The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1882-1884, 1883-09-20

US to an absolute and complete rec
onciliation, but our interest alike re-
quires it; and it is with pride and
pleasure that say to-day, that not
only our desires lead us to an abso>
lutte and complete reconciliation, but
our interest alike requires it; and it
is with pride and pleasure that I say
to-day that whatever the leading cit
liens ofNortb Carolina and the South
have been aE2e to do they have glad
ly done. Patriotism has had its work.
The spirit of our fathers has fallen
upon US. The centennials that were
held, beginning here in your own sec,
ton and going to Philadelphia and
Kings Mountain, and to Cowpens
and to Yorktown, had the effect to
bring our people together, to let them
look each other in the face, and the
spirit of the fathers was revived
among them again. Applause.
But, as much as that has contributed
to bring about this feeling of abso-
lutte reconciliation and brotherly love
among our people, I do not think it
has been equal to the personal inter.
est of our citizens. The magnificent
exhibition at Atlanta two years ago
brought many of the people Of the
North down to the South, and the
people began to feel that their busi>
ness interests required all these ami
mosities and bitternesses, and re-
membranes of the past, to be forgot
ten. And when your committee from
this society visited Raleigh last win.
ter, asking North Carolina to come
here and join in this exhibition, I
gladly welcomed the opportunity for
US to come as business men of this
country and shake hands with you
for the material interest Of our com.
mon country, over which floats but
one flag. Applause, And l ap-
prehend, my fellow.citizens. my
friends, that the common sentiment
of all this country now is, that our
personal interests as citizens, in the
business relations Of life, require and
demand that no more shall there be
any harsh feelings, or any harsh Ian
guage used by one section of our
country towards the other. Ap.
plause.
There were in days past and gone
the most intimate relations between
New England and North Carolina.
Many of our most distinguishe d
scholars in the early history of our
State came from New England, and
many of our most distinguished fam
lilies trace their family origin directly
back to New England. And you re.
member that when the Boston harbor
bill was passed, all over the colony
of North Carolina public meetings
were held, and delegates appointed
to common meeting, and when that
meeting was held they passed resolu'
tions declaring that the cause of the
people Of Boston was the cause OF
every American citizen. Applause.
And they gathered up from the colo
ny shiploads of provisions, and
brought them to your harbor and emp
tied them into the lap Of your people.
| Applause. We think down in North
Carolina that your people are suffer
ing again, and we have come to your
relief. We understand that you are
suffering with too much money and
too much population. and we have
gathered up our shlploads again, and
we have brought it and put it upon
exhibition, aud this time we want
you to pass resolutions and that those
resolutions be that the cause of the
people Of North Carolina and the en-
tire South in the struggle for deyel
opment and prosperity is the cause
of every American citizen. ZAP
plause. There may be. my friends
here and there, scattered over the
South, some man now and then whs
sits by the dead ashes Of the past tt
brood over them. There may be nov
and then at the North, man who
will point to such an individual al
the representative of the South. Blu
declare here today that neither o
this class Of persons represents eth
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you to turn with me your backs upo1
the past and leave all such things be
hind us and let us look forward tt
the future, with its bright hopes ane
| with it's rich rewards. And here il
: this magnificent building, dedicated
: to the material interests of our coun
: try, as a representative of the South
I bid you join me in this sentiment
sour united country, to thee W
cling. And here upon this sacre'
soil, watered by the blood of our pa
:, triot ancestors, we kneel at thy shrin
J. and place our choicest offerings upo,
u thy altar and pledge our best servic
a to thee. Thy people. one in sent
: ment. with the flag Of their father
r above them and the God Of thei
J. fathers to guide them, shall work on
u for the boundless possibilities, an
: make thy destiny the grandest of a
l.. human governments" Loud al
! plause.
le Oh, Charles, let US turn and go o
le some other way; there is that ba
"a man following u.s.