Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1876-04-14

= 'Wer vel adapted to MAKING Non,
DINA great manufacturing stat. ,i, .ai-
at the same time no healthier State ~ 81,
I mon. with navigable streams a,d '.e
az now traverSing almost every soo,;a
win Hoh IN abundance in her sI'
rave 5, anu creeks, all she needs 10
laws, "a good system Of labor And SOU
dir' ted capital to make her a era., v. "eh-
e, 40 assurance is here eiye,, :" .I
II u est man of magic wealth suddenl, "ie
gu red and generally by wrong and ~; az
ice to others, and ending as Such for, Jus
- most cases do iii loss and chap,in pe
our SOIL climate and other Intrinsic ADJ,
age u" ohrf sure reward for faithf.,1
laOor aud handsome remuGera,iya ra.. iul
for capital well employed. in an tu ulls
tn n9s which render existence con,t muse
and happy freedom from want % 'aoie
reward for skill and industry, Nn,,, lam
ma has 10 superior in The Enited S,.,aa
III the world. Some few good man. 30
nave Come from abroad 10 cast ,,.
'iHolS us have been tieeced hy l...., w
SpeculaIois in tie State who have s'a i,esS
III whitening denunc;ations If ar "ie"
good people. But the worthy ~, ~. our
from tie old country or the n.r,
50 rs TO change his abode viii a., ""o
"hfF" hral1er welcome or s,,rer ,,a,I'
ton in the Friendship, customs ,,id ,
polt oil any section than liz. will tnJ
Now mere, let 1t be rfptare.t can H.. t,1,.s.
'''F q! industrious farmer If dis,a,t
t''''~ l:i'd kinder nriglbors on r,ora 'aii'
ing abudes Lhar III NuItb Ca;,Ji,,, i,i'n-
IL" Fc"Ple If our State the stra, Gar n.h
II Il IA HC, Vail
Wv hose doors open faster,
Al tie knock Of the stranger or the t.I
disaster, ''ir ol
lie" IKE tn the rudcness of their ,ou
native mountains,
Ith rtch ore in their bnsoms and T..
their fountains" '''e III
Nor Is tins all. We can point with State
pnde, not alone to our heroes and s,o D,a'e
meh-'o these historic deeds and h.lI",''a,
associations which are full Of tIr;m;s
memories as to our illustrious men G,,;''s
anu dead, but to our women also who ars
unsurpassed i'll all that makes woma'7
beautiful, true AMI lovely, 'e"
''And her daughters the o,eap 81 :,
forest resembling. u Inc
80 graceful, SO constant, to gentle breath
True lightwood at heart LET tho maj,
be applied them, naeh
to-" they klndIe in flame Oh. none know
but whoye tried them"
Then let the stranger who comes 70 se,,,o
"rhih our gates remember that in
health he will be encouraged and in s;ol.
ness soNthed and sustained. And if den,
should come, let ii be j soIacc to him 70
Know that those whom he NAV Law
pthlhd HIM here will not he in wilderness
or among ban barous people but will hs
where the good and true and merciful u;u
extend their aid and sympathies in cluster
ing prOfusIOn, AID that 10 people know
peiler thar ours how to temper the wind
TO tie shoIn lamb. More and much mors
-han tins and such as this can in all tu,h
oc sad i'll behalf of our people and our
State, and to show that here can be fonnd
n"ili'S worthy OF The best and noblest in
the land. -
One more word and L will cease to weary
your patience. Tie shadows Of the COMING
c"ntennis; year of our national existence
ate already over the Ma ion with HEALING
upon tt-eir wings and brightness on their
surface 1t Is pleasing to believe that those
different sections of the Union, so lately in
Stl1te aud deadly combat, are shaking
hands with gradually increasing spirit Of
peace ana II cancellation. The bloody
chasm 10 longer exists except in those
thrilling memories of brave deeds and noble
| men when are hereafter 10 be the COM
mon property of the Moth and the South.
hc slSnltical fact that Gen. Fi,z Lee was
not long since cordially received under the
Hcly sha Ows Of Bunker Hill, and that our
great chIefiain, eN-PIesident Davis, Las
just been warmly welcomed ia the Western
ai'a Nof'A Western States, as, in his agli-
cultural addresses there, he raised his elo-
Iicht voice for the development OF the
magnificent resources of the Mis.jssppi
Val ey, and plead with pafhos and tender
emotion Tor the best interests of every sec
ton OF our common country, is a most graf
ifyi ing on ell that the dark clouds of sec
ilunai prejudice are rolling away flom the
NuIthern mind. Welcome tothese blessed
hafhlngeIS of brighter aud better DAYS
Ie SCutLern people are ready to encOur-
age every auSpiciCuS indication of a restC-
ration OF good fe' ling. The truly noble
al e as great III failure as i'll success and our
late defeat has not disqualified us f,.r that
devotion to the government and the old flag
llIch IS Indispensable to the faithful sup
port OF the constitution and the country.
he inspirations of this Southern patriot.
sm are impctling cur people to meet our
Northern brethren upon Tie common
plane OF con mon country. Let us ac-
rcpt the hand of reconciliation and seek
| to res ore the union If love. Let lis assure
| the Meth that this love ON Our part will
Increase Ia The Iatio of that increase of re-
rGgHltlon OF that great fundamental pro-
VISION OF the constitution which guaIau-
tees % Moth Carolina or Florida the same
rights III the MON as it does to Massa-
ci usetts or New York. If any one de-
siros to Intensity his love for his native
country let him 60 abroad among STRAIT
gers i'll strange land. This was realized
by me when, just before the war stepped
t ON aboard all English steamer on for
elgh soil. AS l scanned at Liverpool tie
forest of masts bearing the emDlems Of
thu lr-rts 81 ectLxe mathematics felt a patri-
OF c joy l had never experienced, as,
away from home, | saw for the first time
since leaving these shores our own Ameli-
can flag with its proud folds waving to the
!,rteZe. And though tie hest men in the
South atli rwards fought and bled and died
uhter iii" Confederate lam er, feeling in
al none sly shat it was a patriotic duty TO
&" so, yet these are the readitst men to
feel ana To Show full alL aiance to the gov
erilI ent. And this is tie prevailing feeling
now III North Carolina and all over this
Impoverished Southern land. Let us all
feel that the whole countryis our country,
that the flag of our fathers is our flag to
protect ourselves and our children, and
that the American Union is our Union.
Ihen, with hearts rel dy for the defence Of
he constitution and Liberties of the cOuIi-
tiN- we can vie with the best patriots of
every section i.I doing our best for the safe
", pelpetuliy, and glory Of the Republic.