The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1881-01-06

with the dawn Of Liberty's Star in the
West. we saw the venturesome barquc-
of Sir Walter Raleigh, and Captain
John Smith, and Hendrick Hudson,
| and Roger Williams, aud the Pilgrim
Fathers, slowly beating their way
against wind and tide. through unknown
| seas. to raise the standards Of the Old
| World civilization on the wild shores of
! Carolina, and Virginia, and Manhattan,
| and Rhode Island, and Plymouth Rock.
establishing colonies that were as mere
hy-specks on the map OF a world But
within fifty years, these dots we saw OK
banding and lengthening along the At
lantic coast until the colonies were
merged into thirteen great Nations.
grouped into clusters by the ties III
neighborhood and trade. Thus the
New England colonists looked to Boston
as their chief centre the Hudson River
country looked to New York the Della
ware country to Philadelphia the
Chesapeake region to Baltimore; Eir-
ginia 10 Hampton Roads, and the more
Southern coast to Wilmington, Charles
ton, aud Savannah. Gradually the
clusters Of States became blended, inter
oven into two sections, l~atitudinally
North and South" Baltimore and
Philadelphia were as Neutral territory
between the sections.
la the original settlement, We saw
the Cavalier, the Hugonot, aud kindred
spirits, peopling the Soutk; the Round
Head, the Quaker, aud the Knicker-
booker settling the North. Ere a cen
tury's lapse we saw these n~atjonalities
merged into the American People, but
with sectional characteristics intensified
rather than lessened. The Southsrners
grew light hearted, liberal in hospitali-
ty and religion, a little lazy, and likely
to lean to Loyalty" in politics. The
Northerners grew daily more earnest,
energetic. sharp-eyed, saving, sober
sided, believing in Blue Laws and witch
burning, and '~'disloyal" in politics, par
ticularly in respect to Paying Tribute
to Caesar"
And here, by way of Illustration of
the Sectionalistic spirit that prevailed
even in the hour of National enthusi-
asm following the Battle Of Bunker
Hill." | will quote a couple Of letters
from the Revolutionary Leader, the
commander in chief of the Patriot
Armies, Gen. Geo. Washington. The
first letter written while the American
army was besieging Lord Howe in Bos-
ton, is dated Camp near Cam
bridge Mass, August l11j, and ad-
dressed to Richard Henry Lee, urging
Congress to make appointments of off
GERS in the army instead of allowing
them to be chosen by thc various corps.
The latter plan, he argues
"Damps the spirit and ardor OF vol
"unteers from all but the four New
England Governments, as none but
their people have the least chance OF
getting office.
Il have made a pretty good slam among
''such sort If cfjcers as the Massachu
"setts government abounds in; having
broken Il colonel aud w captain.
''for cowardice in the battle Of Bunker
Hill, two captains for drawing more
pay and provision than they had men
"ln then company and one for ab-
"sence from post when the enemy ap
''peared and burnt a house. Besides |
have one colonel, one major, and three
other officers under arrest for trlsL
But | fear it will not all do any good.
''7hese p>oplc care for nothing, Lut their
interest.