The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1883-1893, 1886-02-11
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show a Young man wha above ae
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trains. tatt h1s slststu~ - 5usa.l aUI III.
lurs to his native State are uHt4sse8 f
unjust, and m&>dsr,ttei 10 saen aaHa
ANd write less wla tVeouc t5s
writer from New YORK 1u4u. u.es vEa
graduate with distinguish haaHrs 2f.e
tAe world Is receive fbeu w4th u4getfes94
oi arms al 80 they think thek AHaN eet}
thins al 80 they WIu aeAnoo .e8 s. tAey
hatt some equals. At ta thet AHaW tast
Older and wiser heads ale uul mamu4ls-
IAe writer having had g.le good tattaag ia
be born In &urth Carolina lu 1892. aAe ul
course t passed through thesc staE,s
y wise builder hTst counts the eset- lt
trusted men of business saeat.ty. e.et.
cal sense and high IN official .f ae,#ie
there l. not sufficient money e. establish
an Industrial School, il does uat l,cumc
an crrlug son 10 write a coluMu ali 4 halt
ON rld}culc Of hl4 native state Far b-t tier
Tor North Carolina that a milestone werc
hanged about his neck OF that bic Ma is
harmless and helpless rs the Egyptian
munmies, than FOR such complaining.
restless, spasmodic, active spirit 10 have
any influence in her affairs II i an ~.
ror To say that President Battle doe, mot
want an Industrial School. lig hA, Wfsl
ten statement showing the ctDs ~ I s
action. II is ss plain and truthG ~ the
sunlight Mr.. Battle Is a progressive man,
1t Is unkind and unjust ia couNcS the .ia.
preston that BE is behind the ,prt a The
times. lie has laborcd with untrue letI
III the cause Of education, and Is a. day
abreast in the tide Of modern improve.
ments North Carolina has heard from
time TO time aukind words from The same
pen of herself and leaders, aud borne d.
with patience. II Is high time for her ta
resist with iudlgnatios this Cay.iliug aud
the name of Zip Van Wrinkle. lier do
mains are long and broad Ia them live
sturdy and grand people She Is not d
laughing stock She is not "A wildcat state
deals not in wildcat schemes and a slow
TO adopt new faudangled ideas.
In 1861 She was slow to leave he Union
to which She had adhered with tcnactt
Hot and basty words were hurled AZ h,r.
She left. The bones Of her sons lie on thc
hills around Richmond and Oh thc fields
Of Virginia by the thousand oi their
bravery and unwavering devotion 10 dutt
history tells. out of white population
time one tenth Of her whole population.
In 1876 the colonies with population of
5000, 900 had but 80, eco men under arms
at one time North Carolina was engaged
ten times more ticrccly than were the col
onies III the war with England. Does that
sound like this is the abode of mummics
and the dead TO 20 back further; before
Bunker Hill WAS was ever dreamed of. the
iirst blood for the same cause. which after
wards immortullled Bunker Hill was
fought on North Carolina sod. TaN,5
were high, excessive, unjust The people
resisted Blood was She'd. Does that look
like We are descended from men VINO wrre
as passive as mummlea when their lIbor
ties were endangered
During the last two decades of peace
three fourths of the towns OF the state
have increased III size and business More
cotton has been raised, more tobacco,
more grain, more grasses and improved
stock. looms and apindlcs have rapidly
increased. Manufactured goods 50 to
every State il the Union. IN lie Capital
City Of Raleigh, business has Vastly IN
creased. 1t is not necessary for SO many
young men to 20 10 drunkarCis graves
FOR lack of something 10 do, and they do
not. The present growing tobacco inter
est even requires the time and brains 0f
many IF her young men.
Young mon in the state have all the
avenues open to them. leading to success
III business, 10 reputation and to fame
Go 70 the legislature: you viii find among
its leaders young men. 90 10 the Halls pt
Congress; you will find rising young m.u.
Some are on the Bench; many are men u
marked talent and are ornaments 10 Tie
State. 1t is l.Cas:tut 10 visit a couteutI0u,
1ffl ft1 he iss.8t Il 4. a
brilliant young men Just coming on Tie
theatre Of action. There is n constant lH-
come and outgo Of good material. IllIctt
Page and others have gone out - l,ad
lives Of usefulness; Dabney, lIolm,- aud
others have come iii.
North Carolina leaders have always
made a conservative and honorable record
IN the affairs and history OF the nation.
North Carolina with broad aroa, great
material wealth and every variety al cis-
mate, calls loudly Tor stroLg arms. stout
hearts and renewed exertion of Ter sons.
and not cavilling words. Her people are
happy, industrious and prosperous II is
not a place to sleep and dream but sweet
content is enjoyed more here thaD ans
where in the world. The writer has ira.
eIled from Maine 10 Florida and yisitee
foreign .auds. He has never seen a b.tt.i
country to live In, a better country to dIc
III. From the Macs on the Cape Pear.
grand specimens Of all the good hat goe-
to make up the true man. 10 the honest.
gulIclcSS mOuntaIHccT ia the cOYca of the
West. he has never seen better. more uo
Bile hearted. more God fearing, more lass
abiding people than the people Of Nonh
Carolina. These lines haFc not been Yut
ten in dcfeL-e % North Carolina -,
need, none. She needs ro euloZy They
have b,cn written to ash Mr. f. II T. {,
love hi State As H. loved her once-to Z,
and sin no more. j. T.. ~cpTr
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