The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1890-09-04
for the W3r-wOrn veterans.

The committee secured the enact
ment of the law levying a tax of three
cents on property and nine on the
poll. As drafted by him, the tax
was five cents and no line was drawn
at wounds.
This line made the Home neces
sitv. A man who had lost an eve
drew a pension, an old soldier decreplt
from age or disease received none. 1t
wasn't Just and he told the Legislators
so, punctuated with the fact that
while the State had paid two hundred
thousand dollars for artificial arms
| and legs and pensions for the soldiers,
| 1t had expended over two millions for
educating the negro, the product OF
| the war.
The Home did not drag a man
from his home and loved ones. When
an old soldier became pauper, IN
stead of sending him to the Aims
House, he was sent to the Home and
the county paid the Home what his
maintenance at the Poor House would
cost. If the unfortunate hero bad
friends, with whom, by paying board
he would be happier, the Home from
the generous contributions of the peo-
pie, would add to the county's fund,
Through him and let him be happy.
Colonel Beasley made an eloquent
appeal for and to the Edgecome
Guards, and concluded as follows:
The duty of the citizen is indis-
solubly blended with that of State.
The State is the creature of the cit
izen, while the citizen is the child of
the State.
Neither could exist without the
other and both are essentially neces /
sary for the stability of the one and
the happiness, peace and prosperity Of !!
the other. !
In their respective spheres each pro-
tects and defends the other. In peace
the State protects the citizen in the
enjoyment of life, limb and property
and the pursuit of happiness. While
IN war the citizen risks life, limb,
and happiness in defending
md perpetuating the autonomy of the
State.
These reciprocal duties are simple
md sublime, and they soar above the
ntrigues of politics or the low ambi-
ions which actuate men, too frequent !
y, in their struggle for position and t
'ower. From a realization of these
acts springs patriotism or that love of |
ountry which has cost thousands of t
YES. c
1t was patriotism which caused the 7
)ns Of this State to march, to suffer,
} bleed, to die for their dear South y
nd. q
1t was patriotism that caused the i,
other, the wife, the lover to send W
leir loved and bravest to do or die b
r the cause-North Carolina es- p
)used.
1t was patriotism that nerved the u
ms, steadied the steps and enthused n
C hearts of Cardinals sons amidst ~
e terror and carnage Of battle. fl
1t was patriotism that sustained the in
ldler stricken down by disease and st
AIDE him die far away from home lii
I'd friends without cursing his fate. bt
How grandly-how sublmely-how as
'bly the sons of North Carolina per- Ut
rmed every act which patriotism de- -, ~
anded from 81 to IS is written in Of
tiers of gold, on fame's highest pin W;
Gle and the record of their deeds now sic
encased IN the most precious cas- in
t, comprising the collection OF the pc
eat Father, marked, "Deeds we'll be
ne by the children of men, as
Beside this casket sits another, TN
'und which the angels love to hover, t w.
cause within its holy covers are the to'
:cious-the pure, the sacred and the tito
y emblems which typify the love, Lii
devotion, the purity and the
tchless sacrifices of North Cardinals arl
lighters. fie
And yet the manned, the blind and gu
INDECENT heroes of such State and W., we
h cause have been grossly neg VII
ted and almost forgotten in the scr
lggle for place and power. fl
t would do good if this speech was see
Gated in every county in the State. of