Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1876-04-14
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S. s. SATcHWELl, A. M. M. o.,
BEFORE THE
ANHU AL FAIR


BEFORE THE
AHNUA AL FAIR
OF THE
Cape Fear Agricultural Association
DECEMBER, 1878.
CAPE FEAR AGKICUI TURAL Assn,
Wilmington, March 2, 1876.
DR.. S. S. .SutchWetI, Rocky Point,
Pender Co.:
DEAR SIR:-I am instructed by the |
Board oil Managers of this association |
to request copy of your able address |
on the general subject of agricultural
improve emf, d. liyered at our las
an, nal Fair, for publication.
Yonr cary compliaDcs with this re-
quest will u4uch oblige.
Your ob't servant,
5. L.. FREM)NT,
President.
ROCKY POINT. PENDzR Co, N. G.
March 3rd, 1876
Col. s. H. Fremont, President cape
Feur Agricultural dissertation,
Wilmington, ". e:
DEAR SIh:-I have received your
note Of yesterday req Nesting for pub
LEGATION a copy of the annual address
which | had the honor to make at the
Fair Grounds on the occasion of the
last annual Fair of the Cape Fear
Agricultural Association. L very much
doubt whether its publication will
subserve any useful purpose. But in
Difference to these whose wi hes you
represent l herewith submit copy to
your better judgement and have the
honor to remain,
Very respectfully, your ob't servt,
S. S. SATcHwELL.
Fellow CIrIZ ENs:-Encoureing are
the ind cations of this annual reunion
and exhibition. 1t shows that, aru1d
the depressing influences of the past
and present, there is life in the old
land yet This large gathering is
| significant sign that our empower "a
people have still on hand that elasticity
and determination to recuperate which
is competent to revive the drooping
| cause of agriculture. The managers
OF these Annual Fairs deserve the
thanks of the public for their enter
| prize and labors in the needed service
| of agricultural improvement. Our
chief Executive Officer, Col. S. L.
| Fremont, has made this service a lab. r
Of love these many years aud is en-
titled to the gratefui appreciation Of
all true friends of progress. Neither
himself nor other unselfsh spirits that
have labored hardest with him may
receive the applause of the ignorant
| and uuappreciutive. The nOisiest men
| are not those who are the most useful
or deserving. The renoWn which
gilds the name of the popular orator
or the cOnquerOr or slauguterer Of his
fellow men is mol the reward of those
who make a record for such self -sacli
| ticiDg toll. But these hard work ing
leaders in material and scientific add
vancemeut these pioneers, since the
war, in tie 81 eat cause of agricu tural
| improvement and reform i'll North
Carolina, Ill win and wear, as others
ia like service will, that better crown
which belongs here and hereafter to
those who unselfshly strive 10 amel!o
rate the condition OF their fellow men
and to give success to that great bust
ness of tilling the soil which Is
more than ever, IN this ar-desolated
land, the foundation of prosperity and
the life blooi of the State.
Wilmington, always patriotic and
public-spir1ted, has done well in the
matter of these annual fairs. The
farmers. who are mainly iutere It'd
have not exhibited that interest and
p lb ic spirit upon these grC u IDS which
vas due aud expected. the managers
have not a. all times received that
warm and sustaining support from the
producers of eastern North CarClinl
that WAS due to their patriotic devO-
ton to the public good as shown in
their hard work to make these fairs
successful. There have been some
mutual MISUNDERSTANDING that have
thrown their shadows around aad
which, it is believed, are now happily
passing away When there shall BE-
such a heating REFORM In their gcNer0l
management as to adapt them NOR
tt the pressing wants o; the producers,
then the farmers aud the wives ami
daughters Of farmers will feel more a.
home here, there viii be such IL reilly =
ing of the agricultural ant hard wol *
ing masses upon these grounds every
year, such an uprising of public sup
port aud popular sympathy IN beha f
of these fairs tt throughout ali our cast
ern and southeastern counties, as VIII
make glad the hearts of all our people
aud ensure a brilliant and permanent
success to the Cape Fear Agricul, ural
Association.
Some gentleman more competent
and of more Celebrity and ambition III
the line of public speaking than my
self should have performed the task
which the generous paitIaiity rather
than the better Judgment Of the board
OF managers now asslgt 8 to me. 70
my own conscious lmper!ectiOns may
be added the embarrassing fact that
| not until about one week ago was |
notified of the honor of the invitation
to deliver this annual address. Surely
would [ have declined it therefore had
L been actuated by mere personal CON
siderations. But unwilling even to
appear lnsen sible to the compliment;
feeling, in this day of trials to US ali,
that no true man can afford to be
laggard in the cause of recuperation,
or to appear to be q sIuggard in the
r atriotic service of material progress
aud agricultural Improvement, l have
come Wi h my mite, however feeble,
after finding no loop hole of escape
from facing that public criticism
which. TO sensitive nature, is more
to be dreaded than the Roman lion.
The changed relations of things
since the war from their former hsppy
condition, calls upon every true
Southern man, whatever bis calling, to
come to the rescue. No man who llveth
unto himself in this day and turns a
deaf ear to the plaintive cries for re.
cuperation. prOgrt IS and a higher
standard of moral conduct and patriotic
service, now coming up from all sides
of this suffering land. is good citi-
al,.
| tan. Let it be repeated that every
good citizen, however feeble or OBJ
scure, should. put his armor on and
| come forward i'll bahalf of all industrial
efforts and public improvements that
tend to promote SOCIAL ad yancement.
| integrity of action. charity of thought,
or whicL promise to rebuild our waste
places. to develope our magnificent
resources, and to unite in one common
brotherhood the various sections of our
common country In the an0Iinatiou