The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-01-17

four male colleges and eight female
colleges, and numerous high schools
FOR both sexes. al OF the highest order.
Our homestead laws secure 10 the
owner personal property 10 the amount
Of S5l0, and homestead. wlth dwelling
and buildings 10 the amount q $4,000
Insurance effected on the life 81 the
husband for the b-nyf, ~ las family
i free from all claims IT creditors.
Married women hold All property !
owned before or acquired after marr-
age, against any debi or obligation u
the husband. The mechanic AMI la
horer's lien law l. liberal and afforis
ample protection All property sub
lect TO sale for taxes. No owl n. CITY.
county or other municipal corporation
can levy OF impose any tax without
the authority of a majority OF the quail
flied voters. except for necessary pur-
poses.
As 10 the vastnees Of the mineral
wealth Of our State. which. for variety
i certainly not equaled. and in value
Is not surpassed III any State in the
Union-I have said nothing. Prof.
W. c. Kerr, our State Geology I. who.
a. 4 Scientist, stands among the very
foremost of his profession, after =
study and investigation of sixteen
years, says: Nature has denied Us
only TWO of the mor important min
eral depoSits-salt and gypsum, tand
they may yet be discovered in the sand
stone of the COAL But of these two
there is an unlimited store just across
Il borders, within easy reach by a
railroad. of our net work of railroads
and of our rivers. Our Of
iron, coal and lime, Of gold, copper
other minerals of subordinate, but real
and increasing value, is sufficient to
warrant the assertion that our State
has here the foundation of indefinite
wealth and prosperity"
Our mineral springs. which are
numerous, are fast gaining a wide and
merited reputation for their valuable
and medicinal properties-and as popu-
lar resorts are visited annually by in
~creasing numbers from all sections of
the country.
The statistics of crime and II court
records will sustain me in the assertion
that a more law-abiding people than
Ours cannot be found in the world.
And in further proof, | may instance
the fact that last year we had a poll
teal campaign, in which partisan zeal
was never higher nor more conspi-
r~uously displayed, involving, as II did,
a triumph of doubtful issue to the
leaders of both parties, and yet IN the
50 counties c~anvasSed by our Guberna-
torial candidates, not a single arrest
was made for turbulent disturbance of
the peace. Again, while the great
wave Of violence and disorder was
raging, which swept across the North
ern section last summer, and the GOV
errors of those States We're daily and
hourly importuning the aid of the mill
tary arm of the government, u Chief
Executive-confidently relying on the
law-abiding, peace-loving character al
a people. who have always been dis
tinguished for these virtues and their
conservatism in all things-spent a
quiet and pleasant visit among his
friends in the mountains, while 1.-The
peace and dignity Of the State, SO faI
as it was dependent on the military
force, rested securely in the hands of .
single sergeant Of the I. $. army.
Again-our recent State Fair, when
from 5000 to 5000 persons, from al
parts of the State, visited the ground:
daily during the week, only II police
men were on duty, and not an arrest
was made.
Now that the passions are fast sub
siding in both sections, which were en-
gendered by the war, and which,
through the wicked Vaccinations oil
designing, corrupt men, ave SO long
be-clouded the eye of Justice;-nov
that our local governments are justly
and peacefully administered by true
and devoted sons, our people are be
ginning to feel that a better day Is IL
store for US, and banishlng a. best they
a idle grief over the wreck Of OLE
and long cherished systems, are man
fully. cheerfully and hopefully al
dressing themselves to the task o
working out and constructing a new
economy from the ruins
| have thus hurriedly and impcr
fectly treated only such matters ap
pertaining TO our State, as | think ma,
best meet the inquiries OF those desir
ing the information. and as a du'
regard for your interest n courtes,