The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-07-11

TED and O5eyed are the bu wark- Of
liberty and justice.
In connection with the subject Of
general statistics he showed their i'm
Portance as bearing IN the farming
and o'her industrial interests Of the
Subsequently, IN this axe OF
progress 5 II an important element
III the Education Of our children.
giving them broader and more 81
l~lghtencd views as to the varied in
terests Of II State, and by inculca
lug a deeper love. and more patriotic
devotion to the land Of their birth. Not
only had the Northern Press. and
Northern Orators, for the last half
century perverted and distorted the
truth toI sinister PURPOSES. not only
had the Northern pulpit persisted IL
the grossest misrepresentation ; of the
moral character 81 our people but the
nursery and tine ochOol-room. had
been assiduouslv employed. through
Chimney Corner rhymes, and school
texts books and the standard tncyclo-
paedias of the day to iuluse into the
minds of the youth OF that section
poisoned prejudice against Us. Our
inactivity and indifference t. our in
terest. no less than their activity AMI
zeal against our Interest have contrllti-
Ted to swell this prejudice. Although
one OF the original thirteen. less per
haps is known abroad of the charac-
teristics of our people, of their high
morl worth. and of ~ aui
capabilities, than perhaps even the
youngest of the American States.
This ignorance is no where 50 aptly
and forcibly illustrated. as. when the
intelligent gentleman from the North
who are constantly visiting the Muse
un cannot conceal their surprise at
the variety and quality Of our products
as there displayed, meagrc and partial
as it is.
OF course the Col. waved his black
flag against, and levelled his batteries
at the great army OF dogs, and Justify
his audience. Said that this question
for The protection OF sheep-husbandry,
while freely talked in private was sell
dom discussed publicly before our peo-
pie, but the magnitude5 of this inter
est admonished him that should he
fail to talk it freely and fearlessly be-
fore the people in all its bearings he
would be grossly recreant to a high
trust confided to him as Commissioner.
The Farmer and Mechanical first class
Agricultural journal, had been estab-
lished under the auspices of the De
partment and being its official organ for
the publication OF reports etc, it is
designed to be the medium OF com
munication between the Department
and the people.
He called upontho farmers of Fender
t look earnestly int the adaptation
of their soil and lands to o.her crops
than t%urpentine and cotton. He rode
from Goldsboro To Burgaw yesterday
through what he conceived to be nat
urally one of the finest sheep sections
in the State, without seeing "a solitary
sheep: he believed that Fender was
the first to make a shipment Of fruit
and vegetables North this Spring and
the fine and s~plendidly developed APP
pies which he held in his hand proved
beyond all question. that all the fruit of
North Carolina could be successfully
introduced here he said hat the
blazed pire trees which everywhere
greeted the eve were but as sign posts
leading the enquirer foi ~turpentine
fortunes on to inevitable financial ruin.
Your reporter viii not attempt to
follow farther in detail the Colonies
speech, he spoke on various subjects
not here given, such as the physical
characteristics of the State, its climate
its soil, its scenery. its water powers,
its mines, its marls. its fortst-wealth,
and education, in connection with
lIIS ldttSA g PAouo ~ 81 bhte
the press of the country was a power
auxiliary. Nothing perhaps had
cheered and SO stimulated him in
his labors, as the unanimous and cor
dial support of the press of the State.
This was peculiarly d reading age, it
was an age of brains, and he who would
keen step to the music of the times
and who would have his children
properly fitted to take position in the
coming generation. must educate
them and place at their command the
best available newspaper literature.
Men of Fender; your county flushed
with the vigor of youth has just step
ped out to take Il place with her sister
counties, you did her and yourselves