewed-factories
must be run-the arts of mechanics must be
plied-the uncultivated soil must be titled
The existence of the State demands it. and
to- day she is calling earnestly for young men
to do this work that she may prosper.
8. She seants yonng men Of good habits.
''None other need apply" She has now
plenty that curse her soil who are deficient in
this respect The State must have good
character and that Is but the aggregate of
the character of her young men. Desperate
is the condition of that State whose
youth are corrupt in morals. Nomatter how
brilliant their talents may be- no matter
what their social position, they will be bur-
den and reproach to the State. Vicious
habits corrupt the whole being there is a
connection between all forms of vice and the
the very texture of mans moral nature.
We said the State had bountiful supply of
such and must get rid of them. She would
substitute them by men who have moral
courage to refuse the intoxicating cup al
though it be offered by the most delicate
of jeweled hands-its acceptance urged
by the sweetest smiles of the most beautiful
woman by young men who do not
saunter around, stuck on the end of pipe
stem or a cigar. Just now the State needs
all the brains they have or men that have
all their brains unscorched by burning tobac.
CO fumes. She needs men who can give all
their time to the work before them-young
men too who sleep well-who do not spend
their nights in reveling and debauch. They
need all their physical powers, for it is severe
and incessant toll that is demanded al
ways be ready for every dramatically for
business. Alas that SO many are sleeping
off drunken surfeit when most needed.
The State needs sober and pious young men.
4. She needs honest and reliable yOung men.
Honest in the widest sense of the word.
Honest in all the relations of life-who will
meet every demand of their contracts, real
or implied, that bind thena-who never fail
to meet every pledge-those who, when they
become men of business will be of that
class whose word will be as good as their
bond-who will always be trusted when
they arise from one position to another.
Men of integrity-mcn who never will be
doubted or supposed capable OF being
abribed Incorruptible young men the State
wants-who remember the good lessons of
Bible honor and virtue tanghs at their moth
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