The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1883-1893, 1886-10-28
THE NORTHERN SETTLERS.
THEIR GATHERING. TOGETHER
IN TIE CAPITAL CITY.
They Were in Attendance From \ II Sec
tion> and Held - Pleasant and Prohta-
hI9

the men Of Mort hcrn birth now resident in
the state to call Convention the object
OF which was 70 secure immigration 10 the
State
The Convention met in the hall Of the
House Of Commons Tuesday evening at
: 80 clock. 1t was called 70 order by
Mr.. ) ). jackson, President Of the Wake
County Northern Settler, Association
He made appropriate Introductory re-
marks, after which the following were
elected as the permanent officers:
President George L. French, of New
Hanover.
Vice -Presidents-D. L. Sayler, of Anson;
/. G.. Estes, of Edgecombe; j. II. Brown,
Of Wilson; L. A. Dodd, of Wayne; Dr.. e.
II Saddleson, of Moore VIM. (. Ashley,
of Wake T. B. Eldridge, of Davidson; p
j. Sinclair, of Mcdowell; j. II. Liddcll, of
Mecklenburg; H. G. Hunt, of Buncombe
Secretaries T. c. Deake, Of Bun
combe; B. A. Goodridge, of Moore; T. G.
Ship, of Pasquotank; Curtis Goodyear, OF
Warrenton; a. Fisher, of Martin; II. q.
Coyte, of Wake; VIM. Burns, Of Alamance;
John J. Gilbert, of Iredell; &. W. Edge
comb Of Granville G. f. Griffin Of Mitch
ell.
Committee on order Of Business Thos
R. keogh, Of Greensboro; II. f. Parker, of
Southern Pines; \. J. lA man, Of Ashevllle;
Julian Allen, Of Stateoylle; I. Hoyt, OF
Lcnoir; II. l.. Grant, Of Gol.lsbOro; \, b
Chaplin, of Aurora; Geo. \. Frick Of Shel
by; Geo. Baker, Of Elizabeth City; j. I.
Corlew, Of Charlotte; Geo \. Ives, Of New
Berne.
Mr. French extended thanks for the
honor done him, and then introduced
Rev. G.. W. Sanderlin
who, by request Of the Governor, who was
! AZ I a. Of
was most happy speech. We think We
never heard a more felicitOus One-ctr-
tainly we never heard one that was better
received Mr. Sanderlin was IN fine trim
and the audience was charmed with his
cordial welcome his earnest words and his
side-spitting humor The Governor was
wise in selecting Mr. Sanderln as his
proxy he reflected credit upon His TX
cellency and upon the State.
At the conclusion of Mr.. Sanderlin's
speech
Mayor W. IL. Dodd,
on behalf of the city of Raleigh, welcomed
the Northern settlers and visitors. He
extended the freedom of the city in chosen
words and enumerated the objects of at
traction to our visitors.
Commissioner NcGhee
was the next speaker. He gave descrlp-
ton of the States resources, touched upon
its history, brought to mind the healthful
ness of its climate and gave other valuable
facts.
Mr.. James l. McRee,
President Of the n c. Press Association,
was next introduced Mr.. Mckee said:
The State Press Association for whom
have the honor to speak, has a welcome
for you also, and a warm one. IN add
ton to that welcome that springs spon
taneously from the heart of every true
Carolinian toward the stranger in the gate,
we have in our greeting a fellow feeling
for you. We know the trials and tribula
tions of the pencil pusher and the paste
pot genius and a fellow feeling, as you
know, makes us WOndrous kind.
We are glad to see you, gentlemen. We
beg you to make our homes your own.
Ours is a pleasant land, we think. We
believe the sky that bends over US is as
blue as that which favors any country on
the globe. We know our climate is kind
throughout the year. We know our fields
and farms laugh back harvests at the bare
tickling of the farmers plough. WeknOw
our forests are mighty, are rich in the
rarest of woods and that they climb to the
very SUBMITS of our loftiest peaks. We
know those beautiful mountains of ours
are packed with iron and copper and mar
ble We know the beds of our babbing
brooks are strewn with gems and that
precious stones lie hidden in all our noun
tain fastnesses-thc hidden-te, for in
stance We know great beds of coal, and
beds of gold and silver ore, lie beneath our
soil We know our Eastern waters dance
and dmple over wealth almost incalcula-
BILE We know our streams hold III their
seaward flow power enough to turn the
wheels of all the mills in America.
We know all this well, gentleman, but
we know also that these riches are for the
most part out of our reach. We know
that Of ourselves we cannot hope to bring
them to the use of man. Hence we seek
help in order to apply them as nature in
tended, and it is to you, gentlemen-to
those YOU represent, We look for this help.
We do not want the ritf-ratf of any peo-
| pie in North Carolina. We do not want
| the off scouringS of every nation There
is no welcome here for the political dis
turber who would come to poison the
minds of our people; to set class against
class, race against race; but we do want
the sound common sense, the energy, the
character of the people you represent.
We ask you, gentlemen, to see for your
selves our good old State, to note the
homely virtues of our people, the simple
! ity of their lives, their quiet and content
ment, their humble recognition Ill all
things of the Creator. We ask you to pic
ture this to your hundreds of thousands
of readers, without embellishments, with
out adornment. We are satisfied that even
SO it will not prove unattractive. To those
who will come among US IN the right spirit
to make common cause with US and tl
work together with US for the good of the
whole State, we can promise not only
pleasant homes, but prosperity perhap,
great wealth. Such people we will bt
more than glad to meet, gentlemen, as VT
are to meet yOu. For, to return to yOr
yourselves, we greet you cordially again
and again. The Press of North Carolin;
press es you to its bosom in true frater
nal embrace. We trust you will make ou
homes and our SanctumS Your own Will,
YOU remain with us.
Chairman French
then spoke, expressing warmest thanks t,
the Governor and other State officers 70
their hearty cooperation in bringing abou
this meeting He thanked the press. H
gave his testimony that the people of \ ortl
Carolina were good and true, and tha
there were abundant opportunities her
for profitable investment. tie referred t
the health of the Eastern portion of tn
State and said he had never enjoyed bette
health than since he had been a reslden
of the so-called "malariaf district.
On behalf of the Northern visitors
Mr.. J. X. Kenney,
of Reading, Pa, responded. He is a fin
elocutionist as well as a most affabie gen
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