The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1890-06-05
Henderson Boys Acquit Themselves
With Credit.

1 oNh STcuN.
| We are always pleased to hear good
| reports of our young men. and especi-
ally those Of our immediate vicinity.
And so it was particularly gratifying
that we read in the Oxford papers of
the creditable performances of two of
our young townsmen. Messrs. John S.
| E. Young and Julian E. Ingle. at the
! commencement exercises of the Horner
School last week. The Day says:
The debater of the occasion was Mr..
J. S. E. Young, of Henderson, and he
took the negative side of the question,
Should Foreign immigration be En-
couraged?" He did not advocate the
building of a Chinese wall around our
country, but he thought that greater
| restriction should be put on foreign i'm
migration. as the majority of those who
come to our shores are the outcasts and
scum of their own lands. They bring
| trouble with them, and lower wages so
that home labor cannot compete with
them. The Chinese crowded the West,
living in novels and in vice, and sub
sisting on few cents a day, driving
American workmen to the verge of
starvation. So vicious and demoral-
izing are they, that Congress was
forced to pass an act to prevent further
immigration from the Celestial King
dom. The socialists have been pro-
ductive of almost equal trouble, and if
allowed any considerable foreign &C
| aaSSlOn f0 tho ranGS will <hn
Republic. A check will have to be put
on indiscriminate foreign immigration,
and the sooner it is done the better for
the safety of our institutions and the
future of our government. Mr..
oung's arguments were cOgent, lucid
and convincing, and were couched in
chaste and ornate language.
The essayist was Mr.. J. f. Ingle, of
Henderson who read with happy effect an
essay OH the ''Patriotism of the South
He handled his subject well and inter-
estingly. He cited as illustrious ex-
amples of the patriotism of our section
the lives and public services of Wash
ington, Henry, Jefferson, Lee, Jackson,
Davis and others, and he eulogized the
bold. liberty-loving signers of the Neck
lenbuTg Declaration of Independence.
He showed that the South's respect for
the Constitution of the United States
was always truer and more steadfast
than that of the North, and he depre-
Gated the reckless attempts being made
to Obliterate State lines and State
rights. 1t was with no disloyalty to
the United States that the South places
its patriots above those of other sec
tons, and erects monuments and paws
honors to the great Confederate chief
tains. The spirit of pure patriotism
was unquestionable and their heroism
and deeds of valor were glorious, how
ever disastrous the conflict was to them
and their cause. The glory of the
South is the glory of the North and the
glory of the North is the glory of the
South. He concluded with reference
to the great gathering of Southerners
at Richmond and with fine tribute to
Hon. Jefferson Davis, which evoked
tremendous applause.
In its report of the elocution eXer-
cises at another time the Day says:
j. E. Ingle, of Henderson. with we'll
modulated voice and expressive move
ments of face and figure, portrayed the
ambitious Parrhassius and the Cap
tive" and one could almost see the
bound and racked Prometheus writing
in his death agony.
The last recitation was by j. S. f.
Young, Henderson, who interpreted
Poe's weird craven" most effectively
Mr. Ingle won three medals: Es-
sayist's, elocution and military-for
proficiency in the drill.
Mr.. Young won the debator's medal
OF the eight medals awarded Hender-
son gets four. Pretty good.
We quote again from the same paper
concerning another young son of Vance
county:
"Des Saengers Flucht," lengthy
piece in tho German language, was an
ambitious and difficult attempt by w.
> F. Gill. of Henderson but he succeeded
| admirably.
Young gentlemen, we salute you
and in the just and pardonable pride
which your relatives and friends feel
at your success the GOLD LEAF most
heartily shares.