The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-07-29
NORTH CAROLINA.
HAPPY CHANGES OF sENTIMEET AMONG THE
PEOPLE

| the election OF Congressman on the FIRST Thursday
OF August, the whole scheme OF the proposed
| celebration OF our hundredth anniversary OF the
national Declaration of Independence was de-
! nounced unsparinglY by the stump orators or the
| conservative party, ana was received with
marked and general dis lpproVal by the people.
The bill introduced IN Congress to appropriate
three millions OF dollars from the federal treasury
| in aid OF the observance was especially stigma
tized as but another robbery Of the public purse.
This feeling was universal and all but unanimous;
so much so that the republican spokesman
| sought altogether to evade the discussion OF
the matter only few of them, sc altered
here and there, tindy apooglzlng for it. The
Industrial Exposition, which was TO be promi-
| nent feature OF the celebration, was everywhere
satirized as colossal advertising dodge for the
exclusive bene1t OF Yankee and foreign inventors,
parentees ana vendors OF new-fsnglea notions
OF no account. 1t was alleged ON all sides. ana
! without much, II any, attempt at contradiction
that the South had nothing to exhibit in the pro-
| jected big fair AMI would not be justly and i'm
! partially treated II she had
! TO Southern resident, however free from par
tlsan prejudices or sectional prepossessons, this
widespread ana intense sentiment OF dsfavor
toward the Philadelphia Centennial does not
seem to have been at all unnatural. The abuses
OF reconstruction, less heavily felt perhaps In
North Carolina than in the States further South,
were nevertheless sufficiently annoying 70 check
and chill any exuberance OF revived iraternal
feeling, while all ntiul impulses of national patri
otsm were efectualy swallowed ND in the
stronger throes OF sympathy with Confederates in
q cause lost but sacred, endeared by many tender
and heroic memories, now haplessly stricken
down by
THE MAILED HAND
OF the Union II Is not to be wondered at that the
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patriotic festival in the Southern States and that
the Presidential proclamatlOns OF national thanks
giving days had been entirely disregardeo.
do not deny that there has been bad blood
ana a good deal Of r., toward the North ard
Northern men. Disappointment In hopefully con-
ceived expectations Of cordial welcome as re-
turned err1ug brethren; the difficulties OF dealing
with the new problem Of freed labor; the depres-
sion OF sudden impoverishment, added to the
humiliation OF defeat; the chagrin with which was
witnessed the elevation OF slaves OF yesterday to
not only peershlp, but, BY reason OF their
numerical preponoerance, to absolute mastery In
local government; the accession TO representative
seats OF arrogant and INSCRIPTIONS aliens, or OF
natives still less worthy and still more dlstrusted:
the introduction OF an absurdly complex ana cum
brous system or county and municipal organiza-
ton; the oppressive working OF internal revenue
laws and other acts or Congress, lily understood
even by the lawyers, and tardily and most In
! sufficiently promulgated among the people-a
these facts OF the situation along with others
which will not now pause to enumerate, were
potently operative elements III producing pro-
! found and general discomfort.
North Carolina expected, and had right to ex-
meet more LIBERAL treatment at the hands OF the
| VICTORIOUS North. she was the last OF all the
| Southern states 10 adopt secession ordinance,
! and she accepted the Coniederacy only in obedi-
| ence to an memorable geographical necessity.
| Through all the four long years from Sumter to
Appomattox thousands OF ner best citizens were
tlu IovoI 10 tha AZ
| tion TO the measures OF the Davis administrator
winch signarzed the last two years OF the war,
ana which SO largely contributed TO the ultimate
triumph OF tue Union arms, had Its chief strength
in North Carolina. Regiments OF native white
volunteers were recruited from her borders for
service in the military OF the United States.
TO this important material aid should be added.
iaby valuable results in the prevention OF foreign
recognition, at one time imminent, OF the "Union
! Gus sections OF the State, which convinced the
world that North Carolina at least was
HoNEYCOBBED WITH DIsAFFECTION
10 the cause Of the Conlederacy. For all this
however North,Carolina upon the termination OF
credit Instead OF generous greeting with the
open palm OF friendship the cienched INST struck
In the course Of a recent extended tour OF OBJ
/ seivation throughout tbs State, supplemented
/ by trustworthy information rom every avail.
\ feeling fortunately changed. Forgiveness must
| forget, and pardon and oblivion are synonyms
which was won BY the true ctizens ana tax,
! payers last year, followed closely by the demo-
cratic successes in the elections in the Northern
/ and western states, inflated an 'era OF good
| feelngi which has Deen growing Ia magnitude
and earnes tness ever since. And there IS nothing
I so favorable as good ieelingu 10 the develop
ment OF patriotism. The sceptre oil power in the
state has az last returned TO the ruling race; and
the repetition Of the victory the broad field OF
\ the Union in the coming Centennial year Is en-
! couraglngly probable. EgAteen hundred and
seventy-slx Is looked forward TO, therefore, with
\ cheerful augurles as an epoch OF completed de-
\ hverance nom Casarism and It's impending "Ilad
/ ma the North Carolinlans, staid and unde-
mOnsrattve as theY are, everywhere lubllant in
I the Anticipation OF return TO sound constitu-
! tional principles in the administration OF the
\ federal government. As an ougrowth OF this
| fixed conviction has arisen wonderful resurrec-
ton OF patriotism. The revolution OF political
1 opnen In the North has taught them that the
people OF shat section are not lrreVocably welded
TO the tenets Of the party which has been domin-
ant there for the last fifteen years; but that nom
estJ and Independence are the CHARACTERISTICS not
alone OF Southern but or all American freemen.
They that the great heart OF the nation Is
sound. They realize that the same chvalrous
sentiment which lmpelied the North to demand
equal and exact justice for the negro and TO to
1t that his newly franchises as citizen
should be solldly guaranteed ia the lmmutable
muniments or the national organic Jaw, at the
same time and In the same spirit OF fair play in
sis that the Southern white man SHAH enjoy,
equally with themselves, all the blessings and
benelactions OF the Union. They have learned
party nothing LEADERS are notnng
Dut that the Republic, one and indivlslbic, Tree
sn9 yHsI aoo pure ~ every Lnlhg. nortn Oarollna
and traditions to be otherwise than patriotic. /
saw aud heard this amid the multitudes in May
a. charlotte she is proud OF her historical pos
sessions and justly so, for large was her part In
the long struggle Of protest and resistance when
\ preceded the Revolution, and immense the valOr,
\ the forttuae, the sacrifice with wnIcn she made
/ good the intrepid utteranees Of Mecklenburg.
I WITHOUT the Union all tne-s precious memories
are n0tsing and the record OF her deeds In tue
war OF 1912 and In the Mexican war Is significant
only as u Is American. This her people fee in
I Etnctlvely. The best Of her Leading men are now
/ Thoroughly patriotic In that broad import OF the
! word which covers the whole country. Ransom
Yeates, Barnes BROOKS and Wadden In the Eat:
Msrrtman and Cingman in the West, and smith
and Moore and Battle and Graham in the centre
are All national men. TIE R9leign NetCs and the
larger more influential portion or the press of
the state favor the participation OF Nor n Carolina
In the Philadelphia Centennial, and are In other
ways in full accord with the new epoch OF frater-
nifty. The exceptions TO this sentiment rare
and Insignificant. There are sOme rev mOrose,
sour men, VINO still preach the gospel OF hate and
cherish sacred animOsity TO the North and
NOrtherners. but these have no following among
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