The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1889-08-01

any Snch impression as that the quicker
You rid yourself of 1t the better. The
differences. while not perhaps so great,
are more insuperable than those be-
tween foreign nations. If you ever
succeed in bringing yourself into
proper sympathetic relations it will
only be after great sacrifices and years
Of effort.
| do not wish to be understood as
drawing any com parison between the
excellencies or defects of the people of
one State as against another in this
Union, or as approaching within a
million miles Of the sectional border,
term which, sincerely trust, will
speedily become obsolete, so far as its
application to the North and South
are concerned.
| am merely pointing out a reason
that, to my mind, should influence
any young man in remaining at his
home, among a people whom he un-
derstands, appreciates and is in SYM
pathy with.
Second. Stay at home because the
glowing accounts that come to you
concerning the phenomenal successes
of the West are untrue, and because
thousands of young men, relying upon
the truth of these reports, have flocked
to this supposed Ell Dorado until every
avocation of life is overhowing with
disappointed young men, whose only
weapon against the lynx-eyed wolf
that IS eternally watching them is
work, and who, in consequence, are
working at any price obtainable.
/ speak whereof | do know and tes-
tify of what | have seen. NV travels
in the West have been extensive and
my opportunities for observation and
comparison great. AS a result Of it
all | tell you that | have seen more
unemployed, disappointed, debt-bur~
dened young men in the West than |
have ever seen or, l trust, will ever
see, IN the South.
That there have been successes, and
remarkable ones, too, in the West, is
of course true, but Except in specula-
ton, where you will find a dozen
wrecks to one tortune) l know of none
that have not been attained by close
confinement to work, unremitting toll,
strict economy, self-deprivation and
eternal vigilance, which, if put forth
in North Carolina, would have pro-
duced as good and sometimes better
results
l could cite you a thousand instances
in proof of this assertion, but if / did
so should fill up too much of the
space of this paper. Qula4nia Pracet-
pies, este bre0is is, you know, the mot
to of the modern newspaper, land l dare
not sin against the editorial command
ment.
Third. Stay at home because North
Carolina offers to YOU as many natural
elements of success and prosperity as
can be offered to you by any State in
the Union.
i Yours is State whose natural ad-
vantages are equalled by few and ex-
ceeded by none in the Union. Its su-
perb climate sends the rich blood rush
ing through the veins and gives to you
that greatest of all earthly blessings
physical health. In its bosom reposes
every variety of mineral wealth with
which God has blessed the race, i'm
!, patiently awaiting the sinking of the
miners shaft: its magnificent rivers
rolling their liquid wealth into the sea
t are signing at every turn for the music
of the factory spindles; its smiling
valleys and verdure- hilltop:
await the sowing of the seeds to return
t to you a golden harvest.
Build? BUILD! BUILD! That i:
the song sung to you by the waving
! branches in its mighty fosests, while it
: ample harbor at Wilmington await:
the incoming vessels that hasten thith
: er to bear its rich cargoes to less favored
e lands. In addition, this God favored
$ land is inhabited by an English speak
: ing race among whom Anarchy is ar
t unknown thing and Socialism is :
= foreign curiosity; a people whose stur
u dy industry and ScotchIrish integrit,
: has gained for the State that grandes
V of all encomia-"HONES NORTH
: CAROLINA.'
y These facts are forcing themselve
: upon the attention of the better Classe
), in the remainder OF the Union and
S rapid as has been the material develop
t ment of North Carolina within the pas
decade, she bids fair to far outstrip he
e former record within the ten years t,
: come. North Carolina and Georgi
: now lead the van of Southern State
: in material prosperity and North Caro-
e lima, south western Tennessee, north
S ern Alabama and Georgia are destine'
t to become one of the rihcest portion
y of this country.
g North Carolina is to be congratulate
S tha, she has been spared the influx c
|. that population that has been flowin
e into the Western States. You hav
: the negro with you and it is we'll 20
S have. He is the best agriculture