The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1883-05-31
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Therefore, young gentlemen, learn
to love your country. Rvere your
State and her institutions, Study
her history FamiiaiiZe W ur9eit
with her laws, In the early days of
the Roman republic, the youth wer,
taught 10 commit to- memory the
laws OF the II tables, the fuudamen-
tai constitution OF their Go e nnu n
We see the result in such nves as thai
of Regulus, the Decii, the two Cato's
the Scipios and the Antonin4s. l
Was passing but few DAYS sIuce one
nt your most fl 'urishing girl'-
SCHOOLS and heard the North CARROLL
ia Anthem sung by the children.
This Was eEinentiy wit; Wnai
child's impressinnable nature could
neIp being melted to good actions by
such beautiful sentiments about hrr
natlVe State as are Contained in
Judge Gas;On's noble SOM? Fsead
he lives of the great men your STATE
mas produced; initiate their exams
pie. Learn something about Ma
thaniel Macon, Wm CASTOR, Willie
2 Mangum, Archibald Henderson,
Archibald ID. Murphy. Leonard
Henderson, Richard CaswelI. John
Haywood, Frau is l.. Hawks. Bar
holomeW f. Moore IA, d The grea.
George f. Badger of the Ju iges,
lredell, Nash, Saunders, R.tiin,
Pearson, Battle AID Settle; Of The
historians. Martin, Hawks, Ith-eler,
and Mere; of the lt ciiers, Ga dWelI.
Mitchell, Philips. Bingt,aIu. and ths
Horners; of lie sOidier>: An ierson
PeI!igrew. Grimes, Fender, and
Ransun; of those upright punlir
ervanIs ofthe pc ,pIe. Tho ,a~ Brag,,
William Graham and Il bulou b.
Vance; and LIST, not least, Iearn
hoW J. 'wrie L. Swain, Went as {;
bare loO;ed Country mountain boy
% college, ard WAS driven away by
rlhlcule Of his appearance, and uu
klud treatment, aud in Il few Wears,
,ft-r being Legislator, Jul geauu Gov
ernor OF his State, returns to thai
same college to be $ Head, and for
nlrty years, untli his death, presi
ded with uneXalnpled SUCCESS over
It's desinies. Again | Won d say, be-
ashamed TO be ignorant of your
State. history. When you know il,
| you Will be proud Of her record and
| ieei inclted to become worthy son
u such mother. A State, whose
territory is d domain in lt>elf-who Z
~-aSteln boundary Is laved 10y The
waters of the mighty Atlantic; whose
| western mGuniaIn peaks, towering
I'd heaven, OvershadOW the land
from the British pUs5rooiuus in The
North to the Rocky Mountains
whose Northern boundary is til,
grand old Dominion, mother o
statesmen, and the home Of Wash
Iugton; and whose southern line
borders our sister State, the h"me O
,umrter, Marion, Calhoun and Wade
Ham ptOn. a. State whose sons Cal
be found prominent in every section
rom the Potomac to the Rio Grand,
whose revolutionary record contains
he Meek lenDurg Decla ration ant
'h4 battles of Kings Mountain ant
! GullfOrd court house. And Whel
the last trumpet snail sound, an,
tne dead rise from their siulnber, tn
SONS OF North Carolina will be fOunt
where du'y called and fOnor's voic
bdde them go. The prlmeval rocl
bat tops the hLary head Of Blacl
mountain will give up her Mitchell
who lost his life in pursuit of science
The battle fields Of the Revolution
will bear recurd the torr1d planes o
Mexico will have their witnesses; ant
from Bethel to AppomattOx, Wherev
er the fight was hottest and slaughter
greatest, North Caroinians, wnt
responded to their country's Cal
and foremost fighting fell, vii
be fun |. aye, and on that suprem'
day OF his country's dire extremity
when the flag he had followed :,
gallantly aud loved so well Wen
down in defeat. he will be foun,
there as ever to have done his duty;
mingled with the blood of his foe
whose ramparts on the heights o
Gettysburg ne had stormed, the vol
unteer soldier Of the Old Nprtf
State will rise proudly from his
sleep and dread not to meet the face
of his God.
Oh. if there be on this earthly sphere
A boon an offering heaven holds M IS
dear,
It is the last libatiOn thai lihery draws
From the heart that breaks aid bleed
in her cause.
Henderson, n. c., May 81, 1883.