The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1879-01-23

Vbe Tarm.
The Charlotte Convention OF Elk
Union Soldiers Residing IN
the South.
CharlOtta

u ~NOIlh aAoiihd /
favorable auspices possi5le-as a yam
kee soldier. his company having been
disbanded in the South. If the peo-
pie had treated him any better, II
would have made a Dol OF him. ihey
would treat the most galvanized yam
kee the same way. Why 1t was that
Northern people kept on talking about
this thing, he couldn't for the lie OF
him see. He said we could offer them
everything but equal advantages IN
public schools, and we were improving
in this particular.
Mr.. T. Ii. Hoyt, now of Spartan
burg, S. c., said he had been engaged
in real estate business for some years,
and had looked forward to this con
%vention with high hopes. He had
found as many we'll disposed and
Christian people at his present home
as anywhere he had ever lived. He
had received hundreds of letters ask
ing the very questions which 1t was
proposed that this convention should
answer. At this point he read a let
ter from Mr.. H.. y. Wilcox, late of
Pennsylvania, who, In speaking of the
advantages which the South offered,
said that he would rather embark in
business with So, 600 in the South than
with $25, 600 in the North. He now
owned three hundred acres Of bottom
land in Polk county, which he would
not sell for $3.50 per acre. Mr.. Hoyt
said he was satisfied that the climate,
soil and general character Of the
try in North Carolina afforded as good
homes as could be found anywhere.
He also believed that any prejudices
which Northern men might have would
be removed by a residence in the
South.
At this point in the proceedings, a
motion was made and carried that the
chair appoint a committee on resolu-
tions to draft the views of the v
ton.
The chair appointed the following:
Rev. DR.. Mattoon, president of Biddle
University, Charlotte, \. c., formerly
of New York.
A. j. Curtis. of Mateo. Fla, former
ly of New York.
H. Coykendall, of Blacks Station, S.
c., formerly of Des Moines, La.
w. b. Middaugh, of Danvilie, Va,
formerly of Pennsylvania.
III. d. Ingersoll, of Louisville, Ga,
formerly of New York.
The committee offered the following
for adoption:
To the People Of the Sererol Comnaon-
uedlths comprising the United States Of
America:
We, the representatives of Northern
settlers in the Southern States, and be-
ing ourselves immigrants from l%ocali-
ties in the Northern States to the re
spective States following our individ-
ual signatures, in convention assem-
bled, do call your attention to the fol
lowing, feeling assured that cool judg-
ment upon the facts shown will set in
flow the currents of reason, and action
will follow reasoning without preju-
dice. We prefer to make findings
specifically and at length, end we find
LIST. That in the States of our for
mer homes there exists an active pre-
JUDGE against the South, and it's peo>
pie; that this prejudice is mighty in
its influence for evil on the nation:
that by it and through it the conditions
of the country are largely disquieted
that it is fomented and kept alive for
ends Interior to the common veal: that
the real interests of the nation are
kept out of sight in keeping alive this
prejudice. That much of this preju-
dice, if not all of it, is due mainly to
wrong information concerning, and
partial and total ignorance of the facts
existing in a large proportion of the
South.
I'd. That in the portions of the
South in which we reside, the right of
any man, from no matter where, to ex-
press publicly as well as privately his
opinion upon any subject and of every
nature, is nowhere and in no manner
restrained. That all laws are we'll
administered and as truly enforced
against the wrong doer as in n part
of any State in the Union.
4th. That every citizen recognizes
that he is amenable to the law, and
REQUIRED and encrOachments upon these
as much deplored as in any State
North East or West.
5th. We find, too, that persons
foisted themselves upon the polity of
the South, and by their conduct cast
discredit upon the Northern name.
9Th. Those of US who were in the
army or the Union never for a moment
pretended to think of denying our uni
FORM or the old cause. The Confed-
crate soldier has always eviIced the
r soldier instinct in the grasp OF
those who were his enemies in war.
7th. That considering reputed out
RACES, if these were carefully slfted 1t
will be found that the compliments tor
like acts would have suffered at the
hands of any people under like provo
cation.
9Th We find that in business rela-