The weekly North-Carolina standard., 1869-04-21
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needs men ana money 70 fueNS'oPl hei io-
sources and to revive her industry This is O
the case throughout the South, and those
States will the soonest regain their former
prosperity which offer the greatest encour-
agement to immigrants. South Carolina
and Louisiana have set the initiative, and
are already perceiving the good results of
their action. Shall North Carolina, which
possesses far greater natural advantages than
any other Southern State, remain inactive9 /,
1t does no good to sit among the ruins of
! our wealth, recalling former prosperity, and
bemoaning our present condition. Nothing
can be gained by such course. It'll notii
lamenting our losses that will repair them'
but work, constant, energetic work. Ihat
the business of the State has been greatly
damaged by war is true, but that the ell iuture !.
is at all gloomy is not true. We are merely !.
experiencing that reaction which inevitably
attends the cessation of war, when the over
strung, over-worked energies are suddenly
loosened. Stretched by the unusual and
continuous tension, they must have time to
contract to the legitimate proportions before
the proper and necessary medium can he
reached. That the South is put at a still
greater disadvantage by the revolution in its
system of labor is an undeniable fact. But
this change, though a temporary hindrance,
will be vast and permanent gain to every
class of society. The present loss will be
repaid thousand fold by the improved
state of society it will create. Labor will no
longer be regarded as. disreputable, and the
mechanic be treated with disdain.. Work
will become what it is, the mark of a useful
citizen. The hitherto neglected genius of
the South will find vent In thousand diff
ferent ways, and its efforts build up the
prosperity and power of the South. Young
men, instead of being brought up to life
| of idleness in which they will be OF no ser
vice to themselves or their fellow men,
will be taught trades and professions,
| Will engage in agriculture, commerce, and
manufacturing, in short in every branch ofin-
dustry, and will benefit themselves, their
State and their country. Then will the
true prosperity of the South commence.
Then will be the beginning of glorious
future. The drones will give place to men
whose brains and arms will be of some use.
Three quarters of the people will no longer
work to support the other quarter in idleness
but will work, each in his own way, to ad-
vance the general prosperity, North Caro-
lima is beginning to, see the value of work
and has taken the first step towards success.
Let her profit by the examples of
South Carolina and Louisiana and give all
possible encouragement to immigration.
Every working man who settles in North
Carolina helps to buildup the State. Capt.
tai is needed and its investment in our State
should be encouraged, but the best and
most needed capitalists are working men.
Men who will aid in developing the resources
of the State, who will, clear away the
forests and raise up cities, towns and villages
in their stead They may not bring capital
with them, but they will do still better
make it. Let the proper amount of work
be done throughout the State, and the capi-
tai will come of its own accord. To gain
this, let the world understand that North
Carolina is desirous of receiving all who
wish to come, that she wants honest and
industrious men to build up her interests to
the equal profit of the State and the citizen.
Let all prescription on the account of politi-
cal opinion cease Let social ostracism on
the account of partisan feeling exist no Ion
ger. Put away all petty spites, and let
every North Carolinian, native and adopted,
bend all his energies to the noble work Of
elevating his glorious State to the position
to which she Is entitled. In this work al
will be brothers, and their common labor Of
love will serve to do away with the bittel
, feelings engendered by the war, and to es
tablish state of society most beneficial tt
all. North Carolinians your State appeals
to you / Shall she appeal in vain9 Z.