The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1883-1893, 1891-05-12
NORTHERN sErTLERS. CoNvES.
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4 convention 81 tho northern settlers
Of North Carolina hSs hcea called 10
rssei IN Raleigh oa tho a7.h day Of May.
The eonsenslon bod in ssd was largely
attended by northern bora estiaens liv-~
sng ia other Sonthsra ssa,cs ~ well
~ IN North Carolina II was also at
ieaaesl in grssif5 Ing numbers by rep
reeeaissire men from ue Northern
ssaies, and by a very considerable num-
Der Of northern editors, chiefly from New
Englani aai Pennsylvania IL no other
good wFs accomplished, tho evidence
given by Northern dwollcrs among us,
given before tho convention. carried with
n a weight OF testimony tha. car.
,sed ooavietlon To every new North.
sfn bearer. He might disregard our
sisteinen, Of conditions; hc could no,
disregard the experience OF hls own sec-
,lousl friends. Fact. were onfsrr>d
wl'h such proof OF thosr Soliisty that N
pseindiees were not al once overootne.
spprchensions were speedily diasipassd.
Men from tho North visiting the south
for tho first time saw with the,g own
eyes that their countrymen who had
preceded them had survived all tho
perils Of a hostile barbaroas society, had
survived all the deadly Influences OF
semi mi-troplcal climate. had not only sur.
vived bat prospered: had not only lived
FREQ from tho hostility Of tho Southern
people. but had become closely indcnti-
fled with them, aud TO all in,ents aud
purposes had become genuine South
erners.
What WAS learned by the visitors aud
delegates TO that former Convention is
sought To be enlarged in the asscn, blagc
OF new one. The first was AN untrici
experiment made, with certain degree
of timldtty. The confidence acquired
then by tho real and just proscuta-
ton OF Southern conditions Will en- boil
den the attendance Of very much
larger number ia the second Etch Of
such ~ easures "a ,'n assault upon tgnor
anoe aud prcJallcc. Light Ia Let in
gradually. and In time tho walls OF
sectionalism Will erumblc 10 tho
ground. with each succeeding year
there is growing better under
standing between the sections. which
no effort Of the politician can much lon
ger retard or obscure. The knowledge
Obtained OF recent years Of the true con
dltlon OF the South has convinced tho
Northern people that the great South.
and not tho great West. is the place for
them. There they may lind new hcnfe<
from which there ia easy accoas to .hoir
old ones. There il climate ~ healthy
rs that under which they were born, aud
with lar heightened period Of enjoy
mcni. There Is soil which oxubcrautly
responds to every crop of tho temperate
zone, with close approximation TO tho.o
OF scmi-tropical sun, yielding boun-
tifnl returns To the unbought rains OF
heaven independent of tho costly,
laborious processes Of education. And
they hpd soclal organization already
framed 10 their hands, IA perfect, when
IT stands out TO the view, freed from tho
misrepresentations OF malice, hatred
or interest, AS that to which they had
been accustomed to; not altogether like,
but not inferior.
We are glad to notice this call. II gives
another impulse To the obligations ~
fraternity, and IL speeds another tenor
towards the goal Of material prosperity.