The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1890-05-07

Enshrlning the memories of long
vanished days.
Yes, give me q land that hath story
and song,
To tell OF the strife. OF the right with
the wrong"
So much, if you will pardon me,
for our early history. Coming later
to time when most of you / see be-
fore me were actors, / claim our re.
cord is even more glorious. Furn-
ishing to the maintenance of cause
we believed to be right more men
than any of the eleven states which
confederated with US. and consequent.
ly baptizirg that cause with more
blood, We made history that, / swear
to you, until the stars pale before the
Judgment blaze Of a burning world,
shall be 10 US as proud as Thermepyla
was to Greece, or Pharsalus to Rome,
or Cressy to England. I am aware,
my friends, chat | am shooting wide
Of the range, that, as we are wont to
.ay, am not sticking TO nay text, but
| am taking advantage of that allow
ance that | am sure my audience is
cheerrully willing to grant in fingers
ing SO long in effectionate remem-
brance of the glorious past Of our
own Carolina.
Remembering, as I remarked a
while ago, that North Carolina filed
more Of the blanks Of the enumerator's
list than any state in the union, and
with climate unsurpassed, neither
too hot nor too cold, with potential
lities, slmost incalculable, what, am I
led to Inquire, prevents our being the
first state in the union in the march
OF industrial progress? The climate
is ours. the natural resources are
Ours, the conditions are all favorable.
Then why not the results? II might
be time wasted TO tell that il was In
our power to make Weldon or Fay
etteyIlle the Lowell Of the South;
that we might create q PIttsburg at
Greensboro, or an Evansville at Rail-
eigh, or q Grand Rapids at N.wI
Berne, or Rutland at Charlotte. or
tha; Wilmington might be made OF
more commercial Importance than
Norfolk. There are all in the range
Of possibilities, il Drawn and brain,
native and to the manner born, be
found commensurate.
Then, my friends, the point I wish
to impress is, that the future Of North
Carolina Us Q manufacturing state is
just what you and I declare it sha,'..
be. There is . Latin prsverb, "quis-
que sui fortune faber est" This is
no less true Of communities ana
states. North Carolina, famous in
history, as | haye already intimsted,
should lead the van in the march ofl
industrial progress, and listen, if she |
does not, We, as North Carolinians, |
are alone to blame. We are due TO |
our state, to ourselves, to posterity |
an obligation that we are permitting |
every day to 20 to protest in the eyes |
ofthe world. We can, and we ought |
to put North oorolina with her great |
potentislities in the forefront.
Allow me, for your encouragement |
along this line, to mention COM
munity in our state that when most |
Of Us came TO manhood was unknown
to the map-makers. To-day the
hum Of machinery In that community |
is heard each recurring morning |
around the world, and hst CONNER |
cial travellers visit every civilized and |
semi. civilized country upon the globe. |
Yes, far of Australia, prints in her
directory the name of q family, q resi-.
dent representative Of that communi-
by, who was at ono time chief Of the
police department Of the city of Raj
eigh Surely what man has done
man can do, and il is within the |
range Of possibilities for the clever
citizens Of magnificent Raleigh To do |
clare that in Australia, in Africa, or
even far-of Japan, her citizens shall
represent some Raleigh industry.
And allow me to deal frankly with
this Chamber Of commerce number.
ing, as you do, some oil the finest |
commercial talent to bo found any.
where, when I declare that You are
greatly al fault that such Is not the
case. Take, gentlemen, your talents
from their napkins aud bestir you're
selves, creating manufacturing in
iustries.
Yes, meu Of North Carolins, I tell
vou our manufacturing and indus.
rial interist. in the hands Of brave
md courageous men such as 1 see
about me Tonight, can do for North
Carolina what the arts and sciences
iaye done for the world. We are ali
amiliar with the story Of how Ham,
lear took his son Hannibal, when
'nly twelve years Of age, and made
lim swear eternal vengancs against
his arcleneny, Rome. Somewhat In
he same spirit 1 propose 10 teach my
hree sons 10 be forever loyal 10
North Carolina. / shall tell them as
hey gaze at our grand old Aps.l
Iacbian range Of mountains, banked